Following are the leading riders of the 2010 calendar year, based on National Cutting Horse Association earnings.
| RIDER | 2010 $ |
| MATT GAINES | $237,927 |
| MATTHEW TAYLOR BUDGE | $235,167 |
| PHILIP RAPP | $210,042 |
| TIM SMITH | $203,637 |
| PHILIP L HANSON | $195,612 |
| CHAD BUSHAW | $186,873 |
| AUSTIN SHEPARD | $173,284 |
| BOYD RICE | $155,597 |
| LEE FRANCOIS | $153,203 |
| CLINT ALLEN | $143,098 |
| DUSTIN ADAMS | $138,286 |
| MARY ANN RAPP | $130,546 |
| SKIP QUEEN | $122,076 |
| T J GOOD | $115,787 |
| PAUL HANSMA | $106,620 |
| CRAIG THOMPSON | $105,655 |
| WESLEY GALYEAN | $103,216 |
| LLOYD DENNIS COX | $101,037 |
| W PETE BRANCH | $97,229 |
| GARY GONSALVES | $97,036 |
| MEGAN MILLER | $96,934 |
| SEAN FLYNN | $92,674 |
| JAMES BRADLEY MITCHELL | $89,946 |
| ARMANDO COSTA NETO | $86,613 |
| GAVIN MATTHEW JORDAN | $85,092 |
| MICHAEL COOPER | $83,622 |
| KOBIE WOOD | $82,762 |
| KAREN MICHELLE ANDERSON | $81,625 |
| JASON CLARK | $79,098 |
| MATT MILLER | $74,526 |
| ED FLYNN | $73,665 |
| KYLE MANION | $70,702 |
| TOMMY MARVIN | $70,652 |
| RUSS WESTFALL | $69,208 |
| EDDIE BRAXTON | $65,002 |
| STEVE OEHLHOF | $63,830 |
| CODIE GREEN | $62,171 |
| R L CHARTIER II | $58,596 |
| KORY POUNDS | $58,412 |
| KELLE EARNHEART | $57,868 |
| ASCENCION BANUELOS | $57,642 |
| KATHY DAUGHN | $56,377 |
| TODD BIMAT | $56,063 |
| CONSTANCE JAEGGI | $55,835 |
| RONNIE RICE | $55,556 |
| DAVID BOOTH | $55,200 |
| RUSS DE CORDOVA | $53,487 |
| BART I NICHOLS | $53,296 |
| ROGER WAGNER | $52,928 |
| JULIE ANN WRIGLEY | $50,867 |
| BILL RIDDLE | $48,987 |
| PAULA WOOD | $48,374 |
| DEAN HOLDEN | $47,815 |
| KRISTEN N GALYEAN | $47,403 |
| BONNIE MARTIN | $46,678 |
| MACKIE HURSH | $46,334 |
| ASHLEY FLYNN | $45,857 |
| JULIE HANSMA | $45,262 |
| BRIAN ANDERSON | $44,890 |
| ALEXA STENT | $44,811 |
| JAIME SNIDER | $43,713 |
| ROBERT A RUST | $42,631 |
| STEVEN W NORRIS | $42,514 |
| LAURA LANDERS | $41,951 |
| CHARLES(BUBBA) MATLOCK | $41,622 |
| BRUCE L MORINE | $41,284 |
| HEATHER LYNN STILES | $41,138 |
| LEAH M HANSON | $39,331 |
| SAM SHEPARD | $39,274 |
| DAN HANSEN | $39,202 |
| DAVE STEWART | $39,034 |
| MARK D LAVENDER | $38,719 |
| GAIL HOOPER | $38,574 |
| JANET WESTFALL | $37,885 |
| BRETT DAVIS | $37,473 |
| GRANT SETNICKA | $37,405 |
| WINSTON HANSMA | $36,894 |
| SAM GOOD | $36,545 |
| AL DUNNING | $36,020 |
| CASEY MOORE | $35,862 |
| RUSS MILLER | $35,127 |
| JAIME C BEAMER | $35,104 |
| JENNIFER CHRISTMANN FOLAND | $34,684 |
| JAMES PAYNE | $33,802 |
| KATHLEEN MOORE | $33,570 |
| KAITLYN N LARSEN | $33,153 |
| ALLEN CROUCH | $32,958 |
| MIKE WOOD | $32,553 |
| TIM MAY | $32,316 |
| MATT SARGOOD | $31,854 |
| KELSEY CONN | $31,819 |
| JEREMY BARWICK | $31,585 |
| LAUREN MIDDLETON | $31,553 |
| CARA BARRY-BREWER | $31,142 |
| BONNIE JOHNSON | $31,107 |
| BRETT JOHNSON | $30,841 |
| RYON EMERTON | $30,684 |
| GARY A BARKER | $30,657 |
| STEPHANIE F HAYMES | $30,526 |
| ALVIN FULTS | $30,513 |
| ED DUFURRENA | $30,422 |
| CHRISTINA GALYEAN | $29,838 |
| MARCY BLANCHARD | $29,810 |
| TOM LYONS | $29,582 |
| LANA JILL PEACOCK | $29,557 |
| SETH HOLCOMBE | $29,544 |
| ROY CARTER | $29,365 |
| CHRISTIAN O JOHNSRUD | $28,313 |
| JESSICA POUNDS | $27,921 |
| NEIL ROGER | $27,855 |
| LINDY BURCH | $27,714 |
| GREG COALSON | $27,702 |
| TERI PARADIS | $27,672 |
| ORA H DIEHL | $27,455 |
| SCOTT WEIS | $27,369 |
| ADAN BANUELOS | $27,081 |
| LUIS ALBERTO DEARMAS | $26,840 |
| RAY BALDWIN | $25,768 |
| SCOTT AMOS | $25,606 |
| MARK MILLS | $25,272 |
| SCOTTY RICE | $25,098 |