Joel Embiid has the highest career PER, with a 28.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest career per with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a NBA player

	NAME	PER	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.4	13,835	433	32.0	27.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	9.2	18.2	50.4	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	61.5	2.2	8.9	3.4	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547
2	Nikola Jokic N. Jokic	28.1	21,071	675	31.2	20.9	10.7	6.9	1.2	0.7	8.1	14.5	55.7	1.0	2.9	35.0	3.8	4.6	82.7	63.5	2.6	8.1	2.9	14,139	7,249	4,667	822	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.9	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	LeBron James L. James	27.1	56,598	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.9	25,376	736	34.5	24.1	10.6	2.5	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.2	52.3	0.5	1.6	29.7	5.6	7.0	79.5	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	17,717	7,826	1,828	974	1,705	1,460	1,742	+904
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.4	41,918	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.2	34,271	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	26.2	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
9	Luka Doncic L. Doncic	25.7	13,943	400	34.9	28.7	8.7	8.3	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	47.0	3.0	8.6	34.7	6.2	8.3	74.7	58.8	1.0	7.7	4.0	11,470	3,472	3,317	467	182	1,598	902	+892
10	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25.5	30,690	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25.4	25,945	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	61.0	1.8	7.9	3.0	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2680
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	38,972	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	28,924	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4774
13	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	24.9	18,298	516	35.5	19.4	11.3	2.5			6.4	14.4	44.4				6.6	8.6	76.8	53.4				10,023	5,856	1,269				1,681
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.6	39,330	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.2	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24.1	33,245	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	24	43,316	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	58.1	0.6	3.9	2.3	22,288	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6112
19	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24	12,645	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	7.7	1.5	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
20	James Harden J. Harden	23.9	37,222	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	61.0	0.8	4.9	3.7	25,885	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4262
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.9	54,852	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.9	19,455	573	34.0	22.9	10.8	3.2	0.8	1.3	8.4	16.1	52.4	1.7	4.3	39.8	4.4	5.2	83.9	62.3	2.8	8.1	2.7	13,121	6,216	1,815	452	721	1,553	1,948	+900
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	23.6	32,724	956	34.2	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.2	8.5	17.9	47.3	3.9	9.2	42.6	3.9	4.3	91.0	62.6	0.7	4.1	3.1	23,668	4,509	6,119	1,473	235	2,987	2,215	+5878
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.5	34,443	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279