highest nba career per by players drafted before 2007

Before 2006-07, Michael Jordan had the highest PER, with a 27.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest NBA career per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by players drafted before 2007
NAMEPERGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
27.9
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
41,011
32,292
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
2Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
27.8
941
37.0
26.3
11.8
2.8
0.7
2.5
10.4
18.0
58.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
5.5
10.4
52.8
58.4
3.8
7.9
2.9
34,791
24,764
11,082
2,622
619
2,377
2,705
3,237
+4416
3George Mikan
G. Mikan
27.1
243
34.4
19.2
13.2
2.6
6.7
17.3
38.9
5.7
7.4
77.8
46.7
8,350
4,661
3,209
622
997
4David Robinson
D. Robinson
26.2
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
34,271
20,790
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
26.2
1,045
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
47,859
31,419
23,924
4,643
2,075
6Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
25.5
792
38.8
26.4
16.2
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
30,690
20,880
12,849
2,369
2,529
7Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
25.1
666
37.9
22.1
12.0
3.1
0.8
2.5
8.4
16.7
50.5
0.0
0.2
20.4
5.2
7.5
68.5
55.1
3.2
8.8
2.9
25,240
14,689
8,020
2,092
529
1,650
1,928
1,833
+4841
8Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
24.9
516
35.5
19.4
11.3
2.5
6.4
14.4
44.4
6.6
8.6
76.8
53.4
18,298
10,023
5,856
1,269
1,681
9Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24.6
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
39,330
23,757
12,546
4,215
1,648
888
3,376
3,287
+532
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24.6
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
57,446
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
11LeBron James
L. James
24.2
238
41.5
26.5
6.6
6.6
1.8
0.7
9.6
21.0
45.8
1.3
3.8
33.0
6.0
8.0
74.6
54.0
1.2
5.4
3.3
9,871
6,307
1,576
1,563
430
176
795
476
+283
12Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24.1
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
33,245
17,707
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050
13Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
24
612
34.8
22.2
6.4
4.4
1.4
1.1
8.0
18.2
44.0
1.2
3.6
34.4
4.9
6.4
75.8
52.6
1.8
4.6
2.3
21,302
13,570
3,906
2,680
837
663
1,388
1,220
+526
14Karl Malone
K. Malone
23.9
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
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
15Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
23.8
851
38.2
20.4
11.2
4.5
1.4
1.7
8.2
16.5
49.3
0.2
0.6
29.7
3.9
5.0
77.3
54.3
2.8
8.4
2.6
32,540
17,337
9,567
3,833
1,193
1,450
2,182
2,171
+2444
16Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
23.6
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
44,222
26,946
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
17Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.5
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
34,443
21,791
8,974
5,695
1,556
755
2,816
2,279
18Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
23.4
603
36.6
22.0
8.5
2.5
1.0
1.1
7.5
16.2
46.6
1.4
3.8
37.9
5.5
6.3
86.3
57.9
1.3
7.3
1.9
22,053
13,257
5,149
1,521
612
661
1,134
1,633
+3297
19Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
23.3
213
37.5
22.9
5.0
6.1
1.7
0.8
8.0
16.6
48.2
0.2
0.8
24.1
6.8
8.8
76.9
56.1
1.4
3.6
3.7
7,992
4,885
1,074
1,298
353
174
785
587
+969
20Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
23.2
1,040
42.2
25.7
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.1
18.9
48.5
7.4
8.8
83.8
56.4
1.0
3.0
43,886
26,710
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
21Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
23.2
707
35.7
23.9
5.1
4.5
1.5
0.6
8.3
18.4
45.1
1.1
3.4
33.6
6.1
7.3
83.4
55.2
1.2
3.9
2.9
25,239
16,866
3,634
3,148
1,059
431
2,030
1,906
+2532
22Jerry West
J. West
22.9
932
39.2
27.0
5.8
6.7
2.6
0.7
9.7
20.4
47.4
7.7
9.4
81.4
55.0
1.0
2.8
36,571
25,192
5,376
6,238
81
23
2,435
23Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
22.7
846
40.0
27.4
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
33,863
23,149
11,463
3,650
2,596
24Elton Brand
E. Brand
22.7
526
38.3
20.3
10.4
2.6
0.9
2.1
7.7
15.4
50.1
0.0
0.0
8.3
4.8
6.6
73.4
55.4
4.0
6.4
2.5
20,149
10,670
5,458
1,386
495
1,095
1,330
1,656
-1109
25Yao Ming
Y. Ming
22.7
301
31.5
17.5
8.8
1.3
0.4
1.9
6.4
12.3
52.4
0.0
0.0
20.0
4.6
5.7
81.2
59.1
2.5
6.3
2.4
9,470
5,271
2,660
405
117
557
720
996
+574
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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
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6
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46
36
.561
14.0
7
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45
37
.549
15.0
8
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45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
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32
50
.390
28.0
12
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31
51
.378
29.0
13
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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
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22
60
.268
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22
60
.268
42.0