Rankings

How often players actually bring a given Pokémon to ranked battles. This is the only ranking on this page that does not come from base stats, but from what people do.

Alternate forms always count here and cannot be filtered out — in ranked battles Landorus-Therian or Wellspring Mask Ogerpon are separate, widely used Pokémon, not cosmetic variants. Filtering them out, as we do in the stat rankings, would remove the seventh entry of the snapshot from the list.

#	Pokémon	Usage in battles	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	Total
1	Dragonite	18.2%	91	134	95	100	100	80	600
2	Clefable	7.3%	95	70	73	95	90	60	483
3	Moltres ★	5.7%	90	100	90	125	85	90	580
4	Zapdos ★	5.1%	90	90	85	125	90	100	580
5	Galarian Weezing	4.1%	65	90	120	85	70	60	490
6	Ninetales	2.5%	73	76	75	81	100	100	505
7	Alolan Ninetales	1.5%	73	67	75	81	100	109	505
8	Venusaur	1.5%	80	82	83	100	100	80	525
9	Galarian Moltres ★	0.7%	90	85	90	100	125	90	580
10	Mew ✦	0.7%	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
11	Hisuian Arcanine	0.4%	95	115	80	95	80	90	555
12	Alolan Muk	0.3%	105	105	75	65	100	50	500
13	Tentacruel	0.3%	80	70	65	80	120	100	515
14	Jolteon	0.3%	65	65	60	110	95	130	525
15	Gengar	0.2%	60	65	60	130	75	110	500
16	Cloyster	0.2%	50	95	180	85	45	70	525
17	Galarian Zapdos ★	0.2%	90	125	90	85	90	100	580
18	Ditto	0.2%	48	48	48	48	48	48	288
19	Galarian Slowbro	0.1%	95	100	95	100	70	30	490
20	Galarian Articuno ★	0.1%	90	85	85	125	100	95	580
21	Charizard	0.1%	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
22	Paldean Tauros (Aqua Breed)	0.1%	75	110	105	30	70	100	490
23	Gyarados	0.1%	95	125	79	60	100	81	540
24	Hitmonlee	0.1%	50	120	53	35	110	87	455
25	Haunter	0.1%	45	50	45	115	55	95	405
26	Blastoise	0.1%	79	83	100	85	105	78	530
27	Snorlax	0.1%	160	110	65	65	110	30	540
28	Paldean Tauros (Blaze Breed)	0.1%	75	110	105	30	70	100	490
29	Chansey	0.1%	250	5	5	35	105	50	450
30	Hisuian Electrode	0%	60	50	70	80	80	150	490
31	Vaporeon	0%	130	65	60	110	95	65	525
32	Alolan Raichu	0%	60	85	50	95	85	110	485
33	Slowbro	0%	95	75	110	100	80	30	490
34	Tauros	0%	75	100	95	40	70	110	490
35	Alolan Sandslash	0%	75	100	120	25	65	65	450
36	Vileplume	0%	75	80	85	110	90	50	490
37	Hitmonchan	0%	50	105	79	35	110	76	455
38	Alolan Exeggutor	0%	95	105	85	125	75	45	530
39	Articuno ★	0%	90	85	100	95	125	85	580
40	Lapras	0%	130	85	80	85	95	60	535
41	Golduck	0%	80	82	78	95	80	85	500
42	Alolan Persian	0%	65	60	60	75	65	115	440
43	Arbok	0%	60	95	69	65	79	80	448
44	Golem	0%	80	120	130	55	65	45	495
45	Arcanine	0%	90	110	80	100	80	95	555
46	Poliwrath	0%	90	95	95	70	90	70	510
47	Primeape	0%	65	105	60	60	70	95	455
48	Sandslash	0%	75	100	110	45	55	65	450

★ Legendary, ✦ Mythical. Green cells are stats of 120 and higher, red ones — 45 and lower; they show whether a high position comes from an even spread or from one extreme value at the expense of the rest.

Data from 574,541 battles played by people on Pokémon Showdown (Gen 9 OU, 2026-09, players rated above 1695). The ranking always shows the latest available monthly snapshot, not a historical average — so each new snapshot changes the numbers. The statistics are compiled by Smogon.

This is a popularity ranking, not a strength ranking. A high place means players often pick this Pokémon — sometimes because it is excellent, but sometimes because it is cheap to build, conveniently checks popular threats or has simply become fashionable. The percentage is the share of teams it appeared on, not a win rate. Also keep in mind that the list covers a single format: under other rules the order can be completely different. This list is Gen 9 OU — the most popular format with no top-down team restrictions — everything is allowed except what was deemed too strong. The switch above the table shows the other formats we have in our database.

The snapshot covers 309 Pokémon, not all of them on this site — and that is intended. A Pokémon nobody uses does not get a zero here; it is simply absent. A zero percentage would suggest a measurement that never happened.