highest efficiency by a player in 2018 by a sg

James Harden had the highest PER by a shooting guard in 2017-18, with a 29.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest efficiency with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 2018 by a sg
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
29.8
2017-18
72
35.4
30.4
5.4
8.8
1.8
0.7
9.0
20.1
44.9
3.7
10.0
36.7
8.7
10.1
85.8
61.9
0.6
4.8
4.4
2,551
2,191
389
630
126
50
315
169
+527
2Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
23.7
2017-18
59
36.7
22.2
5.3
4.9
2.0
0.4
7.4
15.6
47.4
1.2
3.4
35.0
6.2
7.2
85.4
59.0
1.3
4.0
1.8
2,164
1,307
314
288
116
24
108
78
+374
3Victor Oladipo
V. Oladipo
23
2017-18
75
34.0
23.1
5.2
4.3
2.4
0.8
8.5
17.9
47.7
2.1
5.8
37.1
3.9
4.9
79.9
57.7
0.6
4.6
2.9
2,552
1,735
390
323
177
57
219
175
+336
4DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
21
2017-18
80
33.9
23.0
3.9
5.2
1.1
0.3
8.1
17.7
45.6
1.1
3.6
31.0
5.8
7.0
82.5
55.5
0.7
3.2
2.2
2,712
1,840
315
417
85
22
175
151
+440
5Lou Williams
L. Williams
20.2
2017-18
79
32.8
22.6
2.5
5.3
1.1
0.2
7.4
16.9
43.5
2.4
6.6
35.9
5.5
6.2
88.0
57.4
0.5
2.0
3.0
2,589
1,782
198
417
85
19
234
106
+123
6Bradley Beal
B. Beal
18.4
2017-18
82
36.3
22.6
4.4
4.5
1.2
0.4
8.3
18.1
46.0
2.4
6.5
37.5
3.6
4.5
79.1
56.4
0.7
3.7
2.6
2,977
1,857
363
373
96
36
214
160
+177
7Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
17.8
2017-18
81
36.1
19.0
4.5
6.0
1.5
0.8
7.6
15.4
49.4
1.5
4.4
33.7
2.3
2.9
78.6
57.0
0.8
3.7
2.6
2,927
1,537
365
486
123
64
213
201
+312
8CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
16.9
2017-18
81
36.1
21.4
4.0
3.4
1.0
0.4
8.2
18.6
44.3
2.3
5.9
39.7
2.6
3.1
83.6
53.6
0.7
3.3
1.9
2,923
1,732
321
272
77
35
151
168
+116
9Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
16.6
2017-18
79
33.4
20.5
3.7
3.7
1.5
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.7
2.4
7.0
34.0
3.0
3.8
80.5
54.1
0.7
3.1
2.7
2,638
1,616
296
291
118
27
215
213
+357
10Gary Harris
G. Harris
16.6
2017-18
67
34.2
17.5
2.6
2.9
1.8
0.2
6.6
13.6
48.5
2.3
5.9
39.6
2.0
2.4
82.7
59.7
0.6
2.1
1.8
2,292
1,170
176
194
122
15
119
119
+170
11Will Barton
W. Barton
16.1
2017-18
81
33.3
15.7
5.0
4.1
1.0
0.6
5.7
12.7
45.2
1.9
5.2
37.0
2.2
2.8
80.5
56.2
0.9
4.2
1.8
2,696
1,268
409
331
82
52
149
168
+127
12Buddy Hield
B. Hield
16.1
2017-18
80
25.3
13.5
3.8
1.9
1.1
0.3
5.2
11.7
44.6
2.2
5.1
43.1
0.9
1.0
87.7
55.7
0.7
3.2
1.6
2,024
1,079
307
155
85
22
124
148
-158
13Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
16
2017-18
73
34.3
20.0
3.8
2.5
0.8
0.5
7.9
16.1
48.8
3.1
7.1
44.0
1.1
1.3
83.7
59.8
0.4
3.4
1.8
2,504
1,461
277
185
55
34
128
117
+397
14JJ Redick
JJ Redick
15.8
2017-18
70
30.3
17.1
2.5
3.0
0.5
0.1
5.8
12.6
46.0
2.8
6.6
42.0
2.8
3.1
90.4
61.4
0.1
2.4
1.5
2,118
1,198
178
210
35
6
103
123
+310
15Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
15.1
2017-18
69
31.2
18.0
2.5
2.2
0.6
0.4
6.0
14.1
42.8
3.2
8.8
35.9
2.8
3.5
80.9
57.8
0.4
2.1
1.9
2,154
1,243
170
154
44
27
130
116
+588
16Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
13.6
2017-18
70
30.7
14.5
4.9
1.6
1.0
0.4
5.3
11.5
46.5
1.7
4.4
39.5
2.1
3.3
64.4
56.2
0.9
4.0
1.8
2,152
1,017
346
114
70
26
124
181
+335
17Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
K. Caldwell-Pope
13.2
2017-18
74
33.2
13.4
5.2
2.2
1.4
0.2
4.6
10.8
42.6
2.1
5.6
38.3
2.1
2.6
78.9
56.1
0.8
4.4
1.3
2,458
992
387
162
106
16
97
145
-50
18Courtney Lee
C. Lee
13
2017-18
76
30.4
12.0
2.9
2.4
1.1
0.2
4.5
9.9
45.4
1.5
3.7
40.6
1.5
1.6
91.9
56.4
0.4
2.6
1.1
2,310
913
224
180
80
17
84
109
-256
19Wayne Ellington
W. Ellington
12.5
2017-18
77
26.5
11.2
2.8
1.0
0.7
0.1
3.7
9.1
40.7
2.9
7.5
39.2
0.9
1.0
85.9
58.8
0.3
2.5
0.7
2,041
864
218
79
53
8
52
94
+129
20Yogi Ferrell
Y. Ferrell
11.4
2017-18
82
27.8
10.2
3.0
2.5
0.8
0.1
3.8
8.9
42.6
1.6
4.4
37.3
1.0
1.3
79.6
54.0
0.3
2.7
1.0
2,281
838
249
201
64
9
78
153
+6
21Justin Holiday
J. Holiday
10.8
2017-18
72
31.5
12.2
4.0
2.1
1.1
0.4
4.0
10.9
37.1
2.2
6.2
35.9
1.9
2.3
82.3
51.3
0.4
3.6
1.3
2,265
876
291
153
80
31
93
134
-178
22Tony Snell
T. Snell
8.5
2017-18
75
27.4
6.9
1.9
1.3
0.6
0.4
2.5
5.7
43.5
1.4
3.6
40.3
0.5
0.6
79.2
57.8
0.1
1.8
0.5
2,053
516
141
98
47
28
36
115
-56
23JR Smith
JR Smith
8.4
2017-18
80
28.1
8.3
2.9
1.8
0.9
0.1
3.0
7.4
40.3
1.8
4.8
37.5
0.5
0.7
69.6
53.4
0.4
2.6
1.0
2,244
662
235
141
68
11
81
161
-114
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54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
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30
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12.0
6
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0