Bob McAdoo had the highest PER in 1973-74, with a 24.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1974

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.7	1973-74	BUF	74	43.0	30.6	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	12.2	22.3	54.7	6.2	7.8	79.3	59.4	3.8	11.3	3,185	2,261	1,117	170	88	246	252
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.4	1973-74	MIL	81	43.8	27.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	11.7	21.7	53.9	3.6	5.2	70.2	56.4	3.5	11.0	3,548	2,191	1,178	386	112	283	238
3	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	23.9	1973-74	DET	81	37.6	22.5	13.3	4.2	1.4	3.0	9.2	18.3	50.4	4.0	5.0	79.7	54.8	3.3	9.9	3,047	1,822	1,074	343	110	247	273
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	22.4	1973-74	GSW	80	36.5	25.1	6.8	6.1	2.1	0.5	10.0	21.8	45.6	5.2	5.8	89.9	51.5	1.3	5.5	2,918	2,009	540	484	169	40	265
5	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	20.5	1973-74	HOU	80	40.3	24.5	9.0	3.1	1.1	0.8	9.9	18.4	53.6	4.8	5.7	84.8	58.7	2.9	6.1	3,227	1,961	717	250	89	66	230
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	20.3	1973-74	ATL	76	38.2	27.7	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	10.8	23.6	45.7	6.2	7.5	82.6	51.6	1.3	3.6	2,903	2,107	374	396	111	13	261
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	20	1973-74	HOU	81	36.1	20.4	2.3	7.4	1.9	0.0	8.3	15.9	52.2	3.8	4.4	86.8	57.3	0.6	1.7	2,922	1,652	188	603	157	4	310
8	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	19.5	1973-74	ATL	65	39.8	25.4	5.4	3.3	2.5	0.4	10.4	20.9	50.0	4.5	5.4	83.6	54.6	1.9	3.4	2,588	1,651	350	213	160	29	205
9	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	19.4	1973-74	SEA	75	40.5	23.5	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	9.3	20.3	45.7	5.0	6.1	81.4	51.1	4.2	9.2	3,039	1,761	1,007	240	65	106	198
10	Neal Walk N. Walk	19.1	1973-74	PHX	82	31.1	16.8	10.2	4.0	0.9	0.7	7.0	15.2	46.0	2.9	3.6	79.1	50.2	2.9	7.3	2,549	1,381	837	331	73	57	255
11	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	19	1973-74	POR	75	38.0	22.5	9.1	4.3	1.2	0.9	9.1	19.9	45.9	4.2	5.5	76.2	50.3	2.6	6.5	2,853	1,684	684	326	90	64	214
12	Charlie Scott C. Scott	18.8	1973-74	PHX	52	38.5	25.4	4.3	5.2	1.9	0.4	10.3	22.5	45.9	4.7	6.1	78.1	50.5	1.2	3.0	2,003	1,322	222	271	99	22	194
13	Lucius Allen L. Allen	18.8	1973-74	MIL	72	33.2	17.6	4.0	5.2	1.9	0.3	7.3	14.8	49.5	3.0	3.8	78.8	53.6	1.2	2.8	2,388	1,268	291	374	137	22	215
14	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	18.7	1973-74	NYK	80	41.7	20.5	6.7	6.9	2.0	0.2	8.4	17.9	47.2	3.7	4.4	83.8	51.9	1.5	5.2	3,338	1,643	536	551	161	15	212
15	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	18.7	1973-74	CLE	74	33.6	16.4	3.7	7.1	1.3	0.2	6.2	13.4	46.5	3.9	4.9	80.1	52.6	1.1	2.7	2,483	1,213	277	522	97	17	165
16	Chet Walker C. Walker	18.5	1973-74	CHI	82	32.5	19.3	5.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	7.0	14.4	48.6	5.4	6.1	87.5	56.6	1.6	3.4	2,661	1,583	406	200	68	4	201
17	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	18.5	1973-74	LAL	82	37.3	25.3	3.0	5.2	1.5	0.1	9.6	21.6	44.2	6.2	7.2	86.4	51.1	1.2	1.9	3,061	2,076	250	427	126	12	227
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	18.2	1973-74	CAP	81	44.5	21.4	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	8.5	20.1	42.3	4.4	6.1	72.1	47.0	4.4	13.7	3,602	1,735	1,463	163	86	240	252
19	Fred Brown F. Brown	17.9	1973-74	SEA	82	30.5	16.5	4.9	5.0	1.7	0.2	7.0	15.0	47.1	2.4	2.8	86.3	51.0	1.4	3.5	2,501	1,351	401	414	136	18	276
20	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	17.6	1973-74	GSW	82	31.4	20.5	4.3	2.3	0.7	0.2	9.0	18.7	48.2	2.5	3.0	83.5	51.3	1.7	2.6	2,574	1,684	353	192	54	17	194
21	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	17.5	1973-74	KCO	79	39.3	14.2	13.4	3.8	1.6	2.3	5.9	12.4	47.6	2.3	3.1	74.9	51.3	3.7	9.6	3,107	1,119	1,055	299	126	184	254
22	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	17.4	1973-74	POR	73	38.4	24.3	2.8	4.3	1.2	0.2	10.1	21.1	48.1	4.0	4.7	85.3	52.5	0.9	2.0	2,800	1,771	208	315	84	15	199
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	17.4	1973-74	BOS	76	40.7	22.6	6.4	5.9	1.3	0.4	9.0	19.8	45.6	4.6	5.5	83.2	50.9	1.8	4.6	3,091	1,716	487	447	95	32	196
24	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	17.2	1973-74	CAP	76	38.7	21.9	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	9.2	21.1	43.4	3.6	4.4	82.0	47.5	1.5	3.6	2,942	1,668	388	239	155	67	135
25	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	17.2	1973-74	LAL	77	34.2	14.5	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	5.0	9.9	50.7	4.5	5.8	77.1	58.3	4.4	9.2	2,634	1,113	1,040	208	64	17	264