Before 2009-10, Michael Jordan had the highest PER, with a 27.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player before 2010

	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	27.9	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
2	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
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.9	1,117	35.7	24.7	11.2	2.6	0.6	2.4	9.8	16.8	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.8	5.1	9.8	52.8	58.5	3.6	7.6	2.8	39,926	27,619	12,566	2,920	708	2,628	3,149	3,857	+4601
4	LeBron James L. James	26.2	472	40.6	27.5	7.0	6.7	1.8	0.9	9.8	20.9	47.1	1.4	4.1	32.8	6.5	8.8	73.8	55.5	1.3	5.7	3.3	19,142	12,993	3,307	3,159	830	405	1,541	951	+1669
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.2	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	26.2	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	25.8	300	37.2	19.4	4.8	9.9	2.4	0.1	6.8	14.5	47.0	0.9	2.5	34.4	4.9	5.8	84.9	56.8	0.8	4.0	2.6	11,169	5,827	1,433	2,966	726	23	776	769	+603
8	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25.5	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				30,690	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	25.2	394	37.9	25.2	4.9	6.7	1.8	1.0	8.8	18.2	48.3	0.4	1.5	28.5	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.5	1.2	3.6	3.8	14,925	9,922	1,925	2,625	720	379	1,497	1,019	+1026
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	25	899	36.9	21.4	11.7	3.2	0.8	2.4	8.2	16.2	50.7	0.0	0.1	18.8	5.0	7.3	68.5	55.3	3.1	8.6	2.8	33,141	19,246	10,547	2,847	689	2,118	2,495	2,394	+6268
11	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
12	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.6	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
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	57,446	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24.1	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
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.9	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23.8	839	36.6	22.7	8.6	2.7	0.9	1.0	7.9	16.7	47.2	1.3	3.4	37.8	5.7	6.5	87.2	58.1	1.3	7.3	1.9	30,692	19,084	7,182	2,247	776	857	1,618	2,178	+4648
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	23.8	1,055	37.6	20.2	11.1	4.3	1.4	1.6	8.1	16.3	49.6	0.2	0.6	28.3	3.9	5.0	78.2	54.7	2.6	8.4	2.5	39,635	21,277	11,682	4,534	1,445	1,733	2,615	2,646	+3666
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	23.6	948	36.4	25.1	5.3	4.6	1.5	0.6	8.7	19.2	45.5	1.3	3.7	34.1	6.4	7.7	84.0	55.8	1.2	4.1	2.9	34,531	23,820	5,019	4,401	1,441	544	2,752	2,527	+3886
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.5	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
21	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	23.2	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	23.1	784	35.0	22.1	6.1	4.7	1.3	0.9	8.0	18.4	43.6	1.3	3.8	33.9	4.7	6.3	74.9	52.1	1.5	4.6	2.3	27,462	17,289	4,777	3,700	1,039	744	1,830	1,485	+1265
23	Yao Ming Y. Ming	23	481	32.7	19.1	9.3	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.2	83.2	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,727	9,196	4,467	765	189	912	1,304	1,583	+1518
24	Jerry West J. West	22.9	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	6,238	81	23		2,435
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	22.7	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1				6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4				33,863	23,149	11,463	3,650				2,596