highest per by a small forward

LeBron James has the best career PER by a small forward, with a 26.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest per with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a small forward
NAMEPERMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
26.8
50,626
1,345
37.6
27.2
7.6
7.6
1.5
0.8
10.0
19.7
50.5
1.7
4.8
34.6
5.6
7.6
73.6
59.0
1.1
6.4
3.5
36,535
10,174
10,162
1,989
1,009
4,713
2,407
+6235
2Kevin Durant
K. Durant
25.7
36,203
981
36.9
27.8
7.2
4.5
1.1
1.1
9.5
18.9
50.6
2.0
5.1
39.1
6.7
7.6
88.5
62.6
0.7
6.6
3.2
27,300
7,106
4,453
1,045
1,121
3,131
1,911
+5422
3Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.9
30,504
792
38.5
24.9
10.1
6.3
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.0
0.7
1.8
37.1
4.6
5.2
88.4
56.7
2.1
8.0
3.2
19,719
8,031
4,958
1,406
664
2,504
2,079
4Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
23.6
25,366
798
31.8
20.7
6.4
3.1
1.7
0.6
7.5
15.0
49.9
1.7
4.4
39.1
4.0
4.7
86.3
60.7
1.2
5.2
1.7
16,546
5,075
2,470
1,377
498
1,345
1,303
+4937
5Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
23
19,871
607
32.7
19.2
5.6
4.9
1.6
0.4
6.2
12.7
48.5
0.7
2.2
33.3
6.1
7.2
85.3
60.4
1.9
3.7
1.7
11,664
3,421
2,947
977
243
1,010
806
+1810
6Julius Erving
J. Erving
22.8
24,285
702
34.6
22.8
7.1
4.0
1.9
1.6
9.0
17.6
51.2
0.0
0.2
25.3
4.8
6.2
77.4
56.2
2.5
4.5
3.1
16,019
4,967
2,785
1,319
1,117
1,951
1,953
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
22.7
33,863
846
40.0
27.4
13.5
4.3
10.3
23.8
43.1
6.8
8.7
78.0
49.4
23,149
11,463
3,650
2,596
8Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
21.6
38,113
1,074
35.5
24.8
6.7
2.5
1.3
0.6
9.3
20.1
46.1
0.7
2.1
31.9
5.6
6.9
81.1
53.6
2.7
3.9
2.5
26,668
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
9Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
21.5
34,151
955
35.8
24.3
5.7
3.0
1.0
0.2
8.6
15.8
54.0
0.0
0.1
17.1
7.2
8.7
81.8
61.7
2.3
3.4
2.9
23,177
5,455
2,830
944
150
2,503
2,550
10John Drew
J. Drew
20.9
19,568
639
30.6
21.2
7.3
1.6
1.4
0.3
7.6
16.2
47.1
0.0
0.1
12.9
6.0
8.0
74.4
53.8
3.1
4.2
2.8
13,553
4,668
1,054
894
189
1,168
2,368
11Vince Carter
V. Carter
20.7
18,029
571
31.6
19.0
4.7
3.2
1.1
0.7
6.9
15.4
44.7
1.5
3.9
37.7
3.7
4.7
78.8
54.3
1.3
3.4
1.8
10,831
2,683
1,824
629
413
1,025
1,541
+850
12George Yardley
G. Yardley
20.6
15,767
472
33.4
19.2
8.9
1.7
6.8
16.0
42.2
5.7
7.3
78.0
49.9
9,063
4,220
815
1,426
13Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
20.3
21,089
616
34.2
20.1
7.1
3.6
1.3
0.8
8.3
16.0
51.9
0.0
0.2
16.9
3.4
4.7
73.6
55.6
2.7
4.4
2.3
12,367
4,401
2,219
781
475
1,444
1,552
14Shareef Abdur-Rahim
S. Abdur-Rahim
20.2
11,435
295
38.8
21.4
8.5
3.1
1.1
1.0
7.6
16.3
46.6
0.2
0.8
29.6
6.0
7.3
81.4
54.9
2.5
6.0
3.1
6,307
2,515
906
337
295
923
820
-1558
15Rick Barry
R. Barry
20.2
28,825
794
36.3
23.2
6.5
5.1
2.0
0.5
9.1
20.4
44.9
1.0
3.1
33.0
4.8
5.3
90.0
51.0
0.9
4.3
2.5
18,395
5,168
4,017
1,104
269
574
2,264
16Alex English
A. English
20.1
35,863
1,051
34.1
23.3
5.7
4.0
1.0
0.7
9.7
19.1
50.6
0.0
0.1
21.7
3.9
4.7
83.6
55.0
2.4
3.2
2.6
24,513
5,975
4,197
1,009
760
2,684
2,771
17Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
20
16,927
492
34.4
21.2
10.1
4.3
1.2
0.5
8.0
17.7
45.3
5.2
7.2
72.6
50.9
1.6
7.1
10,449
4,989
2,131
115
45
1,801
18Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
19.8
11,571
463
25.0
14.9
5.5
1.2
0.8
0.3
5.9
11.5
51.4
0.4
1.3
30.2
2.8
3.7
74.3
57.0
2.2
3.4
1.7
6,921
2,559
571
371
143
767
834
+95
19Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
19.8
31,957
911
35.1
23.2
6.2
3.0
1.0
0.5
8.3
18.4
45.1
1.1
3.3
33.7
5.5
6.8
80.8
54.3
1.7
4.6
2.7
21,177
5,691
2,717
934
447
2,419
2,602
+844
20Paul George
P. George
19.8
24,540
692
35.5
22.7
6.6
4.0
1.8
0.4
7.7
17.6
44.0
2.8
7.4
38.5
4.4
5.1
85.8
57.2
0.9
5.8
2.9
15,725
4,599
2,783
1,226
297
2,005
1,886
+2969
21Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
19.8
13,006
383
34.0
22.5
7.1
3.5
1.0
0.7
7.8
16.8
46.3
2.4
6.5
36.8
4.6
5.4
84.5
58.7
0.9
6.2
2.2
8,613
2,738
1,336
396
258
854
817
+2449
22Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
19.8
24,897
648
38.4
23.4
8.5
2.4
8.1
19.3
42.2
7.1
8.7
81.1
50.5
15,145
5,489
1,527
2,480
23Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
19.5
21,731
745
29.2
18.0
6.9
3.0
7.0
15.6
45.0
4.0
5.0
79.8
50.7
13,447
5,116
2,242
2,388
24Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
19.3
32,545
980
33.2
18.6
5.3
3.4
1.2
0.5
6.1
13.5
45.4
1.5
4.0
37.5
4.8
6.0
80.5
57.6
0.8
4.6
2.4
18,186
5,236
3,316
1,194
501
2,395
2,633
+2898
25Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
19.2
27,813
802
34.7
19.5
4.6
3.8
1.7
0.6
7.4
14.3
51.2
0.9
2.4
38.9
3.9
4.5
86.7
59.8
1.2
3.4
2.6
15,659
3,662
3,047
1,334
481
2,058
1,643
+243
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.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
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52
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.634
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.561
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EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0