highest per in 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the best PER, with a 29.6 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1980s
NAMEPERGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
29.6
345
39.0
32.6
6.2
5.9
2.8
1.2
11.9
23.3
51.3
0.2
0.8
20.2
8.6
10.1
84.8
58.9
1.9
4.3
3.3
13,442
11,263
2,129
2,046
962
411
1,150
1,085
2Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24.4
389
36.8
22.1
12.0
3.5
1.6
1.2
7.8
13.5
57.7
0.3
1.3
23.4
6.3
8.5
73.9
64.3
4.6
7.4
3.7
14,297
8,616
4,660
1,377
613
479
1,439
1,426
3Larry Bird
L. Bird
24.1
717
38.4
25.0
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.3
0.6
1.7
37.7
4.6
5.3
88.0
57.0
2.2
8.0
3.2
27,560
17,899
7,319
4,396
1,300
603
2,261
1,906
4Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
23.8
716
36.9
19.5
7.4
11.2
2.0
0.4
7.1
13.3
53.0
0.2
0.7
23.9
5.2
6.2
83.4
60.6
1.9
5.6
3.9
26,417
13,943
5,303
8,025
1,464
310
2,800
1,685
5Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
23.5
386
36.2
23.0
12.1
2.0
1.9
3.1
9.0
17.4
51.8
0.0
0.0
5.3
5.0
7.4
67.2
55.7
4.5
7.6
3.0
13,990
8,883
4,677
780
748
1,201
1,175
1,562
6Moses Malone
M. Malone
23.3
778
37.3
24.5
13.2
1.5
0.9
1.4
8.4
17.2
49.1
0.0
0.1
5.7
7.7
9.9
77.5
57.0
5.4
7.8
3.4
29,039
19,082
10,269
1,191
730
1,107
2,659
1,898
7Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
22.5
684
36.8
26.5
5.4
3.2
0.9
0.1
9.4
17.1
55.0
0.0
0.1
16.7
7.8
9.5
82.0
62.5
2.2
3.3
3.0
25,201
18,157
3,721
2,206
647
92
2,039
1,833
8Julius Erving
J. Erving
22.4
602
34.1
22.0
6.4
3.8
1.8
1.6
8.7
17.0
51.1
0.1
0.3
26.1
4.6
5.9
77.4
56.2
2.5
3.9
2.9
20,506
13,263
3,861
2,282
1,081
983
1,770
1,621
9Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
21.7
787
32.6
20.6
7.6
2.8
0.7
2.0
8.5
14.9
57.2
0.0
0.0
5.6
3.6
4.9
74.3
60.6
2.0
5.6
2.6
25,675
16,246
5,980
2,220
584
1,594
2,037
2,258
10Dan Issel
D. Issel
21.4
476
29.9
20.5
7.2
2.2
0.9
0.6
7.5
14.9
50.2
0.0
0.2
25.3
5.5
6.8
80.5
57.2
2.1
5.2
1.8
14,242
9,768
3,443
1,068
446
280
851
1,264
11Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
21.4
559
36.9
26.0
6.8
2.4
1.5
0.7
10.0
21.4
46.7
0.2
0.9
26.9
5.8
7.3
80.4
53.0
2.9
3.8
2.7
20,644
14,557
3,784
1,357
811
403
1,485
1,196
12George Gervin
G. Gervin
21.1
547
33.1
26.0
4.3
2.7
1.0
0.7
10.1
20.2
49.8
0.1
0.5
29.7
5.7
6.7
85.0
56.1
1.4
2.8
2.8
18,086
14,216
2,333
1,455
563
365
1,545
1,515
13Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
21
478
33.0
19.8
5.9
5.6
2.3
0.7
7.8
15.9
49.2
0.1
0.6
23.0
4.0
5.1
78.0
54.5
2.7
3.2
2.9
15,777
9,484
2,798
2,677
1,101
320
1,367
1,544
14Alex English
A. English
20.9
811
36.0
25.9
5.9
4.4
1.0
0.8
10.7
21.0
51.0
0.0
0.1
20.8
4.5
5.4
83.8
55.5
2.6
3.3
2.8
29,208
21,018
4,780
3,596
848
634
2,294
2,286
15Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
20.5
602
33.6
24.1
5.6
3.7
0.9
0.4
9.4
19.1
49.2
0.4
1.4
30.4
4.9
6.5
74.2
54.7
2.2
3.5
3.0
20,222
14,488
3,395
2,252
518
231
1,814
1,819
16Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
20.4
275
34.3
21.2
8.8
1.9
1.3
2.8
8.4
15.8
53.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.5
6.1
72.8
57.4
2.7
6.1
3.5
9,419
5,822
2,422
519
364
776
954
1,082
17Kevin McHale
K. McHale
20.2
694
32.1
18.5
7.6
1.8
0.4
1.8
7.3
12.9
56.5
0.0
0.0
5.0
3.9
5.0
78.0
61.2
2.6
5.0
2.0
22,275
12,830
5,277
1,217
262
1,269
1,396
2,076
18Robert Parish
R. Parish
20.2
786
32.9
17.9
10.4
1.8
0.8
1.7
7.3
13.4
54.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.2
4.4
72.3
58.3
3.3
7.2
2.4
25,841
14,043
8,195
1,419
660
1,346
1,924
2,424
19Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
20
550
34.6
22.1
8.8
2.4
1.4
0.8
9.1
18.5
49.2
0.0
0.1
28.6
3.9
5.5
70.9
52.9
3.2
5.6
2.4
19,052
12,159
4,834
1,345
772
436
1,346
1,974
20John Stockton
J. Stockton
20
410
27.6
10.6
2.2
9.6
2.3
0.2
3.8
7.3
52.7
0.1
0.5
25.9
2.8
3.4
82.3
60.4
0.6
1.7
2.6
11,296
4,340
920
3,941
948
65
1,052
1,142
21Bernard King
B. King
19.9
535
33.5
22.6
5.3
3.2
0.9
0.2
9.0
16.7
53.8
0.0
0.1
14.9
4.6
6.2
74.8
58.2
1.7
3.6
3.1
17,948
12,100
2,841
1,689
508
129
1,633
1,787
22Larry Nance
L. Nance
19.8
587
32.6
17.3
7.8
2.5
1.0
2.1
7.0
12.5
55.7
0.0
0.1
13.9
3.3
4.6
73.3
59.5
2.5
5.3
2.1
19,163
10,126
4,585
1,491
591
1,209
1,238
1,780
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
19.5
325
35.9
23.3
10.5
2.5
1.4
0.7
8.9
17.4
51.3
0.0
0.1
16.7
5.5
8.2
66.9
55.6
3.0
7.5
3.5
11,656
7,576
3,412
812
470
224
1,126
1,200
24Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
19.4
524
34.4
19.7
6.4
3.9
1.3
0.6
8.2
15.9
51.2
0.0
0.2
13.5
3.4
4.6
73.5
54.9
2.5
3.9
2.4
18,051
10,323
3,367
2,069
680
332
1,272
1,347
25Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
19.3
605
33.2
22.8
4.0
2.4
0.6
0.4
8.8
16.5
53.2
0.2
0.5
36.2
5.1
5.8
87.0
59.9
1.3
2.7
1.9
20,088
13,775
2,416
1,435
383
215
1,129
1,278
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

