Michael Jordan had the highest PER by a shooting guard in 1996-97, with a 27.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a sg in 1997

	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	27.8	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
2	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	21.6	1996-97	SAC	81	38.6	25.9	3.9	4.2	1.5	0.3	8.9	19.5	45.4	2.5	5.9	42.8	5.6	6.6	86.1	57.8	0.7	3.2	2.9	3,125	2,095	319	338	118	24	237	211	-109
3	Reggie Miller R. Miller	20.2	1996-97	IND	81	36.6	21.6	3.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.4	2.8	6.6	42.7	5.2	5.9	88.0	60.3	0.7	2.9	2.0	2,966	1,751	286	273	75	25	166	172	+99
4	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	19.9	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	1.9	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365
5	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	19.7	1996-97	GSW	80	41.9	24.2	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	8.1	18.1	44.9	1.8	5.2	35.4	6.2	7.3	84.3	57.0	0.7	3.9	4.0	3,353	1,938	366	507	132	45	322	153	-215
6	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	18.8	1996-97	UTA	82	31.6	14.5	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.4	48.2	0.9	2.4	36.9	3.6	4.0	89.9	59.6	0.7	2.2	1.6	2,592	1,191	241	361	124	26	134	188	+775
7	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	17.6	1996-97	SEA	82	33.6	13.9	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.1	4.5	9.7	46.4	1.7	4.3	40.3	3.1	3.6	87.5	61.6	1.1	2.8	1.6	2,755	1,139	320	250	159	12	130	146	+540
8	Steve Smith S. Smith	17.4	1996-97	ATL	72	39.1	20.1	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	6.8	15.9	42.9	1.8	5.4	33.5	4.6	5.5	84.7	54.8	1.3	2.1	2.4	2,818	1,445	238	305	62	23	176	173	+345
9	Eddie Jones E. Jones	17.3	1996-97	LAL	80	37.5	17.2	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	5.9	13.5	43.8	1.9	4.9	39.1	3.5	4.2	81.9	55.9	1.1	3.0	2.1	2,998	1,374	326	270	189	49	169	226	+263
10	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	16	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	127	165	-266
11	John Starks J. Starks	15.9	1996-97	NYK	77	26.5	13.8	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	4.8	11.1	43.1	1.9	5.3	36.9	2.2	2.9	76.9	55.5	0.5	2.2	2.1	2,042	1,061	205	217	90	11	158	196	+209
12	Wesley Person W. Person	15.9	1996-97	PHX	80	29.1	13.5	3.7	1.5	1.1	0.3	5.1	11.3	45.3	2.1	5.2	41.3	1.1	1.4	79.8	56.7	0.9	2.8	1.0	2,326	1,080	292	123	86	20	76	102	+84
13	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	15.6	1996-97	DET	79	37.0	14.7	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.0	4.9	11.1	44.0	2.1	4.9	43.2	2.8	3.2	86.7	58.6	0.5	1.9	1.6	2,923	1,158	191	318	57	1	128	97	+321
14	Todd Day T. Day	15.5	1996-97	BOS	81	28.1	14.5	4.1	1.4	1.3	0.6	4.9	12.3	39.8	1.6	4.3	36.2	3.2	4.1	77.3	51.5	1.3	2.7	1.6	2,277	1,178	330	117	108	48	127	208	-291
15	Doug Christie D. Christie	15.1	1996-97	TOR	81	38.6	14.5	5.3	3.9	2.5	0.6	4.9	11.7	41.7	1.8	4.7	38.4	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.3	1.0	4.3	2.5	3,127	1,176	432	315	201	45	200	245	-121
16	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	15.1	1996-97	TOT	77	36.8	15.9	5.3	4.1	1.1	0.4	5.8	13.4	43.1	1.1	3.2	34.8	3.3	4.0	81.3	52.6	1.7	3.6	2.7	2,831	1,226	411	316	86	32	208	194	-440
17	Dell Curry D. Curry	15	1996-97	CHA	68	30.6	14.8	3.1	1.7	0.9	0.2	5.6	12.3	45.9	1.9	4.4	42.6	1.7	2.1	80.3	56.1	0.6	2.5	1.4	2,078	1,008	211	118	60	14	93	147	+55
18	Bob Sura B. Sura	14.8	1996-97	CLE	82	27.7	9.2	3.8	4.8	1.1	0.4	3.1	7.2	43.1	0.6	2.0	32.3	2.4	3.9	61.4	51.9	0.9	2.8	2.2	2,269	755	308	390	90	33	181	218	+11
19	Voshon Lenard V. Lenard	14.7	1996-97	MIA	73	28.9	12.3	3.0	2.2	0.7	0.2	4.3	9.4	45.9	2.5	6.1	41.4	1.2	1.4	81.9	61.4	0.5	2.5	1.5	2,111	897	217	161	50	18	109	168	+332
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	14.6	1996-97	MIL	82	30.9	13.4	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	4.8	11.1	43.0	1.4	3.6	39.3	2.5	3.0	82.3	54.1	1.2	2.8	1.8	2,532	1,102	326	210	75	10	149	218	-60
21	Vinny Del Negro V. Del Negro	14.4	1996-97	SAS	72	31.2	12.3	2.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	5.1	10.8	46.7	0.6	1.9	31.4	1.6	1.8	86.8	52.9	0.5	2.4	1.3	2,243	886	210	231	59	7	92	131	-333
22	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	14.1	1996-97	PHI	81	39.1	20.7	4.2	3.1	1.1	0.8	6.6	16.1	40.7	1.3	4.2	29.8	6.3	8.2	76.6	52.4	1.9	2.2	3.9	3,166	1,679	338	253	93	63	316	219	-440
23	Bobby Phills B. Phills	13.9	1996-97	CLE	69	34.4	12.6	3.6	3.4	1.6	0.3	4.8	11.1	42.8	1.2	3.1	39.4	1.8	2.5	71.8	51.4	0.9	2.6	2.0	2,375	866	245	233	113	21	135	174	+111
24	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	13.8	1996-97	POR	76	33.7	16.1	4.0	2.6	0.6	0.3	6.0	12.9	46.4	1.3	3.4	38.5	2.8	3.4	81.2	55.7	1.2	2.8	2.8	2,563	1,223	304	198	45	19	212	199	+201
25	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	13.8	1996-97	ORL	63	34.3	12.0	4.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	4.6	11.5	39.7	2.3	6.4	35.3	0.6	1.5	40.4	49.4	1.0	3.8	1.4	2,163	757	304	182	120	32	86	160	+163