🏆 Hall of Fame — World Championships
The Pokémon World Championships crown the best players on the planet every year. Here are the Masters Division world champions — the Trading Card Game winners and the Video Game (VGC) winners — together with the city that hosted each event.
2025📍Anaheim, California, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Riley McKay
🇨🇦 Canada
💰 Prize:$50,000
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Deck: Gardevoir ex
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (16)
- 4×MunkidoriTWM 95
- 3×RaltsSVI 84
- 2×KirliaSVI 85
- 2×Gardevoir exSVI 86
- 1×Scream TailPR-SV 65
- 1×Fezandipiti exSFA 38
- 1×Flutter ManePR-SV 97
- 1×Lillie's Clefairy exPR-SV 195
- 1×Mew exPR-SV 53
Trainer (33)
- 4×Professor's ResearchPAF 87
- 4×IonoPR-SV 124
- 2×ArvenSVI 166
- 4×Ultra BallSVI 196
- 3×Earthen VesselPAR 163
- 2×Rare CandySVI 191
- 2×Counter CatcherPAR 160
- 2×Night StretcherSFA 61
- 2×Nest Ball
Energy (11)
- 7×Psychic EnergyBS 101
- 4×Darkness EnergyN1 104
Video Game (VGC)
Giovanni Cischke
🇺🇸 USA
💰 Prize:$30,000
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Team:
Koraidon
Lunala
Flutter Mane
Brute Bonnet
Chi-Yu2024📍Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Fernando Cifuentes
🇨🇱 Chile
💰 Prize:$50,000
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Deck: Iron Thorns ex (Crushing Thorn)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (4)
- 4×Iron Thorns exTWM 77
Trainer (45)
- 4×ArvenSVI 166
- 3×Boss's OrdersPR-SW SWSH251
2023📍Yokohama, Japan 🇯🇵
Trading Card Game
Vance Kelley
🇺🇸 USA
💰 Prize:$25,000
🏆 Trophy:
Deck: Mew VMAX (Mew's Revenge)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (13)
- 4×Mew VDAA 69
- 3×Mew VMAXFST 114
- 4×Genesect VFST 185
- 1×Meloetta
2022📍London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Trading Card Game
Ondřej Škubal
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
💰 Prize:$25,000
🏆 Trophy:
Deck: Arceus VSTAR / Flying Pikachu VMAX (ADP)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (23)
- 4×Arceus VPR-SW SWSH204
- 3×Arceus VSTARPR-SW SWSH307
- 3×Flying Pikachu VCEL 6
2021📍London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
❌ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020📍London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
❌ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019📍Washington, D.C., USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Henry Brand
🇦🇺 Australia
🎓 Scholarship:$10,000est.
🏆 Trophy:
Deck: Perfection (Mewtwo & Mew-GX)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (16)
- 4×Mewtwo & Mew-GXPR-SM SM191
- 3×Dedenne-GXUNB 57
- 1×Cobalion-GXTEU 106
2018📍Nashville, Tennessee, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Robin Schulz
🇩🇪 Germany
🎓 Scholarship:$10,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Deck: Zoroark-GX / Garbodor (Victory Map)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (18)
- 4×ZoruaPR-SM SM83
- 4×Zoroark-GXPR-SM SM84
- 3×TrubbishGRI 50
2017📍Anaheim, California, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Diego Cassiraga
🇦🇷 Argentina
🎓 Scholarship:$10,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Deck: Infinite Force (Gardevoir-GX)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (19)
- 3×Gardevoir-GXBUS 93
- 3×KirliaAOR 53
- 4×RaltsAOR 52
2016📍San Francisco, California, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Shintaro Ito
🇯🇵 Japan
🎓 Scholarship:$10,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Deck: Magical Symphony (Mega Audino-EX)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (13)
- 3×M Audino-EXFCO 85
- 4×Audino-EXFCO 84
- 2×Shaymin-EXPR-XY XY148
2015📍Boston, Massachusetts, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Jacob Van Wagner
🇺🇸 USA
🎓 Scholarship:$10,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card (Pikachu full-art)
Deck: Honorstoise (Blastoise / Keldeo EX)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (14)
- 2×BlastoiseBS 2
- 3×Keldeo-EXPR-BLW BW61
- 2×Jirachi-EXPLB 60
2014📍Washington, D.C., USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Andrew Estrada
🇨🇦 Canada
🎓 Scholarship:$7,500est.
🏆 Trophy:
Deck: Emerald King (Virizion EX / Genesect EX)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (10)
- 4×Genesect-EXPLB 11
- 4×Virizion-EXPLB 9
- 1×Jirachi-EXPLB 60
2013📍Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Trading Card Game
Jason Klaczynski
🇺🇸 USA
🎓 Scholarship:$7,500est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card
Deck: Darkrai (Darkrai EX disruption)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (10)
- 4×Darkrai-EXPR-BLW BW46
- 3×SableyeDEX 62
- 2×Keldeo-EXPR-BLW BW61
2012📍Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Igor Costa
🇵🇹 Portugal
🎓 Scholarship:$7,500est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card
Deck: Pesadelo Prism (Darkrai EX / Mewtwo EX)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (12)
- 3×Darkrai-EXPR-BLW BW46
- 3×Mewtwo-EXPR-BLW BW45
- 2×TerrakionPR-BLW BW71
2011📍San Diego, California, USA 🇺🇸
2010📍Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Yuta Komatsuda
🇯🇵 Japan
🎓 Scholarship:$5,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card
Deck: LuxChomp (Luxray GL / Garchomp C)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (18)
- 2×Luxray GLRR 9
- 2×Luxray GL LV.XRR 109
- 2×Garchomp CSV 60
2009📍San Diego, California, USA 🇺🇸
2008📍Orlando, Florida, USA 🇺🇸
2007📍Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Tom Roos
🇫🇮 Finland
🎓 Scholarship:$4,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card
Deck: Legendary Ascent (Rayquaza ex δ)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (22)
- 2×Rayquaza ex δDF 97
- 4×Absol exPK 92
- 2×Mew exLM 88
2006📍Anaheim, California, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Jason Klaczynski
🇺🇸 USA
🎓 Scholarship:$3,000est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card
Deck: Mewtrick (Mew ex / Manectric ex)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (17)
- 4×Mew exLM 88
- 4×ElectrikeRS 30
- 3×Manectric exDX 101
2005📍San Diego, California, USA 🇺🇸
2004📍Orlando, Florida, USA 🇺🇸
Trading Card Game
Tsuguyoshi Yamato
🇯🇵 Japan
🎓 Scholarship:$2,500est.
🏆 Trophy:No. 1 Trainer trophy card
Deck: Magma Spirit (Team Magma's Groudon)
Decklist (60 cards)
Pokémon (15)
- 4×Team Magma's GroudonMA 9
- 4×Team Magma's ZangooseMA 23
- 2×Team Magma's CameruptMA 19
Champions, host cities and years from Bulbapedia's World Championships records (Masters Division); winning decks from the official World Championship Deck reprints. Every champion has a full 60-card TCG decklist (with the card's set code, e.g. DEX 63) or a VGC team. Card codes are the era-appropriate printing; VGC sprites show the base form. Every champion also receives a “No. 1 Trainer” trophy card. First-place cash prizes are official from 2022 onward; before then the award was a college scholarship whose exact amount isn't public, so those figures are estimates (marked est.).
