LeBron James had the highest PER by a small forward in 2008-09, with a 31.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a sf in 2009

	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	LeBron James L. James	31.7	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
2	Danny Granger D. Granger	21.8	2008-09	IND	67	36.2	25.8	5.1	2.7	1.0	1.4	8.5	19.1	44.7	2.7	6.7	40.4	6.0	6.9	87.8	58.4	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,424	1,728	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20.8	2008-09	OKC	74	39.0	25.3	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	8.9	18.8	47.6	1.3	3.1	42.2	6.1	7.1	86.3	57.7	1.0	5.5	3.0	2,885	1,871	482	205	96	53	225	134	-501
4	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19	2008-09	DEN	66	34.5	22.8	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.3	44.3	1.0	2.6	37.1	5.6	7.1	79.3	53.2	1.6	5.2	3.0	2,277	1,504	450	222	75	24	199	195	+306
5	Caron Butler C. Butler	18.8	2008-09	WAS	67	38.6	20.8	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.3	1.0	3.1	31.0	5.1	6.0	85.8	55.2	1.8	4.4	3.1	2,585	1,392	414	290	106	20	210	165	-380
6	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	18.6	2008-09	CHA	71	37.6	16.6	7.8	2.7	1.7	0.9	5.5	11.4	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.8	5.1	6.4	80.4	58.5	1.6	6.2	2.1	2,669	1,182	553	189	121	67	148	210	+51
7	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	18.4	2008-09	PHI	82	39.9	18.8	5.7	5.3	1.6	0.4	6.6	14.0	47.3	1.0	3.2	30.7	4.6	6.4	72.4	56.0	1.1	4.6	2.7	3,269	1,541	471	434	131	36	222	152	+123
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	17.7	2008-09	BOS	81	37.5	20.5	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.6	45.7	1.5	3.8	39.1	5.7	6.8	83.0	58.2	0.7	5.0	2.8	3,035	1,658	457	294	80	27	228	215	+533
9	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	16.1	2008-09	GSW	59	39.6	20.7	5.1	6.5	1.5	0.5	7.0	16.9	41.4	1.7	5.2	33.8	5.0	6.0	82.6	53.0	1.2	3.9	3.9	2,339	1,223	303	381	88	31	229	153	-157
10	Ronnie Brewer R. Brewer	16.1	2008-09	UTA	81	32.2	13.7	3.7	2.2	1.7	0.4	5.2	10.2	50.8	0.3	1.0	25.9	3.0	4.3	70.2	56.5	1.2	2.5	1.4	2,605	1,111	300	179	138	30	110	128	+80
11	Marvin Williams M. Williams	16	2008-09	ATL	61	34.3	13.9	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.6	4.7	10.2	45.8	0.9	2.5	35.5	3.6	4.5	80.6	56.9	1.8	4.5	1.1	2,093	845	382	81	57	39	70	127	+1
12	Shawn Marion S. Marion	16	2008-09	TOT	69	35.8	12.9	8.5	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.5	11.4	48.5	0.1	0.8	18.9	1.7	2.1	79.6	52.2	2.6	5.9	1.5	2,470	891	589	139	88	66	105	132	-32
13	John Salmons J. Salmons	16	2008-09	TOT	79	37.5	18.3	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.3	6.5	13.8	47.2	1.6	3.8	41.7	3.6	4.4	83.0	58.0	0.7	3.5	2.1	2,959	1,446	333	249	83	24	165	182	-447
14	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	15.6	2008-09	HOU	69	35.5	17.1	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	6.0	15.0	40.1	2.2	5.6	39.9	2.8	3.8	74.8	51.2	0.9	4.3	2.0	2,452	1,181	359	229	105	24	140	155	+317
15	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	15.4	2008-09	MIL	82	35.8	19.6	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	6.5	14.9	43.9	1.4	3.6	39.7	5.1	6.3	80.5	55.4	0.7	3.9	2.0	2,939	1,607	374	199	66	14	165	252	-102
16	Rudy Gay R. Gay	15.3	2008-09	MEM	79	37.3	18.9	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.7	7.2	16.0	45.3	1.1	3.1	35.1	3.3	4.4	76.7	52.8	1.4	4.2	2.6	2,945	1,493	437	135	98	59	203	221	-432
17	Grant Hill G. Hill	15.2	2008-09	PHX	82	29.8	12.0	4.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	4.8	9.1	52.3	0.3	0.9	31.6	2.2	2.7	80.8	58.4	0.8	4.2	1.5	2,445	985	405	186	90	54	126	182	+183
18	Travis Outlaw T. Outlaw	15.1	2008-09	POR	81	27.7	12.8	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.7	4.8	10.5	45.3	1.1	2.9	37.7	2.2	3.0	72.3	54.1	0.9	3.2	1.2	2,246	1,034	331	83	47	57	94	168	+158
19	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	15	2008-09	DET	82	37.3	14.2	5.8	3.1	0.5	0.6	5.6	12.4	45.0	0.7	1.7	39.7	2.3	3.0	77.8	51.6	1.6	4.2	1.2	3,057	1,163	476	253	44	51	101	104	-73
20	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	14.8	2008-09	ORL	77	36.6	16.8	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	5.5	13.3	41.3	1.7	4.9	35.6	4.1	5.1	80.7	54.1	0.6	4.7	2.6	2,815	1,294	410	375	64	19	204	218	+510
21	Kelenna Azubuike K. Azubuike	14.7	2008-09	GSW	74	32.1	14.4	5.0	1.6	0.8	0.7	5.3	11.4	46.4	1.3	2.8	44.8	2.5	3.1	80.8	56.2	1.5	3.5	1.3	2,375	1,063	370	117	57	50	95	183	-126
22	Mike Miller M. Miller	13.8	2008-09	MIN	73	32.3	9.9	6.6	4.5	0.4	0.4	3.6	7.5	48.2	1.2	3.1	37.8	1.5	2.0	73.2	58.8	1.0	5.6	2.0	2,356	722	483	326	30	31	145	139	-246
23	Jamario Moon J. Moon	13.3	2008-09	TOT	80	25.9	7.2	4.6	1.2	1.1	0.8	2.8	5.9	46.8	0.8	2.3	35.5	0.9	1.0	85.0	56.7	0.7	3.8	0.5	2,068	577	365	95	86	60	43	133	-12
24	Wilson Chandler W. Chandler	12.9	2008-09	NYK	82	33.4	14.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.9	5.5	12.9	43.2	1.3	3.8	32.8	2.1	2.6	79.5	51.5	1.1	4.3	1.7	2,735	1,184	445	170	71	75	139	250	-217
25	Al Thornton A. Thornton	12.6	2008-09	LAC	71	37.4	16.8	5.2	1.5	0.8	0.9	6.6	14.8	44.6	0.3	1.1	25.3	3.3	4.4	75.4	50.2	1.7	3.5	1.8	2,654	1,194	368	103	59	62	130	227	-566