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What is winning, from the biggest tournaments in the world: 859 top-8 finishes across 108 events, Sat, Oct 11, 2025 to Sat, Sep 19, 2026.

The whole field, and what it costs →

See the whole field at once, what every winning deck costs to build from Japanese singles, and the players behind the results. The ten biggest Pokémon tournaments in the world are all Japanese Champions Leagues, which is why the Japanese results are read first here. Every card is linked to its Japanese printing in our catalogue, with English text where an official English print exists and an unofficial translation where it does not. Results are top cuts as published by Limitless.

  1. 1Dragapult / Dusknoir65 top-8 · 8 wins · avg place 4.47.6%
  2. 2Dragapult / Meowth61 top-8 · 10 wins · avg place 4.17.1%
  3. 3Raging Bolt / Ogerpon49 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.75.7%
  4. 4Dragapult / Dudunsparce44 top-8 · 8 wins · avg place 4.65.1%
  5. 5Dragapult / Blaziken35 top-8 · 5 wins · avg place 4.84.1%
  6. 6Gholdengo / Lunatone35 top-8 · 4 wins · avg place 4.84.1%
  7. 7Alakazam / Dudunsparce33 top-8 · 3 wins · avg place 4.73.8%
  8. 8Mega Absol / Mega Kangaskhan32 top-8 · 6 wins · avg place 4.63.7%
  9. 9Dragapult30 top-8 · 4 wins · avg place 4.33.5%
  10. 10Ogerpon / Arboliva25 top-8 · 4 wins · avg place 4.12.9%
  11. 11Garchomp / Roserade24 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 4.92.8%
  12. 12Gardevoir / Jellicent23 top-8 · 3 wins · avg place 3.92.7%
  13. 13Mega Lucario / Hariyama23 top-8 · 3 wins · avg place 4.42.7%
  14. 14Ogerpon / Hydrapple22 top-8 · 6 wins · avg place 4.12.6%
  15. 15Gardevoir19 top-8 · 5 wins · avg place 4.12.2%
  16. 16Zoroark19 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 4.52.2%
  17. 17Grimmsnarl / Froslass18 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 4.32.1%
  18. 18Mewtwo / Spidops18 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 4.62.1%
  19. 19Ogerpon / Clefairy14 top-8 · 2 wins · avg place 5.91.6%
  20. 20Mega Kangaskhan / Ogerpon14 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.51.6%
  21. 21Crustle14 top-8 · avg place 4.91.6%
  22. 22Dipplin / Thwackey11 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.01.3%
  23. 23Charizard / Pidgeot11 top-8 · 1 win · avg place 4.71.3%
  24. 24Crustle / Mega Kangaskhan11 top-8 · avg place 5.91.3%
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How this is counted

Share is an archetype’s top-8 finishes divided by all top-8 finishes in the window. Archetypes are the two Pokémon the source names the deck by, so “Dragapult / Meowth” and “Dragapult / Dudunsparce” are counted apart even though they share a core. Full lists are held for top-4 finishes; the core cards on each deck page are the cards at least 60% of those lists run, with the median copy count. Updated with the weekly refresh; last pulled Tue, Sep 22, 2026.