highest per by a player including playoffs 2023 centers plus minutes player

Nikola Jokić had the highest PER by a center in the 2023 regular-season and playoffs with more than 0 minutes played, with a 31.5 rating in 2022-23.

	NAME	PER	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.5	3,112	2022-23	DEN	89	35.0	25.7	12.2	9.8	1.2	0.8	9.8	16.1	60.8	1.0	2.5	40.9	5.1	6.2	81.6	68.2	2.7	9.6	3.6	2,290	1,086	868	108	67	317	243	+809
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30	2,620	2022-23	PHI	75	34.9	31.9	10.1	4.0	1.0	1.8	10.6	19.7	53.6	0.9	3.0	31.1	9.8	11.4	86.2	64.5	1.7	8.4	3.5	2,396	758	298	72	137	261	232	+418
3	Boban Marjanovic B. Marjanovic	23.4	171	2022-23	HOU	31	5.5	3.3	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	1.3	1.9	68.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	74.1	71.0	0.6	1.3	0.5	102	60	9	5	2	14	10	+66
4	Luka Garza L. Garza	23	243	2022-23	MIN	28	8.7	6.5	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	2.3	4.1	54.3	0.5	1.4	35.9	1.5	1.9	78.8	65.2	1.2	1.1	0.5	181	63	18	3	2	14	43	+18
5	Jay Huff J. Huff	22.4	95	2022-23	WAS	7	13.6	7.3	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.6	2.1	3.6	60.0	0.9	1.7	50.0	2.1	2.3	93.8	79.6	0.9	2.1	0.7	51	21	10	3	4	5	15	-7
6	Moses Brown M. Brown	22.3	294	2022-23	TOT	36	8.2	4.3	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.7	2.7	63.5	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.0	45.8	60.7	1.6	2.3	0.4	155	139	4	4	14	15	39	+27
7	Tony Bradley T. Bradley	21.7	33	2022-23	CHI	12	2.8	1.6	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.3	0.4	60.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	69.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	19	11	1	1	1	1	2	+11
8	Clint Capela C. Capela	21.7	1,881	2022-23	ATL	71	26.5	11.7	10.8	0.9	0.7	1.2	5.3	8.1	65.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	60.6	65.3	3.8	7.0	0.8	829	767	61	51	82	58	144	-58
9	Walker Kessler W. Kessler	21.6	1,703	2022-23	UTA	74	23.0	9.2	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	4.0	5.6	72.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.1	2.1	51.6	70.2	3.1	5.3	0.8	679	620	69	26	173	58	169	+72
10	Jakob Poeltl J. Poeltl	21	1,906	2022-23	TOT	72	26.5	12.5	9.1	2.7	0.9	1.2	5.4	8.6	62.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.8	59.2	63.5	3.3	5.8	1.7	897	653	197	66	86	125	195	-146
11	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	20.9	849	2022-23	CHI	67	12.7	6.0	6.6	0.5	0.7	0.4	2.5	4.1	60.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.9	53.6	60.6	2.1	4.6	1.1	399	444	33	45	27	75	117	+25
12	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	20.8	2,007	2022-23	MEM	69	29.1	18.6	6.9	1.0	1.0	2.9	6.5	13.1	49.8	1.6	4.4	34.9	3.9	5.0	79.5	60.7	1.9	5.0	1.8	1,281	473	69	71	201	125	251	+330
13	Willy Hernangomez W. Hernangomez	20.8	458	2022-23	NOP	38	12.1	6.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	0.3	2.3	4.4	52.7	0.1	0.3	27.3	2.1	2.7	77.9	61.0	1.5	3.2	1.0	262	180	33	17	13	39	64	+19
14	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	20.8	2,387	2022-23	BKN	80	29.8	12.5	9.2	1.9	0.8	2.5	5.4	7.7	70.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	3.2	54.3	69.2	2.4	6.8	1.2	1,003	734	150	66	196	99	220	+94
15	Myles Turner M. Turner	20.1	1,825	2022-23	IND	62	29.4	18.0	7.5	1.4	0.6	2.3	6.5	11.8	54.8	1.5	4.0	37.3	3.5	4.5	78.3	65.1	1.4	6.1	1.7	1,113	466	89	36	140	103	215	-47
16	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	20	2,144	2022-23	TOT	84	25.5	10.7	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.6	4.1	6.0	68.6	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.9	64.8	69.7	2.9	5.8	1.4	898	734	254	48	49	120	232	-256
17	Mark Williams M. Williams	19.9	828	2022-23	CHA	43	19.3	9.0	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	3.7	5.8	63.7	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.3	69.1	65.9	2.2	4.9	0.9	387	304	18	28	45	40	94	-79
18	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	19.9	1,240	2022-23	BOS	55	22.5	7.9	7.5	1.3	0.6	1.3	3.5	4.6	76.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	63.8	75.7	2.5	4.9	0.9	432	411	69	31	73	50	112	+198
19	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	19.7	2,171	2022-23	HOU	75	28.9	14.8	9.0	3.9	0.9	0.9	5.9	10.7	55.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	2.7	3.8	71.5	59.9	3.2	5.8	2.6	1,109	678	291	70	70	193	258	-283
20	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	19.7	1,081	2022-23	TOT	60	18.0	9.7	5.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	3.8	6.2	62.3	0.4	1.0	44.1	1.6	2.1	73.8	68.2	1.4	4.2	0.6	579	339	31	16	30	38	102	-93
21	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	19.5	2,410	2022-23	CLE	73	33.0	13.9	9.6	1.7	0.8	1.2	5.8	9.1	64.2	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.3	3.1	72.7	66.7	3.2	6.4	1.3	1,016	703	125	58	89	96	163	+317
22	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	19.3	1,968	2022-23	NOP	79	24.9	14.1	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	5.6	10.3	54.7	0.5	1.4	34.9	2.3	2.8	82.6	61.0	2.8	7.3	2.0	1,115	804	140	20	52	159	245	-10
23	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	19.1	2,746	2022-23	CHI	82	33.5	17.6	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	7.3	14.0	52.0	1.5	4.2	34.9	1.6	1.9	83.5	59.4	1.9	9.1	1.7	1,447	903	265	60	57	139	179	-20
24	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	19.1	1,979	2022-23	ATL	86	23.0	9.6	7.1	1.0	0.7	1.3	3.9	6.1	63.6	0.1	0.2	35.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	67.5	2.7	4.4	1.0	827	614	88	58	115	88	269	+49
25	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	19.1	2,354	2022-23	PHX	77	30.6	17.4	9.9	1.6	0.6	0.8	7.6	13.0	58.4	0.1	0.3	29.2	2.1	2.9	73.5	61.0	2.6	7.3	1.8	1,337	764	125	43	60	137	225	-27

