Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best PER in 1977-78, with a 29.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player of 1978

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29.2	1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	25.8	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	10.7	19.4	55.0	4.4	5.6	78.3	58.9	3.0	9.9	3.4	2,265	1,600	801	269	103	185	208	182
2	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	24.8	1977-78	DET	63	36.7	24.5	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	9.9	18.4	53.7	4.7	6.1	77.2	58.0	3.1	8.2	3.6	2,311	1,542	715	216	82	93	225	185
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	24.7	1977-78	SAS	82	34.8	27.2	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	10.5	19.6	53.6	6.1	7.4	83.0	59.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	2,857	2,232	420	302	136	110	306	255
4	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	23.8	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6	5.0	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
5	John Drew J. Drew	23.7	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	23.2	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	8.5	17.7	48.0	6.2	8.2	76.0	54.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	2,203	1,623	511	141	119	27	210	247
6	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	23.5	1977-78	CHI	82	37.4	22.9	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	8.6	15.4	55.9	5.7	8.2	70.4	60.4	3.9	9.2	4.5	3,067	1,879	1,071	263	42	181	366	261
7	David Thompson D. Thompson	23.2	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	27.2	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1	6.5	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
8	Walter Davis W. Davis	22.1	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4	52.6	4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	22	1977-78	NYK	79	40.3	26.5	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	10.3	19.8	52.0	5.9	8.2	72.7	56.7	3.0	9.8	4.4	3,182	2,097	1,010	298	105	126	346	297
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	21.7	1977-78	PHI	74	32.8	20.6	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	8.3	16.4	50.2	4.1	4.9	84.5	55.5	2.4	4.1	3.2	2,429	1,528	481	279	135	97	238	207
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.5	1977-78	DEN	82	34.8	21.3	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	8.0	15.7	51.2	5.2	6.7	78.2	57.1	3.1	7.0	3.2	2,851	1,746	830	304	100	41	259	279
12	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	21.3	1977-78	MIL	80	34.6	19.5	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	7.9	15.1	52.2	3.8	5.1	73.6	56.3	3.7	6.9	2.2	2,765	1,557	847	190	92	103	175	221
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.2	1977-78	HOU	59	35.7	19.4	15.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	7.0	14.0	49.9	5.4	7.5	71.8	55.9	6.4	8.6	3.7	2,107	1,144	886	31	48	76	220	179
14	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	20.9	1977-78	TOT	79	37.1	21.5	7.8	3.2	1.5	0.3	7.3	14.3	51.2	6.8	8.6	79.6	59.5	3.4	4.5	2.9	2,933	1,697	620	253	118	24	228	233
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	20.9	1977-78	GSW	82	36.9	23.1	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	9.3	20.6	45.1	4.6	5.0	92.4	50.9	0.9	4.6	2.7	3,024	1,898	449	446	158	45	224	188
16	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	20.3	1977-78	PHI	78	32.5	20.3	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	16.3	46.3	5.3	7.4	71.6	52.1	3.6	6.8	4.0	2,533	1,587	810	294	137	27	312	287
17	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	19.8	1977-78	SAS	80	31.0	15.8	8.4	2.7	0.5	2.4	6.5	12.2	52.9	2.9	3.8	75.2	56.8	2.2	6.3	2.1	2,479	1,266	675	213	42	194	167	222
18	Bobby Jones B. Jones	19.8	1977-78	DEN	75	32.5	14.5	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	5.9	10.1	57.8	2.8	3.7	75.1	61.6	2.2	6.3	2.6	2,440	1,088	636	252	137	126	194	221
19	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	19.5	1977-78	HOU	76	38.2	25.6	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.0	11.2	22.9	49.1	3.2	3.5	91.8	52.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	2,900	1,949	164	259	112	3	173	241
20	Randy Smith R. Smith	19.1	1977-78	BUF	82	40.4	24.6	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	5.4	6.8	80.0	52.1	1.3	2.4	3.5	3,314	2,021	310	458	172	11	286	224
21	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	19	1977-78	SAS	81	35.4	20.6	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	8.6	17.6	48.9	3.4	4.0	85.4	53.3	3.0	6.5	3.4	2,869	1,672	773	268	115	24	279	209
22	Billy Knight B. Knight	18.7	1977-78	BUF	53	40.7	22.9	7.2	3.0	1.5	0.2	8.6	17.5	49.4	5.7	7.0	80.9	55.8	2.4	4.8	3.2	2,155	1,215	383	161	82	13	167	137
23	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	18.6	1977-78	BOS	77	41.8	18.6	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	7.8	15.8	49.0	3.1	3.7	84.2	53.3	3.2	10.8	2.8	3,215	1,435	1,078	351	102	67	217	297
24	Campy Russell C. Russell	18.2	1977-78	CLE	72	35.0	19.4	6.4	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.3	16.2	44.8	4.9	6.5	75.1	50.9	2.1	4.2	2.9	2,520	1,398	458	278	88	12	206	193
25	Gus Williams G. Williams	18.1	1977-78	SEA	79	32.6	18.1	3.2	3.7	2.3	0.5	7.6	16.9	45.1	2.9	3.5	81.7	49.1	1.1	2.2	2.4	2,572	1,431	256	294	185	41	189	198