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	Galarian Slowking	15.8%	95	65	80	110	110	30	490
2	Tyranitar	3.6%	100	134	110	95	100	61	600
3	Blissey	3%	255	10	10	75	135	55	540
4	Skarmory	3%	65	80	140	40	70	70	465
5	Scizor	2.4%	70	130	100	55	80	65	500
6	Umbreon	0.9%	95	65	110	60	130	65	525
7	Kingdra	0.6%	75	95	95	95	95	85	540
8	Azumarill	0.5%	100	50	80	60	80	50	420
9	Slowking	0.3%	95	75	80	100	110	30	490
10	Espeon	0.2%	65	65	60	130	95	110	525
11	Hisuian Typhlosion	0.2%	73	84	78	119	85	95	534
12	Porygon2	0.1%	85	80	90	105	95	60	515
13	Feraligatr	0.1%	85	105	100	79	83	78	530
14	Smeargle	0.1%	55	20	35	20	45	75	250
15	Quagsire	0.1%	95	85	85	65	65	35	430
16	Suicune ★	0.1%	100	75	115	90	115	85	580
17	Entei ★	0.1%	115	115	85	90	75	100	580
18	Forretress	0.1%	75	90	140	60	60	40	465
19	Hitmontop	0%	50	95	95	35	110	70	455
20	Ariados	0%	70	90	70	60	70	40	400
21	Politoed	0%	90	75	75	90	100	70	500
22	Raikou ★	0%	90	85	75	115	100	115	580
23	Gligar	0%	65	75	105	35	65	85	430
24	Donphan	0%	90	120	120	60	60	50	500
25	Qwilfish	0%	65	95	85	55	55	85	440
26	Typhlosion	0%	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
27	Heracross	0%	80	125	75	40	95	85	500

★ 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.