Largest pumpkin by circumference

The largest pumpkin by circumference, with a stem to blossom girth of 649.8 cm (255.8 in; 21 ft 3.8 in), was presented by twin brothers Ian and Stuart Paton (both UK) at the 6th Wargrave Nursery Giant Vegetable Weigh-off in Wargrave, Berkshire, UK, on 6 October 2025. The record was confirmed by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth.

The same specimen also claimed the title of the world's heaviest pumpkin, tipping the scales at 1,278.8 kg (2,819 lb 4 oz), bettering the previous record of 1,246.9 kg (2,749 lb) for a pumpkin presented by Travis Gienger (USA) at the 50th Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off held in Half Moon Bay, California, USA, on 9 October 2023. This same specimen previously held the title of largest pumpkin by circumference, measuring 642.6 cm (21 ft 1 in) around from stem to blossom.

The Paton brothers, from Lymington, Hampshire, UK, are seasoned growers of giant pumpkins, having been nurturing these plants for some five decades since their early teens. They have been very close to taking the world record title before, but have either fallen just short on the scales or been ruled out because of condition defects with the fruit. They claimed the all-time UK weight record in 2022 with a pumpkin that weighed in at 1,205 kg (2,656 lb 9.1 oz). This is the first time ever that the heaviest pumpkin world record has been held by British growers.