Ranking Every Ash Ketchum Rival from Worst to Best

Its so sad that Gary and Paul never met each other. I think this would have been a badass interaction and a even better fight.

Ngl shoutout Nando for having the time and effort to compete on almost every contest, beat the 8 gym leaders, and still have the time to train his Pokémon for the two

Paul is more of a rival, but Gary is a friend. Your biggest rival is always your best friend. Ash vs Gary Legend!!!

Nando was Zoey's Paul in a way. Nowhere near as antagonistic, but Zoey thought that trainers should stick to one kind of battling- gyms or contests, you can't do both. But competing against Nando helped her open her eyes to how one can help with the other.

Drapion taking out half of ash team is actually insane stuff. Just that one match changed my perception of that purple bug

I understand this is all your opinion but I hate it when Gary tops Paul. This is not an opinion from my side, Paul is THE greatest rival Ash has ever had just purely because of their connection. They're different side of the same coin. Paul is (was) a complete antithesis to everything that Ash stands for. This rivarly is beyond perfection. Gary is just a jerk who is one step ahead of Ash, he just annoys Ash because they had known each other since childhood. But Paul is the only rival that genuinely makes Ash's blood boil with his methods.

Paul/Shinji to me is Ash’s greatest rival he challenge Ash’s entire philosophy as a trainer, had the power to back it up and his win record on Ash is still in his favor Ash still won where it mattered most but he only got there by acknowledging Paul’s points and realized that the “power of friendship” alone won’t be enough and during that league match giving how close it was shows how much effort he put into it their rival was easily one of the best I’ve seen in the Pokémon anime

I think Leon has more depth than you're getting credit for. In the games he's easily the most fleshed out champion of any pokemon game. We know literally everything about him. Including things like how he got his starter, who trained him, his gym challenge, his friends, his rival and what happened to him after he lost his title. And in the anime they make a lot of emphasis in the similarities between him and Ash. In their love for battles, the love for pokemon and the desire to find new highs.

I always thought Nando was a Bad guy I guess cause his cape and hat made it seem like a mysterious villain but turns out he's actually a pretty cool dude 😎

Barry be like: hey where am i, im gonna find you! 😂❤

Underrated Opinion: I liked Sawyer vs Ash more than Alain vs Ash

Its pretty weird that it is Alain who is the real protagonist of the XYZ series...he worked at Prof Sycamore's lab....worked with Lysandre...mastered mega Evolution...fought with the elite 4...met Ash...battled and defeated him twice to become the Kalos champion & in the climax....he was the one who was inspired by Ash to fight back against Lysandre and was successful in defeating him along with Ash and everyone else....the man had a complete character arc along with his brother as well....and the dude's got a Mega Charizard...what more is left??

Why is Gary the GOAT and not Paul in the thumbnail?

Paul clears as best rival, he tested ash on a philosophical level

I love how the most rival ash have learned from is paul training. Maybe batting. Maybe make him realise that he can’t Always win?

I really gotta watch more Pokémon X and Y instead of just clips on YouTube The Sawyer and Ash dynamic sounds amazing

I definitely agree with Gary being the most influential on Ash, given their longstanding relationship. As much as I liked Goh and his character arc, seeing Gary travel with Ash (which was never going to happen since Gary always went solo (aside from his cheerleaders) would've been really cool.

Paul will always be the best rival for me

Awesome video as always! :3 I honestly loved Sawyer in my opinion. He started off as such a rookie when Ash first met him, then Sawyer quickly became one of the most powerful Ash rivals ever! I know there's better rivals than him, but Sawyer is still great and my favourite in my opinion. :3 (Also, sorry I'm late-)

You’re one of the few people out there who pronounces Unova correctly. Also great video. 😁