Giannis Antetokounmpo has the best PER by a forward in a season, with a 32.1 rating in 2021-22.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a forward by years

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32.1	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.9	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
3	LeBron James L. James	31.7	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
4	LeBron James L. James	31.6	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	64.0	1.3	6.8	3.0	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
5	LeBron James L. James	31.1	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.9	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	30.9	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	24.4	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	1,656	696	149	100	200	95	141	+267
8	LeBron James L. James	30.7	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.5	2024-25	MIL	67	34.2	30.4	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	11.8	19.7	60.1	0.2	0.9	22.2	6.5	10.6	61.7	62.5	2.2	9.7	3.1	2,289	2,036	798	433	58	78	206	155	+334
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.9	2023-24	MIL	73	35.2	30.4	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	11.5	18.8	61.1	0.5	1.7	27.4	7.0	10.7	65.7	64.9	2.7	8.8	3.4	2,567	2,222	841	476	87	79	250	210	+339
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29.8	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	29.4	2003-04	MIN	82	39.4	24.2	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	9.8	19.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.7	3.0	10.9	2.6	3,231	1,987	1,139	409	120	178	212	202	+614
13	LeBron James L. James	29.3	2013-14	MIA	77	37.7	27.1	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	10.0	17.6	56.7	1.5	4.0	37.9	5.7	7.6	75.0	64.9	1.1	5.9	3.5	2,902	2,089	533	488	121	26	270	126	+410
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.2	2020-21	MIL	61	33.0	28.1	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	10.3	18.0	56.9	1.1	3.6	30.3	6.5	9.5	68.5	63.3	1.6	9.4	3.4	2,013	1,717	671	357	72	73	207	168	+409
15	LeBron James L. James	29.1	2007-08	CLE	75	40.4	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	10.6	21.9	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	255	165	+139
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29	2022-23	MIL	63	32.1	31.1	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	11.2	20.3	55.3	0.7	2.7	27.5	7.9	12.3	64.5	60.5	2.2	9.6	3.9	2,023	1,959	742	359	52	51	246	197	+341
17	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.9	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	28.9	1990-91	PHI	67	37.3	27.6	10.1	4.2	1.6	0.5	9.9	17.4	57.0	0.7	2.3	28.4	7.1	9.8	72.2	63.5	3.9	6.3	3.1	2,498	1,849	680	284	110	33	210	173
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	28.9	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
20	LeBron James L. James	28.6	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.3	1956-57	STL	71	35.1	24.7	14.6	1.9			8.6	20.8	41.5				7.5	9.6	77.3	49.4				2,491	1,755	1,037	133				181
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.3	2012-13	OKC	81	38.5	28.1	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	2,280	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	28.2	1960-61	LAL	73	42.9	34.8	19.8	5.1			12.8	29.7	43.0				9.3	11.8	78.3	49.8				3,133	2,538	1,447	371				279
24	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	28.2	2004-05	MIN	82	38.1	22.2	13.5	5.7	1.5	1.4	8.3	16.6	50.2	0.1	0.3	24.0	5.4	6.7	81.1	56.7	3.0	10.5	2.7	3,121	1,817	1,108	466	121	112	222	207	+142
25	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.2	1958-59	STL	72	39.9	29.2	16.4	3.1			10.0	22.8	43.8				9.3	12.2	75.9	51.9				2,873	2,105	1,182	221				200