Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27127950-20151027213016/@comment-27192927-20160105083240

I have wondered the same thing... plus Nel & Nnoitra were not the only arrancar around at that point. Szayelaporro Granz was already one but not an espada, and Nel's fraccion were also before Nnoitra ripped their remaining hollow masks off. And there are the 3 Privaron Espada that were around too, and not to mention the unnamed original espada's that were made