Strongest Pokemon ranked list: Best Pokemon by type

❘ Published: 2023-01-04T19:14:56

The strongest Pokemon across the entire franchise are fearsome creatures that are not only tough to track down but extremely powerful in battle. Our ranked list will highlight the strongest Pokemon of all time by analyzing total base stats.

Whether you’re trying to get them on your team or preparing a strategy to face them, knowing which Pokemon are the strongest will have you ready to jump into any Pokemon game. The Pokemon franchise has been around for over 25 years and with upward of 1000 Pokemon in existence, it could be difficult to track the strongest ones.

Fans have been trying to decide what is the strongest Pokemon for ages. Most of the strongest Pokemon are of the Legendary variety and while crowning the coolest-looking Pokemon the strongest may be tempting, we’ve used their stats to determine the most powerful.

Here is a ranked list of the strongest Pokemon of all time.

Strongest Pokemon of all time ranked

Arceus is the undisputed strongest Pokemon of all time. When Generation Four arrived and introduced Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, few could have predicted that players would get another Legendary Pokemon in the form of Arceus.

The Normal-type Pokemon is nicknamed “The Original One” and Pokemon lore suggests that Arceus is the creator of the entire Pokemon Universe. Its 720 base stats rank it above the remaining list of powerful Legendary Pokemon.

Game Freak and the Pokemon Company have done a great job balancing the strongest Pokemon over the years as the list below includes classic Pokemon such as Mewtwo alongside relatively new Eternatus, Solgaleo, and Lunala.

The list of strongest Pokemon does not include alternate-form Pokemon such as Mega Evolutions. Given certain conditions must be met to achieve Mega Evolution, we’ve only decided to include base forms. However, you can rest assured that Mega Evolution Pokemon are incredibly powerful, with most base stats reaching the 700 mark.

Pokemon	Type	Total Base Stats
Arceus	Normal	720
Eternatus	Poison / Dragon	690
Mewtwo	Psychic	680
Rayquaza	Dragon / Flying	680
Palkia	Water / Dragon	680
Dialga	Steel / Dragon	680
Ho-Oh	Fire / Flying	680
Lugia	Psychic / Flying	680
Reshiram	Dragon / Fire	680
Zekrom	Dragon / Electric	680
Solgaleo	Psychic / Steel	680
Lunala	Psychic / Ghost	680
Giratina	Ghost / Dragon	680
Yvetal	Dark / Flying	680
Xerneas	Fairy	680

Most powerful Pokemon by type

A lot of Pokemon fans have a favorite type or at least a few types that they gravitate toward when playing Pokemon games. With this list, you’ll be able to identify the strongest Pokemon for each type.

Once again we’ve excluded any Mega evolutions and secondary variants. It’s important to note that we used the Pokemon’s primary type to rank them. For example, Eternatus is also a Dragon-type but its Primary type is Poison thus we’ve ranked it as the strongest Poison-type.

Type	Pokemon	Total Base Stats
Normal	Arceus	720
Poison	Eternatus	690
Psychic	Mewtwo	680
Fire	Reshiram	680
Dragon	Rayquaza	680
Water	Palkia	680
Steel	Dialga	680
Ghost	Giratina	680
Dark	Yveltal	680
Fairy	Xerneas	680
Ground	Groudon	670
Electric	Miraidon	670
Fighting	Koraidon	670
Bug	Genesect	600
Rock	Tyranitar	600
Grass	Shaymin	600
Ice	Articuno	580
Flying	Tornadus	580

Miraidon and Koraidon are the two new additions to the list as the main Legendary Pokemon from Scarlet and Violet. Miraidon grabs the spot for strongest Fighting-type, dethroning Zamazenta in the process. Meanwhile, Koraidon outranks Zeraora as the strongest Electric-type.

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Image Credit: Game Freak / The Pokemon Company