Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the highest PER in 1975-76, with a 27.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1976

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27.2	1975-76	LAL	82	41.2	27.7	16.9	5.0	1.5	4.1	11.1	21.1	52.9	5.5	7.8	70.3	56.7	3.3	13.5	3,379	2,275	1,383	413	119	338	292
2	John Drew J. Drew	25.3	1975-76	ATL	77	30.5	21.6	8.6	1.9	1.8	0.4	7.6	15.2	50.2	6.3	8.5	74.4	57.0	3.7	4.9	2,351	1,660	660	150	138	30	261
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	23.3	1975-76	BUF	78	42.7	31.1	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	12.0	24.6	48.7	7.2	9.4	76.2	54.2	3.1	9.3	3,328	2,427	965	315	93	160	298
4	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22.7	1975-76	DET	64	36.9	21.3	11.7	3.4	1.2	1.3	8.5	15.9	53.2	4.4	5.8	76.8	57.9	3.4	8.3	2,363	1,366	746	217	79	86	203
5	Alvan Adams A. Adams	21.7	1975-76	PHX	80	33.2	19.0	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	7.9	16.8	46.9	3.3	4.4	73.5	50.7	2.7	6.4	2,656	1,519	727	450	121	116	274
6	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	21.3	1975-76	PHI	77	38.3	23.0	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7	6.2	8.3	74.0	48.2	3.4	9.2	2,946	1,769	967	359	198	41	334
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	20.5	1975-76	NOJ	62	38.3	25.9	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	9.7	21.2	45.9	6.4	7.9	81.1	52.4	0.7	4.1	2,373	1,604	300	332	87	23	197
8	Fred Brown F. Brown	20.4	1975-76	SEA	76	33.1	23.1	4.2	2.7	1.9	0.2	9.8	20.0	48.8	3.6	4.1	86.9	52.9	1.5	2.7	2,516	1,757	317	207	143	18	186
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	20.1	1975-76	KCK	78	40.8	24.8	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	9.2	20.3	45.3	6.4	8.0	80.2	52.1	0.9	1.9	3,184	1,935	213	615	126	15	169
10	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	19.9	1975-76	HOU	82	36.5	21.0	2.5	7.3	1.8	0.1	8.2	16.7	49.3	4.5	5.0	90.7	55.6	0.6	1.9	2,995	1,722	209	596	151	6	294
11	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	19.9	1975-76	PHX	82	36.1	20.5	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	8.0	16.2	49.4	4.5	5.4	83.0	55.1	0.9	2.3	2,960	1,679	259	440	210	38	218
12	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	19.4	1975-76	CHI	81	29.5	15.3	9.4	1.6	1.1	0.8	5.9	12.8	46.3	3.5	4.4	78.6	52.0	3.4	5.9	2,390	1,239	758	130	93	66	292
13	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	19.1	1975-76	MIL	73	37.5	21.5	7.4	2.8	1.5	0.5	8.9	17.8	50.2	3.7	4.5	82.4	54.5	2.3	5.1	2,735	1,571	540	206	111	38	263
14	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	18.9	1975-76	BOS	78	39.8	19.0	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	7.8	16.7	46.8	3.3	4.4	75.6	50.8	4.3	11.7	3,101	1,479	1,246	325	94	71	314
15	Randy Smith R. Smith	18.7	1975-76	BUF	82	38.6	21.8	5.1	5.9	1.9	0.0	8.6	17.3	49.4	4.7	5.7	81.7	54.9	1.3	3.8	3,167	1,787	417	484	153	4	274
16	Phil Smith P. Smith	18.4	1975-76	GSW	82	34.1	20.0	4.6	4.4	1.3	0.2	8.0	16.9	47.7	3.9	5.0	78.8	52.5	1.6	3.0	2,793	1,641	376	362	108	18	223
17	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	18.4	1975-76	WAS	80	37.2	19.8	11.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	8.1	17.3	47.0	3.6	5.7	62.8	50.1	2.6	8.4	2,975	1,585	878	121	104	202	293
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	18.3	1975-76	GSW	81	38.5	21.0	6.1	6.1	2.5	0.3	8.7	20.0	43.5	3.5	3.8	92.3	48.3	0.9	5.2	3,122	1,701	496	496	202	27	215
19	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	17.8	1975-76	SEA	82	32.3	15.6	9.0	2.2	0.9	1.8	6.0	12.6	48.1	3.5	4.7	75.0	53.3	3.1	5.9	2,647	1,283	742	180	70	150	273
20	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	17.7	1975-76	NYK	59	41.1	19.1	6.8	5.9	1.8	0.2	8.0	16.4	48.5	3.2	3.8	82.3	52.7	1.3	5.4	2,427	1,126	400	351	106	9	163
21	Elmore Smith E. Smith	17.7	1975-76	MIL	78	36.0	15.6	11.4	1.2	1.0	3.1	6.4	12.3	51.8	2.8	4.5	63.2	54.5	2.6	8.9	2,809	1,218	893	97	78	238	268
22	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	17.7	1975-76	CHI	74	27.6	8.8	10.7	3.8	0.6	0.7	3.6	7.2	50.0	1.6	2.4	66.7	53.3	3.6	7.1	2,045	648	792	283	47	52	263
23	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	17.6	1975-76	WAS	80	36.9	19.9	4.0	3.2	2.0	0.6	8.2	16.9	48.3	3.5	4.3	82.7	52.8	1.1	3.0	2,952	1,590	320	255	158	45	186
24	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	17.4	1975-76	HOU	82	37.4	18.6	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.1	6.9	13.7	50.7	4.7	5.4	86.5	57.7	0.9	3.2	3,065	1,523	336	457	106	5	263
25	Slick Watts S. Watts	17.2	1975-76	SEA	82	33.9	13.0	4.5	8.1	3.2	0.2	5.3	12.4	42.7	2.4	4.2	57.8	45.7	1.4	3.1	2,776	1,065	365	661	261	16	270