Summary
If you’re a trainer in thePokemonuniverse, the best way to track your progression through the various regions is by defeating Gym Leaders and obtaining their badges. Most regions in the Pokemon world have Gyms and the Pokemon League, leading to a ton of different badges to collect across the world.
In the various games released over the years, badges often give you access to special moves and let higher-level Pokemon listen to you, while in the anime, it is often seen as an achievement and a way to enter the Pokemon League. If you have ever wanted to know an exact breakdown of just how many badges there are in the Pokemon universe, you’ll have to keep reading to find out.
How Many Gym Badges Are In The Pokemon Games?
More Than You’d Think
If you’ve completed every single Pokemon game, from Red and Blue all the way up toScarlet and Violet, you would have collected agrand total of 78 badges over the years. Normally, you’d expect this number to be a bit lower, around 64 badges, but because of the dual nature of the Pokemon games, and certain releases having swapped out different Gyms, the number is a bit higher.
For example, some games have had alternate Gym Leaders depending on which version you played. In Pokemon Sword and Shield, you can fight either Bea in Pokemon Sword to get the Fighting Badge, or you can duel Allister in Pokemon Shield for the Ghost Badge. If you’ve played the mobile game Pokemon Masters, you’d bump that numberall the way up to 83, since there are five special Badges you can win from older Gym Leaders in the game.
Raihan
The Paldea League
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet didn’t name their badges, bucking years of tradition, so they’re named after the types that the Gym Leader specialized in. Scarlet and Violet also had two DLC collections, Starfall Street and Path of Legends, adding more badges to the series.
How Many Gym Badges Are In The Pokemon Anime?
A Few Badges Not Found In The Games
The Pokemon anime pretty closely follows the games, generally featuring all the Gyms, Gym Leaders, and Badges they give out for beating them, though with some small changes that boost the number of badges out there in the Pokemon universe.
The Orange Island arc introduces a bonus of four named badges, bringing thegrand total of all Badges up to 87. But we’re not done yet.
How Many Unofficial Gym Badges Are There?
Excluding Jessie And Jame’s Bottle Cap Badges
Throughout the many seasons of the Pokemon anime, there have been quite a few times when unofficial or unnamed badges have popped up. It has been referenced a few times both in the games and the anime thatthere are other Gyms out in the world, and the ones that we see are justthose that Ash and the gang visited and battled.
In the anime, Barry from Pokemon the Series: Diamond and Pearl revealed his badges to Ash and showed that he held a total of eight badges,three of which are completely new to the region, or at least to Ash. Another trainer, Trip from Pokemon the Series: Black & White, shows off his badges, including three that are not found in the games. In total, there are around 22 extra badges that are either unnamed or unofficial badges from the anime.
Adding these badges to the list brings thefinal count all the way up to a staggering 109 Gym Badges.
