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All Legendary Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon in order

With 68 Legendaries and 23 Mythical Pokémon, there's plenty of major 'mons to remember - here's a handy Legendary and Mythical Pokémon list.

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Legendary Pokémon are some of the coolest pocket monsters in the entire franchise. They have the most elaborate designs, the best videogame stats, and some of the mightiest Pokémon cards. While all Mythical and Legendary Pokémon were once few in number, each new game has added more – so we've collected this handy list of every single one you can catch or collect.

If you'd like a complete Legendary and Mythical Pokémon list, this guide can provide – but our full 'How many Pokémon are there?' guide covers pocket monsters of all kinds. If you like rare and powerful things, you might also be interested in our guides to rare Pokémon cards and the best Pokémon cards. For now, though, let's meet the legends.

Gen 1 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Articuno Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Articuno #144 Ice/Flying 485
Zapdos Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zapdos #145 Electric/Flying 490
Moltres Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Moltres #146 Fire/Flying 495
Mewtwo Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Mewtwo #150 Psychic 590

In Pokémon Red and Blue, Mewtwo was an end-game secret. It appears in the high-level Cerulean Cave, which can only be accessed after beating the Elite Four and winning the Pokémon league.

Who is stronger, Mew or Mewtwo?

When Mew and Mewtwo face off in Pokémon: The First Movie, the fight ends inconclusively, as all the Pokémon are horrified by the (temporary) death of Ash Ketchum and stop battling.

In the Pokémon games, the answer is simple – Mewtwo wipes the floor with Mew, thanks to its much more powerful stats. Mew, like many Mythical Pokémon, has 100 in every base stat. With 130 Speed and 154 Special Attack, Mewtwo gets to act first and deals way more damage.

Gen 1 Mythical Pokémon

 Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Mew Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Mew #151 Psychic 500

Mew was never intended to be a publicly available Pokémon. Developer Shigeki Morimoto added Mew to the code as an Easter egg just for his colleagues at Game Freak, using space on the cartridge that was freed up after debug tools were removed. Some players discovered Mew via glitches, starting rumors of a secret Pokémon that were hard for fans to verify or disprove in the early days of the internet.

The first time players could legitimately catch Mew was in Spring 1996, when Game Freak ran a promotion in manga magazine CoroCoro Comic, offering a few lucky winners the chance to mail in their game cartridge to have Mew added to their Pokédex.

How rare is Mew?

In the world of Pokémon, there is only one Mew. According to the events of Pokémon: The First Movie, Mew is an ancient species of Pokémon long thought extinct.

Mew is generally only available during special events. For example, in September 2023 it was possible to use a Mystery Gift and a code to unlock Mew in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – but that code has since expired. However, it is available in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl if you have save data from Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! or Let's Go: Eevee! on your Switch.

Gen 2 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Raikou Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Raikou #243 Electric 580
Entei Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Entei #244 Fire 580
Suicune Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Suicune #245 Water 580
Lugia Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Lugia #249 Psychic/Flying 680
Ho-Oh Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Ho-Oh #250 Fire/Flying 680

Four-legged counterparts to the legendary birds, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune were the games' first 'roaming Pokémon'. Instead of appearing as static encounters they could be found out in the world.

Ho-Oh was the 152nd Pokémon ever revealed, and the first sign that The Pokémon Company planned to expand beyond the original 151.

Not only was Ho-Oh teased in the CoroCoro magazine, but it also made an appearance in the very first episode of the Pokémon anime. Protagonist Ash Ketchum spots a Ho-Oh, but his Pokédex is unable to identify it.

Gen 2 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Celebi Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Celebi #251 Psychic/Grass 600

Gen 3 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Regirock Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Regirock #377 Rock 580
Regice Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Regice #378 Ice 580
Registeel Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Registeel #379 Steel 580
Latias Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Latias #380 Dragon/Psychic 600
Latios Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Latios #381 Dragon/Psychic 600
Kyogre Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Kyogre #382 Water 670
Groudon Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Groudon #383 Ground 670
Rayquaza Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Rayquaza #384 Dragon/Flying 680

Rayquaza has the highest base Attack, Special Attack, and the highest total of all base stats, of any Dragon-type or Flying-type Pokémon – but it has sometimes been very easy to catch.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Rayquaza was needed to progress the Delta Episode side plot. The developers changed its catch rate from 3 to 45 (higher means easier, so this was a huge change) to ensure players would be able to snatch up the big green noodle. This was reverted in Scarlet and Violet when the mighty dragon reappeared in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero.

