List of Experience Points sources

Trainers can obtain Experience Points in several ways. The lisings below show those ways and the regular amount of EXP gained in each.

General experience

Experience gained through general gameplay.

XP Amount	Description
500	Pokémon evolution.
500	Registering a new Pokémon in the Pokédex. Possible while Catching Pokémon, Hatching Pokémon eggs or evolving Pokémon.

Experience gained through capturing Pokémon.

XP Amount	Description
100	Capture of a Pokémon.
25	Bonus when Pokémon fled while Trainer attempted to catch it in wild.
10	Bonus for capture of a Pokémon with Nice Throw.
50	Bonus for capture of a Pokémon with Great Throw.
100	Bonus for capture of aPokémon with Excellent Throw.
10	Bonus for capture of a Pokémon with Curve Ball.
50	Bonus for capture of a Pokémon using only one Poké Ball without missing.
100	Bonus for capture of every 100th Pokémon of the same species.
100	Expert Handler bonus.
500	Bonus for the first capture of a Pokémon of the day.
2,000	Bonus for capture at least one Pokémon for seven days in a row.

Experience gained through hatching Pokémon Eggs.

XP Amount	Description
200	Hatch of a Pokémon from a 2-km Egg.
500	Hatch of a Pokémon from a 5-km or 7-km Egg.
1,000	Hatch of a Pokémon from a 10-km Egg.

Experience gained through spinning Photo Discs in PokéStops and Gyms.

XP Amount	Description
50	Spinning a Photo Disc in a PokéStop.
25	Spinning a Photo Disc in an enemy or neutral Gym without respective Gym Badge on at least Bronze level.
31	Spinning a Photo Disc in a friendly Gym without respective Gym Badge on at least Bronze level.
50	Spinning a Photo Disc in an enemy or neutral Gym with respective Bronze Gym Badge.
63	Spinning a Photo Disc in a friendly Gym with respective Bronze Gym Badge.
75	Spinning a Photo Disc in an enemy or neutral Gym with respective Silver Gym Badge.
94	Spinning a Photo Disc in a friendly Gym with respective Silver Gym Badge.
100	Spinning a Photo Disc in an enemy or neutral Gym with respective Gold Gym Badge.
125	Spinning a Photo Disc in a friendly Gym with respective Gold Gym Badge.
100	Bonus for spining a Photo Discs in 10 unique PokéStops in under 30 minutes.
250	Bonus for spining a Photo Discs in the completely new PokéStop (the one with white ring around it).
500	Bonus for spining a Photo Disc in a PokéStop or Gym for the first time of the day.
2,000	Bonus for spining at least one Photo Disc in a PokéStop or Gym for seven days in a row.

Experience gained through interacting with Gyms.

XP Amount	Description
100	Defeat of a Pokémon in the enemy Gym.
50	Bonus for defeat of every Pokémon in the enemy Gym on the single attempt.

Experience gained through completing Raid Battles.

XP Amount	Description
3,000	Defeat of a first-tier Raid Boss.
3,500	Defeat of a second-tier Raid Boss.
4,000	Defeat of a third-tier Raid Boss.
5,000	Defeat of a fourth-tier Raid Boss.
10,000	Defeat of a Legendary Raid Boss.

Experience gained through Friends system.

XP Amount	Description
200	Send a gift to another trainer.
10,000	Become Great Friend with another trainer.
50,000	Become Ultra Friend with another trainer.
100,000	Become Best Friend with another trainer.

The highest possible amount of EXP possible to be gained in catching Pokémon is, when Trainer catches it for the first time with excellent, curveball, first throw, and with bonuses such as: first catch of the day, seventh day in a row, expert handler, and using Lucky Egg while there's an event with triple XP. Which results in 20,160 EXP in total.
- (Pokémon Capture+Excellence Bonus+Curve Ball Bonus+First Throw Bonus+New Pokémon Bonus+Expert Handler Bonus+First Catch of the Day+Seventh Day Streak Bonus)*2*3
- (100+100+10+50+500+100+500+2,000)*6=20,160 EXP in total