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.8

Jokić

RPG

12.1

Jokić

APG

11.0

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

125.5

1st

DRTG

116.9

20th

NETRTG

8.5

2nd

3P%

40.8

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	5	.839
2	Spurs	23	7	.767	2.5
3	Nuggets	22	8	.733	3.5
4	Lakers	19	10	.655	6.0
5	Timberwolves	20	11	.645	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/27	DEN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	DEN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 12/31	DEN	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 1/2	DEN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 1/4	DEN	@	BKN	3:30 PM

Last Game

Timberwolves

20 - 11

138

Final

142

Nuggets

22 - 8

Thu 25 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.8

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.7

Murphy

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Jokić

71.3

Ayton

71.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.5

122.6

122.0

121.9

120.0

DRtg Rankings

106.2

111.3

112.2

112.4

112.9

113.0

NetRtg Rankings

13.8

8.5

7.1

6.7

Tank Leaderboard

6-25

6-23

7-23

8-24

9-21

9-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,922.1

Jokić

1,572.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,473.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,044.3

Jokić

1,579

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,558.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Mitchell

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.8

Thompson

36.5

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.83

Jokić

1.62

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.95

Jokić

1.72

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

20-10

20-12

17-11-1

18-12

16-12

Worst Record ATS

10-22

11-19

11-18

12-19

13-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	24	7	.774
2	Knicks	21	9	.700	2.5
3	Celtics	19	11	.633	4.5
4	Raptors	18	14	.563	6.5
5	76ers	16	13	.552	7.0
6	Magic	17	14	.548	7.0
7	Cavaliers	17	15	.531	7.5
8	Heat	16	15	.516	8.0
9	Bulls	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Hawks	15	17	.469	9.5
11	Bucks	12	19	.387	12.0
12	Hornets	11	20	.355	13.0
13	Nets	9	19	.321	13.5
14	Wizards	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Pacers	6	25	.194	18.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	5	.839
2	Spurs	23	7	.767	2.5
3	Nuggets	22	8	.733	3.5
4	Lakers	19	10	.655	6.0
5	Timberwolves	20	11	.645	6.0
6	Rockets	18	10	.643	6.5
7	Suns	17	13	.567	8.5
8	Warriors	16	15	.516	10.0
9	Grizzlies	15	16	.484	11.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	19	.387	14.0
11	Mavericks	12	20	.375	14.5
12	Jazz	11	19	.367	14.5
13	Clippers	9	21	.300	16.5
14	Pelicans	8	24	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	23	.233	18.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 11/23	UTA	@	GSW	117-134
Sun 11/23	MIN	@	SAC	112-117
Mon 11/24	ATL	@	WAS	113-132
Mon 11/24	ORL	@	PHI	144-103
Mon 11/24	LAC	@	LAL	118-135

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/27	DAL	@	SAC	5:00 PM
Sat 12/27	DEN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sat 12/27	PHX	@	NOP	7:00 PM
Sat 12/27	IND	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM

Nikola Jokić had the highest PER by a center in the 2023 regular-season and playoffs with more than 0 minutes played, with a 31.5 rating in 2022-23.

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37.9

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