The Regis, or Giants of Legend, are some of the trickiest legendary Pokemon to find in the games. In Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, you have to translate braille and do a bunch of puzzles to unlock them.

Gen 3 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Jirachi Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Jirachi #385 Steel/Psychic 600
Deoxys Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Deoxys #386 Psychic 600

Gen 4 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Uxie Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Uxie #480 Psychic 580
Mesprit Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Mesprit #481 Psychic 580
Azelf Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Azelf #482 Psychic 580
Dialga Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Dialga #483 Steel/Dragon 680
Palkia Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Palkia #484 Water/Dragon 680
Heatran Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Heatran #485 Fire/Steel 600
Regigigas Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Regigigas #486 Normal 670
Giratina Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Giratina #487 Ghost/Dragon 680
Cresselia Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Cresselia #488 Psychic 600

The Legendary Pokémon that appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl really push the power level for the franchise. Dialga has the ability to control time, Palkia can warp space, and together they are capable of creating new universes.

Meanwhile, Giratina can rip holes in reality and lurks in the Distortion dimension. Many fans think of him as Pokémon's equivalent of the devil.

Gen 4 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Phione Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Phione #489 Water 480
Manaphy Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Manaphy #490 Water 600
Darkrai Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Darkrai #491 Dark 600
Shaymin Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Shaymin #492 Grass 600
Arceus Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Arceus #493 Normal 720

Arceus is perhaps the most powerful Mythical Pokémon: it's worshipped as a deity by some humans, who may actually be right – it could be the creator of the Pokémon universe.

Manaphy is an unusual Mythical Pokémon, not just because it's inspired by the colorful slugs known as sea angels, but also because it's capable of breeding. Because its gender is unknown, Manaphy can only breed with Ditto. When this happens, it produces a Phione!

Gen 5 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Cobalion Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Cobalion #638 Steel/Fighting 580
Terrakion Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Terrakion #639 Rock/Fighting 580
Virizion Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Virizion #640 Grass/Fighting 580
Tornadus Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Tornadus #641 Flying 580
Thundurus Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Thundurus #642 Electric/Flying 580
Reshiram Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Reshiram #643 Dragon/Fire 680
Zekrom Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zekrom #644 Dragon/Electric 680
Landorus Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Landorus #645 Ground/Flying 600
Kyurem Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Kyurem #646 Dragon/Ice 660

Known as the 'Swords of Justice', the three Fighting type legendaries Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion are inspired by the Three Musketeers. Which makes it a bit strange that they appeared just one Generation before the France-inspired region.

Thundurus, Landorus, and Tornadus are collectively known as the 'forces of nature' and would be joined by a fourth member, Enamorus, a couple of generations later. While their 'incarnate' forms are almost identical, each one also has a more animalistic 'therian' form which sets it apart and changes its stats.

Thundurus also has the honor of being the first pure Flying type Pokémon.

Gen 5 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Victini Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Victini #494 Psychic/Fire 600
Keldeo Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Keldeo #647 Water/Fighting 580
Meloetta Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Meloetta #648 Normal/Psychic or Normal/Fighting 600
Genesect Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Genesect #649 Bug/Steel 600

Victini has a unique gimmick, being the very first Pokémon to appear in the Unovan Pokedex, with National Dex Number #000. There's some in-game dialogue about that number letting it 'bring victory' to the holder of the dex, but it's not very convincing: what's more likely is the designers just wanted to mark it out as special.

Gen 6 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Xerneas Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Xerneas #716 Fairy 680
Yveltal Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Yveltal #717 Dark/Flying 680
Zygarde Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zygarde #718 Dragon/Ground 600

These three legendary Pokémon are known as the Aura Trio by fans. They obviously resemble the letters X, Y, and Z, but are often theorized to be inspired by creatures from Celtic or Norse mythology as well, with Zygarde in particular being linked to the World Serpent Jormungandr.

