Best Pokémon Generation

Gen 1 leads with an ELO of 1,328, ahead of Gen 3 (1,299) and Gen 6 (1,213). Ranked over 7,779 duels between 8 contenders, last updated August 24, 2026.

Discover your favorite Pokémon generation! Rank all 8 generations and find out which one shaped your childhood with this interactive ranking.

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.