What level are you at ? I noticed from the data dump 00 s 4 T 3 eJb 8 copy posted by ucruithne 9 that there is a good sense of consistency for catches and player levels . With the spreadsheet in its current status right now , there are 248 players at Level 32 my level . There are three people with less than 1 , 000 catches I wonder if those are errors . At the low end , it begins at 4 , 539 catches . I caught the highest at 13 , 608 , with somebody right behind me at 12 , 888 , then 12 , 651 , and 12 , 331 . Based on the posted data , there ' s an average catch of 8 , 148 for Level 32 players . It ' s a slow crawl at this point , since this level requires 750 , 000 XP to advance I think 31 was 500 , 000 XP . It gets to the point where you ' re stalking Pokemon . I think the other thing that does it for me is the hunt for perfect mons . I maintain a ' living Pokedeck ' and keep at least one of each Poke usually the ones with the best IV and moveset . I ' ll grab at any mon in hopes I can improve on them .