Michael Jordan had the highest PER in 1988-89, with a 31.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1989

	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	31.1	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27	1988-89	PHI	79	39.1	25.8	12.5	4.1	1.6	0.8	8.9	15.3	57.9	0.4	2.1	21.6	7.6	10.1	75.3	65.3	5.1	7.4	3.2	3,088	2,037	986	325	126	67	254	262
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26.9	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	1,730	607	988	138	22	312	172
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25.2	1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	2,034	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	24.4	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	29.1	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	2,326	853	219	144	70	285	286
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	23.6	1988-89	POR	78	39.3	27.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	10.6	21.4	49.6	0.3	1.3	26.0	5.6	7.0	79.9	55.5	3.7	4.2	3.2	3,064	2,123	615	450	213	54	250	269
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	22.9	1988-89	UTA	82	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	1,118	263	14	308	241
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.1	1988-89	NYK	80	36.2	22.7	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	9.1	16.0	56.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	74.6	60.7	2.7	6.6	3.3	2,896	1,815	740	188	117	281	266	311
9	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	21.9	1988-89	GSW	82	37.7	26.5	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	10.1	19.9	50.9	0.3	1.2	23.0	6.0	6.7	89.2	58.1	1.9	4.0	3.6	3,093	2,176	483	415	176	39	296	178
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	21.8	1988-89	ATL	80	37.5	26.2	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	10.2	22.0	46.4	0.4	1.3	27.6	5.5	6.6	84.4	52.8	3.2	3.7	2.3	2,997	2,099	553	211	117	52	181	138
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	21.6	1988-89	BOS	80	35.5	18.6	12.5	2.2	1.0	1.5	7.5	13.1	57.0	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.1	71.9	60.7	4.3	8.2	2.5	2,840	1,486	996	175	79	116	200	209
12	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.2	1988-89	ATL	81	35.5	20.2	11.8	1.4	1.0	1.2	6.6	13.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	8.8	78.9	58.1	4.8	7.0	3.0	2,878	1,637	956	112	79	100	245	154
13	Fat Lever F. Lever	20.6	1988-89	DEN	71	38.7	19.8	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	7.9	17.2	45.7	0.3	0.9	34.8	3.8	4.8	78.5	51.3	2.6	6.7	2.2	2,745	1,409	662	559	195	20	157	178
14	Mark Price M. Price	20.6	1988-89	CLE	75	36.4	18.9	3.0	8.4	1.5	0.1	7.1	13.4	52.6	1.2	2.8	44.1	3.5	3.9	90.1	62.3	0.6	2.4	2.8	2,728	1,414	226	631	115	7	212	98
15	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	20.5	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	20.4	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	1,650	340	991	135	24	322	226
16	Kevin McHale K. McHale	20.3	1988-89	BOS	78	36.9	22.5	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	8.5	15.5	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	81.8	60.8	2.9	5.3	2.5	2,876	1,758	637	172	26	97	196	223
17	Larry Nance L. Nance	19.9	1988-89	CLE	73	34.6	17.2	8.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	6.8	12.6	53.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	4.6	79.9	59.0	2.1	5.8	1.6	2,526	1,259	581	159	57	206	117	186
18	Ron Harper R. Harper	19.8	1988-89	CLE	82	34.8	18.6	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	7.2	14.0	51.1	0.4	1.4	25.0	3.9	5.2	75.1	57.0	1.5	3.5	2.8	2,851	1,526	409	434	185	74	230	224
19	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	19.7	1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	27.5	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	2.0	4.1	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	2,253	342	164	108	22	218	197
20	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	19.7	1988-89	MIL	80	35.3	22.9	8.1	2.5	1.3	0.9	9.1	19.5	46.7	0.1	0.2	46.7	4.5	5.8	78.7	51.8	3.5	4.6	2.5	2,824	1,829	650	198	106	72	201	265
21	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	19.4	1988-89	PHX	70	29.2	21.5	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.1	8.7	17.5	49.7	1.0	2.5	41.3	3.1	3.6	86.8	56.4	1.3	3.1	1.7	2,043	1,504	306	162	47	7	122	198
22	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	19.3	1988-89	PHX	81	37.1	25.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	9.6	20.3	47.1	0.3	1.1	32.6	6.3	7.4	85.1	54.7	1.8	6.7	2.9	3,002	2,085	684	231	87	55	231	271
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	19	1988-89	LAL	81	36.5	20.5	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	8.7	15.8	54.8	0.0	0.3	8.7	3.1	4.0	78.2	58.2	2.1	4.0	2.2	2,960	1,657	489	288	108	56	182	175
24	Alex English A. English	19	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	26.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	53.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	2,990	2,175	326	383	66	12	198	174
25	John Williams J. Williams	18.8	1988-89	WAS	82	29.4	13.7	7.0	4.3	1.7	0.9	5.3	11.5	46.6	0.2	0.9	26.8	2.7	3.5	77.6	52.5	1.9	5.1	1.9	2,413	1,120	573	356	142	70	157	213