Larry Bird had the highest PER in 1985-86, with a 25.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

1986 NBA per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	25.6	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
2	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.6	1985-86	UTA	76	36.1	29.8	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	10.8	19.1	56.3	0.0	0.1	9.1	8.3	10.5	79.1	62.9	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,744	2,267	395	264	64	4	231	206
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.2	1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	23.5	11.5	2.0	2.0	3.4	9.2	17.5	52.6	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.9	64.5	56.0	4.9	6.6	2.9	2,467	1,597	781	137	134	231	195	271
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	87.1	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	907	113	16	273	133
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	23.3	1985-86	ATL	78	39.1	30.3	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	11.4	24.3	46.8	0.2	0.9	18.6	7.4	9.0	81.8	53.6	3.3	4.6	3.2	3,049	2,366	618	206	138	49	251	170
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22.7	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	23.4	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	9.6	16.9	56.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	76.5	60.3	1.7	4.4	2.6	2,629	1,846	478	280	67	130	203	248
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22.4	1985-86	PHI	80	36.9	20.0	12.8	3.9	2.2	1.6	7.4	13.0	57.2	0.2	0.9	22.7	5.0	7.2	68.5	61.9	4.4	8.4	4.4	2,952	1,603	1,026	312	173	125	350	333
8	Alex English A. English	21.7	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	2,414	405	320	73	29	249	235
9	Kevin McHale K. McHale	21.6	1985-86	BOS	68	35.3	21.3	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	8.3	14.4	57.4	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.2	77.6	62.3	2.5	5.6	2.2	2,397	1,448	551	181	29	134	149	192
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	21.2	1985-86	DET	77	36.2	20.9	3.6	10.8	2.2	0.3	7.9	16.2	48.8	0.3	1.1	31.0	4.7	6.0	79.0	55.4	1.1	2.5	3.8	2,790	1,609	277	830	171	20	289	245
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	20.6	1985-86	PHI	74	36.6	23.8	11.8	1.2	0.9	1.0	7.7	16.8	45.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3	10.6	78.7	55.3	4.6	7.2	3.5	2,706	1,759	872	90	67	71	261	194
12	Larry Nance L. Nance	20.5	1985-86	PHX	73	34.0	20.2	8.5	3.3	1.0	1.8	8.0	13.7	58.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.2	6.1	69.8	61.6	2.3	6.2	2.9	2,484	1,474	618	240	70	130	210	247
13	James Worthy J. Worthy	20.4	1985-86	LAL	75	32.7	20.0	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	8.4	14.5	57.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	4.2	77.1	61.3	1.8	3.3	2.0	2,454	1,500	387	201	82	77	149	195
14	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	20	1985-86	GSW	82	33.7	17.2	3.6	9.1	1.9	0.2	6.2	12.3	50.6	0.5	1.5	32.8	4.3	5.4	79.6	58.7	0.9	2.7	3.5	2,764	1,410	297	746	157	16	290	199
15	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	20	1985-86	MIL	73	35.2	20.2	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	6.4	13.2	48.9	0.5	1.4	32.0	6.8	7.9	85.9	60.4	1.6	3.0	2.4	2,567	1,471	334	357	103	18	174	178
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	19.8	1985-86	POR	75	34.3	18.5	5.6	8.0	2.6	0.6	7.2	15.2	47.5	0.2	0.8	20.0	3.9	5.1	76.9	53.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	2,576	1,389	421	600	197	46	282	270
17	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	19.7	1985-86	POR	79	35.3	24.8	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.2	9.1	16.9	54.0	0.0	0.1	12.5	6.6	7.6	86.9	61.4	1.2	1.6	2.2	2,791	1,962	216	187	54	17	177	161
18	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	19.6	1985-86	CHI	70	32.1	20.7	5.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	7.7	15.6	49.5	0.1	0.3	17.4	5.2	6.6	78.8	56.0	2.1	2.9	2.5	2,248	1,448	350	213	49	47	174	186
19	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	19.5	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
20	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	19.2	1985-86	DAL	74	33.8	22.6	6.0	4.6	0.8	0.2	9.0	17.9	50.3	0.2	0.8	28.6	4.3	6.1	70.5	54.7	2.4	3.6	3.4	2,501	1,670	445	339	62	14	252	229
21	Purvis Short P. Short	19.1	1985-86	GSW	64	37.9	25.5	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.3	9.9	20.5	48.2	0.2	0.8	30.6	5.5	6.3	86.5	54.7	2.0	3.2	2.9	2,427	1,632	329	237	92	22	184	229
22	World B. Free W. B. Free	19	1985-86	CLE	75	33.8	23.4	2.9	4.2	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.5	0.9	2.3	42.0	5.1	6.5	78.0	53.3	1.0	1.9	2.3	2,535	1,754	218	314	91	19	172	186
23	Mike Gminski M. Gminski	19	1985-86	NJN	81	31.2	16.5	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.9	6.1	11.7	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	4.9	89.3	59.4	2.5	5.7	1.7	2,525	1,333	668	133	56	71	140	163
24	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	19	1985-86	DAL	82	34.0	21.5	3.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	8.3	16.1	51.4	0.0	0.4	13.8	4.9	5.9	83.6	57.6	1.1	2.5	2.3	2,787	1,762	291	271	79	25	189	138
25	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	18.9	1985-86	LAC	75	34.7	20.3	5.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	8.2	16.0	51.0	0.0	0.2	6.7	4.0	5.2	76.0	55.5	2.1	3.5	2.4	2,605	1,525	416	283	107	50	183	214