Gen 6 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Diancie Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Diancie #719 Rock/Fairy 600
Hoopa Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Hoopa #720 Psychic/Ghost 600
Volcanion Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Volcanion #721 Fire/Water 600

The mythical Pokémon Volcanion was the first Fire and Water type ever created, and three generations later, it's still the only one in the game. Which is a shame, as it's a pretty sweet type combo, with three 4x resistances.

Gen 7 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Tapu Koko Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Tapu Koko #785 Electric/Fairy 570
Tapu Lele Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Tapu Lele #786 Psychic/Fairy 570
Tapu Bulu Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Tapu Bulu #787 Grass/Fairy 570
Tapu Fini Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Tapu Fini #788 Water/Fairy 570
Cosmog Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Cosmog #789 Psychic 200
Cosmoem Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Cosmoem #790 Psychic 400
Solgaleo Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Solgaleo #791 Psychic/Steel 680
Lunala Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Lunala #792 Psychic/Ghost 680

The four Tapu Pokémon are guardian deities of the four islands that make up the Alola region. While most Legendary Pokémon are pretty loose in their ties to real-world mythology or religion, these four are quite clearly inspired by the four great gods of Hawaiian religion. Each has a 'shell' it can close up to form a stylized animal head.

Solgaleo and Lunala represent the sun and moon and are unusual for legendary Pokemon in that they have an evolutionary line. Lunala and Solgaleo are the two optional evolutions of Cosmog. First, however, it becomes Cosmoem. Joint tied for heaviest Pokémon, Cosmoem weights 999.9kg (or possibly more, this might be the max the Pokédex can show).

Despite this, in the anime Ash Ketchum carries the thing around effortlessly. So I guess we can add super-strength to the boy's list of superpowers, right next to 'unaging'.

Gen 7 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Magearna Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Magearna #801 Steel/Fairy 600
Marshadow Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Marshadow #802 Fighting/Ghost 600
Zeraora Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zeraora #807 Electric 600
Meltan Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Meltan #808 Steel 300
Melmetal Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Melmetal #809 Steel 600

Gen 8 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Zacian Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zacian #888 Fairy 670/
720
Zamazenta Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zamazenta #889 Fighting 670/
720
Eternatus Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Eternatus #890 Poison/Dragon 690
Kubfu Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Kubfu #891 Fighting 385
Urshifu Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Urshifu #892 Fighting/Dark or Fighting/Water 550
Regieleki Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Regieleki #894 Electric 580
Regidrago Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Regidrago #895 Dragon 580
Glastrier Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Glastrier #896 Ice 580
Spectrier Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Spectrier #897 Ghost 580
Calyrex Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Calyrex #898 Psychic/Grass 500
Enamorus Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Enamorus #899 Fairy/Flying 580

Gen 8 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Zarude Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Zarude #893 Dark/Grass 600

Zarude was added to Pokémon Sword and Shield in the Isle of Armor DLC.

Gen 9 Legendary Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Wo-Chien Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Wo-Chien #1001 Dark/Grass 570
Chien-Pao Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Chien-Pao #1002 Dark/Ice 570
Ting-Lu Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Ting-Lu #1003 Dark/Ground 570
Chi-Yu Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Chi-Yu #1004 Dark/Fire 570
Koraidon Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Koraidon #1007 Fighting/Dragon 670
Miraidon Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Miraidon #1008 Electric/Dragon 670
Okidogi Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Okidogi #1014 Poison/Fighting 555
Munkidori Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Munkidori #1015 Poison/Psychic 555
Fezandipiti Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Fezandipiti #1016 Poison/Fairy 555
Ogerpon Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Ogerpon #1017 Grass 550
Terapagos Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Terapagos #1024 Normal 450/
600/
700

The core Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games added six new legendaries: Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu, Koraidon, and Miraidon.

The mask-wearing Ogerpon and its opposing numbers Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti – the so-called Loyal Three – were added later in September 2023's Teal Mask DLC, forming the main storyline of that expansion's Kitakami region.

