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Best Pokémon opening themes

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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 04:00 PM

Pokémon Theme (opening 1)1370

The worldwide ranking generated by 1.4k votes

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Pokémon Theme (opening 1)1370

Unbeatable (opening 8)1339

Master Quest (opening 5)1325

Pokémon Johto (opening 3)1295

Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) (opening 9)1294

Born to Be a Winner (opening 4)1269

Pokémon World (opening 2)1267

Battle Dimension (opening 12)1226

I Wanna Be a Hero (opening 7)1210

#10

Black and White (opening 14)1198

#11

Be a Hero (opening 18)1195

#12

Rival Destinies (opening 15)1187

#13

With You (opening 25)1184

#14

Under the Alolan Sun (opening 20)1184

#15

Galactic Battles (opening 13)1182

#16

Pokémon Theme (Version XY) (opening 17)1182

#17

Stand Tall (opening 19)1176

#18

Battle Frontier (opening 6)1170

#19

It's Always You and Me (opening 16)1164

#20

Diamond and Pearl (opening 10)1160

#21

The Journey Starts Today (opening 23)1159

#22

We Will Be Heroes (opening 11)1152

#23

Gotta Catch 'Em All (opening 26)1131

#24

Under the Alolan Moon (opening 21)1108

#25

The Challenge of Life (opening 22)1106

#26

Becoming Who I'm Meant to Be (opening Journeys 1)1085

#27

The Path to Your Heart (opening 24)1080

What the community says

Pokémon Theme (opening 1) leads with an ELO of 1,370, ahead of Unbeatable (opening 8) (1,339) and Master Quest (opening 5) (1,325). Ranked over 1,371 duels between 27 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.