LeBron James had the highest PER by a small forward in 2017-18, with a 28.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a sf in 2018

	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	28.6	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.9	2017-18	GSW	68	34.2	26.4	6.8	5.4	0.7	1.8	9.3	18.0	51.6	2.5	6.1	41.9	5.3	5.9	88.9	64.0	0.5	6.4	3.0	2,325	1,792	464	366	50	119	207	133	+347
3	Paul George P. George	18.6	2017-18	OKC	79	36.6	21.9	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	7.3	17.0	43.0	3.1	7.7	40.1	4.3	5.2	82.2	57.0	0.9	4.7	2.7	2,891	1,734	447	263	161	39	212	233	+226
4	Otto Porter Jr. O. Porter Jr.	18.3	2017-18	WAS	77	31.6	14.7	6.4	2.0	1.5	0.5	5.8	11.5	50.3	1.8	4.1	44.1	1.4	1.7	82.8	60.2	1.3	5.1	1.0	2,432	1,134	492	157	116	41	75	151	+287
5	T.J. Warren	17.6	2017-18	PHX	65	33.0	19.6	5.1	1.3	1.0	0.6	8.1	16.4	49.8	0.3	1.4	22.2	3.0	3.9	75.7	54.1	1.9	3.2	1.3	2,142	1,271	333	85	65	41	85	149	-431
6	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	17.4	2017-18	MIL	82	36.4	20.1	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	7.2	15.5	46.6	1.8	5.0	35.9	3.9	4.4	88.4	57.7	0.5	4.7	2.3	2,982	1,652	429	328	119	21	191	270	+99
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	15.2	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170	+344
8	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	14.4	2017-18	UTA	82	31.5	11.5	4.2	4.8	1.1	0.2	4.1	8.8	46.7	2.5	5.7	44.0	0.8	1.0	79.5	62.3	0.3	3.9	1.9	2,579	940	344	392	90	20	159	178	+267
9	DeMarre Carroll D. Carroll	14.3	2017-18	BKN	73	29.9	13.5	6.6	2.0	0.8	0.4	4.5	10.8	41.4	2.0	5.4	37.1	2.6	3.4	76.4	55.0	1.4	5.1	1.4	2,180	983	479	147	59	30	103	165	-66
10	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	13.9	2017-18	IND	80	30.8	14.3	3.4	1.5	0.7	0.1	5.1	10.7	47.4	1.9	4.8	40.2	2.2	2.6	86.8	60.5	0.4	3.0	1.3	2,464	1,141	270	119	55	8	106	129	+87
11	Josh Richardson J. Richardson	13.6	2017-18	MIA	81	33.2	12.9	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	4.9	10.9	45.1	1.6	4.1	37.8	1.5	1.8	84.5	55.1	0.9	2.7	1.7	2,689	1,045	285	231	121	75	140	199	+40
12	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	13.4	2017-18	SAC	78	27.9	11.8	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	4.4	9.9	44.6	1.7	4.2	39.2	1.3	1.5	84.0	55.6	0.4	2.5	1.6	2,175	917	223	258	72	16	125	172	-362
13	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	13	2017-18	MIN	82	36.3	17.7	4.4	2.0	1.1	0.6	6.9	15.9	43.8	1.4	4.1	33.1	2.5	3.8	64.3	50.5	1.0	3.4	1.7	2,979	1,452	358	160	91	51	138	163	+208
14	Robert Covington R. Covington	13	2017-18	PHI	80	31.6	12.6	5.4	2.0	1.7	0.9	4.3	10.5	41.3	2.5	6.9	36.9	1.5	1.7	85.3	56.3	0.7	4.7	1.6	2,525	1,009	433	156	137	72	126	238	+543
15	Taurean Prince T. Prince	12.8	2017-18	ATL	82	30.0	14.1	4.7	2.6	1.0	0.5	5.1	11.9	42.6	2.1	5.6	38.5	1.9	2.2	84.4	54.9	0.6	4.1	2.3	2,459	1,158	389	214	85	42	191	168	-359
16	Jonathon Simmons J. Simmons	12.7	2017-18	ORL	69	29.4	13.9	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	5.1	11.0	46.5	1.0	3.0	33.8	2.7	3.5	76.8	55.5	0.9	2.6	2.1	2,029	962	239	171	58	16	146	175	-294
17	Allen Crabbe A. Crabbe	12.3	2017-18	BKN	75	29.3	13.2	4.3	1.6	0.6	0.5	4.5	11.0	40.7	2.7	7.1	37.8	1.5	1.8	85.2	55.8	0.4	3.9	1.0	2,197	990	324	117	47	35	78	168	-82
18	E'Twaun Moore E. Moore	12.1	2017-18	NOP	82	31.5	12.5	2.9	2.3	1.0	0.1	5.2	10.1	50.8	1.6	3.7	42.5	0.6	0.8	70.6	59.3	0.7	2.2	1.2	2,586	1,022	238	187	79	12	102	182	+151
19	Denzel Valentine D. Valentine	12.1	2017-18	CHI	77	27.2	10.2	5.1	3.2	0.8	0.1	3.9	9.4	41.7	1.9	4.8	38.6	0.5	0.7	74.5	52.7	0.6	4.5	1.3	2,095	783	393	244	65	11	99	185	-276
20	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	11.9	2017-18	WAS	81	27.5	11.8	4.5	1.2	1.0	0.4	3.9	9.8	40.3	1.6	4.6	34.1	2.4	2.9	82.0	53.4	0.7	3.8	1.1	2,231	953	363	98	80	35	90	234	-115
21	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	11.8	2017-18	HOU	67	33.9	11.7	4.4	1.6	1.5	0.2	4.0	9.7	41.2	2.5	6.9	36.8	1.1	1.3	85.4	56.7	0.5	3.9	0.8	2,269	782	294	105	98	13	52	132	+378
22	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	11.4	2017-18	DAL	63	33.9	12.7	3.1	2.7	1.2	0.3	4.5	11.1	40.6	2.4	6.4	38.1	1.3	1.6	82.2	54.1	0.4	2.7	1.3	2,135	802	198	172	76	16	83	140	-321
23	Wilson Chandler W. Chandler	11	2017-18	DEN	74	31.5	10.0	5.4	2.1	0.6	0.5	3.8	8.5	44.5	1.2	3.3	35.8	1.2	1.5	77.2	54.2	1.4	4.0	1.2	2,331	738	398	159	43	39	92	156	+62
24	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	9.9	2017-18	MEM	82	28.6	11.0	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	4.1	9.4	44.0	1.1	3.2	35.6	1.5	2.0	74.7	53.1	0.6	2.5	1.5	2,343	898	257	135	73	17	124	233	-243
25	Evan Turner E. Turner	9.8	2017-18	POR	79	25.7	8.2	3.1	2.2	0.6	0.4	3.3	7.3	44.7	0.5	1.7	31.8	1.2	1.4	85.0	52.0	0.4	2.7	1.3	2,034	649	244	173	47	29	99	163	-51