Michael Jordan had the highest PER in 1989-90, with a 31.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1990

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.2	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.2	1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	31.0	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	2,540	911	226	121	50	304	259
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27.1	1989-90	PHI	79	39.1	25.2	11.5	3.9	1.9	0.6	8.9	14.9	60.0	0.3	1.2	21.7	7.1	9.4	74.9	66.1	4.6	6.9	3.1	3,085	1,989	909	307	148	50	243	250
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26.6	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.3	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	25.8	1989-90	NYK	82	38.6	28.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	2,347	893	182	78	327	278	325
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	24.6	1989-90	ATL	80	36.1	26.7	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	10.1	20.9	48.4	0.7	2.3	32.2	5.7	7.1	80.7	55.6	2.7	3.8	2.2	2,888	2,138	521	200	126	47	174	141
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.1	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	23.9	1989-90	UTA	78	37.4	17.2	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	6.1	11.8	51.4	0.6	1.4	41.6	4.5	5.5	81.9	60.7	0.7	1.9	3.5	2,915	1,345	206	1,134	207	18	272	233
10	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	22.8	1989-90	PHX	74	37.6	22.5	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	7.8	15.7	49.9	0.1	0.6	19.5	6.8	8.1	83.8	58.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	2,782	1,665	270	846	95	14	263	143
11	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	22.7	1989-90	GSW	78	36.3	25.1	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	8.7	16.3	53.6	1.1	3.0	37.2	6.5	7.3	88.9	64.3	1.7	4.3	3.1	2,830	1,956	463	319	123	45	239	142
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	22.2	1989-90	POR	73	36.8	23.3	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	9.2	18.6	49.4	0.4	1.5	28.3	4.6	5.9	77.4	55.1	2.8	4.1	2.6	2,683	1,703	507	432	145	51	191	222
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.9	1989-90	BOS	75	39.3	24.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	2,944	1,820	712	562	106	61	243	173
14	Kevin McHale K. McHale	21.8	1989-90	BOS	82	33.2	20.9	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	7.9	14.4	54.9	0.3	0.8	33.3	4.8	5.4	89.3	62.3	2.5	5.8	2.2	2,722	1,712	677	172	30	157	183	250
15	Mark Price M. Price	21.1	1989-90	CLE	73	37.1	19.6	3.4	9.1	1.6	0.1	6.7	14.6	45.9	2.1	5.1	40.6	4.1	4.6	88.8	58.9	0.9	2.5	2.9	2,706	1,430	251	666	114	5	214	89
16	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	20.9	1989-90	PHX	81	37.6	27.2	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	10.0	20.0	50.1	0.3	1.1	27.9	6.9	8.0	86.1	57.9	1.5	5.6	2.7	3,046	2,201	571	190	88	47	218	260
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	20.8	1989-90	IND	82	38.9	24.6	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	8.1	15.7	51.4	1.8	4.4	41.4	6.6	7.6	86.8	64.5	1.2	2.4	2.7	3,192	2,016	295	311	110	18	222	175
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	20.2	1989-90	ATL	81	33.8	18.9	10.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	6.4	13.3	48.0	0.0	0.1	11.1	6.1	7.8	78.1	56.4	4.5	5.5	2.9	2,735	1,528	812	130	47	84	232	158
19	Terry Porter T. Porter	20	1989-90	POR	80	34.8	17.6	3.4	9.1	1.9	0.1	5.6	12.1	46.2	1.1	3.0	37.4	5.3	5.9	89.2	59.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	2,781	1,406	272	726	151	4	245	150
20	Fat Lever F. Lever	19.9	1989-90	DEN	79	35.8	18.3	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.3	0.5	1.1	41.4	3.4	4.3	80.4	50.4	2.9	6.4	2.0	2,832	1,443	734	517	168	13	156	172
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	19.8	1989-90	LAL	80	37.0	21.1	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	8.9	16.2	54.8	0.2	0.6	30.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	58.6	2.0	4.0	2.0	2,960	1,685	478	288	99	49	160	190
22	Derek Harper D. Harper	19.8	1989-90	DAL	82	36.7	18.0	3.0	7.4	2.3	0.3	6.9	14.2	48.8	1.1	2.9	37.1	3.0	3.8	79.4	56.7	0.7	2.3	2.5	3,007	1,473	244	609	187	26	207	224
23	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	19.6	1989-90	SAS	81	34.8	22.4	8.4	2.7	1.4	0.6	9.0	18.9	47.5	0.2	0.7	32.2	4.2	5.4	78.0	52.7	2.8	5.6	2.5	2,821	1,818	677	219	110	52	202	286
24	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	19.6	1989-90	PHX	67	34.0	17.6	4.7	5.0	1.7	0.2	7.2	13.4	53.6	0.6	1.5	40.8	2.6	3.0	85.6	59.6	1.3	3.4	1.9	2,278	1,179	313	337	117	14	125	144
25	Charles Smith C. Smith	19.5	1989-90	LAC	78	35.0	21.1	6.7	1.5	1.1	1.5	7.6	14.7	52.0	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.8	7.3	79.4	58.9	2.3	4.4	2.1	2,732	1,645	524	114	86	119	162	294