CANNALIB · COMPETITION · USA
Leafly Budtenders' Choice Awards
73 published results across 3 editions, 2023 to 2025. 0 results are matched exactly to a strain in the catalogue; the rest name an entrant, a brand, a product or a person and are kept as they are.
● frozen 2026-09-14 · API 0.7.0-stdlib
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73
Results
one row per placing, with its source
3
Editions
a year of the cup
0
Matched to a strain
exact name match only
73
Not matched
entrants, brands, products, people; kept, not guessed
How to read the tables
Every result row carries its sources. Strain links are exact matches by the importer, never guessed. Editions marked partial or not_found are published as such.
EDITIONS, NEWEST FIRST
Every year we found, and the years we did not.
LEAFLY BUDTENDERS' CHOICE 2025 · NOT FOUND
0 result rows
No 2025 edition results found.
Source:
No result rows for this edition. The status above says why: partial, results only, or not found. Nothing is filled in.
LEAFLY BUDTENDERS' CHOICE 2024 · FOUND
United States (online survey; 18 states) · 36 result rows
Second survey (fall 2024, over 900 budtenders, $1,000 checks on International Budtender Day 20 October). Leafly lists best strain and best flower brand for 18 states; Animal Face won in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Permanent Marker in Arizona and California.
Source: leafly.com
| Place | Category | Entry | Entrant | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
winner |
Arizona – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Alien Labs no strain match | Alien Labs | leafly.com |
winner |
Arizona – Budtenders' Choice strain | Permanent Marker no strain match | Connected | leafly.com |
winner |
California – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Cannabiotix no strain match | Cannabiotix | leafly.com |
winner |
California – Budtenders' Choice strain | Permanent Marker no strain match | various | leafly.com |
winner |
Colorado – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Green Dot Labs no strain match | Green Dot Labs | leafly.com |
winner |
Colorado – Budtenders' Choice strain | Chemmy Jones no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Illinois – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | IC Collective no strain match | IC Collective | leafly.com |
winner |
Illinois – Budtenders' Choice strain | Bubba’s Girl no strain match | CAM | leafly.com |
winner |
Maine – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Jar Co no strain match | Jar Co | leafly.com |
winner |
Maine – Budtenders' Choice strain | Devil Driver no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Maryland – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Sunmed no strain match | Sunmed | leafly.com |
winner |
Maryland – Budtenders' Choice strain | Snoop Dogg OG no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Massachusetts – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Smash Hits no strain match | Smash Hits | leafly.com |
winner |
Massachusetts – Budtenders' Choice strain | Chem D no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Michigan – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Grown Rogue no strain match | Grown Rogue | leafly.com |
winner |
Michigan – Budtenders' Choice strain | Candy Cake no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Mississippi – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Sea of Green South no strain match | Sea of Green South | leafly.com |
winner |
Mississippi – Budtenders' Choice strain | Zoap no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Missouri – Budtenders' Choice flower brand | Good Day Farm no strain match | Good Day Farm | leafly.com |
winner |
Missouri – Budtenders' Choice strain | Kumquat no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
16 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.
LEAFLY BUDTENDERS' CHOICE 2023 · FOUND
United States (online survey; 19 states) · 37 result rows
Leafly surveyed more than 900 budtenders in fall 2023 for the best strain and brand in their state, paying three $1,000 prizes to respondents; results for 19 states were published in December 2023. Permanent Marker's frequency across states fed Leafly's Strain of the Year pick. Mississippi had no strain winner (N/A).
Source: leafly.com
Open budtender survey; one strain + one brand per state.
| Place | Category | Entry | Entrant | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
winner |
Arizona – Budtenders' Choice brand | Alien Labs no strain match | Alien Labs | leafly.com |
winner |
Arizona – Budtenders' Choice strain | Nightshade no strain match | Connected | leafly.com |
winner |
California – Budtenders' Choice brand | Cannabiotix no strain match | Cannabiotix | leafly.com |
winner |
California – Budtenders' Choice strain | Holy Moly! no strain match | Fig Farms | leafly.com |
winner |
Colorado – Budtenders' Choice brand | Green Dot Labs no strain match | Green Dot Labs | leafly.com |
winner |
Colorado – Budtenders' Choice strain | Blu Froot no strain match | Green Dot Labs | leafly.com |
winner |
Florida – Budtenders' Choice brand | Jungle Boys no strain match | Jungle Boys | leafly.com |
winner |
Florida – Budtenders' Choice strain | Gator Breath no strain match | Jungle Boys | leafly.com |
winner |
Illinois – Budtenders' Choice brand | Aeriz no strain match | Aeriz | leafly.com |
winner |
Illinois – Budtenders' Choice strain | Cereal A La Mode no strain match | Cookies | leafly.com |
winner |
Maine – Budtenders' Choice brand | Jar Co no strain match | Jar Co | leafly.com |
winner |
Maine – Budtenders' Choice strain | Devil Driver no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Maryland – Budtenders' Choice brand | Strane no strain match | Strane | leafly.com |
winner |
Maryland – Budtenders' Choice strain | Amnesia OG no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Massachusetts – Budtenders' Choice brand | Happy Valley no strain match | Happy Valley | leafly.com |
winner |
Massachusetts – Budtenders' Choice strain | Chem D OG no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Michigan – Budtenders' Choice brand | Higher Love no strain match | Higher Love | leafly.com |
winner |
Michigan – Budtenders' Choice strain | Hypno Stank no strain match | not stated | leafly.com |
winner |
Mississippi – Budtenders' Choice brand | Southern Sky no strain match | Southern Sky | leafly.com |
winner |
Missouri – Budtenders' Choice brand | Cloud Cover no strain match | Cloud Cover | leafly.com |
17 more rows for this edition are in the dataset.
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