the winners are on display during the festival weekend. In 2019 the Weigh-Off was awarded the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth's "World's Top Weigh-Off Site" award for having the ten heaviest pumpkins among the 114 GPC-sanctioned weigh-off sites worldwide. The heaviest pumpkin ever to win the contest was the champion in 2022, which weighed . {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |+ class="nowrap" | List of champion pumpkins: |- ! Year !! Grower !! Weight (pounds) |- |2022 || Travis Gienger, Anoka MN || 2,560 |- |2021 || Jeff Uhlmeyer, Olympia WA || 2,191 |- |2020 || Travis Gienger, Anoka MN || 2,350 |- |2019 || Leonardo Urena, Napa CA || 2,175 |- |2018 || Steve Daletas, Pleasant Hill OR || 2,170 |- |2017 || Joel Holland, Sumner WA || 2,363 |- |2016 || Cindy Tobeck, Little Rock WA || 1,910 |- |2015 || Steve Daletas, Pleasant Hill OR || 1,969 |- |2014 || John Hawkley, Napa CA || 2,058 |- |2013 || Gary Miller, Napa CA || 1,985 |- |2012 || Thad Starr, Pleasant Hill OR || 1,775 |- |2011 || Leonardo Urena, Napa CA || 1,704 |- |2010 || Ron Root, Citrus Heights CA || 1,535 |- |2009 || Don Young, Des Moines IA || 1,658 |- |2008 || Thad Starr, Pleasant Hill OR || 1,528 |- |2007 || Thad Starr, Pleasant Hill OR || 1,524 |- |2006 || Joel Holland, Puyallup WA || 1,223 |- |2005 || Joel Holland, Puyallup WA || 1,229 |- |2004 || Joel Holland, Puyallup WA || 1,229 |- |2003 || Steve Daletas, Pleasant Hill OR || 1,180 |- |2002 || Kirk Mombert, Harrisburg OR || 1,173 |- |2001 || Steve Daletas, Pleasant Hill OR || 1,016 |- |2000 || Kirk Mombert, Harrisburg OR || 940 |- |1999 || Jon Hunt, Elk Grove CA || 991 |- |1998 || Lincoln Mettler, Eatonville WA || 974 |- |1997 || Sherry LaRue, Tenino WA || 868 |- |1996 || Kirk Mombert, Harrisburg, OR || 808 |- |1995 || Jack La Rue, Tenino WA || 875 |- |1994(tie) || Joel Holland, Puyallup WA Pete Glasier, Sequim WA || 696 |- |1993 || Joel Holland, Puyallup WA || 740 |- |1992 || Joel Holland, Puyallup WA || 722 |- |1991 || Cindi Glasier, Denver CO || 602 |- |1990 || Tom Borchard, Salinas CA || 544 |- |1989 || Mike Pezzini, Prunedale CA || 530 |- |1988 || Tom Borchard, Salinas