best efficiency denver nuggets history player

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER for the Nuggets, with a 28.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
best efficiency with a minimum of 5000 minutes played denver nuggets history player
NAMEPERMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.9
25,904
810
32.0
22.2
11.1
7.5
1.3
0.7
8.5
15.2
56.1
1.1
3.2
36.2
4.1
5.0
82.5
64.1
2.7
8.4
3.0
18,009
8,977
6,080
1,041
589
2,420
2,169
+4626
2Dan Issel
D. Issel
21
22,342
718
31.1
20.4
7.9
2.5
1.0
0.6
7.6
14.9
50.6
0.0
0.2
25.3
5.3
6.6
79.7
57.2
2.3
5.6
2.0
14,659
5,707
1,804
698
396
1,281
2,022
3Alex English
A. English
20.9
29,893
837
35.7
25.9
5.6
4.4
1.0
0.7
10.7
21.0
50.9
0.0
0.1
22.8
4.4
5.3
84.0
55.4
2.4
3.2
2.7
21,645
4,686
3,679
854
624
2,263
2,288
4David Thompson
D. Thompson
20.2
13,801
415
33.3
23.7
3.9
3.4
1.0
0.9
8.9
17.5
50.6
0.1
0.4
29.2
5.9
7.6
77.6
56.7
1.5
2.4
2.8
9,834
1,607
1,396
402
361
939
1,115
5Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
20.2
20,521
564
36.4
24.8
6.3
3.1
1.1
0.5
8.8
19.3
45.9
0.7
2.3
31.1
6.4
7.9
80.3
54.4
2.0
4.4
3.1
13,970
3,566
1,729
634
260
1,726
1,693
+1230
6Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
20.1
9,794
293
33.4
23.3
5.3
2.7
0.7
0.5
9.1
16.8
54.1
0.1
0.3
26.7
5.0
5.8
85.7
60.0
1.5
3.7
2.1
6,829
1,541
782
200
141
608
718
7Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
19.8
5,668
135
42.0
25.6
3.0
7.1
1.9
0.2
8.6
18.8
45.6
1.1
3.2
34.4
7.4
9.3
79.0
55.9
0.5
2.5
3.4
3,461
403
965
253
25
457
186
+404
8Kenneth Faried
K. Faried
19.6
11,000
441
24.9
11.4
8.2
1.0
0.8
0.8
4.6
8.5
54.3
0.0
0.0
10.0
2.2
3.4
65.5
57.3
3.1
5.1
1.3
5,046
3,634
450
334
369
593
1,098
-188
9Calvin Natt
C. Natt
19.5
5,385
189
28.5
17.8
6.3
2.4
0.8
0.3
6.8
13.0
52.3
0.0
0.1
18.2
4.2
5.4
79.0
58.1
2.0
4.3
1.9
3,369
1,193
458
153
50
362
383
10Fat Lever
F. Lever
19.1
16,867
474
35.6
17.0
7.6
7.5
2.5
0.3
7.0
15.4
45.4
0.2
0.8
30.5
2.9
3.7
78.0
50.2
2.4
5.3
2.3
8,081
3,621
3,566
1,167
133
1,075
1,213
11Antonio McDyess
A. McDyess
18.8
12,271
361
34.0
18.2
9.0
1.6
0.9
1.7
7.2
14.9
48.6
0.0
0.1
14.0
3.7
5.4
67.9
52.6
2.9
6.1
2.5
6,555
3,231
586
311
604
903
1,257
-890
12Ty Lawson
T. Lawson
18.3
12,945
416
31.1
14.2
2.9
6.6
1.2
0.1
5.1
10.9
46.6
1.0
2.6
36.9
3.1
4.0
77.1
56.1
0.7
2.2
2.2
5,923
1,207
2,745
509
39
935
692
+748
13Marcus Camby
M. Camby
18.3
11,777
372
31.7
10.1
11.1
2.5
1.1
3.0
4.1
8.9
46.2
0.0
0.1
20.5
1.8
2.5
71.5
50.2
2.5
8.5
1.5
3,748
4,117
928
418
1,126
560
1,042
+414
14Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
18.2
8,648
259
33.4
16.9
2.7
5.3
1.1
0.2
4.9
11.8
41.4
2.0
5.1
39.2
5.2
5.6
91.2
59.2
0.4
2.4
2.3
4,378
712
1,383
292
54
601
547
