Best nose tackles in All 22 Pokémon

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A stat at or above its ceiling counts in full, at or below its floor not at all. Only the single best matching type counts, so a dual type never stacks two bonuses.

Top 30 nose tackles, original 151

#	Pokémon	Type	Fit	kg	HP	Def	Atk
1	Golem	RockGround	83.7	300	80	130	120
2	Snorlax	Normal	81.3	460	160	65	110
3	Rhydon	GroundRock	81.0	120	105	120	130
4	Dragonite	DragonFlying	74.9	210	91	95	134
5	Gyarados	WaterFlying	72.0	235	95	79	125
6	Lapras	WaterIce	71.5	220	130	80	85
7	Machamp	Fighting	69.5	130	90	80	130
8	Mewtwo L	Psychic	68.5	122	106	90	110
9	Arcanine	Fire	65.6	155	90	80	110
10	Cloyster	WaterIce	65.5	132.5	50	180	95
11	Graveler	RockGround	64.0	105	55	115	95
12	Rhyhorn	GroundRock	64.0	115	80	95	85
13	Exeggutor	GrassPsychic	62.9	120	95	85	95
14	Onix	RockGround	61.9	210	35	160	45
15	Kingler	Water	61.5	60	55	115	130
16	Slowbro	WaterPsychic	60.9	78.5	95	110	75
17	Kangaskhan	Normal	60.7	80	105	80	95
18	Nidoqueen	PoisonGround	60.5	60	90	87	92
19	Poliwrath	WaterFighting	59.6	54	90	95	95
20	Tauros	Normal	59.5	88.4	75	95	100
21	Pinsir	Bug	59.1	55	65	100	125
22	Kabutops	RockWater	59.0	40.5	60	105	115
23	Nidoking	PoisonGround	58.9	62	81	77	102
24	Moltres L	FireFlying	58.4	60	90	90	100
25	Blastoise	Water	58.1	85.5	79	100	83
26	Sandslash	Ground	57.8	29.5	75	110	100
27	Articuno L	IceFlying	57.1	55.4	90	100	85
28	Dewgong	WaterIce	56.9	120	90	80	70
29	Aerodactyl	RockFlying	56.6	59	80	65	105
30	Venusaur	GrassPoison	56.2	100	80	83	82

Top 30 nose tackles, all generations

For the 17–0 Challenge, which rolls from all nine regions. You can start at most three Legendary or Mythical Pokémon there (marked L).

#	Pokémon	Type	Region	Fit	kg	HP	Def	Atk
1	Melmetal L	Steel	Alola	100.0	800	135	143	143
2	Ting-Lu L	DarkGround	Paldea	96.3	699.7	155	125	110
3	Iron Hands	FightingElectric	Paldea	95.7	380.7	154	108	140
4	Groudon L	Ground	Hoenn	94.8	950	100	140	150
5	Rhyperior	GroundRock	Sinnoh	93.0	282.8	115	130	140
6	Great Tusk	GroundFighting	Paldea	92.7	320	115	131	131
7	Buzzwole	BugFighting	Alola	92.3	333.6	107	139	139
8	Ursaluna	GroundNormal	Galar	91.4	290	130	105	140
9	Stonjourner	Rock	Galar	91.4	520	100	135	125
10	Solgaleo L	PsychicSteel	Alola	89.8	230	137	107	137
11	Giratina L	GhostDragon	Sinnoh	89.7	750	150	120	100
12	Glastrier L	Ice	Galar	88.9	800	100	130	145
13	Metagross	SteelPsychic	Hoenn	87.4	550	80	130	135
14	Regigigas L	Normal	Sinnoh	87.1	420	110	110	160
15	Dialga L	SteelDragon	Sinnoh	86.8	683	100	120	120
16	Iron Thorns	RockElectric	Paldea	86.1	303	100	110	134
17	Stakataka	RockSteel	Alola	86.1	820	61	211	131
18	Avalugg	Ice	Kalos	86.0	505	95	184	117
19	Gigalith	Rock	Unova	86.0	260	85	130	135
20	Zekrom L	DragonElectric	Unova	86.0	345	100	120	150
21	Arceus L	Normal	Sinnoh	85.7	320	120	120	120
22	Hippowdon	Ground	Sinnoh	85.3	300	108	118	112
23	Koraidon L	FightingDragon	Paldea	85.2	303	100	115	135
24	Mudsdale	Ground	Alola	84.9	920	100	100	125
25	Dondozo	Water	Paldea	84.1	220	150	115	100
26	Gouging Fire	FireDragon	Paldea	84.0	590	105	121	115
27	Zygarde L	DragonGround	Kalos	84.0	305	108	121	100
28	Slaking	Normal	Hoenn	84.0	130.5	150	100	160
29	Golem	RockGround	Kanto	83.7	300	80	130	120
30	Aggron	SteelRock	Hoenn	83.4	360	70	180	110

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