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Cooper Davis (born March 23, 1994) is an American professional bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) tour. Davis is the 2017 PBR World Champion.

Early life
Cooper Davis was born on March 23, 1994 to Chad and Kim Davis. Davis entered his first rodeo when he was 5 years old. Davis started riding bulls when he was 13 years old. While competing in high school, he broke his shoulder after being thrown from a bull. Davis home schooled himself during his senior year due to his busy schedule of competitions.

Career
Davis competed in a PBR Touring Pro Division - USA event in May 2012. He rode both of his bulls for the event and earned 42.63 points which placed him in 256th place for the year. Davis also competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) in 2012 where he placed first in 3 events earning $34,927. During 2013 he competed in PRCA events where he earned $139,589 and placed 6th in world standings. Davis returned to the PBR in 2014 where he competed in 26 events and won 3 of those events. Davis continued to improve in 2014 moving up to 61st in world standings and earned his first 90 point ride on Hokey Pokey. Davis won the 2015 Built Ford Tough World Finals and the NWSS Touring Pro Division Finale. Davis finished 6th in world standings in 2015. Davis competed in 42 PBR events in 2016 finishing 1st in 6 of those events. Davis broken his collarbone and required surgery in August 2016. Davis was back competing 17 days after his surgery. On Nov 2, 2016 Cooper Davis was crowned the 2016 PBR World Champion earning the $1,000,000 prize that goes with that title. During 2017 Davis competed in 41 PBR events and completed the year 3rd in world standings. Jess Lockwood earned 579 points more than Davis to win the 2017 PBR World Champion title. On September 16, 2018 Davis rode Smooth Operator during Round 3 of the Atlantic City Invitational scoring a career high of 93.75 points. During 2018 Davis rode 29 of 82 bulls for a career low of 35.37%.

PBR End of Year Ranking

 * 2012 - World Number 256 with $1,518.10 in earnings
 * 2014 - World Number 61 with $35,262.93 in earnings
 * 2015 - World Number 6 with $420,121.55 in earnings
 * 2016 - World Number One with $1,452,707.75 in earnings (2016 PBR World Champion)
 * 2017 - World Number 3 with $280,770.92 in earnings
 * 2018 - World Number 7 with $314,025.17 in earnings
 * 2019 - World Number 5 with $289,938 in earnings

Source: PBR

Personal life
Davis lives in Buna, Texas with his wife Kaitlyn and son Mackston.