Before 2001-02, Steve Kerr had the highest offensive rating, with a 123.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest offensive rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player before 2002

	NAME	ORTG	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	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	123.1	770	18.8	6.3	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.1	2.4	4.9	48.3	0.8	1.8	46.2	0.7	0.8	85.6	59.7	0.2	1.0	0.6	14,480	4,869	940	1,525	436	42	445	749	+579
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	121.6	1,094	35.0	19.5	3.2	3.0	1.1	0.2	6.4	13.4	47.6	1.9	4.7	40.0	4.9	5.5	88.4	61.6	0.7	2.4	1.9	38,254	21,319	3,447	3,323	1,240	269	2,078	2,293	+1086
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	120.8	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
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	120.8	1,340	32.0	13.2	2.7	10.8	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.7	0.6	1.5	38.7	3.2	3.9	82.4	61.0	0.6	2.0	2.9	42,923	17,725	3,587	14,503	2,976	275	3,854	3,549	+2534
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	120.3	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
6	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	119.5	810	30.3	19.7	3.4	2.1	0.6	0.3	7.6	14.4	52.5	0.3	0.7	36.8	4.3	4.9	87.2	59.4	1.1	2.3	1.6	24,521	15,980	2,785	1,668	468	243	1,310	1,560
7	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	119.4	767	30.2	15.6	4.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	5.4	10.7	50.2	0.1	0.5	28.4	4.7	5.6	83.1	59.1	1.9	2.8	2.0	23,150	11,931	3,575	2,793	924	226	1,551	1,635
8	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	119.3	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
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	119.3	878	35.7	24.6	5.5	3.1	1.0	0.2	8.7	16.0	54.2	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.8	81.8	61.8	2.2	3.3	2.9	31,335	21,613	4,868	2,686	853	135	2,503	2,335
10	Kevin McHale K. McHale	118.5	971	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	0.4	1.7	7.0	12.7	55.4	0.0	0.2	26.1	3.7	4.7	79.8	60.5	2.4	4.9	1.9	30,118	17,335	7,122	1,670	344	1,690	1,893	2,758
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	118.1	735	34.1	17.9	3.3	9.1	1.5	0.2	6.1	12.5	49.3	0.2	0.7	30.5	5.4	6.4	84.1	58.5	0.7	2.6	3.1	25,061	13,127	2,404	6,711	1,082	176	2,258	1,541	+348
12	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	118.0	835	28.5	12.5	6.3	2.2	0.8	0.5	4.1	7.5	54.6	0.0	0.0	5.3	4.3	5.5	78.4	62.9	2.5	3.8	2.2	23,769	10,465	5,261	1,862	671	433	1,841	2,273
13	Brad Davis B. Davis	117.7	961	23.2	8.2	1.8	4.9	0.8	0.2	3.1	6.1	51.0	0.3	0.9	32.1	1.7	2.1	82.8	58.7	0.3	1.5	1.4	22,302	7,866	1,738	4,709	756	146	1,377	2,139
14	Horace Grant H. Grant	117.4	1,029	34.2	11.8	8.5	2.3	1.0	1.0	4.9	9.7	51.1	0.0	0.1	6.5	1.9	2.8	69.1	54.2	3.1	5.3	1.2	35,220	12,139	8,721	2,393	1,059	1,066	1,222	2,639	+503
15	Ed Pinckney E. Pinckney	117.3	793	19.8	6.8	5.0	0.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	4.5	53.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	76.5	60.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	15,698	5,378	3,952	727	612	435	845	1,531	-46
16	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	117.3	1,077	31.5	14.5	3.4	4.9	1.4	0.2	5.5	11.1	49.6	0.8	1.9	40.3	2.8	3.1	87.7	58.2	0.9	2.5	1.8	33,964	15,659	3,646	5,281	1,536	226	1,971	2,364	+1905
17	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	116.9	827	32.4	17.0	9.8	1.9	0.5	1.9	6.2	10.3	60.9	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.5	6.3	71.9	65.3	2.8	7.0	2.8	26,808	14,052	8,091	1,578	426	1,544	2,347	2,720
18	John Paxson J. Paxson	116.8	772	22.4	7.2	1.2	3.6	0.7	0.1	3.1	6.2	49.9	0.4	1.0	35.5	0.6	0.8	80.4	54.8	0.2	1.0	0.8	17,257	5,560	906	2,758	517	44	651	1,430
19	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	116.8	1,136	29.6	13.9	6.2	3.4	0.8	0.3	4.8	9.7	49.1	0.4	1.1	38.4	3.9	4.9	80.3	58.6	1.6	4.5	2.0	33,597	15,761	7,023	3,833	856	312	2,268	3,360	+1274
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	116.6	845	35.8	22.8	11.1	2.7	1.5	3.2	8.1	15.5	52.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.6	9.0	73.9	58.6	3.2	7.8	2.6	30,292	19,293	9,342	2,286	1,250	2,703	2,230	2,516	+1686
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	116.5	639	31.0	20.2	7.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.2	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.5	2.0	19,835	12,894	5,011	1,627	607	367	1,281	1,776
22	Larry Nance L. Nance	116.4	920	33.4	17.1	8.0	2.6	0.9	2.2	6.9	12.7	54.6	0.0	0.1	14.5	3.2	4.2	75.5	58.6	2.5	5.5	1.9	30,697	15,687	7,352	2,393	872	2,027	1,711	2,703
23	A.C. Green	116.3	1,278	28.6	9.6	7.4	1.1	0.8	0.4	3.6	7.2	49.4	0.1	0.4	25.4	2.4	3.3	73.4	55.7	2.6	4.8	1.1	36,552	12,331	9,473	1,400	1,033	546	1,434	2,436	-378
24	Mark Price M. Price	116.0	722	29.9	15.2	2.6	6.7	1.2	0.1	5.5	11.6	47.2	1.4	3.4	40.2	3.0	3.3	90.4	58.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	21,560	10,989	1,848	4,863	860	76	1,790	964	-130
25	Mario Elie M. Elie	116.0	732	25.5	8.6	2.8	2.6	0.9	0.2	2.9	6.1	47.3	0.8	2.1	36.5	2.0	2.3	85.4	59.8	0.7	2.0	1.3	18,654	6,265	2,017	1,875	671	129	960	1,438	+916