Adrian Dantley had the best PER in 1983-84, with a 24.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player of 1984

	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.6	1983-84	UTA	79	37.8	30.6	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	10.2	18.2	55.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.3	12.0	85.9	65.2	2.3	3.4	3.3	2,984	2,418	448	310	61	4	263	201
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.2	1983-84	BOS	79	38.3	24.2	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	9.6	19.5	49.2	0.2	0.9	24.7	4.7	5.3	88.8	55.2	2.3	7.8	3.0	3,028	1,908	796	520	144	69	237	197
3	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	23.6	1983-84	DEN	78	35.1	29.4	4.8	3.1	0.7	0.6	11.5	20.6	55.8	0.1	0.4	36.7	6.3	7.4	85.2	61.8	1.1	3.7	2.0	2,734	2,295	373	238	53	50	156	187
4	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	23.5	1983-84	DAL	79	36.7	29.5	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	11.7	22.3	52.4	0.2	0.7	26.8	5.9	7.9	74.9	57.2	2.0	3.9	3.6	2,900	2,330	469	358	80	22	285	246
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.9	1983-84	PHI	77	34.8	22.4	6.9	4.0	1.8	1.8	8.8	17.2	51.2	0.1	0.3	33.3	4.7	6.3	75.4	56.2	2.5	4.4	3.0	2,683	1,727	532	309	141	139	230	217
6	Bernard King B. King	22.7	1983-84	NYK	77	34.6	26.3	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	10.3	18.1	57.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.7	7.3	77.9	61.9	1.6	3.5	2.6	2,667	2,027	394	164	75	17	197	273
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22.6	1983-84	LAL	67	38.3	17.6	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	6.6	11.6	56.5	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.3	5.3	81.0	62.8	1.5	5.9	4.6	2,567	1,178	491	875	150	49	306	169
8	Alex English A. English	22.2	1983-84	DEN	82	35.0	26.4	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	11.1	20.9	52.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.3	5.2	82.4	57.0	2.6	3.0	2.7	2,870	2,167	464	406	83	95	222	252
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.8	1983-84	PHI	71	36.8	22.7	13.4	1.4	1.0	1.5	7.5	15.5	48.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.7	10.2	75.0	56.6	5.0	8.4	3.5	2,613	1,609	950	96	71	110	250	188
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21.3	1983-84	LAL	80	32.8	21.5	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	9.0	15.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.9	72.3	60.8	2.1	5.2	2.8	2,622	1,717	587	211	55	143	221	211
11	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.1	1983-84	DEN	76	27.3	19.8	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	7.5	15.2	49.3	0.1	0.3	21.1	4.8	5.6	85.0	56.1	1.5	5.3	1.6	2,076	1,506	513	173	60	44	122	182
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20.9	1983-84	DET	82	36.7	21.3	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	914	204	33	307	324
13	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	20.1	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	70	197	294	339
14	Kevin McHale K. McHale	20	1983-84	BOS	82	31.4	18.4	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	7.2	12.9	55.6	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.1	5.4	76.5	60.5	2.5	4.9	1.8	2,577	1,511	610	104	23	126	150	243
15	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	19.8	1983-84	SDC	81	35.9	22.9	9.6	1.7	1.1	0.7	9.1	18.4	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.5	72.0	53.8	4.0	5.6	2.7	2,907	1,854	777	139	92	57	218	298
16	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	19.8	1983-84	MIL	79	38.9	20.9	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	7.1	14.2	49.8	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.7	7.9	84.8	59.1	2.7	4.0	2.7	3,075	1,654	528	358	108	27	217	204
17	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	19.8	1983-84	DAL	81	37.3	22.4	4.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	8.9	16.3	54.6	0.0	0.1	9.1	4.6	5.7	81.2	59.6	1.5	3.1	2.1	3,025	1,815	373	288	56	37	169	127
18	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	19.7	1983-84	SEA	82	36.5	19.1	11.1	4.0	1.2	1.1	7.0	14.1	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	85.6	57.2	2.7	8.4	2.9	2,993	1,563	911	327	95	92	236	301
19	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	19.6	1983-84	WAS	75	41.1	22.2	12.3	3.9	0.9	1.0	8.0	13.8	57.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.2	8.5	73.3	63.3	3.5	8.8	4.6	3,082	1,665	922	296	68	72	342	285
20	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	19.5	1983-84	POR	81	33.2	21.3	2.1	3.1	1.5	0.1	8.4	16.3	51.4	0.2	0.7	28.8	4.3	5.1	84.1	57.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	2,686	1,722	173	251	122	10	142	165
21	Larry Nance L. Nance	19.4	1983-84	PHX	82	35.4	17.7	8.3	2.6	1.0	2.1	7.3	12.7	57.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	70.7	60.5	2.8	5.5	2.2	2,899	1,451	678	214	86	174	177	274
22	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	19.4	1983-84	MIL	74	36.7	20.7	6.5	4.3	1.6	0.6	8.7	17.4	50.2	0.0	0.2	15.4	3.3	4.6	70.9	53.4	2.3	4.1	2.4	2,715	1,535	480	315	115	45	180	194
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	19.3	1983-84	SAS	76	34.0	25.9	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	10.1	20.5	49.0	0.1	0.3	41.7	5.6	6.7	84.2	55.1	1.4	2.7	2.9	2,584	1,967	313	220	79	47	224	219
24	Robert Parish R. Parish	19.2	1983-84	BOS	80	35.8	19.0	10.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	7.8	14.3	54.6	0.0	0.0		3.4	4.6	74.5	58.4	3.0	7.7	2.3	2,867	1,520	857	139	55	116	184	266
25	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	19.2	1983-84	DET	82	34.9	17.3	12.2	1.8	0.6	1.0	6.7	12.7	53.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	4.5	86.6	59.0	4.0	8.2	1.8	2,864	1,422	1,003	149	49	84	151	273