best player efficiency rating for a career

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

Interpreted as:
best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player for a career
NAMEPERMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.9
25,660
803
32.0
22.2
11.1
7.5
1.3
0.7
8.5
15.1
56.1
1.1
3.2
36.2
4.1
5.0
82.4
64.1
2.7
8.4
3.0
17,824
8,884
6,011
1,032
583
2,398
2,158
+4540
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
28
15,465
486
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
13,436
5,242
1,795
432
774
1,648
1,441
+2650
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
60,785
1,614
37.7
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
43,276
12,041
11,944
2,404
1,181
5,626
2,856
+7436
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
17,901
511
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
75.4
59.1
0.9
7.6
4.0
14,926
4,359
4,208
655
236
2,021
1,172
+1408
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
43,759
1,192
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.2
3.2
32,364
8,202
5,218
1,232
1,334
3,776
2,264
+5002
16Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
24.4
17,331
523
33.1
25.3
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.5
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
13,216
2,480
2,765
754
418
1,204
1,171
+1928
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
21Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
23.6
24,103
714
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
83.9
62.3
2.8
8.3
2.7
16,268
7,954
2,232
583
809
1,915
2,438
+1654
22Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
23.6
25,114
790
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
16,347
5,019
2,442
1,367
497
1,333
1,296
+4897
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
42,223
1,214
34.8
24.1
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
29,204
6,787
8,821
1,786
681
4,487
2,982
+4716
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.

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

121.9

1st

DRTG

117.5

22nd

NETRTG

4.4

7th

3P%

39.4

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
55
18
.753
2.0
3
47
26
.644
10.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
46
28
.622
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.0
6
43
29
.597
13.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/27
@
9:00 PM
Sun
3/29
@
10:00 PM
Wed
4/1
@
9:00 PM
Sat
4/4
@
3:00 PM
Mon
4/6
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Mavericks

23 - 50

135

Final

142

DEN Nuggets

46 - 28

Wed 25 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
53
20
.726
2
48
24
.667
4.5
3
48
26
.649
5.5
4
45
28
.616
8.0
5
41
32
.562
12.0
6
40
32
.556
12.5
7
40
33
.548
13.0
8
39
34
.534
14.0
9
39
34
.534
14.0
10
39
34
.534
14.0
11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
29
43
.403
23.5
13
17
55
.236
35.5
14
Nets Nets - e
17
56
.233
36.0
15
16
57
.219
37.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
57
16
.781
2
Spurs Spurs - x
55
18
.753
2.0
3
47
26
.644
10.0
4
46
28
.622
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.0
6
43
29
.597
13.5
7
40
33
.548
17.0
8
37
36
.507
20.0
9
37
37
.500
20.5
10
35
38
.479
22.0
11
25
49
.338
32.5
12
24
48
.333
32.5
13
23
50
.315
34.0
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
52
.288
36.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
55
.257
38.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
2/27
@
115-105
Sat
2/28
@
89-114
Sat
2/28
@
106-102
Sat
2/28
@
117-108
Sat
2/28
@
97-120

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/27
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/27
@
7:30 PM
Fri
3/27
@
7:30 PM
Fri
3/27
@
8:00 PM
Fri
3/27
@
8:00 PM