Michael Jordan had the best PER by a player in his first 9 seasons, with a 29.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest NBA per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player through 9 seasons

	NAME	PER	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.8	667	38.7	32.3	6.3	5.9	2.7	1.0	12.1	23.5	51.6	0.4	1.4	30.1	7.6	9.0	84.6	58.9	1.7	4.6	3.0	25,842	21,541	4,219	3,935	1,815	684	2,006	1,944
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	28.9	706	46.8	36.0	24.6	4.5			14.6	27.8	52.7				6.8	13.0	52.1	53.8				33,044	25,434	17,400	3,182				1,341
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.2	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.2	608	37.9	27.7	12.4	2.8	0.7	2.7	11.0	19.1	57.7	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.6	10.5	53.1	58.2	4.0	8.4	2.9	23,072	16,812	7,555	1,707	447	1,640	1,772	2,092	+2311
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28.1	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	21,068	14,139	7,249	4,667	822	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
6	David Robinson D. Robinson	27.8	636	37.4	25.1	11.6	3.0	1.6	3.5	8.9	16.9	52.4	0.0	0.2	26.0	7.3	9.8	74.5	59.0	3.4	8.2	2.9	23,810	15,940	7,389	1,925	1,004	2,204	1,836	1,914	+377
7	LeBron James L. James	27.2	689	39.9	27.6	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.9	20.4	48.3	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.6	8.8	74.6	56.9	1.2	5.9	3.3	27,497	19,045	4,943	4,751	1,194	582	2,299	1,329	+3409
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.2	564	34.3	23.9	10.2	2.3	1.4	2.3	8.9	17.3	51.4	0.5	1.6	31.2	5.6	7.0	79.9	58.6	2.5	7.7	1.9	19,368	13,463	5,769	1,292	775	1,323	1,097	1,322	+640
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27.1	693	41.3	29.2	15.1	4.3	1.3	3.4	12.1	22.0	54.9				5.1	7.2	70.3	58.0	3.2	11.2	3.4	28,614	20,238	10,435	3,009	500	1,279	208	2,169
10	George 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
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25.9	662	38.7	26.5	16.6	3.0			9.3	21.5	43.3				7.9	10.5	75.5	50.8				25,640	17,566	11,004	1,982				2,062
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	25.7	596	37.2	25.2	5.1	6.2	1.8	1.0	8.9	18.3	48.6	0.5	1.9	29.1	6.8	8.9	77.0	56.6	1.3	3.7	3.5	22,165	14,990	3,020	3,697	1,055	611	2,115	1,507	+2295
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	25.6	617	36.4	18.6	4.4	9.9	2.4	0.1	6.5	13.8	47.2	1.0	2.8	35.7	4.6	5.3	85.7	57.5	0.7	3.7	2.4	22,448	11,496	2,694	6,112	1,485	54	1,493	1,521	+2152
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.5	450	34.9	28.6	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.2	75.1	58.8	0.9	7.7	3.9	15,711	12,878	3,881	3,700	556	203	1,777	1,028	+1236
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.4	683	44.3	29.7	8.7	10.5			10.3	21.3	48.7				9.0	10.7	83.9	57.1				30,223	20,261	5,958	7,173				2,138
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	25.3	686	37.3	23.5	11.7	3.9	1.6	1.0	8.4	14.7	56.9	0.4	1.6	25.4	6.4	8.6	73.6	63.5	4.3	7.4	3.4	25,620	16,128	8,007	2,661	1,126	680	2,360	2,241
17	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	25.1	214	31.4	24.7	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.2	58.9	0.1	0.5	32.7	5.4	7.9	68.9	62.7	2.3	4.3	2.8	6,714	5,279	1,415	920	219	138	608	483	+401
18	Tim 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
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	641	37.8	27.4	7.0	3.7	1.2	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.3	1.8	4.7	38.0	7.2	8.1	88.2	60.5	0.8	6.2	3.2	24,208	17,566	4,518	2,363	774	639	2,083	1,213	+1964
20	Neil 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
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	24.5	656	32.6	21.8	9.4	4.6	1.2	1.3	7.9	14.8	53.5	0.7	2.4	28.8	5.3	7.4	71.8	60.4	1.7	7.7	2.9	21,354	14,321	6,149	3,020	764	856	1,884	1,969	+2000
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24.2	676	37.1	23.2	12.6	2.4	2.0	3.6	9.2	17.9	51.5	0.0	0.1	5.3	4.9	6.9	70.4	55.6	4.1	8.5	3.1	25,054	15,715	8,509	1,593	1,320	2,444	2,114	2,665
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.2	711	38.5	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.7	5.3	87.9	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,371	17,783	7,282	4,367	1,294	598	2,250	1,888
24	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24.1	446	25.7	13.3	11.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	5.5	9.5	58.1	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.2	3.6	60.3	59.7	3.2	8.0	1.6	11,483	5,916	5,029	300	249	1,040	703	1,162	+83
25	Tracy 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