highest efficiency by a player in 2002 by a pg

Gary Payton had the best PER by a point guard in 2001-02, with a 22.9 rating.

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highest efficiency with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 2002 by a pg

	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	Gary Payton G. Payton	22.9	2001-02	SEA	82	40.3	22.1	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	9.0	19.2	46.7	0.9	2.9	31.4	3.3	4.1	79.7	52.6	1.0	3.9	2.5	3,301	1,815	396	737	131	26	209	179	+199
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	21.9	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	13.4	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	60.1	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,566	1,102	263	674	152	24	208	209	+166
3	Andre Miller A. Miller	21.8	2001-02	CLE	81	37.3	16.5	4.7	10.9	1.6	0.4	5.9	12.9	45.4	0.3	1.1	25.3	4.5	5.5	81.7	53.8	1.3	3.3	3.0	3,023	1,335	379	882	126	34	245	228	-102
4	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	21.3	2001-02	MIL	74	35.2	19.7	4.2	6.7	1.2	0.2	7.5	16.2	46.3	1.0	2.8	34.8	3.8	4.4	86.0	54.5	0.7	3.5	2.4	2,605	1,461	312	493	90	12	177	208	+109
5	Steve Nash S. Nash	20.7	2001-02	DAL	82	34.6	17.9	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	6.4	13.3	48.3	1.9	4.2	45.5	3.2	3.6	88.7	60.2	0.6	2.5	2.8	2,837	1,466	254	634	53	4	229	164	+308
6	Jason Terry J. Terry	19.2	2001-02	ATL	78	38.0	19.3	3.5	5.7	1.8	0.2	6.7	15.6	43.0	2.2	5.7	38.7	3.6	4.4	83.5	54.9	0.5	2.9	2.3	2,967	1,504	270	444	144	13	181	156	-165
7	Steve Francis S. Francis	19.1	2001-02	HOU	57	41.1	21.6	7.0	6.4	1.2	0.4	7.4	17.7	41.7	1.2	3.7	32.4	5.7	7.4	77.3	51.7	1.8	5.2	3.9	2,343	1,234	401	362	71	25	221	172	-53
8	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	19.1	2001-02	NJN	82	37.3	14.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	5.4	13.9	39.1	1.4	4.4	32.1	2.5	3.0	81.4	48.4	1.6	5.7	3.5	3,056	1,208	595	808	175	20	286	136	+346
9	Baron Davis B. Davis	18.2	2001-02	CHA	82	40.5	18.1	4.3	8.5	2.1	0.6	6.8	16.4	41.7	2.1	5.8	35.6	2.4	4.1	58.0	49.8	1.1	3.1	3.0	3,318	1,484	349	698	172	47	246	241	+149
10	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	18.1	2001-02	PHX	82	38.9	20.4	3.2	8.1	0.9	0.2	7.6	17.2	44.2	0.9	3.0	28.6	4.3	5.5	78.1	51.9	0.9	2.3	3.5	3,187	1,674	266	666	77	13	284	186	-95
11	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	17.8	2001-02	TOT	72	34.7	18.4	3.5	6.6	0.6	0.2	7.0	17.0	40.9	1.7	4.9	34.0	2.8	3.5	80.1	49.5	0.4	3.1	2.2	2,496	1,322	254	478	44	11	156	104	-137
12	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	17.6	2001-02	MIN	82	28.7	12.5	2.8	5.5	0.8	0.2	4.2	10.0	42.3	1.5	3.8	39.4	2.5	2.9	88.5	55.5	0.4	2.3	1.7	2,355	1,027	226	450	66	17	138	169	+173
13	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	16.7	2001-02	ORL	82	33.3	12.4	3.9	5.5	1.9	0.1	4.2	10.1	41.9	1.7	4.9	34.9	2.2	2.5	88.8	55.3	1.0	2.9	2.1	2,730	1,015	319	453	157	10	175	166	+204
14	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	16.3	2001-02	NYK	82	28.9	8.4	3.8	7.4	0.9	0.0	3.2	7.2	43.9	1.0	2.4	40.5	1.1	1.3	79.1	53.6	0.7	3.1	1.8	2,367	686	309	605	74	1	150	162	-287
15	Chris Whitney C. Whitney	15.6	2001-02	WAS	82	26.5	10.2	1.9	3.8	0.9	0.1	3.3	8.0	41.8	1.6	3.9	40.6	1.9	2.1	88.0	56.8	0.1	1.7	1.0	2,171	833	152	314	72	6	85	182	-40
16	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	15.6	2001-02	MIA	76	30.2	10.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	4.2	9.4	44.3	0.1	0.3	30.8	2.0	2.6	76.6	49.5	0.6	2.4	2.1	2,294	794	232	463	82	11	159	114	+93
17	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	15.4	2001-02	GSW	73	28.1	12.3	3.4	4.3	1.5	0.3	4.7	11.1	42.3	0.2	1.3	19.4	2.6	3.5	73.7	48.4	1.1	2.2	2.3	2,049	895	245	316	113	23	171	150	-229
18	Jason Williams J. Williams	15.1	2001-02	MEM	65	34.4	14.8	3.0	8.0	1.7	0.1	5.8	15.2	38.2	2.0	6.6	29.5	1.2	1.6	79.2	46.6	0.3	2.7	3.3	2,236	959	195	519	111	7	214	102	-325
19	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	14.9	2001-02	SAC	80	33.2	13.7	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	5.6	12.3	45.3	0.6	1.7	37.0	1.9	2.4	80.3	51.3	0.5	2.3	1.7	2,659	1,098	222	403	87	15	134	133	+392
20	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	14.7	2001-02	POR	75	37.3	13.5	3.9	6.5	0.9	0.1	4.9	12.2	40.2	1.4	3.9	35.3	2.3	2.6	88.8	50.6	1.0	2.9	2.0	2,796	1,016	292	490	67	7	149	153	+212
21	Eric Snow E. Snow	14.7	2001-02	PHI	61	36.5	12.1	3.5	6.6	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.2	44.2	0.0	0.4	11.1	3.0	3.7	80.6	51.0	0.5	3.0	2.3	2,225	738	215	400	95	9	138	167	+216
22	Chucky Atkins C. Atkins	14.5	2001-02	DET	79	28.9	12.1	2.0	3.3	0.9	0.1	4.7	10.0	46.6	1.7	4.3	41.1	1.1	1.5	69.2	56.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	2,285	957	158	263	72	11	128	177	+56
23	Alvin Williams A. Williams	13.8	2001-02	TOR	82	35.7	11.8	3.4	5.7	1.6	0.3	4.9	11.8	41.5	0.8	2.4	32.1	1.3	1.7	73.6	47.0	0.7	2.7	1.8	2,927	971	281	468	135	26	150	191	-30
24	Jeff McInnis J. McInnis	13.8	2001-02	LAC	81	37.4	14.6	2.6	6.2	0.8	0.1	5.7	13.8	41.3	0.9	2.9	32.1	2.3	2.7	83.6	48.6	0.6	2.1	1.8	3,030	1,184	213	500	63	6	147	202	-79
25	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	13.6	2001-02	BOS	76	32.0	9.6	3.6	5.3	1.9	0.1	4.1	9.4	43.6	0.1	0.4	27.3	1.3	1.7	74.2	47.2	0.8	2.9	1.6	2,430	731	275	403	141	10	119	210	+251

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1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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