Pokémon League Champions

Pokémon League Champions

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1996Characters (39)

Pokémon League Champions - Tier Maker

Pokémon League Champions - Official Tier

Editorial placements for Pokémon League Champions, with the reasoning behind each list.

Pokémon League Champions - Blind Rank

The next character from Pokémon League Champions is drawn for you, so you never pick who comes next. Top 5 holds one per slot. The Tier List works like the regular board, with several characters in each row.

Pokémon League Champions - Versus

Run a fast elimination tournament for Pokémon League Champions and keep choosing winners until only one character remains.

Pokémon League Champions - Bracket

Build a championship bracket for Pokémon League Champions. Drag the seeds, or fill them at random. Click a fighter to send them through, or roll the match.

Pokémon League Champions - Alignment Chart

Arrange Pokémon League Champions in a grid or circle with up to 16 sections. Place characters freely, including between sections.

Pokémon League Champions - 0–10

Give each Pokémon League Champions character a score from 0 to 10. Same scores sit together, from 10 at the top down to 0.

Number keys set 0 to 9. Tap a character on the board to change that score.

Characters (39)

Red
Red
Blue
Blue
Leaf
Leaf
Trace
Trace
Chase
Chase
Elaine
Elaine
Lance
Lance
Ethan
Ethan
Kris
Kris
Lyra
Lyra
Steven
Steven
Wallace
Wallace
Brendan
Brendan
May
May
Cynthia
Cynthia
Lucas
Lucas
Dawn
Dawn
Alder
Alder
Iris
Iris
Hilbert
Hilbert
Hilda
Hilda
Nate
Nate
Rosa
Rosa
Diantha
Diantha
Calem
Calem
Serena
Serena
Elio
Elio
Selene
Selene
Leon
Leon
Mustard
Mustard
Peony
Peony
Victor
Victor
Gloria
Gloria
Geeta
Geeta
Nemona
Nemona
Florian
Florian
Juliana
Juliana
Kieran
Kieran
Drayton
Drayton

Every Pokémon League Champion, Ranked

Red and Cynthia sit at the top because their names carry the longest shadow over the series, while Blue, Lance and Leon defined what a final battle should feel like. Geeta leads Paldea's Champion Rank and Nemona, Kieran and Drayton show how the title keeps changing. The lower rows are not weak Trainers; they are champions whose stories are shorter or tied to a single generation.

S
Red Red
Cynthia Cynthia
Leon Leon
Blue Blue
Lance Lance
Geeta Geeta
A
Steven Steven
Iris Iris
Diantha Diantha
Wallace Wallace
Alder Alder
Nemona Nemona
Kieran Kieran
Serena Serena
May May
Dawn Dawn
Gloria Gloria
Hilda Hilda
B
Leaf Leaf
Ethan Ethan
Kris Kris
Lyra Lyra
Brendan Brendan
Lucas Lucas
Hilbert Hilbert
Nate Nate
Rosa Rosa
Calem Calem
Elio Elio
Selene Selene
Victor Victor
Florian Florian
Juliana Juliana
Drayton Drayton
Mustard Mustard
C
Trace Trace
Peony Peony
Chase Chase
Elaine Elaine

Strongest Champion Teams

This ranking looks only at the teams Champions bring to the final battle. Cynthia's Garchomp, Red's Pikachu and Leon's Charizard are the kind of last Pokémon that can erase a full team, while Geeta's Glimmora and Kingambit punish any half-finished plan. Player characters are left out here because their teams change with every save file.

S
Cynthia Cynthia
Red Red
Leon Leon
Geeta Geeta
A
Lance Lance
Blue Blue
Steven Steven
Iris Iris
Diantha Diantha
Kieran Kieran
Alder Alder
Wallace Wallace
Mustard Mustard
Drayton Drayton
Nemona Nemona
B
Trace Trace
Peony Peony

Best Player Protagonists

Every Trainer here ended a region's story with a Champion title in hand. May and Serena built a second life outside the League, Hilda and Rosa gave Unova two of its most recognizable leads, and Gloria turned Galar's gym challenge into a national event. The bottom rows are still champions, just ones whose journeys are remembered by a smaller crowd.

S
May May
Serena Serena
Dawn Dawn
Hilda Hilda
Gloria Gloria
Rosa Rosa
A
Leaf Leaf
Lyra Lyra
Kris Kris
Brendan Brendan
Hilbert Hilbert
Selene Selene
Juliana Juliana
Victor Victor
B
Ethan Ethan
Lucas Lucas
Nate Nate
Calem Calem
Elio Elio
Florian Florian
C
Chase Chase
Elaine Elaine

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