17.8

Giddey

Josh Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

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APG

8.4

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Team Rankings

ORTG

113.6

24th

DRTG

118.2

25th

NETRTG

-4.6

24th

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
28
31
.475
16.0
11
26
31
.456
17.0
12
Bulls Bulls
24
35
.407
20.0
13
16
41
.281
27.0
14
15
42
.263
28.0
Schedule
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Thu
2/26
@
8:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Tue
3/3
@
8:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
9:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
CHA Hornets

28 - 31

131

Final

99

CHI Bulls

24 - 35

Tue 24 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
38
20
.655
5.5
3
37
22
.627
7.0
4
37
23
.617
7.5
5
34
25
.576
10.0
6
32
26
.552
11.5
7
31
26
.544
12.0
8
31
28
.525
13.0
9
29
31
.483
15.5
10
28
31
.475
16.0
11
26
31
.456
17.0
12
24
35
.407
20.0
13
16
41
.281
27.0
14
15
42
.263
28.0
15
15
44
.254
29.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
15
.750
2
42
16
.724
2.0
3
36
21
.632
7.5
4
37
22
.627
7.5
5
36
23
.610
8.5
6
34
23
.596
9.5
7
33
26
.559
11.5
8
31
28
.525
13.5
9
28
31
.475
16.5
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
36
.368
22.5
12
21
36
.368
22.5
13
18
40
.310
26.0
14
17
42
.288
27.5
15
13
47
.217
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
1/23
@
116-110
Fri
1/23
@
147-116
Sat
1/24
@
116-139
Sat
1/24
@
111-85
Sat
1/24
@
104-95

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM