Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best PER in 1976-77, with a 27.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player of 1977

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27.8	1976-77	LAL	82	36.8	26.2	13.3	3.9	1.2	3.2	10.8	18.7	57.9	4.6	6.5	70.1	60.8	3.2	10.0	3,016	2,152	1,090	319	101	261	262
2	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	23	1976-77	DET	64	38.2	25.3	11.6	3.3	1.1	2.0	10.6	19.8	53.4	4.1	5.0	81.8	57.3	3.1	8.5	2,446	1,616	745	214	70	126	174
3	Bill Walton B. Walton	22.9	1976-77	POR	65	34.8	18.6	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	7.6	14.3	52.8	3.5	5.0	69.7	56.3	3.2	11.1	2,264	1,210	934	245	66	211	174
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	21.8	1976-77	TOT	72	38.9	25.8	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	20.1	51.2	5.3	7.2	73.8	55.7	2.8	10.1	2,798	1,861	926	205	77	99	262
5	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	21.6	1976-77	CHI	82	35.1	18.6	13.0	2.4	0.5	2.5	7.0	13.3	52.2	4.7	7.1	66.0	56.6	3.8	9.2	2,877	1,527	1,070	199	44	203	266
6	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	21.4	1976-77	PHX	81	32.1	21.3	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.3	8.4	16.3	51.8	4.5	5.4	82.5	57.1	0.7	1.6	2,600	1,726	190	459	134	21	171
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	21.4	1976-77	SAS	82	33.0	23.1	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	8.9	16.3	54.4	5.4	6.5	83.3	60.4	1.6	3.9	2,705	1,895	454	238	105	104	286
8	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.2	1976-77	DEN	79	31.7	22.3	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	8.4	16.2	51.5	5.6	7.1	79.7	57.8	2.7	6.1	2,507	1,765	696	177	91	29	246
9	Bobby Jones B. Jones	21.1	1976-77	DEN	82	29.5	15.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	6.1	10.7	57.0	2.9	4.0	71.7	60.5	2.1	6.1	2,419	1,238	678	264	186	162	238
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	20.9	1976-77	PHI	82	35.9	21.6	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	8.4	16.7	49.9	4.9	6.3	77.7	55.3	2.3	6.1	2,940	1,770	695	306	159	113	251
11	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	20.8	1976-77	PHI	79	35.1	21.4	11.5	3.8	2.1	0.5	8.3	18.2	45.8	4.7	6.9	68.1	50.3	4.1	7.4	2,769	1,690	911	302	163	37	299
12	John Drew J. Drew	20.2	1976-77	ATL	74	36.3	24.2	9.1	1.8	1.4	0.4	9.3	19.1	48.7	5.6	7.8	71.4	53.6	3.8	5.3	2,688	1,790	675	133	102	29	275
13	Alvan Adams A. Adams	20.2	1976-77	PHX	72	31.6	18.0	9.1	4.5	1.3	1.2	7.3	15.3	47.4	3.5	4.6	75.4	51.9	2.5	6.6	2,278	1,296	652	322	95	87	260
14	Billy Knight B. Knight	20.1	1976-77	IND	78	40.0	26.6	7.5	3.3	1.5	0.2	10.7	21.6	49.3	5.3	6.5	81.6	54.3	2.9	4.6	3,117	2,075	582	260	117	19	197
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	19.8	1976-77	DEN	82	36.6	25.9	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	10.0	19.8	50.7	5.8	7.6	76.6	55.9	1.7	2.4	3,001	2,125	334	337	114	53	236
16	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	19.8	1976-77	NOJ	73	41.7	31.1	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	12.1	28.0	43.3	6.9	8.2	83.5	49.2	1.2	3.9	3,041	2,273	374	392	84	22	191
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	19.8	1976-77	WAS	82	41.0	23.7	12.5	1.9	1.1	2.7	9.3	18.5	50.1	5.1	7.5	68.7	54.4	3.5	9.0	3,364	1,942	1,029	158	87	220	312
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	19.8	1976-77	TOT	82	30.6	13.2	13.1	1.1	0.8	2.2	4.7	9.9	48.0	3.7	5.4	69.3	54.0	5.3	7.7	2,506	1,083	1,072	89	67	181	275
19	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	19.8	1976-77	SAS	78	37.6	21.9	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	9.1	18.4	49.2	3.8	4.6	82.3	53.6	3.6	7.7	2,936	1,705	879	229	167	60	190
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	19.3	1976-77	GSW	79	36.8	21.8	5.3	6.0	2.2	0.7	8.6	19.6	44.0	4.5	5.0	91.6	50.0	0.9	4.4	2,904	1,723	422	475	172	58	194
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	18.3	1976-77	BUF	77	36.6	20.3	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	13.6	52.0	6.2	7.6	81.8	60.1	3.3	4.4	2,816	1,564	587	144	91	15	215
22	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	18.3	1976-77	POR	79	36.2	20.2	11.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	8.0	17.2	46.6	4.2	5.5	76.5	51.6	3.4	7.9	2,863	1,599	899	229	83	56	294
23	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	18.1	1976-77	NYK	77	34.5	19.9	2.9	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.0	15.4	51.7	4.0	4.8	83.9	56.9	0.6	2.3	2,656	1,533	223	366	91	23	197
24	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	17.9	1976-77	HOU	81	38.6	21.6	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	3.5	4.2	83.9	55.2	2.1	6.3	3,130	1,753	684	172	57	27	198
25	Randy Smith R. Smith	17.6	1976-77	BUF	82	37.7	20.7	5.6	5.4	2.1	0.1	8.6	18.3	46.7	3.6	4.7	76.2	50.7	1.6	3.9	3,094	1,698	457	441	176	8	264