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Ash is fairly well known for his catch phrase "Gotta catch em all".

But recalling the series, it feels as if he did not even manage to catch a
quarter of them.

So how many did he manage to catch?


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How many pokemon did Ash catch?


According to [Bulbapedia](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash_Ketchum),
Ash has owned a total of 80 different species of Pokemon, although he
currently owns 68 (including 30 Tauros) thanks to evolution, trading, and
other changes of ownership.


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Let's count? I am including pokemon such as Charmander, Chimchar, etc, which
joined Ash of their own will without a battle as "CAUGHT". List of Ash's
Pokemon:

**Kanto and Orange Islands**

  * Pikachu - **Given.** Not caught.
  * Caterpie - Caught. Released as a Butterfree.
  * Pidgeotto - Caught. Left in the wild as a Pidgeot
  * Bulbasaur - Caught.
  * Charmander - Caught. Joined Ash of his own will. Left to train. Rejoined and with Oak now.
  * Squirtle - Caught. Released back to the Squirtle Squad.
  * Krabby- Caught. With Prof. Oak as a Kingler
  * Raticate - **Traded** for Butterfree. Got back
  * Haunter - **Joined** Ash for fun. Left for Sabrina.
  * Primeape - Caught. Left for Fighting trainer.
  * Muk - Caught in the power plant.
  * Tauros - Caught in Safari Zone.
  * Lapras - Caught. Released with family.
  * Snorlax - Caught on Orange Island.

**Johto**

  * Heracross - Caught.
  * Chikorita - Caught. With Oak as a Bayleef
  * Cyndaquil - Caught. With Oak as a Quilava
  * Totodile - Caught
  * Shiny Noctowl - Caught
  * Beedrill - Caught in Bug Catching Contest. Released to Casey.
  * Phanpy - **Hatched.**. With Oak as a Donphan
  * Larvitar - **Hatched**. Released

**Hoenn and Battle Frontier**

  * Tailow - Caught. With Oak as a Swellow
  * Treecko - Caught. With Oak as Sceptile
  * Corphish - Caught
  * Torkoal - Caught
  * Snorunt - Caught. With Oak as a Glalie
  * Aipom - Caught. Traded to Dawn

**Sinnoh**

  * Starly - Caught. With Oak as a Staraptor
  * Turtwig - Caught. With Oak as a Torterra
  * Chimchar - Caught. With Oak as an Infernape. Left Paul to join Ash, like Charmander
  * Buizel - **Traded.** From Dawn
  * Gligar - Caught. With Oak as a Gliscor
  * Gible - Caught

**Unova**

  * Pidove - Caught. With Oak as a Unfezant
  * Sewaddle - Caught. With Oak as a Leavanny
  * Roggenrola - Caught. With Oak as a Boldore
  * Palpitoad - Caught. With Oak
  * Scraggy- **Hatched**. With Oak
  * Oshawott - **Given by Juniper**. With Oak
  * Tepig - Another fire starter left by a trainer. Caught. With Oak as a Pignite.
  * Snivy - Caught! With Oak
  * Krokorok - Caught. With Oak as a Krookodile

**Kalos**

  * Froakie - Caught. Released. With Squishy and Z2
  * Fletchling - Caught. With Oak as a Talonflame
  * Goomy - Caught. Left in the Wetlands
  * Noibat - **Hatched**. With Oak as a Noivern
  * Hawlucha - Caught. With Oak

**Alola**

  * Rowlet - Caught! Ash has caught his first pokemon in Alola.
  * Rockruff - Caught! In Alola as Lycanroc
  * Litten - Caught! in Alola as Incineroar.
  * Poipole - Caught! In ultra space. Came back as Naganadel for Pokémon league
  * Meltan. Caught! In Alola as Melmetal.

**Galar**

  * Dragonite - Caught! With Ash in various regions.
  * Gengar - Caught! With Ash in various regions
  * Riolu - **Hatched!** Given to Ash by Nurse Joy.
  * Farfetch’d - Caught! With Ash in various regions:

Tl;Dr Ash has got _57_ unique pokemon species. He got 2 (Pikachu, Oshawott),
Traded for 2 (Raticate, Buizel), hatched 5 (Larvitar, Phanpy, Scraggy, Noibat,
and Riolu). Also, Haunter just traveled with him so not counted as catching.
Thus Ash has **CAUGHT [57-(2+2+5+1) = ] _47_ unique species**.

Edit: As requested by OP removed a quote referencing the number of pokemon
dexed by Ash. Dexed pokemon are a larger set of pokemon, which include
hatched, evolved, and owned in any other way (Gift/Trade, etc.).

Also, couldn't resist.  
[![Ash with his Pokemon @ Oak's
Lab](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TIPs3.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TIPs3.png)[![Ash's
Current
Party](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IHCHY.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IHCHY.png)


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