He quickly picked out the contestants worth watching. There was no need to mention Jiren of Universe 11—a pure stat monster. In the original story, he had nearly fought all the Tournament of Power contestants by himself. He was the arc boss of the manga.
Even now, with Explorers participating as well, Jiren was definitely still formidable, because his base stats were already at 272 points.
Frankly speaking, in terms of raw power alone, Jiren stood above nearly all Gods of Destruction.
But whether he could defeat a God of Destruction was another matter. Take Beerus, for example. Not only did Beerus have high stats after powering up, but he also possessed Selfish Ultra Instinct and could use Destruction Energy.
If they truly fought, Lu Li felt that Jiren's raw strength alone would not be enough. Just as Lu Li could often defeat opponents above his rank, Jiren was the sort of blank-slate stat monster who could easily be overcome by someone with powerful combat techniques.
Destruction Energy could ignore reasonable stat gaps to break through defenses. Beerus knew both Selfish Ultra Instinct and Ultra Instinct. If they fought, Jiren probably would not even be able to touch Beerus and would instead be killed by Beerus's Destruction Energy.
However, for the original Tournament of Power, Jiren was absolutely an overpowered stat monster. Even if Goku activated Selfish Ultra Instinct, he only had stats in the 260s. Jiren surpassed him by far too much in stats, and sheer numbers could fully compensate for the gap in combat mastery.
Just as Goku with Ultra Instinct could theoretically evade many attacks, yet Jiren could still suppress him, it was because Jiren's stats were too high. Of all martial arts under heaven, nothing was unbreakable; only speed was unbeatable.
Jiren's high stats meant high