A favorite is personal. Give yourself room to choose.
You might know your number one immediately, or have a dozen Pokémon you could never choose between. This favorite Pokémon picker gives you two ways in: compare small groups to discover an order, or search for familiar favorites and build your own list. Both routes produce an editable card you can save, without an account.
How to use the favorite Pokémon picker
Let the comparisons help you decide
Choose “Help me choose,” then start a comparison. Choose batches of 4, 8, 12 or 20 Pokémon. Larger batches reduce the number of confirmations; smaller batches fit a phone more comfortably. You can change the batch size during a comparison. Select one or more that you prefer to the others shown, then confirm your choice. You must leave at least one unselected so the comparison narrows the field. The tool brings you another batch until one candidate remains for your next favorite.
You do not have to decide why you like a Pokémon. A memorable playthrough, a design you enjoy drawing, or a partner you kept on your team can all be reasons. If a batch is difficult and more candidates remain, “See another batch” rotates it without eliminating anyone. If all remaining candidates are shown, make a preference choice or undo an earlier decision.
Already know your favorites?
Choose “Build my list” to search by name or National Pokédex number and add up to ten. This is a direct-pick list: the tool is recording your decisions, not inferring a ranking from comparisons. Its list is saved separately, so switching modes does not discard an unfinished comparison. For a visual refresher before choosing, browse the complete Pokémon list.
How your favorite Pokémon ranking works
During a comparison, choosing several Pokémon places the unselected members of that batch behind those choices. It does not establish an order among the selected Pokémon. They remain candidates and may appear again. The next favorite is found when only one eligible candidate remains.
This is different from treating the last Pokémon knocked out of a bracket as your runner-up. Imagine that your two favorites meet early. Losing to your favorite should not automatically put your second favorite behind every unrelated Pokémon. Here, the picker remembers which choices held each candidate back. Once those choices have received their places, eligible candidates can return for the next spot.
The result reflects the preferences you express, not a scientific assessment or a community popularity poll. If you change your mind, use Undo for up to ten recent comparison actions. “Reconsider a candidate” lets you search the currently held-back candidates and bring one into the current comparison. Favorites already found keep their places; restart the comparison if you want to revisit the entire ordering.
The counter describes the candidates still eligible for the next favorite. It can increase after a favorite is found because other candidates return. It is not an estimate of minutes or clicks remaining. A full 1,025-species comparison takes more attention than a small pool, and the picker never silently substitutes a random subset.
Find your favorite Pokémon by type and generation
Open “Fine-tune filters” before starting. A generation filter selects species introduced in that generation, while a type filter includes either type of a dual-type Pokémon. These filters intersect: Gen 1 plus Water produces a comparison among Water-type species introduced in Gen 1. This is not a check of which Pokémon are obtainable in a particular game.
For a shorter first session, choose a familiar generation. The generation guide explains the species ranges and counts. If you enjoy choosing a favorite Fire or Ghost type, finish that comparison and export the result before starting another type. This version keeps one comparison at a time; it does not create an automatic “favorite of every type” chart.
Favorite starter and legendary Pokémon
“Starters only” contains the 27 first-stage Grass, Fire and Water partners introduced across Gen 1–9. It excludes their evolutions, Pikachu and Eevee. Combine it with one generation for that generation’s original trio. Legendary and Mythical are separate categories, following the labels in the site’s PokéAPI-derived data.
Changing the controls does not immediately erase your work. Starting a new comparison asks before replacing the saved comparison and its displayed result. Your directly selected list remains separate. If you simply want an unexpected Pokémon rather than a preference ranking, use the random Pokémon generator.
Build your Top 10 favorite Pokémon
Finding your first favorite is a useful result on its own. You can stop, save the card, or continue toward ten. After each favorite is found, the picker pauses so you can decide whether to keep going. If your pool contains fewer than ten species, the comparison ends after ranking those species.
Your favorites appear in a numbered list below the picker. Use the up and down buttons to move a Pokémon, or remove an entry from the display. These controls work with touch and a keyboard; dragging is not required. Editing the displayed comparison list does not rewrite its comparison history. The direct-pick mode is available when you want full control over adding and ordering entries.
Six favorite Pokémon can make a personal team card, but personal appeal does not imply balanced type coverage or competitive legality. There are no moves, abilities or battle rules attached to this list. To turn your familiarity into a different kind of challenge, try the guess the Pokémon quiz or silhouette quiz. Your favorite list does not change those quizzes’ question pools.
Which Pokémon does this picker include?
The pool contains 1,025 National Pokédex species from Gen 1–9, from Bulbasaur to Pecharunt. Mega Evolutions and regional or other alternate forms are not separate candidates, and this version has no shiny mode. Newly announced species outside that range are not included. The Pokémon count guide explains the distinction between species and forms.
Names, types, categories and images reuse the site’s existing Pokémon data. Your choices are not public votes, are not sent as analytics event data, and are not uploaded as a player profile. Displaying pictures uses the site’s image CDN; image export retrieves the same public artwork from our image CDN. These requests include the selected species’ IDs in their image paths. Read About Pokédrill for the site’s data and analytics disclosures.