Reggie Miller had the highest PER in the 1996 playoffs with 20.0+ minutes per game, with a 35.8 rating.
Interpreted as:
highest NBA player efficiency rating by a player 1996 playoffs minimum 20 minutes per game| NAME | PER | MPG | SEASON | TM | GP | 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 | +/- | ||
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| 1 |  | R. Miller | 35.8 | 31.0 | 1995-96 | 1 | 29.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 17.0 | 41.2 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 33.3 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 86.7 | 61.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 |  | D. Robinson | 29.1 | 35.3 | 1995-96 | 10 | 23.6 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 16.1 | 51.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 66.7 | 56.9 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 353 | 236 | 101 | 24 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 38 | |||
| 3 |  | C. Barkley | 27.5 | 41.0 | 1995-96 | 4 | 25.5 | 13.5 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 17.5 | 44.3 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 9.3 | 11.8 | 78.7 | 56.2 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 164 | 102 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 |  | S. O'Neal | 27.4 | 38.3 | 1995-96 | 12 | 25.8 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 10.9 | 18.0 | 60.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 10.2 | 39.3 | 57.5 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 459 | 310 | 120 | 55 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 40 | |||
| 5 |  | M. Jordan | 26.7 | 40.7 | 1995-96 | 18 | 30.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 22.6 | 45.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 40.3 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 81.8 | 56.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 733 | 552 | 89 | 74 | 33 | 6 | 42 | 49 | ||
| 6 |  | D. Majerle | 25.4 | 30.3 | 1995-96 | 3 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 12.0 | 44.4 | 3.3 | 7.7 | 43.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 88.9 | 62.6 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 91 | 50 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 |  | A. Sabonis | 24.7 | 35.4 | 1995-96 | 5 | 23.6 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 16.2 | 43.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 55.6 | 8.6 | 12.0 | 71.7 | 54.9 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 177 | 118 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | ||
| 8 |  | A. Hardaway | 24.5 | 39.4 | 1995-96 | 12 | 23.3 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 8.4 | 18.1 | 46.5 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 36.4 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 74.4 | 55.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 473 | 280 | 56 | 72 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 27 | ||
| 9 |  | K. Malone | 23.6 | 40.3 | 1995-96 | 18 | 26.5 | 10.3 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 22.3 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 57.4 | 49.8 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 725 | 477 | 186 | 79 | 34 | 10 | 45 | 61 | ||
| 10 |  | S. Kemp | 23.6 | 36.0 | 1995-96 | 20 | 20.9 | 10.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 57.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 79.5 | 64.0 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 720 | 418 | 208 | 30 | 24 | 40 | 80 | 84 | ||
| 11 |  | H. Grant | 22.7 | 37.1 | 1995-96 | 9 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 10.4 | 64.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 86.7 | 67.1 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 334 | 135 | 94 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 12 |  | G. Hill | 21.9 | 38.3 | 1995-96 | 3 | 19.0 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 56.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 85.7 | 63.1 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 115 | 57 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 13 | | R. Strickland | 21.8 | 40.4 | 1995-96 | 5 | 20.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 44.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 50.0 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 63.9 | 51.6 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 202 | 103 | 31 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 14 | ||
| 14 |  | K. Johnson | 20.7 | 37.8 | 1995-96 | 4 | 17.3 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 14.3 | 47.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 82.4 | 53.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 151 | 69 | 17 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 15 |  | R. Smits | 20.3 | 33.2 | 1995-96 | 5 | 19.0 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 15.4 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 78.6 | 57.1 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 166 | 95 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 16 |  | J. Hornacek | 20.1 | 35.8 | 1995-96 | 18 | 17.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 11.5 | 50.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 58.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 89.0 | 64.8 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 644 | 315 | 65 | 60 | 19 | 3 | 27 | 41 | ||
| 17 |  | H. Olajuwon | 20 | 41.1 | 1995-96 | 8 | 22.4 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 18.4 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 72.5 | 54.4 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 329 | 179 | 73 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 29 | 28 | ||
| 18 |  | S. Smith | 19.8 | 42.1 | 1995-96 | 10 | 21.7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 17.1 | 43.9 | 2.5 | 6.1 | 41.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 80.8 | 56.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 421 | 217 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 31 | ||
| 19 |  | S. Pippen | 19.4 | 41.2 | 1995-96 | 18 | 16.9 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 15.9 | 39.0 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 28.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 63.7 | 47.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 742 | 305 | 153 | 107 | 47 | 16 | 41 | 51 | ||
| 20 |  | M. Johnson | 19 | 33.8 | 1995-96 | 4 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 38.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 84.8 | 57.0 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 135 | 61 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 21 |  | G. Payton | 19 | 43.4 | 1995-96 | 21 | 20.7 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 15.9 | 48.5 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 41.0 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 63.3 | 56.8 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 911 | 434 | 108 | 143 | 37 | 7 | 62 | 69 | ||
| 22 |  | O. Thorpe | 18.8 | 33.7 | 1995-96 | 3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 75.0 | 59.8 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 101 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 23 |  | O. Polynice | 18.7 | 35.3 | 1995-96 | 4 | 13.8 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 52.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 66.7 | 55.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 141 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 24 |  | C. Drexler | 18.6 | 36.5 | 1995-96 | 8 | 16.6 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 14.8 | 41.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 26.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 76.5 | 50.0 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 292 | 133 | 62 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 22 | ||
| 25 |  | C. Ceballos | 18.5 | 35.5 | 1995-96 | 4 | 19.0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 15.5 | 48.4 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 91.7 | 56.5 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 142 | 76 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
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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 |
| 5 |  Raptors - x | 46 | 36 | .561 | 14.0 |
| 6 |  Hawks - x | 46 | 36 | .561 | 14.0 |
| 7 |  76ers - x | 45 | 37 | .549 | 15.0 |
| 8 |  Magic - x | 45 | 37 | .549 | 15.0 |
| 9 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 16.0 | |
| 10 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 17.0 | |
| 11 |  Bucks - e | 32 | 50 | .390 | 28.0 |
| 12 |  Bulls - e | 31 | 51 | .378 | 29.0 |
| 13 |  Nets - e | 20 | 62 | .244 | 40.0 |
| 14 |  Pacers - e | 19 | 63 | .232 | 41.0 |
| 15 |  Wizards - e | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43.0 |
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| 1 |  Thunder - z | 64 | 18 | .780 | |
| 2 |  Spurs - x | 62 | 20 | .756 | 2.0 |
| 3 |  Nuggets - x | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10.0 |
| 4 |  Lakers - x | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 |
| 5 |  Rockets - x | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 |
| 6 |  Timberwolves - x | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 |
| 7 |  Suns - x | 45 | 37 | .549 | 19.0 |
| 8 |  Trail Blazers - x | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 |
| 9 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | |
| 10 | 37 | 45 | .451 | 27.0 | |
| 11 |  Pelicans - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 12 |  Mavericks - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 13 |  Grizzlies - e | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39.0 |
| 14 |  Kings - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
| 15 |  Jazz - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
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