LeBron James has the highest career PER by a small forward, with a 27.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a small forward

	NAME	PER	MIN	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	LeBron James L. James	27.1	48,637	1,285	37.8	27.5	7.6	7.6	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.9	50.5	1.7	4.9	34.7	5.7	7.7	73.6	59.0	1.2	6.5	3.5	35,279	9,810	9,730	1,917	974	4,534	2,326	+6116
2	Kevin 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
3	Larry 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
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23.2	23,281	733	31.8	20.1	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.3	14.6	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.0	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	14,733	4,662	2,236	1,255	471	1,212	1,225	+4597
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	22.9	18,689	569	32.8	19.2	5.6	4.9	1.6	0.4	6.2	12.8	48.3	0.7	2.2	33.0	6.1	7.2	85.2	60.2	1.9	3.8	1.7	10,904	3,210	2,762	922	235	950	760	+1625
6	Julius 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
7	Elgin 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
8	Dominique 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
9	Adrian 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
10	John 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
11	Vince 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
12	George 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
13	Marques 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
14	Shareef 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
15	Rick 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
16	Alex 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
17	Billy 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
18	Cedric 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
19	Carmelo 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
20	Paul 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
21	Jayson 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
22	Paul 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
23	Cliff 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
24	Paul 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
25	Chris 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