Cup Winners Cannabis Seeds

The competitions and the breeders behind the wins

Cannabis cups happen all over the place, and each one shines a light on different bits of what makes a seed great. The High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam is still the big one, and Sensi Seeds has racked up more wins there than anyone else over thirty years.

Paradise Seeds has bagged over sixty cups since 1994, while Barney's Farm has grabbed more than forty, sweeping categories like Best Indica and Best Overall.

Dutch Passion's got over seventy wins under its belt, and Royal Queen Seeds keeps adding to its trophy cabinet with genetics that come out of serious research and organic methods.

The Autoflower World Cup is one of the toughest contests in Europe, and Seedstockers has landed on the podium there more than once.

Down in Medellín, Copa del Sol and Copa de las Flores celebrate grassroots growers, and German events like the MaryJane Berlin Jack Herer Cup and the Champions Cup at Spannabis keep the international scene buzzing.

We stock one of the widest ranges of cup-winning seeds from these global events, so collectors can get hold of the same genetics that've impressed the judges.

The legends that keep winning

Super Silver Haze is the most decorated strain out there, it won the High Times Cannabis Cup three years running from 1997 to 1999. White Widow, Super Lemon Haze and OG Kush have all picked up prizes at the Cannabis Cup and become household names.

Northern Lights #5 took the 1990 cup and kept popping up in winning crosses for years, while Skunk #1 won the same year and became a building block that's still used today.

Blueberry is a classic that blends sweet berry flavour with top-notch buds, and Orange Bud is a world-famous Dutch Passion creation that's turned up in loads of later crosses.

Power Plant is known for quick turnarounds and sativa buds packed with THC, and The Original Amnesia has won at almost every Highlife Cup, cementing its place in the hall of fame.

More recently, Wonderbrett's Orange Banana swept the 2022 Farmers' Cup, taking first overall plus best aroma, effect, taste and highest cannabinoids in one go.

Then there's the newer wave. Cookies and Cream brings sweet vanilla notes with a touch of earthiness, and Sugar Bomb Punch is an indica winner with fruity, skunky kush smells and a compact shape.

Purple Punch from Zamnesia Seeds is another indica cup winner with standout taste, and Jamaican Pearl grabbed its award thanks to its flavour and classic sativa character. These strains all share one thing, they've been put to the test and come out on top.

What makes a winner stand out

Award-winning seeds usually show high potency, distinctive smells and good looks, all down to careful breeding and selection over time. Seedstockers focuses its breeding programmes on flavour, effect and rock-solid stability across multiple generations, so they offer the same quality from seed to seed. That consistency is what sets cup winners apart from the rest of the pack.

White Widow has an earthy scent with a hint of sandalwood, while Cookies and Cream leans sweet and vanilla-like. Sugar Bomb Punch mixes fruity and skunky notes, and Purple Punch delivers that exquisite taste judges love.

The Original Amnesia is famous for its one-of-a-kind flavour and uplifting character, and Jamaican Pearl won its cup thanks to its standout character.

The scent alone can tell a lot about freshness and quality, and the people doing the judging are growers and connoisseurs who've seen it all.

Cup-winning genetics get passed around grower networks rather than just sitting on commercial shelves, which keeps things authentic and community-driven.

The range on offer

Cup-winning seeds come in three main types: feminised photoperiod, autoflower and regular. Each one suits different collectors, and all of them carry that competition stamp of approval. We offer hybrids, indicas and sativas, each one proven in competition.

Hybrids pull genetics from multiple parents to give you balanced, distinctive profiles, and the range runs from old-school classics to modern crosses built for today's collectors.

Barney's Farm has Critical Kush at 26% THC, Gary Payton at 27%, Pineapple Chunk at 26%, LSD at 26%, Tropicanna Banana at 26%, Purple Punch at 26% and Glookies at 25%.

Dutch Passion's line-up includes Kerosene Krash, which can hit 25% THC, Mokum's Tulip with Gelato and Sherbet in the mix, Auto Cinderella Jack with recorded levels of 25.9%, and Auto Blackberry Kush with those beautiful blue and purple tones.

OG Kush Feminized Fast Version sits at 20–24% THC with 0.50% CBD, and Black Orchid Auto is an indica-dominant autoflower that's recognised as one of the best in the world.

Super Strains Seeds has Enemy of the State, an award-winning indica, and Next of Kin, a well-known sativa, both of which have won multiple Cannabis Cup awards.

Older classics like Orange Bud, Blueberry and Mazar have the most awards simply because they've been around longer, but they're still solid choices.

Cup winners are different from rare show-off phenotypes that win once but are tricky to get hold of, these are seeds you can actually collect and rely on.