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Michael Jordan has the best PER in a season by a shooting guard, with a 31.7 rating in 1987-88.

highest PER by shooting guard single season

Interpreted as:

highest PER with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by shooting guard single season

NAME	SEASON	TM	GP	PER	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	3PM	FG%	FT%	TPG	FGM	FGA	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	PF	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV
Michael Jordan	1987-88	CHI	82	31.7	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	0.1	53.5	84.1	3.1	13.0	24.4	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	3.3	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252
Michael Jordan	1990-91	CHI	82	31.6	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	0.4	53.9	85.1	2.5	12.1	22.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	2.8	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202
Michael Jordan	1989-90	CHI	82	31.2	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	1.1	52.6	84.8	3.0	12.6	24.0	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	2.9	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247
Michael Jordan	1988-89	CHI	81	31.1	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	0.3	53.8	85.0	3.6	11.9	22.2	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	3.0	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290
James Harden	2018-19	HOU	44	30.8	37.3	36.3	6.6	8.3	2.1	0.7	5.0	44.0	86.4	5.6	10.5	23.9	13.3	37.4	10.3	11.9	3.5	1,643	1,596	289	363	93	29	245
Dwyane Wade	2008-09	MIA	79	30.4	38.6	30.2	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	1.1	49.1	76.5	3.4	10.8	22.0	3.5	31.7	7.5	9.8	2.3	3,048	2,386	398	589	173	106	272
Tracy McGrady	2002-03	ORL	75	30.3	39.4	32.1	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.3	45.7	79.3	2.6	11.1	24.2	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	2.1	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195
James Harden	2017-18	HOU	72	29.8	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	3.7	44.9	85.8	4.4	9.0	20.1	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	2.3	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315
Michael Jordan	1986-87	CHI	82	29.8	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	0.1	48.2	85.7	3.3	13.4	27.8	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	2.9	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272
Michael Jordan	1992-93	CHI	78	29.7	39.3	32.6	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	1.0	49.5	83.7	2.7	12.7	25.7	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	2.4	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207
Michael Jordan	1995-96	CHI	82	29.4	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	1.4	49.5	83.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197
Dwyane Wade	2009-10	MIA	77	28	36.3	26.6	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	0.9	47.6	76.1	3.3	9.3	19.6	3.2	30.0	6.9	9.1	2.4	2,792	2,045	373	501	142	82	252
Kobe Bryant	2005-06	LAL	80	28	41.0	35.4	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	2.3	45.0	85.0	3.1	12.2	27.2	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	2.9	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250
Michael Jordan	1996-97	CHI	82	27.8	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	1.4	48.6	83.3	2.0	11.2	23.1	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	1.9	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166
Michael Jordan	1991-92	CHI	80	27.7	38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	0.3	51.9	83.2	2.5	11.8	22.7	1.3	27.0	6.1	7.4	2.5	3,102	2,404	511	489	182	75	200
Dwyane Wade	2005-06	MIA	75	27.6	38.6	27.2	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	0.2	49.5	78.3	3.6	9.3	18.8	1.0	17.1	8.4	10.7	2.9	2,892	2,040	430	503	146	58	268
James Harden	2014-15	HOU	81	26.7	36.8	27.4	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	2.6	44.0	86.8	4.0	8.0	18.1	6.9	37.5	8.8	10.2	2.6	2,981	2,217	459	565	154	60	321
Dwyane Wade	2011-12	MIA	49	26.3	33.2	22.1	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	0.3	49.7	79.1	2.6	8.5	17.1	1.1	26.8	4.8	6.1	2.2	1,625	1,082	237	225	82	63	129
Kobe Bryant	2002-03	LAL	82	26.2	41.5	30.0	6.9	5.9	2.2	0.8	1.5	45.1	84.3	3.5	10.6	23.5	4.0	38.3	7.3	8.7	2.7	3,401	2,461	564	481	181	67	288
Kobe Bryant	2006-07	LAL	77	26.1	40.8	31.6	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	1.8	46.3	86.8	3.3	10.6	22.8	5.2	34.4	8.7	10.0	2.7	3,140	2,430	439	413	111	36	255
Michael Jordan	1984-85	CHI	82	25.8	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	0.1	51.5	84.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291
Dwyane Wade	2010-11	MIA	76	25.6	37.1	25.5	6.4	4.6	1.5	1.1	0.8	50.0	75.8	3.1	9.1	18.2	2.7	30.6	6.5	8.6	2.6	2,823	1,941	485	346	111	87	237
James Harden	2015-16	HOU	82	25.3	38.1	29.0	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	2.9	43.9	86.0	4.6	8.7	19.7	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	2.8	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374
Tracy McGrady	2003-04	ORL	67	25.3	39.9	28.0	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.6	41.7	79.6	2.7	9.7	23.4	7.7	33.9	5.9	7.5	1.9	2,675	1,878	402	370	93	42	179
Michael Jordan	1997-98	CHI	82	25.2	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	0.4	46.5	78.4	2.3	10.7	23.1	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	1.8	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185