Johto pokemon Body Mass Index fun facts

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All BMIs here are calculated with the formula:

Weight(lbs)x703 / Height(in)^2

Of all 100 pokemon introduced in Johto, only 18 pokemon have a healthy BMI, those being:

Quilava, Croconaw, Crobat, Pichu, Mareep, Flaaffy, Aipom, Sunkern, Slowking, Unown, Girafarig, Pineco, Snubbull, Granbull, Teddiursa, Delibird, Hitmontop, and Blissey.

There are 28 pokemon that are morbidly obese, those being:

Hoothoot, Chinchou, Natu, Marill, Azumarill, Wooper, Forretress, Gligar, Shuckle, Slugma, Magcargo, Piloswine, Mantine, Kingdra, Phanpy, Donphan, Porygon2, Smeargle, Tyrogue, Elekid, Magby, Miltank, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Larvitar, Pupitar, and Tyranitar.

There are 23 pokemon that are morbidly underweight, those being:

Chikorita, Bayleef, Sentret, Furret, Noctowl, Ledyba, Lanturn, Igglybuff, Togepi, Togetic, Xatu, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, Sunflora, Murkrow, Misdreavus, Dunsparce, Qwilfish, Corsola, Lugia, Ho-oh, and Celebi.

Out of all pokemon from Johto, Larvitar has the highest BMI of 193.69, and would have to lose 168.7 lbs to be considered healthy

Misdreavus has the lowest BMI of 1.97, and would need to gain 18.5 lbs to be considered healthy

The average BMI of all 100 pokemon is 33.3477

Ground type holds the highest average BMI of 76.568

Ghost type holds the lowest because Misdreavus is the only ghost type, and has the lowest BMI

Flying, Psychic, and Poison types are the only types with a healthy average BMI, being 20.12, 22.07, and 24.78.

Steelix only has a BMI of 4.73

If you want the BMI of a certain pokemon, or have questions, ask them!

Posted Apr 3, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC

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