Michael Jordan had the highest PER in 1987-88, with a 31.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1988

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	27.8	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27.6	1987-88	PHI	80	39.6	28.3	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	9.4	16.0	58.7	0.6	2.0	28.0	8.9	11.9	75.1	66.5	4.8	7.1	3.8	3,170	2,264	951	254	100	103	304	278
4	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	24.1	1987-88	POR	81	37.8	27.0	6.6	5.8	2.5	0.6	10.5	20.7	50.6	0.1	0.6	21.2	5.9	7.2	81.1	56.4	3.2	3.4	2.9	3,060	2,185	533	467	203	52	236	250
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	23.7	1987-88	ATL	78	37.8	30.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	11.7	25.1	46.4	0.5	1.7	29.5	6.9	8.4	82.6	53.4	2.7	3.7	2.8	2,948	2,397	502	224	103	47	218	162
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.4	1987-88	HOU	79	35.8	22.8	12.1	2.1	2.1	2.7	9.0	17.5	51.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.9	69.5	55.5	3.8	8.3	3.1	2,825	1,805	959	163	162	214	243	324
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	23.2	1987-88	UTA	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	1,128	242	16	262	247
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23.1	1987-88	LAL	72	36.6	19.6	6.2	11.9	1.6	0.2	6.8	13.8	49.2	0.2	0.8	19.6	5.8	6.8	85.3	58.1	1.2	5.0	3.7	2,637	1,408	449	858	114	13	269	147
9	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	21.9	1987-88	DAL	77	33.9	25.1	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.5	0.7	2.2	30.2	5.0	6.5	77.0	53.9	2.4	3.3	2.6	2,610	1,932	434	278	70	57	203	223
10	Kevin McHale K. McHale	21.9	1987-88	BOS	64	37.3	22.6	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	8.6	14.2	60.4	0.0	0.0		5.4	6.8	79.7	65.6	2.5	5.9	2.2	2,390	1,446	536	171	27	92	141	179
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.9	1987-88	NYK	82	31.0	20.2	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	8.0	14.4	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.8	71.6	59.4	3.0	5.3	3.5	2,546	1,653	676	125	104	245	287	332
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.1	1987-88	WAS	79	34.1	20.3	11.2	1.4	0.7	0.9	6.7	13.8	48.7	0.0	0.1	28.6	6.9	8.7	78.8	57.7	4.7	6.5	3.2	2,692	1,607	884	112	59	72	249	160
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	20.7	1987-88	UTA	82	39.0	27.7	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	10.5	20.1	52.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.7	9.6	70.0	56.8	3.4	8.6	4.0	3,198	2,268	986	199	117	50	325	296
14	Fat Lever F. Lever	20.5	1987-88	DEN	82	37.3	18.9	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	7.8	16.6	47.3	0.1	0.7	21.1	3.0	3.9	78.5	51.6	2.5	5.6	2.2	3,061	1,546	665	639	223	21	182	214
15	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	20.4	1987-88	ATL	80	31.3	14.2	4.6	9.3	1.8	0.5	5.0	11.1	45.3	0.1	0.4	27.3	4.0	5.3	75.8	52.7	1.0	3.5	2.6	2,502	1,134	366	747	140	41	210	272
16	Larry Nance L. Nance	20.3	1987-88	TOT	67	35.6	19.1	9.1	3.1	0.9	2.4	7.3	13.7	52.9	0.0	0.1	33.3	4.5	5.8	77.9	58.6	2.9	6.2	2.3	2,383	1,280	607	207	63	159	155	242
17	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	19.9	1987-88	DET	69	31.1	20.0	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	6.4	12.5	51.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.1	8.3	86.0	61.9	1.2	2.1	2.0	2,144	1,380	227	171	39	10	135	144
18	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	19.8	1987-88	GSW	60	33.9	20.2	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	7.8	15.4	50.8	0.6	1.6	35.1	4.0	4.5	88.5	58.0	1.0	2.5	2.6	2,033	1,213	205	290	113	32	156	136
19	Alex English A. English	19.8	1987-88	DEN	80	35.2	25.0	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	10.5	21.3	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	4.7	82.8	53.5	2.1	2.6	2.3	2,818	2,000	373	377	70	23	181	193
20	Roy Tarpley R. Tarpley	19.5	1987-88	DAL	81	28.5	13.5	11.8	1.1	1.3	1.1	5.5	11.0	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.4	74.0	54.1	4.4	7.4	2.1	2,307	1,093	959	86	103	86	172	313
21	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	19.3	1987-88	SEA	75	37.2	25.8	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	10.2	20.3	50.3	1.4	3.5	41.3	4.0	5.3	76.7	57.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2,790	1,938	340	197	74	11	172	221
22	Byron Scott B. Scott	19.2	1987-88	LAL	81	37.6	21.7	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.3	8.8	16.6	52.7	0.8	2.2	34.6	3.4	3.9	85.8	59.0	0.9	3.2	2.0	3,048	1,754	333	335	155	27	161	204
23	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	18.9	1987-88	SAS	82	36.3	19.6	6.1	6.8	3.0	0.8	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.3	1.2	28.4	3.3	4.5	74.8	51.3	2.0	4.1	3.1	2,978	1,610	498	557	243	69	251	300
24	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	18.7	1987-88	SAC	82	37.5	20.8	10.2	3.2	0.8	0.7	7.6	15.0	50.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.6	7.4	75.5	57.0	3.4	6.8	2.8	3,072	1,704	837	266	62	56	228	264
25	Danny Schayes D. Schayes	18.4	1987-88	DEN	81	26.7	13.9	8.2	1.3	0.8	1.1	4.5	8.2	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.0	83.6	64.0	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,166	1,129	662	106	62	92	155	323