Every Kind Of Poké Ball In Pokémon

Anna Lindwasser

Updated June 23, 2023 212.5K views 41 items

Ranked By

66.5K votes

5.6K voters

Voting Rules

Vote up the balls you'd use to catch 'em all.

In the early days of Pokémon, would-be Pokémon masters had very few tools at their disposal to actually catch the dang things. You could use the basic model, the Poké Ball, which worked okay. You could use Great Balls and Ultra Balls, which worked slightly better. You could also use a Master Ball, but you only got one of those, unless you used the MissingNo Cheat, which could give you more Master Balls but also a few more glitches.

Times have changed. Now, there are all kinds of different Poké Balls, all designed to suit your unique needs. Want to have an easier time catching Water and Bug types? Try the Net Ball. Want to make the Eevee you just beat the crap out of hate you a little less? Use the Friend Ball. Are you a wealthy socialite who wants a blinged out Poké Ball that works exactly the same as a regular Poké Ball but costs 10x more? There's a Diamond Ball with your name on it.

Amassed here is every single Poké Ball ever created, one for each and every type of Poké Baller.

1
2,475 VOTES
Master Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Master Ball is the best Poké Ball out there, with a 100% success rate. You'll only get one per game, though, so don't waste it.
2,475 votes
2
2,132 VOTES
Ultra Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Ultra Balls are excellent Poké Balls with higher catch rates than Great Balls.
2,132 votes
3
2,097 VOTES
Quick Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Quick Balls have the highest success rate when used at the beginning of a wild encounter.
2,097 votes
4
1,998 VOTES
Luxury Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The comfort level inside the Luxury Ball will make caught Pokémon much friendlier than they otherwise would be.
1,998 votes
5
1,831 VOTES
Dusk Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Dusk Balls work best at night, and in dark places like caves.
1,831 votes
6
1,461 VOTES
Dive Ball
Photo: Metaweb / GNU Free Documentation License
Dive Balls were introduced in Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire to coincide with the new overworld HM Dive, where you could explore below the water's surface. In Ruby and Sapphire and their remakes, the ball was only super effective while underwater. In the other games, the ball is super effective when catching Pokemon while surfing and fishing.
1,461 votes
7
1,645 VOTES
Beast Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
This Pokéball was designed to catch Ultra Beasts. It has a low success rate catching anything else.
1,645 votes
8
1,417 VOTES
Heal Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Heal Balls restore the HP of any Pokémon caught in one. They also eliminate status conditions.
1,417 votes
9
1,558 VOTES
Crystal Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Crystal Balls are used by Molly Hale, a young girl whose imagination caused Unkown to change the world around her. Pokémon recalled to these balls dissolve into crystal, instead of the usual light pattern.
1,558 votes
10
1,680 VOTES
Poké Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
A device used to capture wild Pokémon. It is the most common and recognizable type of Poké Ball. It has a low performance rate, but it's cheap and easy to find.
1,680 votes

11
1,580 VOTES
Heavy Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Use the Heavy Ball if you want to catch a particularly heavy Pokémon, like Snorlax. Or Groudon. Seriously, Groudon weighs over 2000 lbs.
1,580 votes
12
1,621 VOTES
Premiere Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Premiere Ball is a special ball used to commemorate an event. You can get them at Poké Marts when you buy 10 or more Poké Balls.
1,621 votes
13
1,568 VOTES
Great Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Great Ball is a dependable Poké Ball with a higher catch rate than a regular Poké Ball.
1,568 votes
14
1,665 VOTES
Timer Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Timer Balls become progressively more effective as a battle wears on.
1,665 votes
15
1,370 VOTES
Friend Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Friend Ball will make captured Pokémon more friendly to you right away.
1,370 votes
16
1,621 VOTES
Cherish Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
A rare ball designed to commemorate a special occasion.
1,621 votes
17
1,241 VOTES
Net Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Net Ball works best when trying to catch water or bug type Pokémon.
1,241 votes
18
1,224 VOTES
Pikachu Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
This Poké Ball contained Pikachu in the first episode of the series.
1,224 votes
19
1,250 VOTES
GS Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
A mysterious ball that, in the anime, could not be opened. In an interview with Masamitsu Hidaka, it was confirmed that the GS ball was meant to contain Celebi, but that plot arc got scrapped when the production team decided to introduce Celebi in the fourth Pokémon movie.
1,250 votes
20
1,191 VOTES
Dream Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
This Poké Ball will mysteriously appear in your bag when you walk through the Entree Forest.
1,191 votes

21
1,331 VOTES
Clone Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Clone Ball was used by Mewtwo in Mewtwo Strikes Back. It does what it says on the label - it clones whatever Pokémon it captures.
1,331 votes
22
1,110 VOTES
Level Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Level Balls work best when trying to catch a Pokémon at a lower level than your own Pokémon.
1,110 votes
23
1,079 VOTES
Moon Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Moon Ball works best on Pokémon that evolve using a Moon Stone, like Skitty, Nidorino/a, and Clefairy.
1,079 votes
24
1,163 VOTES
Old Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Old Ball is the original version of the Poké Ball. Pokémon are released by unscrewing a red cap on top of the ball.
1,163 votes
25
1,004 VOTES
Safari Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
A special Poké Ball that can only be used in the Safari Zone.
1,004 votes
26
1,078 VOTES
Fast Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Fast Balls are effective against Pokémon who run away at the beginning of a battle. Not to be confused with the band Fastball.
1,078 votes
27
1,080 VOTES
Pokélantis Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
The Pokélantis Ball is a relic that was found in the tomb of the King of Pokélantis.
1,080 votes
28
1,009 VOTES
Lure Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Lure Balls work best when catching Pokémon reeled in with a rod.
1,009 votes
29
1,056 VOTES
Gold Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
A gold-plated Poké Ball that contains a seemingly worthless, overpriced Magikarp that James got tricked into buying in the anime, and that you may have been tricked into buying in Pokémon Red, Blue, or Yellow.
1,056 votes
30
985 VOTES
Lokoko's Ball
Photo: The Pokémon Company International
Lokoko's Ball appears in the episode Just Waiting On a Friend. It's over 200 years old and was used by a Ninetails.
985 votes