Moses Malone had the best PER in 1982-83, with a 25.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player of 1983

	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	25.1	1982-83	PHI	78	37.5	24.5	15.3	1.3	1.1	2.0	8.4	16.7	50.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	10.1	76.1	57.8	5.7	9.6	3.4	2,922	1,908	1,194	101	89	157	264	206
2	Alex English A. English	24.1	1982-83	DEN	82	36.4	28.4	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	11.7	22.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.0	6.0	82.9	56.1	3.2	4.1	3.2	2,988	2,326	601	397	116	126	263	235
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.1	1982-83	BOS	79	37.7	23.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	9.5	18.7	50.4	0.3	1.0	28.6	4.4	5.3	84.0	56.1	2.4	8.6	3.0	2,982	1,867	870	458	148	71	240	197
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.6	1982-83	LAL	79	32.3	21.8	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	9.1	15.5	58.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.7	74.9	61.9	2.1	5.4	2.5	2,554	1,722	592	200	61	170	200	220
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	23.1	1982-83	PHI	72	33.6	21.4	6.8	3.7	1.6	1.8	8.4	16.3	51.7	0.0	0.1	28.6	4.6	6.0	75.9	56.6	2.4	4.4	2.7	2,421	1,542	491	263	112	131	196	202
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	1982-83	LAL	79	36.8	16.8	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	6.5	11.8	54.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.8	4.8	80.0	60.3	2.7	5.9	3.8	2,907	1,326	683	829	176	47	301	200
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	23	1982-83	BOS	78	31.5	19.3	10.6	1.8	1.0	1.9	7.9	14.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.0	69.8	58.2	3.3	7.3	2.4	2,459	1,509	827	141	79	148	185	222
8	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.8	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	23.7	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	4.3	6.3	2.9	2,531	1,660	744	177	129	62	204	294
9	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	22.6	1982-83	MIL	76	35.7	22.5	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	8.0	15.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	7.9	82.6	60.2	2.5	3.2	2.6	2,710	1,712	437	300	113	23	197	180
10	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	21.8	1982-83	DEN	82	35.5	26.7	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.5	10.3	18.7	54.7	0.2	0.6	29.4	6.0	6.8	87.5	61.3	1.5	3.8	2.2	2,909	2,186	437	203	66	38	177	198
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.6	1982-83	DEN	80	30.4	21.6	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.5	8.3	16.2	51.0	0.1	0.2	21.1	5.0	6.0	83.5	57.3	1.9	5.6	2.2	2,431	1,726	596	223	83	43	174	227
12	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	21.2	1982-83	SAS	82	34.1	18.0	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	6.8	10.8	62.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.0	74.0	66.8	3.6	8.4	3.1	2,797	1,479	984	126	40	192	254	273
13	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	21.1	1982-83	MIL	80	35.7	21.4	7.0	4.5	1.3	0.7	9.0	17.8	50.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	3.3	4.5	73.5	54.3	2.5	4.6	2.5	2,853	1,714	562	363	100	56	196	211
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	20.5	1982-83	SAS	78	36.3	26.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	9.7	19.9	48.7	0.2	0.4	36.4	6.6	7.8	85.3	56.1	1.4	3.2	3.2	2,830	2,043	357	264	88	67	247	243
15	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	20.5	1982-83	DAL	81	34.4	24.4	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	9.5	19.6	48.3	0.2	0.9	21.1	5.3	7.3	72.8	53.5	2.4	3.9	3.2	2,784	1,979	508	332	80	26	261	247
16	Gus Williams G. Williams	20.5	1982-83	SEA	80	34.5	20.0	2.6	8.0	2.3	0.3	8.3	17.3	47.7	0.0	0.5	4.7	3.5	4.6	75.1	51.7	0.9	1.7	2.9	2,761	1,600	205	643	182	26	230	117
17	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	20.3	1982-83	IND	81	34.1	20.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	0.5	8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6	4.2	6.4	2.7	2,761	1,625	860	223	141	43	217	298
18	Bernard King B. King	20.3	1982-83	NYK	68	32.5	21.9	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	8.9	16.8	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.7	72.2	56.6	1.5	3.3	2.9	2,207	1,486	326	195	90	13	197	233
19	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	20.1	1982-83	POR	81	33.8	21.7	2.1	2.9	1.7	0.2	8.4	16.3	51.5	0.0	0.3	16.0	4.8	5.9	81.2	57.3	0.8	1.3	1.9	2,740	1,756	174	231	140	17	156	160
20	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	20.1	1982-83	GSW	79	37.8	24.1	8.7	2.1	1.4	2.0	9.9	19.4	51.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.9	71.9	54.9	2.8	5.9	3.6	2,988	1,907	688	169	108	155	285	260
21	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	19.8	1982-83	DET	58	38.8	26.5	4.6	4.1	1.2	0.3	9.7	19.9	48.9	0.2	0.6	37.8	6.8	8.0	84.5	56.5	2.2	2.4	3.2	2,252	1,536	264	237	67	20	187	157
22	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	19.6	1982-83	SEA	75	34.2	18.2	11.4	3.1	1.2	0.9	6.5	13.9	46.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.3	6.4	83.7	54.6	2.8	8.6	2.5	2,564	1,368	858	233	87	65	190	263
23	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	19.4	1982-83	WAS	79	36.2	19.4	11.0	3.0	0.9	1.0	7.3	13.3	55.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.7	6.9	68.9	59.5	3.7	7.3	3.8	2,862	1,536	871	234	74	77	297	312
24	Reggie Theus R. Theus	19.2	1982-83	CHI	82	34.8	23.8	3.7	5.9	1.7	0.2	9.1	19.1	47.8	0.3	1.1	23.1	5.3	6.6	80.1	54.1	1.1	2.5	3.9	2,856	1,953	300	484	143	17	321	281
25	Walter Davis W. Davis	19.1	1982-83	PHX	80	31.1	19.0	2.5	5.0	1.5	0.2	8.3	16.1	51.6	0.1	0.3	30.4	2.3	2.8	81.8	54.8	0.8	1.7	2.4	2,491	1,521	197	397	117	12	188	186