Starter Pokémon
There are 27 starter Pokémon across 9 generations, a Grass, a Fire and a Water type in each. Swampert has the highest base stat total of any final evolution, at 535.
Generation I starters · Kanto
Red, Blue and Yellow
Generation II starters · Johto
Gold, Silver and Crystal
Generation III starters · Hoenn
Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald
Generation IV starters · Sinnoh
Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Generation V starters · Unova
Black and White
Generation VI starters · Kalos
X and Y
Generation VII starters · Alola
Sun and Moon
Generation VIII starters · Galar
Sword and Shield
Generation IX starters · Paldea
Scarlet and Violet
Final evolutions ranked
by base stat total
Legends: Arceus starters
Hisui
Legends: Z-A starters
Lumiose CityMega Meganium in Legends: Z-A is Grass / Fairy with a base stat total of 625.
Mega Emboar in Legends: Z-A is Fire / Fighting with a base stat total of 628.
Mega Feraligatr in Legends: Z-A is Water / Dragon with a base stat total of 630.
Yellow and Let's Go starters
Partner Pikachu and Eevee
Your starter in Yellow and Let's Go, Pikachu! The Let's Go partner cannot evolve and has a base stat total of 430, against 320 for a wild Pikachu.
Your starter in Let's Go, Eevee! It cannot evolve and has a base stat total of 435, against 325 for a wild Eevee.
Picking a starter
The totals are close enough that they should not decide it: every fully evolved starter lands between 525 and 535. What separates them is the second type. Only 10 of the 27 final evolutions keep a single type (Typhlosion, Sceptile, Inteleon, Cinderace, Rillaboom, Blastoise, Feraligatr, Serperior, Samurott, and Meganium); the rest pick up a second one that changes what they beat and what beats them.
How many starter Pokémon are there?
27, three in each of the 9 generations: one Grass, one Fire and one Water type. Yellow and the Let's Go games give you Pikachu or Eevee instead.
Which starter Pokémon is the strongest?
By base stat total, Swampert leads the final evolutions at 535. Every fully evolved starter sits between 525 and 535, so typing and movepool matter more than the total.
At what level do starter Pokémon evolve?
The first evolution comes at level 14 to 18 and the final one at level 30 to 36, depending on the starter.
Which games let you pick starters from older generations?
Legends: Arceus offers Rowlet, Cyndaquil and Oshawott, whose final evolutions take Hisuian forms. Legends: Z-A offers Chikorita, Tepig and Totodile, and their final evolutions can Mega Evolve.