Shaquille O'Neal had the best PER in 2001-02, with a 29.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

2002 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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.7	2001-02	LAL	67	36.1	27.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	10.6	18.3	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	10.7	55.5	59.0	3.5	7.2	2.6	2,422	1,822	715	200	41	137	171	199	+566
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27	2001-02	SAS	82	40.6	25.5	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	9.3	18.3	50.8	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.8	8.5	79.9	57.6	3.3	9.4	3.2	3,329	2,089	1,042	307	61	203	263	217	+563
3	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	25.1	2001-02	ORL	76	38.3	25.6	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	9.4	20.9	45.1	1.4	3.7	36.4	5.5	7.3	74.8	53.2	2.0	5.9	2.5	2,912	1,948	597	400	119	73	189	139	+291
4	Chris Webber C. Webber	24.4	2001-02	SAC	54	38.4	24.5	10.1	4.8	1.7	1.4	9.9	19.9	49.5	0.1	0.4	26.3	4.7	6.3	74.9	54.0	2.8	7.3	2.9	2,071	1,322	546	258	90	76	158	181	+410
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	24.1	2001-02	DAL	76	38.0	23.4	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	7.9	16.6	47.7	1.8	4.6	39.7	5.8	6.8	85.3	59.9	1.6	8.4	1.9	2,891	1,779	755	186	83	77	145	222	+411
6	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	23.8	2001-02	MIN	81	39.2	21.2	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	8.1	17.3	47.0	0.5	1.4	31.9	4.4	5.5	80.1	53.6	3.0	9.1	2.8	3,175	1,714	981	422	96	126	229	184	+358
7	Elton Brand E. Brand	23.6	2001-02	LAC	80	37.8	18.2	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	6.7	12.6	52.7	0.0	0.0		4.9	6.6	74.2	58.6	5.0	6.6	2.2	3,020	1,453	925	191	80	163	173	254	+4
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	23.2	2001-02	LAL	80	38.3	25.2	5.5	5.5	1.5	0.4	9.4	20.0	46.9	0.4	1.7	25.0	6.1	7.4	82.9	54.4	1.4	4.1	2.8	3,063	2,019	441	438	118	35	223	228	+444
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	22.9	2001-02	SEA	82	40.3	22.1	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	9.0	19.2	46.7	0.9	2.9	31.4	3.3	4.1	79.7	52.6	1.0	3.9	2.5	3,301	1,815	396	737	131	26	209	179	+199
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	22.3	2001-02	BOS	82	40.3	26.1	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	8.6	19.5	44.2	2.6	6.3	40.4	6.3	7.8	80.9	57.0	1.0	5.9	2.9	3,302	2,144	566	261	154	86	241	237	+314
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	21.9	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	13.4	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	60.1	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,566	1,102	263	674	152	24	208	209	+166
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	21.9	2001-02	PHI	60	43.7	31.4	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	11.1	27.8	39.8	1.3	4.5	29.1	7.9	9.8	81.2	48.9	0.7	3.8	4.0	2,622	1,883	269	331	168	13	237	102	+278
13	Andre Miller A. Miller	21.8	2001-02	CLE	81	37.3	16.5	4.7	10.9	1.6	0.4	5.9	12.9	45.4	0.3	1.1	25.3	4.5	5.5	81.7	53.8	1.3	3.3	3.0	3,023	1,335	379	882	126	34	245	228	-102
14	Ray Allen R. Allen	21.6	2001-02	MIL	69	36.6	21.8	4.5	3.9	1.3	0.3	7.7	16.6	46.2	3.3	7.7	43.4	3.1	3.6	87.3	59.8	1.2	3.3	2.3	2,525	1,503	312	271	88	18	159	157	+49
15	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	21.3	2001-02	MIL	74	35.2	19.7	4.2	6.7	1.2	0.2	7.5	16.2	46.3	1.0	2.8	34.8	3.8	4.4	86.0	54.5	0.7	3.5	2.4	2,605	1,461	312	493	90	12	177	208	+109
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	21.1	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	22.4	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	20.7	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	22.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	46.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
18	Steve Nash S. Nash	20.7	2001-02	DAL	82	34.6	17.9	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	6.4	13.3	48.3	1.9	4.2	45.5	3.2	3.6	88.7	60.2	0.6	2.5	2.8	2,837	1,466	254	634	53	4	229	164	+308
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	20.5	2001-02	TOR	60	39.8	24.7	5.2	4.0	1.6	0.7	9.3	21.8	42.8	2.0	5.2	38.7	4.1	5.1	79.8	51.5	2.3	2.9	2.6	2,385	1,484	313	239	94	43	154	191	+66
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	20.3	2001-02	SAS	78	29.5	12.2	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	4.4	8.6	50.7	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.1	68.1	56.2	2.4	5.8	1.3	2,303	951	647	94	86	140	104	193	+428
21	Brad Miller B. Miller	20.1	2001-02	TOT	76	29.8	13.6	8.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	4.8	9.6	49.9	0.0	0.1	42.9	3.9	5.0	77.5	57.2	3.3	4.9	1.5	2,263	1,032	621	152	76	41	115	244	-182
22	Shawn Marion S. Marion	19.8	2001-02	PHX	81	38.4	19.1	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.1	8.1	17.2	46.9	0.6	1.5	39.3	2.4	2.8	84.5	51.8	2.6	7.3	1.8	3,109	1,547	803	162	149	86	144	214	-10
23	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	19.8	2001-02	ATL	77	38.7	21.2	9.0	3.1	1.3	1.1	7.8	16.8	46.1	0.3	0.9	30.0	5.4	6.8	80.1	53.6	2.6	6.5	3.2	2,980	1,636	696	239	98	81	250	214	-225
24	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	19.5	2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	17.6	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	3,007	1,441	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
25	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	19.5	2001-02	CHA	77	28.0	13.9	6.9	1.3	0.8	1.8	5.0	10.3	48.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	79.7	55.8	1.7	5.2	1.8	2,156	1,074	530	102	60	137	138	264	+5