A Rhode Island Grower's 3,156-Pound Pumpkin Is the First Ever to Top 3,000 Pounds

WARREN, R.I., Oct. 24, 2026 — The world record for heaviest pumpkin fell twice in one week this month. The second time, a Rhode Island grower blew past a number nobody had ever reached.

Ron Wallace, 60, of Coventry, Rhode Island, grew a pumpkin that weighed 3,156 pounds, or 1,431.5 kilograms, at an Oct. 10 weigh-off at Frerichs Farm in Warren, Guinness World Records said. It is the first pumpkin ever recorded at more than 3,000 pounds.

## A Record That Lasted a Week

Just a week earlier, on Oct. 3, English grower Ian Paton had set the record with a 2,856-pound pumpkin, according to Guinness and USA Today. Wallace's pumpkin beat it by 300 pounds.

## Not His First Time

This is Wallace's third heaviest-pumpkin world record, according to Guinness. He first held it in 2006 with a 1,502-pound pumpkin and again in 2012 with one that weighed 2,009 pounds.

This year he tried something new: it was his first season growing in a greenhouse, Guinness and WPRI reported.

For scale, 3,156 pounds is heavier than many small cars.

> What We Know
> - Grower: Ron Wallace, 60, of Coventry, Rhode Island
> - Weight: 3,156 pounds (1,431.5 kilograms), the first pumpkin ever over 3,000 pounds
> - Weigh-off: Oct. 10 at Frerichs Farm in Warren, Rhode Island
> - Record it beat: Ian Paton's 2,856-pound pumpkin, set Oct. 3
> - His earlier records: 1,502 pounds in 2006 and 2,009 pounds in 2012

Sources: Guinness World Records · WPRI · USA Today