Top 10 Heavy Hitters

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UGPG Top 10 Heavy Hitters

To be considered a heavy hitter, you must have weighed in a minimum of 5 pumpkins at any UGPG (or GPC certified) weigh-offs* and the pumpkins must have been grown OR officially weighed in the State of Utah. The weights of the grower's top 5 pumpkins/squash are averaged together. Pumpkins must weigh a minimum of 300lbs to qualify.

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Rank Photo Grower Average Weight Top 5 Pumpkins (lbs)
1st
🥇 		Ralph Laub Ralph Laub 1918
2289 (2024) 2189 (2024) 1838 (2024) 1761 (2025) 1514 (2020)
2nd
🥈 		Matt McConkie Matt McConkie 1777
1974 (2017) 1817 (2014) 1764.5 (2017) 1731 (2014) 1600 (2011)
3rd
🥉 		Mohamed Sadiq Mohamed Sadiq 1763
2287 (2022) 1905 (2022) 1825 (2020) 1411 (2019) 1386.5 (2014)
4 Ross Bowman Ross Bowman-RIP 1647
2142 (2021) 2047 (2021) 1670 (2021) 1204 (2014) 1174 (2011)
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Alan Gebert 1510
1917 (2025) 1872 (2024) 1278 (2015) 1277 (2018) 1204 (2023)
6 Andrew Israelsen Andrew Israelsen 1421
1782 (2024) 1608 (2019) 1486 (2025) 1246 (2014) 1185 (2013)
7
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Brian Christensen 1371
2027 (2025) 1708 (2025) 1075 (2022) 1043 (2024) 999.5 (2015)
8 Tyler Quigley Jay Richard 1342
1784 (2023) 1322 (2025) 1284 (2024) 1165 (2022) 1156 (2021)
9 Ross Bowman Joey Hogan 1293
1590 (2024) 1486 (2023) 1345 (2025) 1200 (2019) 846 (2018)
10 Ross Bowman DJ Steffler 1256
1415 (2024) 1400 (2017) 1192 (2023) 1167.5 (2020) 1107 (2018)

Heavy Hitters 11-20: David Bradley, Tyler Quigley, Brent Evans, Ken Kolb, Ed Dennis, Jim Seamons, Gordon Tanner, Jamie Johnson, Clint Nash, Cliff Warren.

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