Moses Malone had the highest PER in 1981-82, with a 26.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player of 1982

	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	26.8	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6	6.9	7.8	3.6	3,398	2,520	1,188	142	76	125	294	208
2	Julius Erving J. Erving	25.9	1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	24.4	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2,789	1,974	557	319	161	141	214	229
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.2	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	30.3	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3,222	2,457	514	324	95	14	299	252
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	24.2	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.4	1981-82	LAL	76	35.2	23.9	8.7	3.0	0.8	2.7	9.9	17.1	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.6	60.8	2.3	6.4	3.0	2,677	1,818	659	225	63	207	230	224
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	23.1	1981-82	DEN	81	30.5	22.9	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	8.0	15.3	52.7	0.0	0.1	66.7	6.7	8.1	83.4	60.8	2.1	5.4	2.1	2,472	1,852	608	179	67	55	169	245
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22.9	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	18.6	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	22.6	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	22.9	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	22.6	1981-82	BOS	80	31.7	19.9	10.8	1.8	0.9	2.4	8.4	15.4	54.2	0.0	0.0		3.2	4.4	71.0	57.1	3.6	7.2	2.8	2,534	1,590	866	140	68	192	221	267
10	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	22.4	1981-82	CHI	82	34.1	18.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	6.7	10.2	65.2	0.0	0.0	100.0	5.2	6.7	76.8	70.2	2.7	7.5	2.8	2,796	1,517	835	136	49	220	227	287
11	Alex English A. English	22.2	1981-82	DEN	82	36.8	25.4	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	3,015	2,082	558	433	87	120	261	261
12	Gus Williams G. Williams	21.8	1981-82	SEA	80	36.0	23.4	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	2,876	1,875	244	549	172	36	197	163
13	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	20.6	1981-82	SEA	82	37.2	19.6	12.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.8	47.9	0.0	0.2	15.4	5.5	6.4	85.5	55.9	2.7	9.9	2.6	3,049	1,611	1,038	277	102	107	213	268
14	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	20.1	1981-82	MIL	80	37.3	19.8	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0	0.2	7.1	5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1	2.8	3.9	2.6	2,980	1,581	534	382	138	22	208	206
15	Bernard King B. King	19.8	1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	23.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0	1.8	4.2	3.4	2,861	1,833	469	282	78	23	267	285
16	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	19.5	1981-82	ATL	61	36.3	18.6	11.8	2.7	1.0	1.5	7.0	14.9	46.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.7	6.1	76.0	52.7	3.7	8.1	3.0	2,217	1,134	721	162	64	93	183	210
17	Bobby Jones B. Jones	19.3	1981-82	PHI	76	28.7	14.4	5.2	2.5	1.3	1.5	5.5	9.7	56.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.4	79.0	62.0	1.4	3.7	1.9	2,181	1,095	393	189	99	112	145	211
18	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	19.2	1981-82	POR	79	39.6	20.8	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	3,129	1,642	921	319	69	107	245	233
19	Calvin Natt C. Natt	19	1981-82	POR	75	34.7	17.7	8.2	2.0	0.8	0.5	6.9	11.9	57.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.9	5.2	75.0	62.2	2.6	5.6	1.9	2,599	1,326	613	150	62	36	140	175
20	Ray Williams R. Williams	19	1981-82	NJN	82	33.3	20.4	4.0	6.0	2.4	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.2	0.1	0.7	16.7	4.7	5.7	83.2	52.7	1.4	2.5	3.5	2,732	1,674	325	488	199	43	290	302
21	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	18.9	1981-82	DEN	82	33.8	21.5	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	8.6	15.4	56.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	4.2	4.9	85.7	61.2	1.8	3.8	2.3	2,775	1,760	461	247	52	29	189	217
22	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	18.8	1981-82	WAS	82	27.0	14.4	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	5.1	9.1	56.1	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.2	5.5	75.2	62.3	3.1	6.2	2.9	2,214	1,183	762	134	44	58	237	319
23	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	18.7	1981-82	DAL	81	32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.9	49.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.6	53.2	2.2	4.7	2.4	2,626	1,732	565	176	89	21	194	308
24	Alvan Adams A. Adams	18.6	1981-82	PHX	79	30.3	15.1	7.4	4.5	1.4	1.0	6.4	13.0	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.9	78.1	52.9	1.7	5.7	2.5	2,393	1,196	586	356	114	78	196	269
25	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	18.3	1981-82	TOT	68	32.0	18.5	9.0	1.8	1.3	1.5	7.6	16.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	4.6	70.9	49.1	2.6	6.4	2.2	2,175	1,258	609	120	88	103	149	222