highest nba player efficiency rating 1979

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best PER in 1978-79, with a 25.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest NBA player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1979

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25.5	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
2	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	23.9	1978-79	MIL	77	36.1	25.6	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	10.6	19.4	55.0	4.3	5.7	76.0	58.6	2.8	4.9	2.2	2,779	1,972	586	234	116	89	170	186
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	23.7	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	16.2	54.0	7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	4.0	3,390	2,031	1,444	147	79	119	326	223
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	23.2	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	29.6	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1	5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	2,365	400	219	137	91	286	275
5	Walter Davis W. Davis	23	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	23.6	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	9.7	17.2	56.1	4.3	5.2	83.1	60.6	1.4	3.3	3.7	2,437	1,868	373	339	147	26	293	250
6	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	22.6	1978-79	PHX	81	32.6	24.0	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	9.9	18.5	53.5	4.2	5.0	83.7	58.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	2,641	1,941	159	529	111	26	232	159
7	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	22.3	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	23.7	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	9.2	16.0	57.5	5.3	7.2	73.9	61.9	3.6	9.1	3.8	3,265	1,940	1,043	274	50	156	310	280
8	World B. Free W. B. Free	22.1	1978-79	SDC	78	37.9	28.8	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	10.2	21.2	48.1	8.4	11.1	75.6	55.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	2,954	2,244	301	340	111	35	297	253
9	John Drew J. Drew	21.7	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	22.7	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	8.2	17.4	47.3	6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	1,795	522	119	128	16	211	332
10	Gus Williams G. Williams	21.1	1978-79	SEA	76	29.8	19.2	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.4	8.0	16.1	49.5	3.2	4.2	77.5	53.4	1.5	1.8	2.5	2,266	1,457	245	307	158	29	190	162
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	20.8	1978-79	GSW	76	31.7	17.2	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	7.3	14.6	49.9	2.6	3.7	69.8	52.9	3.5	8.6	3.1	2,411	1,304	916	115	100	217	233	303
12	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	20.6	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
13	Alvan Adams A. Adams	20.4	1978-79	PHX	77	30.7	17.8	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	7.4	13.9	53.0	3.0	3.8	79.9	57.0	2.9	6.3	3.6	2,364	1,369	705	360	110	63	279	246
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	20.4	1978-79	TOT	60	37.2	24.8	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	9.9	18.8	52.9	4.9	7.5	65.6	56.1	2.2	6.5	3.6	2,231	1,487	520	168	74	67	217	189
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	20.1	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	100	315	207
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	19.9	1978-79	DEN	76	35.1	24.0	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	9.1	17.8	51.2	5.8	7.7	75.3	56.7	1.4	2.2	2.4	2,670	1,825	274	225	70	82	186	180
17	Tom Owens T. Owens	19.9	1978-79	POR	82	34.0	18.5	9.0	3.7	0.7	0.7	7.3	13.4	54.8	3.9	4.9	79.4	59.7	3.2	5.8	3.0	2,791	1,520	740	301	59	58	247	329
18	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	19.9	1978-79	NOJ	80	33.8	15.7	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	5.5	10.9	50.6	4.7	5.7	81.4	58.5	3.8	9.0	3.6	2,705	1,253	1,026	285	126	166	288	309
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	19.9	1978-79	BOS	80	37.1	19.0	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	5.9	10.1	58.4	7.2	9.0	80.2	67.6	3.4	6.5	3.4	2,969	1,518	791	228	98	74	273	266
20	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	19.8	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
21	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	19.4	1978-79	ATL	80	31.7	15.3	10.8	1.6	1.1	2.2	5.8	11.5	50.4	3.8	5.3	71.4	55.6	4.1	6.7	2.6	2,539	1,224	865	131	87	176	209	358
22	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	19.1	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	21.8	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	18.0	48.7	4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	1,789	994	143	75	190	235	308
23	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	19	1978-79	WAS	78	33.7	20.4	5.7	4.7	0.9	0.7	8.1	16.2	49.9	4.2	5.1	82.5	55.3	1.4	4.3	2.8	2,629	1,589	447	365	71	57	222	259
24	Campy Russell C. Russell	18.6	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	21.9	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.1	17.1	47.6	5.6	7.1	79.7	54.2	2.0	4.8	3.5	2,859	1,623	503	348	98	25	259	222
25	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	18.4	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	21.7	4.3	3.4	1.5	0.2	9.0	17.8	50.9	3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	1,778	354	281	125	17	200	255