The most recent legendary Pokémon to join the series, Terapagos, was added in the December 2023 Indigo Disk DLC. It's the first known Pokémon to exhibit the 'Terastal phenomenon', which causes Pokémon to take on various new, jewel-like forms which alter their usual Pokémon types. These Terastal forms play a major part in the Pokémon TCG Stellar Crown set.

Gen 9 Mythical Pokémon

Name Image Pokédex # Type Base Stat Total
Pecharunt Legendary Pokemon guide - Pokemon Company artwork showing Pecharunt #1025 Poison/Ghost 600

Pecharunt was added to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Epilogue: Mochi Mayhem DLC, released in January 2024.

Legendary Pokémon FAQ

How many Legendary Pokémon are there in total?

There are currently 68 Legendary Pokémon and 23 Mythical Pokémon.

What's the difference between Legendary and Mythical Pokémon?

Legendary Pokémon are incredibly rare, but Mythical Pokémon are so rare that people in the Pokémon world doubt their very existence. In gameplay terms, Mythicals were once only available to catch during exclusive events.

However, some of them have appeared in mainline games, like the recent Generation-nine Pecharunt, which is available in DLC. Others are added to mainline games on the Switch if it contains a save file for another Pokémon game.

What is the rarest Legendary Pokémon?

In the world of Pokémon, all the Legendary Pokémon are equally rare: there's just one of each of them. The Mythical Pokémon aren't rarer, they're just much less widely known about.

In our world, the rarest Legendary Pokémon is most likely Diancie. The last time you could get a Diancie was at a 2016 South Korean real-world event, as a gift for Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire.

Do Legendary Pokémon come in groups?

Yes, most Legendary Pokémon are members of a group, usually introduced to the setting at the same time, as part of the same generation of Pokémon. Examples of these groups include the original Gen 1  Legendary Birds, a trio of Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos, and Gen 7's 'legendary quartet' of Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, and Tapu Lele – known as the Guardian Deities.

With some exceptions – like the Lunar Duo of Darkrai and Cresselia – Mythical Pokémon are not organized into groups, but stand alone as their own entities.

Can Legendary Pokémon evolve?

Yes, some Legendary Pokémon can evolve – but most can't, and the ones that can sometimes do it in unusual ways, compared to regular Pokémon.

Gen 6's Type:Null (evolving into Silvally) and Cosmog (evolving into Cosmoem) were the first to do it – with Cosmoem going on to evolve into either Solgaleo, in Pokémon Sun, or Lunala in Pokémon Moon.

Do Legendary Pokémon have genders?

No, most Legendary Pokémon have no gender – but there are some exceptions.

Four Legendaries can canonically only be female:

  • Cresselia
  • Enamorus
  • Latias
  • Ogerpon

Seven can only be male:

  • Fezandipiti
  • Landorus
  • Latios
  • Munkidori
  • Okidogi
  • Thundurus
  • Tornadus

And three can be male or female:

  • Heatran
  • Kubfu
  • Urshifu

Are there Legendary Pokémon cards?

Yes, Legendary Pokémon from every generation appear in a whole variety of cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The more popular legendary or mythical 'mons often get picked for the fancier foil and illustration card treatments saved for the rarest printed cards, meaning they can end up being the most desirable to collect.

However, it's important to remember that that's not a rule in the TCG. 'Legendary' is not actually a Pokémon card rarity type and Legendary and Mythical Pokémon have appeared in cards of all rarities, including bog standard common cards.

What are Pokémon LEGEND cards?

Briefly, during the HeartGold & SoulSilver card sets of the early 2010s, the Pokémon TCG introduced a small set of variant cards which exclusively featured Legendary Pokémon – their most distinctive aspect being that each 'card' was in fact two cards, of the regular Pokémon card size, which created a combined artwork when laid edge to edge.

Of the nine such two-card combos released, seven featured a pair of legendaries together (one on each half). The other two are the two Gen 2 Legendary birds Ho-Oh and Lugia – with the wild-looking, two part Lugia LEGEND now one of the most valuable Lugia cards.

If you found this guide handy, you might also enjoy our look at all the different Pokémon card types.