LeBron James had the highest PER in 2008-09, with a 31.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 2009

	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	LeBron James L. James	31.7	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
2	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	30.4	2008-09	MIA	79	38.6	30.2	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	10.8	22.0	49.1	1.1	3.5	31.7	7.5	9.8	76.5	57.4	1.1	3.9	3.4	3,048	2,386	398	589	173	106	272	178	+216
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	30	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
4	Dwight Howard D. Howard	25.4	2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	1.0	2.9	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	60.0	4.3	9.6	3.0	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
5	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.4	2008-09	SAS	75	33.7	19.3	10.7	3.5	0.5	1.7	7.4	14.8	50.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.4	69.2	54.9	2.7	8.0	2.2	2,524	1,450	800	264	38	126	165	173	+259
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.4	2008-09	LAL	82	36.1	26.8	5.2	4.9	1.5	0.5	9.8	20.9	46.7	1.4	4.1	35.1	5.9	6.9	85.6	56.1	1.1	4.1	2.6	2,960	2,201	429	399	120	37	210	189	+657
7	Brandon Roy B. Roy	24	2008-09	POR	78	37.2	22.6	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	8.1	16.9	48.0	1.1	2.8	37.7	5.3	6.5	82.4	57.3	1.3	3.4	1.9	2,903	1,765	370	400	88	22	152	127	+505
8	Tony Parker T. Parker	23.4	2008-09	SAS	72	34.1	22.0	3.1	6.9	0.9	0.1	8.9	17.5	50.6	0.3	0.9	29.2	3.9	5.0	78.2	55.6	0.4	2.7	2.6	2,456	1,581	223	496	67	4	186	110	+326
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23.1	2008-09	DAL	81	37.7	25.9	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	9.6	20.0	47.9	0.8	2.1	35.9	6.0	6.7	89.0	56.4	1.1	7.3	1.9	3,050	2,094	681	197	61	63	157	176	+246
10	Yao Ming Y. Ming	22.7	2008-09	HOU	77	33.6	19.7	9.9	1.8	0.4	1.9	7.4	13.4	54.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	4.9	5.7	86.6	61.8	2.6	7.2	3.0	2,589	1,514	761	137	30	150	234	257	+453
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.3	2008-09	PHX	75	30.0	17.8	8.4	1.7	0.7	1.4	6.8	11.2	60.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	6.9	59.5	62.3	2.5	5.9	2.2	2,252	1,333	633	126	49	108	168	253	+140
12	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	22.2	2008-09	LAL	81	37.0	18.9	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	7.3	12.9	56.7	0.0	0.0	50.0	4.2	5.4	78.1	61.7	3.2	6.4	1.9	2,999	1,528	780	284	52	81	157	172	+571
13	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	22.1	2008-09	TOR	77	38.0	22.7	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	8.0	16.4	48.7	0.2	0.6	24.5	6.5	8.0	81.7	56.9	2.8	7.2	2.3	2,928	1,746	771	191	67	77	174	189	-84
14	Danny Granger D. Granger	21.8	2008-09	IND	67	36.2	25.8	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.5	19.1	44.7	2.7	6.7	40.4	6.0	6.9	87.8	58.4	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,424	1,728	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
15	Devin Harris D. Harris	21.6	2008-09	NJN	69	36.1	21.3	3.3	6.9	1.7	0.2	6.6	15.1	43.8	0.9	3.2	29.1	7.2	8.8	82.0	56.3	0.4	2.9	3.1	2,494	1,470	231	476	114	13	212	164	-99
16	Deron Williams D. Williams	21.1	2008-09	UTA	68	36.8	19.4	2.9	10.7	1.1	0.3	6.8	14.5	47.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.8	5.6	84.9	57.3	0.4	2.5	3.4	2,505	1,322	195	725	73	20	228	134	+159
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20.8	2008-09	OKC	74	39.0	25.3	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	8.9	18.8	47.6	1.3	3.1	42.2	6.1	7.1	86.3	57.7	1.0	5.5	3.0	2,885	1,871	482	205	96	53	225	134	-501
18	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	20.6	2008-09	WAS	81	38.2	22.2	8.9	1.9	1.2	0.3	8.3	17.8	46.8	1.4	3.9	35.1	4.2	5.6	75.4	54.9	2.4	6.5	1.5	3,096	1,801	721	153	95	25	125	218	-480
19	Steve Nash S. Nash	19.5	2008-09	PHX	74	33.6	15.7	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	5.8	11.5	50.3	1.5	3.3	43.9	2.6	2.8	93.3	61.5	0.3	2.8	3.4	2,484	1,160	223	717	55	10	248	108	+245
20	Vince Carter V. Carter	19.3	2008-09	NJN	80	36.8	20.8	5.1	4.7	1.0	0.5	7.4	16.8	43.7	1.9	4.9	38.5	4.2	5.1	81.7	54.5	0.9	4.2	2.1	2,946	1,662	410	376	82	38	166	234	-117
21	Jason Terry J. Terry	19.3	2008-09	DAL	74	33.7	19.6	2.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	7.3	15.8	46.3	2.3	6.2	36.6	2.7	3.0	88.0	57.1	0.5	1.9	1.6	2,491	1,447	177	251	97	20	119	141	+145
22	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	19.1	2008-09	POR	81	37.1	18.1	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	7.4	15.3	48.4	0.1	0.3	25.0	3.2	4.1	78.1	52.9	2.9	4.6	1.5	3,004	1,470	605	157	77	77	121	207	+487
23	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19	2008-09	DEN	66	34.5	22.8	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.3	44.3	1.0	2.6	37.1	5.6	7.1	79.3	53.2	1.6	5.2	3.0	2,277	1,504	450	222	75	24	199	195	+306
24	David Lee D. Lee	19	2008-09	NYK	81	34.9	16.0	11.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	6.4	11.7	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.1	75.5	59.0	3.2	8.6	1.9	2,824	1,293	951	174	80	22	150	260	-197
25	David West D. West	18.9	2008-09	NOH	76	39.2	21.0	8.5	2.3	0.6	0.9	8.0	17.0	47.2	0.1	0.3	24.0	4.8	5.5	88.4	54.0	2.1	6.4	2.1	2,982	1,593	646	173	49	68	163	207	+225