highest nba player efficiency rating 2026 in the west

Nikola Jokić has the highest PER in the Western Conference this season, with a 36.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest NBA player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 2026 in the west

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	36.8	2025-26	DEN	17	34.8	29.6	12.8	11.1	1.6	0.8	10.8	17.3	62.6	2.1	4.9	43.4	5.8	6.8	85.3	72.9	3.3	9.5	3.5	592	503	218	188	27	13	59	51	+197
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34	2025-26	OKC	19	33.3	32.6	4.9	6.6	1.6	0.8	10.9	19.9	54.8	2.2	5.2	41.4	8.7	9.7	89.7	67.5	0.5	4.4	1.7	632	620	94	125	30	15	33	35	+272
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.2	2025-26	LAL	13	37.2	35.2	8.8	9.2	1.9	0.5	10.8	23.1	47.0	3.7	11.1	33.3	9.8	12.4	78.9	61.6	0.8	7.9	4.2	484	457	114	120	25	7	54	35	+69
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	25.8	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	26.2	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
5	James Harden J. Harden	24.9	2025-26	LAC	17	35.6	27.9	5.7	8.4	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	45.1	3.8	10.1	37.8	7.8	8.6	90.5	63.9	0.6	5.1	3.8	605	474	97	143	18	7	65	32	-36
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24.7	2025-26	GSW	18	31.3	20.0	5.6	4.9	1.7	0.3	6.2	11.6	53.1	0.9	2.1	45.9	6.7	7.7	87.1	66.6	2.2	3.4	1.4	564	360	101	88	31	5	25	24	+72
7	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	24.1	2025-26	LAL	14	36.3	27.9	5.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	8.6	17.2	49.8	2.4	7.6	31.8	8.3	9.4	87.9	65.2	0.9	4.9	3.2	508	390	80	98	20	1	45	35	+98
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.3	2025-26	MIN	14	32.9	28.0	4.8	3.6	1.5	0.6	9.4	19.7	47.5	3.4	8.6	39.2	5.9	7.3	81.4	61.1	0.9	3.9	2.6	460	392	67	51	21	9	36	28	+47
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22.8	2025-26	GSW	16	31.1	27.9	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.6	9.1	19.4	47.1	4.7	12.0	39.1	4.9	5.4	91.9	64.1	0.3	3.4	3.1	497	446	59	64	21	9	50	35	+28
10	Julius Randle J. Randle	22.2	2025-26	MIN	18	33.4	23.4	7.5	5.7	1.2	0.2	7.9	15.8	49.8	1.8	5.1	35.2	5.9	7.2	81.5	61.7	1.6	5.9	2.7	602	422	135	102	22	4	49	47	+101
11	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.8	2025-26	UTA	17	35.6	28.5	6.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	9.6	20.4	47.3	3.4	8.9	37.7	5.9	6.6	89.3	61.2	2.3	3.8	1.4	605	485	104	38	17	8	23	31	-42
12	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	21.3	2025-26	OKC	19	27.8	12.2	10.7	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.3	7.8	67.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	2.6	64.0	67.8	3.3	7.4	2.1	528	232	203	64	24	15	39	53	+170
13	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	21	2025-26	LAC	18	31.8	16.6	11.5	2.4	0.5	0.9	7.4	12.1	61.0	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.5	73.3	62.9	3.7	7.8	1.9	572	299	207	44	9	17	34	47	-32
14	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	20.8	2025-26	HOU	16	36.6	22.0	9.4	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.6	48.3	1.2	2.9	40.4	4.8	6.6	72.6	56.5	3.0	6.4	3.4	585	352	151	113	18	14	54	53	+124
15	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	20	2025-26	POR	19	33.9	25.5	6.4	5.5	0.5	0.7	8.1	16.9	47.8	2.7	6.9	38.9	6.6	8.3	80.3	62.0	1.3	5.2	3.6	644	485	122	105	10	14	69	62	+10
16	Jamal Murray J. Murray	20	2025-26	DEN	16	35.1	23.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.3	8.4	17.7	47.7	2.8	7.1	38.6	3.6	4.0	89.1	59.6	0.4	4.2	2.3	562	371	74	108	18	5	37	26	+115
17	Donovan Clingan D. Clingan	20	2025-26	POR	19	25.4	10.2	10.0	1.7	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.0	49.3	0.7	2.9	25.5	1.6	1.9	81.1	57.6	4.7	5.3	0.7	483	194	190	32	13	29	14	50	0
18	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	19.6	2025-26	HOU	16	24.9	14.3	2.8	3.3	1.6	0.4	5.3	10.8	48.8	2.8	6.2	45.5	0.9	1.3	71.4	62.9	0.4	2.4	1.3	399	228	44	53	26	7	20	32	+110
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	18.7	2025-26	PHX	19	35.7	26.0	4.3	6.9	0.9	0.4	8.7	19.0	45.7	1.9	5.8	32.4	6.7	7.7	87.1	58.0	1.0	3.3	3.9	679	494	81	131	18	7	75	55	+67
20	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	18.1	2025-26	LAL	15	29.2	15.5	8.4	0.9	0.7	0.9	7.3	10.5	69.6	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.5	56.5	69.3	2.8	5.6	2.4	438	233	126	13	11	13	36	45	+3
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	18.1	2025-26	HOU	14	36.1	24.6	4.8	3.3	1.0	0.6	8.3	17.1	48.5	1.7	4.7	36.4	6.3	7.1	88.0	60.8	0.4	4.4	3.0	505	344	67	46	14	9	42	38	+118
22	Keyonte George K. George	17.8	2025-26	UTA	17	34.6	23.4	4.1	7.2	1.1	0.2	7.4	16.7	44.4	2.2	6.8	31.9	6.4	7.0	90.8	59.0	0.6	3.5	3.3	589	397	69	122	18	4	56	39	-86
23	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	17.7	2025-26	OKC	19	27.5	15.9	3.6	3.8	1.7	0.3	5.8	12.5	46.4	1.2	3.5	33.3	3.2	3.7	85.9	56.5	0.6	2.9	1.7	522	303	68	72	32	6	33	42	+193
24	Stephon Castle S. Castle	17.5	2025-26	SAS	13	32.0	17.3	5.8	7.5	1.7	0.4	5.9	11.9	49.7	0.9	3.8	24.0	4.5	6.5	69.4	58.5	1.5	4.3	4.0	416	225	76	98	22	5	52	47	+60
25	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	17.2	2025-26	NOP	19	35.5	19.7	6.2	3.2	1.7	0.2	6.7	14.5	46.0	2.9	7.9	37.1	3.4	3.7	92.9	61.1	1.3	4.8	2.2	675	375	117	61	33	4	41	43	-167