Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the best PER, with a 29.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in the 1980s

	NAME	PER	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	29.6	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
2	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.4	389	36.8	22.1	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.1	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23.8	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.5	386	36.2	23.0	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	23.3	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	22.5	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
8	Julius Erving J. Erving	22.4	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21.7	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,037	2,258
10	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.4	476	29.9	20.5	7.2	2.2	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.9	50.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	57.2	2.1	5.2	1.8	14,242	9,768	3,443	1,068	446	280	851	1,264
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	21.4	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	21.1	547	33.1	26.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	21	478	33.0	19.8	5.9	5.6	2.3	0.7	7.8	15.9	49.2	0.1	0.6	23.0	4.0	5.1	78.0	54.5	2.7	3.2	2.9	15,777	9,484	2,798	2,677	1,101	320	1,367	1,544
14	Alex English A. English	20.9	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
15	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	20.5	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.4	275	34.3	21.2	8.8	1.9	1.3	2.8	8.4	15.8	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	72.8	57.4	2.7	6.1	3.5	9,419	5,822	2,422	519	364	776	954	1,082
17	Kevin McHale K. McHale	20.2	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	1.8	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	20.2	786	32.9	17.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	1,924	2,424
19	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	20	550	34.6	22.1	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
20	John Stockton J. Stockton	20	410	27.6	10.6	2.2	9.6	2.3	0.2	3.8	7.3	52.7	0.1	0.5	25.9	2.8	3.4	82.3	60.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	11,296	4,340	920	3,941	948	65	1,052	1,142
21	Bernard King B. King	19.9	535	33.5	22.6	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.0	16.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	14.9	4.6	6.2	74.8	58.2	1.7	3.6	3.1	17,948	12,100	2,841	1,689	508	129	1,633	1,787
22	Larry Nance L. Nance	19.8	587	32.6	17.3	7.8	2.5	1.0	2.1	7.0	12.5	55.7	0.0	0.1	13.9	3.3	4.6	73.3	59.5	2.5	5.3	2.1	19,163	10,126	4,585	1,491	591	1,209	1,238	1,780
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	19.5	325	35.9	23.3	10.5	2.5	1.4	0.7	8.9	17.4	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.5	8.2	66.9	55.6	3.0	7.5	3.5	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	1,126	1,200
24	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	19.4	524	34.4	19.7	6.4	3.9	1.3	0.6	8.2	15.9	51.2	0.0	0.2	13.5	3.4	4.6	73.5	54.9	2.5	3.9	2.4	18,051	10,323	3,367	2,069	680	332	1,272	1,347
25	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	19.3	605	33.2	22.8	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	1,435	383	215	1,129	1,278