Jose Vitor Leme breaks PBR record, helps Austin clinch Top 3 seed
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 25, 2026
Jose Vitor Leme records
Jose Vitor Leme set a new benchmark in PBR history when he scored 90.55 points on Moonlight Graham in Kansas City, and the ride carried the Austin Gamblers past the Oklahoma Wildcatters 90.55-89.10. The score was his 95th career 90-point ride, which broke Chris Shivers’ all-time PBR record for career 90-point rides. It was also the kind of ride that changed the shape of the night for Austin. The Gamblers got the win, the record and the postseason reward in one trip through Kansas City. The result clinched a Top 3 seed and a first-round bye for Austin in the 2026 PBR Teams Championship. Leme also added another individual honor to the performance. He earned his third PBR Teams MVP award, a league record. Austin joined the Missouri Thunder as the only teams to secure Top 3 seeds at that point in the competition. The final margin was tight, and Leme’s score supplied the difference. Moonlight Graham delivered the score Austin needed, and Leme turned a close matchup into a record-setting result that landed in the standings and the record book at once. For Leme, the ride kept his season on a familiar track, with another 90-point effort adding to a total no rider had reached before.
Austin Gamblers clinch
Austin’s place in the bracket came into focus because the team backed up Leme’s record ride with enough results to stay among the top seeds. That put Austin in a small group already holding a first-round bye for the 2026 PBR Teams Championship. The path to that position started Friday in Kansas City, when Leme posted 92.20 points on Super Trooper, a personal season high. The No. 2 Austin Gamblers used that ride to beat the No. 3 Carolina Cowboys and move within one win of securing a Top 3 seed and a first-round bye at the 2026 PBR Teams Championship. The score mattered because it extended Leme’s lead in the PBR Teams MVP race. That Friday ride showed the same pattern that followed against Oklahoma, one high-scoring bull ride from Leme changing the team result and the standings at the same time. By the time Austin faced Oklahoma, the team already had proof that Leme could deliver the score needed to keep the Gamblers in position. The later win finished the job and confirmed the seed.
PBR Teams MVP
Leme’s season now carries two separate marks that point to the same thing, his place at the top of the PBR record book. The 95 career 90-point rides set the all-time standard, and his third PBR Teams MVP award stands as a league record. He can clinch the PBR Teams MVP honor with one more qualified ride, giving him a chance to turn a season of milestones into one more official finish. The 92.20 on Super Trooper widened his lead in the MVP race, and the 90.55 on Moonlight Graham followed with the team-clinching result that Austin needed. Those two rides came in different spots on the schedule and against different opponents, but both pointed to the same reality for the Gamblers. Leme kept delivering when the team needed a score, and Austin kept turning those scores into wins. It also put another number beside his name, with the league record for PBR Teams MVP awards now set at three. For Austin, that sequence left the team with a postseason reward. For Leme, it left a record, an MVP mark and one more chance to add another honor before the championship arrives.
