best efficiency in history

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

Interpreted as:
best efficiency with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player in history
NAMEPERMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.9
25,734
805
32.0
22.2
11.1
7.5
1.3
0.7
8.5
15.1
56.1
1.1
3.2
36.3
4.1
5.0
82.4
64.1
2.7
8.4
3.0
17,882
8,914
6,031
1,034
583
2,407
2,161
+4569
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
28
15,535
488
31.8
27.6
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.1
1.2
3.5
33.9
8.2
9.9
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
13,491
5,255
1,800
432
777
1,651
1,445
+2637
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
27.9
41,011
1,072
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
32,292
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
4Anthony Davis
A. Davis
26.7
27,708
807
34.3
24.0
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.5
5.5
7.0
79.3
59.1
2.7
8.0
2.0
19,385
8,637
2,065
1,055
1,848
1,614
1,882
+879
5LeBron James
L. James
26.7
60,855
1,616
37.7
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
43,311
12,057
11,964
2,405
1,182
5,631
2,856
+7480
6Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
26.4
41,918
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
7David Robinson
D. Robinson
26.2
34,271
987
34.7
21.1
10.6
2.5
1.4
3.0
7.5
14.4
51.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
6.1
8.3
73.6
58.3
3.1
7.5
2.4
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
26.2
47,859
1,045
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
31,419
23,924
4,643
2,075
9Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
26.1
29,272
895
32.7
24.1
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
15.9
55.4
0.6
2.2
28.5
5.8
8.4
69.1
61.3
1.9
8.0
3.0
21,531
8,882
4,484
995
1,088
2,701
2,617
+3110
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
25.8
17,940
512
35.0
29.2
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
14,967
4,367
4,211
658
237
2,026
1,177
+1427
11Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
25.5
30,690
792
38.8
26.4
16.2
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
20,880
12,849
2,369
2,529
12Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
24.9
18,298
516
35.5
19.4
11.3
2.5
6.4
14.4
44.4
6.6
8.6
76.8
53.4
10,023
5,856
1,269
1,681
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24.6
39,330
1,073
36.7
22.1
11.7
3.9
1.5
0.8
7.9
14.5
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
23,757
12,546
4,215
1,648
888
3,376
3,287
+532
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24.6
57,446
1,560
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
15Kevin Durant
K. Durant
24.5
43,822
1,194
36.7
27.1
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.1
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.2
3.2
32,409
8,212
5,234
1,234
1,334
3,781
2,265
+5011
16Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
24.4
17,438
526
33.2
25.3
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
35.9
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
13,318
2,490
2,777
757
421
1,213
1,178
+1959
17Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
24.2
47,368
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
18Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24.1
33,245
906
36.7
19.5
7.2
11.2
1.9
0.4
6.9
13.2
52.0
0.4
1.2
30.3
5.5
6.5
84.8
61.0
1.8
5.5
3.9
17,707
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050
19Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
24
12,645
511
24.7
12.6
10.8
0.6
0.5
2.2
5.3
9.0
58.6
0.0
0.1
30.8
2.1
3.5
60.5
60.2
3.1
7.7
1.5
6,450
5,523
326
271
1,143
756
1,341
+313
20Karl Malone
K. Malone
23.9
54,852
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
21Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
23.6
25,171
792
31.8
20.7
6.4
3.1
1.7
0.6
7.5
15.0
49.9
1.7
4.3
39.1
4.0
4.7
86.4
60.7
1.2
5.2
1.7
16,395
5,035
2,448
1,370
497
1,334
1,299
+4925
22Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
23.6
24,137
715
33.8
22.8
11.1
3.1
0.8
1.1
8.3
15.9
52.1
1.7
4.3
39.7
4.4
5.3
84.0
62.3
2.8
8.3
2.7
16,283
7,972
2,234
584
809
1,919
2,441
+1644
23Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
23.6
44,222
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
24James Harden
J. Harden
23.5
42,292
1,216
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.2
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
29,234
6,798
8,849
1,789
682
4,489
2,986
+4748
25Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.5
34,443
897
38.4
24.3
10.0
6.3
1.7
0.8
9.6
19.3
49.6
0.7
1.9
37.6
4.4
5.0
88.6
56.4
2.0
8.0
3.1
21,791
8,974
5,695
1,556
755
2,816
2,279
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.9

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

122.0

1st

DRTG

117.3

21st

NETRTG

4.7

6th

3P%

39.5

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
57
18
.760
2.5
3
49
26
.653
10.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
48
28
.632
12.0
5
46
29
.613
13.5
6
45
29
.608
14.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/1
@
9:00 PM
Sat
4/4
@
3:00 PM
Mon
4/6
@
9:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
GSW Warriors

36 - 39

93

Final

116

DEN Nuggets

48 - 28

Sun 29 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
54
21
.720
2
50
25
.667
4.0
3
48
27
.640
6.0
4
47
28
.627
7.0
5
42
32
.568
11.5
6
43
33
.566
11.5
7
41
34
.547
13.0
8
39
35
.527
14.5
9
40
36
.526
14.5
10
39
36
.520
15.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
29
45
.392
24.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
46
.387
25.0
13
Nets Nets - e
18
57
.240
36.0
14
17
58
.227
37.0
15
17
58
.227
37.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
60
16
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - y
57
18
.760
2.5
3
49
26
.653
10.5
4
48
28
.632
12.0
5
46
29
.613
13.5
6
45
29
.608
14.0
7
42
33
.560
17.5
8
39
36
.520
20.5
9
38
38
.500
22.0
10
36
39
.480
23.5
11
25
50
.333
34.5
12
25
51
.329
35.0
13
24
51
.320
35.5
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
55
.276
39.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
57
.250
41.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/4
@
122-112
Wed
3/4
@
110-126
Wed
3/4
@
115-113
Wed
3/4
@
106-121
Wed
3/4
@
107-115

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/31
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM