Karl Malone had the best PER by a player in his 16th season, with a 24.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 16th season

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	24.7	2000-01	UTA	81	35.7	23.2	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	8.3	16.6	49.8	0.0	0.1	40.0	6.6	8.3	79.3	57.2	1.4	6.9	3.0	2,895	1,878	669	361	93	62	244	216	+381
2	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.4	2012-13	SAS	69	30.1	17.8	9.9	2.7	0.7	2.7	7.1	14.1	50.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.6	4.3	81.7	55.4	1.8	8.1	2.1	2,078	1,227	686	184	50	183	147	117	+459
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23.6	2013-14	DAL	80	32.9	21.7	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	7.9	15.9	49.7	1.6	4.1	39.8	4.2	4.7	89.9	60.3	0.5	5.7	1.5	2,628	1,735	498	216	73	45	117	165	+323
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22.9	1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	22.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	9.2	15.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	73.2	62.8	2.1	5.8	2.5	2,630	1,735	622	249	63	162	197	238
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	22.4	1999-00	UTA	82	29.7	12.1	2.6	8.6	1.7	0.2	4.4	8.8	50.1	0.5	1.5	35.5	2.7	3.1	86.0	59.1	0.5	2.1	2.2	2,432	990	215	703	143	15	179	192	+513
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	21.9	2011-12	LAL	58	38.5	27.9	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	9.9	23.0	43.0	1.5	4.9	30.3	6.6	7.8	84.5	52.7	1.1	4.3	3.5	2,232	1,616	313	264	69	18	204	105	+137
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21.5	2024-25	GSW	70	32.2	24.5	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	44.8	4.4	11.2	39.7	4.0	4.3	93.3	61.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	2,252	1,718	310	421	80	30	200	95	+299
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	21.4	2020-21	PHX	70	31.4	16.4	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	6.3	12.6	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.5	2.4	2.6	93.4	59.9	0.4	4.1	2.2	2,199	1,149	312	622	99	19	156	166	+310
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21.1	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	27.1	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	20.6	2010-11	BOS	71	31.3	14.9	8.9	2.4	1.3	0.8	6.1	11.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.6	3.1	86.2	57.5	1.2	7.7	1.6	2,220	1,056	631	171	95	57	115	148	+553
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	20.3	2011-12	PHX	62	31.6	12.5	3.0	10.7	0.6	0.1	4.8	9.0	53.2	0.9	2.3	39.0	2.0	2.3	89.4	62.5	0.4	2.6	3.7	1,961	772	186	664	38	8	229	53	+175
12	James Harden J. Harden	19.9	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	22.8	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	19.2	1991-92	MIL	82	30.6	15.6	9.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	5.4	11.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	37.5	4.8	6.1	78.6	55.6	3.9	5.2	1.8	2,511	1,279	744	93	74	64	150	136
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	18.9	1991-92	BOS	79	28.9	14.1	8.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	5.9	11.1	53.5	0.0	0.0		2.3	2.9	77.2	57.1	2.8	6.2	1.7	2,285	1,115	705	70	68	97	131	172
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	17.7	2024-25	SAC	77	35.9	22.2	3.9	4.4	0.8	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.7	1.1	3.3	32.8	4.9	5.7	85.7	56.9	0.6	3.2	1.4	2,768	1,710	298	342	62	32	105	150	+110
16	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	17.2	2009-10	DAL	80	36.0	10.3	5.6	9.1	1.8	0.4	3.6	8.4	42.3	2.2	5.2	42.5	1.0	1.2	80.8	57.7	0.6	5.0	2.4	2,881	824	445	724	145	35	195	142	+271
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	16.8	2013-14	BKN	75	28.0	13.5	4.6	2.4	1.1	0.4	4.3	9.5	45.1	1.5	4.0	37.3	3.4	4.1	82.6	59.5	0.3	4.3	2.0	2,098	1,010	348	178	86	31	153	190	+74
18	Reggie Miller R. Miller	15.9	2002-03	IND	70	30.2	12.6	2.5	2.4	0.9	0.1	4.0	9.1	44.1	1.6	4.5	35.5	3.0	3.3	90.0	59.7	0.3	2.2	0.9	2,117	882	172	170	62	4	66	89	+200
19	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	15	2021-22	MIA	63	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	474	67	17	168	177	+250
20	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	14.8	2023-24	MIL	79	30.5	12.5	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.4	4.6	9.6	48.5	1.9	5.1	36.6	1.4	1.7	82.1	60.8	1.5	3.7	1.0	2,411	990	409	127	43	189	79	191	+278
21	Grant Hill G. Hill	14.7	2010-11	PHX	80	30.1	13.2	4.2	2.5	0.8	0.4	5.0	10.3	48.4	0.6	1.4	39.5	2.7	3.2	82.9	56.3	1.0	3.3	1.7	2,409	1,056	338	200	64	35	134	184	+45
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	14.7	2022-23	TOT	67	30.3	11.9	2.7	6.7	1.1	0.2	3.9	9.1	42.8	2.0	5.2	38.5	2.1	2.5	83.4	58.3	0.5	2.2	1.5	2,029	798	182	450	73	14	103	139	+60
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	14.3	1977-78	BOS	82	34.1	16.1	4.0	4.0	1.1	0.3	6.7	14.8	44.9				2.8	3.3	85.5	49.5	1.1	2.9	2.5	2,797	1,322	332	328	90	22	204	185
24	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	13.9	2015-16	LAC	79	26.9	14.2	1.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	4.8	11.9	40.4	1.5	4.4	34.0	3.1	3.4	90.4	52.9	0.3	1.6	1.4	2,126	1,120	145	183	52	12	113	122	+168
25	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	13.1	1998-99	SEA	48	25.7	10.3	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	3.6	8.2	44.1	2.0	4.5	43.3	1.1	1.5	75.7	58.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1,232	495	115	38	25	3	45	77	+25