+393
15Jamal Murray
J. Murray
17.7
19,451
611
31.8
18.9
3.8
5.0
1.0
0.4
6.9
15.0
45.9
2.3
5.8
39.0
2.8
3.2
87.4
57.5
0.7
3.1
2.1
11,528
2,348
3,044
608
226
1,257
1,112
+2463
16Michael Adams
M. Adams
17.5
10,601
304
34.9
18.2
3.2
7.2
2.0
0.1
6.1
14.5
41.7
2.1
6.1
34.2
4.0
4.7
85.0
54.8
0.7
2.5
2.3
5,534
987
2,181
602
36
705
582
17Raef LaFrentz
R. LaFrentz
17.5
6,947
222
31.3
13.2
7.7
1.2
0.5
2.5
5.2
11.2
46.2
0.9
2.4
37.6
2.0
2.9
69.3
53.1
2.2
5.5
1.2
2,939
1,718
272
119
556
262
793
-366
18Nene
Nene
17.4
16,445
555
29.6
12.4
7.0
1.8
1.3
0.9
4.6
8.3
56.0
0.0
0.0
8.7
3.1
4.6
67.8
60.2
2.1
4.8
2.0
6,868
3,859
1,014
694
508
1,091
1,864
+1162
19Nick Van Exel
N. Van Exel
17.3
9,179
245
37.5
17.7
3.4
8.4
0.8
0.2
6.6
16.4
40.2
1.7
5.1
34.1
2.8
3.4
80.9
49.4
0.5
3.0
2.5
4,325
834
2,047
199
39
623
416
-615
20Walter Davis
W. Davis
17.3
5,277
235
22.5
15.6
2.2
2.1
0.9
0.1
6.5
13.5
48.3
0.2
0.7
25.0
2.3
2.6
89.6
53.0
0.7
1.5
1.5
3,659
523
497
222
18
342
524
21Danilo Gallinari
D. Gallinari
17.2
9,492
303
31.3
16.2
4.8
2.2
0.8
0.4
4.8
11.5
41.9
1.8
4.8
36.6
4.8
5.5
86.4
58.0
0.7
4.1
1.4
4,898
1,469
667
248
122
420
517
+679
22Paul Millsap
P. Millsap
17.2
5,441
215
25.3
11.8
6.1
2.0
1.0
0.8
4.3
9.0
47.8
0.9
2.5
37.1
2.2
3.0
73.8
56.9
1.8
4.2
1.3
2,531
1,305
427
217
164
289
543
+765
23Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
17.1
14,411
391
36.9
12.9
12.3
1.7
0.6
3.8
4.7
8.9
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
5.5
65.0
56.9
3.9
8.4
2.6
5,054
4,811
651
223
1,486
1,016
1,361
24Michael Porter Jr.
M. Porter Jr.
17.1
10,036
345
29.1
16.2
6.4
1.4
0.6
0.6
6.2
12.3
50.0
2.4
6.0
40.6
1.5
1.9
79.5
61.8
1.4
5.0
1.2
5,597
2,209
485
206
201
402
666
+1592
25Aaron Gordon
A. Gordon
17
9,827
328
30.0
14.7
5.9
2.9
0.7
0.5
5.6
10.4
53.5
1.0
2.9
35.3
2.6
3.7
70.1
61.3
1.9
4.0
1.5
4,832
1,930
966
215
178
477
603
+1930
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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PPG

27.7

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RPG

12.9

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APG

10.7

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

1st

DRTG

117.4

21st

NETRTG

5.2

7th

3P%

39.6

1st

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1
64
18
.780
2
62
20
.756
2.0
3
Nuggets Nuggets
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
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11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
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13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
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Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0