highest per in 1981

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the highest PER in 1980-81, with a 25.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 1981
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
25.5
1980-81
80
37.2
26.2
10.3
3.4
0.7
2.9
10.5
18.2
57.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
6.9
76.6
61.6
2.5
7.8
3.1
2,976
2,095
821
272
59
228
249
244
2Robert Parish
R. Parish
25.2
1980-81
82
28.0
18.9
9.5
1.8
1.0
2.6
7.7
14.2
54.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
4.8
71.0
57.9
3.0
6.5
2.3
2,298
1,552
777
144
81
214
191
310
3Moses Malone
M. Malone
25.1
1980-81
80
40.6
27.8
14.8
1.8
1.0
1.9
10.1
19.3
52.2
0.0
0.0
33.3
7.6
10.1
75.7
58.5
5.9
8.8
3.9
3,245
2,222
1,180
141
83
150
308
223
4Julius Erving
J. Erving
25.1
1980-81
82
35.0
24.6
8.0
4.4
2.1
1.8
9.7
18.6
52.1
0.0
0.2
22.2
5.1
6.5
78.7
57.2
3.0
5.0
3.2
2,874
2,014
657
364
173
147
266
233
5Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
24.3
1980-81
80
42.7
30.7
6.4
4.0
1.4
0.2
11.4
20.3
55.9
0.0
0.1
28.6
7.9
9.8
80.6
62.2
2.4
4.0
3.5
3,417
2,452
509
322
109
18
282
245
6George Gervin
G. Gervin
22.9
1980-81
82
33.7
27.1
5.1
3.2
1.1
0.7
10.4
21.1
49.2
0.1
0.4
25.7
6.2
7.6
82.6
55.5
1.5
3.6
3.1
2,765
2,221
419
260
94
56
251
212
7Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
22
1980-81
76
33.4
20.3
6.8
4.6
1.5
0.5
8.4
15.2
55.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.5
5.0
70.6
58.3
3.0
3.9
2.5
2,542
1,541
518
346
115
41
190
196
8Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
21.7
1980-81
82
34.5
17.9
10.1
2.1
0.6
2.4
6.7
10.0
67.0
0.0
0.0
4.6
6.5
70.5
69.9
2.7
7.4
2.9
2,832
1,469
828
172
47
198
236
295
9Dan Issel
D. Issel
21.7
1980-81
80
33.0
21.9
8.5
2.0
1.0
0.7
7.7
15.3
50.3
0.0
0.2
16.7
6.5
8.6
75.9
57.5
2.9
5.6
1.6
2,641
1,749
676
158
83
53
130
249
10Dan Roundfield
D. Roundfield
20.7
1980-81
63
33.8
17.6
10.1
2.6
1.2
1.9
6.8
12.8
52.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.6
72.1
57.5
3.7
6.4
2.8
2,128
1,108
634
161
76
119
178
258
11Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
20.3
1980-81
71
36.5
24.6
3.6
3.3
1.3
0.3
10.0
18.4
54.4
0.1
0.5
28.6
4.5
6.4
69.7
58.0
1.7
2.0
2.4
2,593
1,747
258
233
93
18
173
172
12Alvan Adams
A. Adams
20.3
1980-81
75
27.4
14.9
7.3
4.6
1.4
0.9
6.1
11.6
52.6
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.5
76.8
56.7
2.1
5.2
3.0
2,054
1,115
546
344
106
69
226
226
13Bobby Jones
B. Jones
20.1
1980-81
81
25.3
13.5
5.4
2.8
1.2
0.9
5.0
9.3
53.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
4.3
81.3
60.4
1.8
3.6
1.8
2,046
1,096
435
226
95
74
149
226
14Bernard King
B. King
19.9
1980-81
81
36.0
21.9
6.8
3.5
0.9
0.4
9.0
15.4
58.8
0.0
0.1
33.3
3.8
5.4
70.3
61.7
2.2
4.6
3.3
2,914
1,771
551
287
72
34
265
304
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
19.9
1980-81
82
39.5
21.2
10.9
5.5
2.0
0.8
8.8
18.3
47.8
0.2
0.9
27.0
3.5
4.0
86.3
52.8
2.3
8.6
3.5
3,239
1,741
895
451
161
63
289
239
16Billy Knight
B. Knight
19.9
1980-81
82
29.1
17.5
5.0
1.9
1.0
0.1
6.7
12.5
53.3
0.0
0.2
15.8
4.2
5.0
83.2
59.6
2.3
2.7
2.2
2,385
1,436
410
157
84
12
177
155
17Alex English
A. English
19.7
1980-81
81
38.2
23.8
8.0
3.6
1.3
1.2
9.5
19.2
49.4
0.0
0.1
60.0
4.8
5.7
85.0
54.9
3.4
4.6
3.0
3,093
1,929
646
290
106
100
241
255
18World B. Free
W. B. Free
19.5
1980-81
65
36.5
24.1
2.4
5.6
1.3
0.2
7.9
17.8
44.6
0.1
0.5
16.1
8.1
10.0
81.4
54.2
0.7
1.7
3.0
2,370
1,565
159
361
85
11
195
183
19David Thompson
D. Thompson
19.4
1980-81
77
34.0
25.5
3.7
3.0
0.7
0.8
9.5
18.8
50.6
0.1
0.5
25.6
6.4
8.0
79.5
57.1
1.4
2.3
3.2
2,620
1,967
287
231
53
60
250
231
20James Silas
J. Silas
19.4
1980-81
75
27.4
17.7
3.1
3.8
0.7
0.2
6.3
13.3
47.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
5.9
85.0
55.7
0.6
2.5
2.1
2,055
1,326
231
285
51
12
159
129
21John Drew
J. Drew
19.2
1980-81
67
31.0
21.7
5.7
1.2
1.5
0.2
7.5
16.4
45.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.8
8.6
78.7
53.9
2.2
3.6
2.9
2,075
1,454
383
79
98
15
194
264
22Ray Williams
R. Williams
19
1980-81
79
34.7
19.7
4.1
5.5
2.3
0.5
7.8
16.9
46.1
0.2
0.9
23.5
3.9
4.8
81.7
51.9
1.5
2.5
3.0
2,742
1,560
321
432
185
37
235
270
23Walter Davis
W. Davis
18.4
1980-81
78
28.0
18.0
2.6
3.9
1.2
0.2
7.6
14.1
53.9
0.1
0.2
41.2
2.7
3.2
83.6
57.9
0.8
1.8
2.8
2,182
1,402
200
302
97
12
222
192
24Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
18.4
1980-81
82
35.7
20.1
7.5
1.4
0.6
1.0
7.5
13.6
55.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
6.3
78.8
61.1
2.0
5.5
2.4
2,925
1,646
613
111
48
83
200
259
25Reggie Theus
R. Theus
18.4
1980-81
82
34.4
18.9
3.5
5.2
1.5
0.2
6.6
13.4
49.5
0.2
1.1
20.0
5.4
6.7
80.9
57.8
1.5
2.0
3.2
2,820
1,549
287
426
122
20
259
258
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