highest per in 1998 regular season and playoff

Tom Chambers had the best PER in the 1998 regular-season and playoffs, with a 31.5 rating in 1997-98.

Interpreted as:

highest per by a player in 1998 regular season and playoff

	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	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	31.5	1997-98	PHI	1	10.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	104.2	0.0	2.0	1.0	10	6	2	0	2	0	1	2	-2
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.2	1997-98	LAL	73	36.7	28.7	11.1	2.5	0.6	2.4	11.3	19.2	58.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.5	52.3	59.0	3.5	7.6	3.0	2,676	2,095	813	180	46	178	218	234	+681
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	27.4	1997-98	SAS	82	34.3	21.3	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.7	7.3	14.6	50.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.7	9.2	72.2	57.1	3.4	7.6	2.8	2,810	1,749	902	222	75	222	227	232	+408
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.1	1997-98	UTA	101	37.9	26.9	10.4	3.8	1.2	0.9	9.7	18.7	51.7	0.0	0.1	22.2	7.5	9.8	76.6	58.3	2.3	8.1	3.0	3,825	2,716	1,051	384	118	90	307	306	+632
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25.8	1997-98	CHI	103	39.3	29.5	5.7	3.5	1.7	0.6	10.9	23.5	46.5	0.4	1.6	25.4	7.2	9.2	79.0	53.6	1.6	4.1	2.2	4,053	3,037	582	357	173	57	230	198	+756
6	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	22.5	1997-98	MIA	62	33.5	19.2	9.5	0.9	0.7	2.3	7.0	12.7	54.8	0.0	0.0		5.3	8.0	66.4	59.3	3.3	6.3	3.0	2,077	1,192	592	57	43	140	187	226	+439
7	Mario Bennett M. Bennett	22.4	1997-98	LAL	49	7.4	3.7	2.7	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.7	2.8	59.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.4	0.9	39.1	57.6	1.3	1.4	0.4	364	181	132	18	19	12	21	63	+10
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.4	1997-98	SAS	91	39.3	21.1	11.6	2.6	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	6.0	66.2	57.6	3.2	8.4	3.3	3,578	1,917	1,058	241	60	229	304	278	+445
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	21.8	1997-98	SEA	92	38.8	19.7	4.5	8.1	2.2	0.2	7.2	15.9	45.6	1.7	4.9	34.2	3.5	4.6	76.7	54.9	0.9	3.5	2.8	3,573	1,811	410	749	203	19	255	226	+614
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.6	1997-98	NYK	30	32.7	19.9	9.9	1.1	0.6	2.1	7.4	15.3	48.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	7.1	70.4	53.9	2.3	7.6	2.9	980	596	297	33	19	63	87	90	+41
11	Jason Lawson J. Lawson	21.5	1997-98	ORL	17	4.7	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.9	60.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.6	80.0	67.0	0.5	1.1	0.1	80	26	27	5	4	4	2	14	+15
12	Willie Burton W. Burton	21.4	1997-98	SAS	13	3.3	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	38.1	0.2	0.7	33.3	0.6	0.9	66.7	51.4	0.2	0.5	0.1	43	27	9	1	2	2	1	7	-4
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	21.4	1997-98	HOU	72	32.4	14.9	11.3	3.1	1.1	0.4	5.2	10.7	48.6	0.3	1.2	20.9	4.3	5.8	73.7	56.4	3.4	7.9	2.1	2,330	1,072	815	221	76	28	153	199	+86
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	21.4	1997-98	UTA	84	29.2	11.8	2.7	8.3	1.4	0.2	4.2	8.0	52.0	0.6	1.4	41.0	2.9	3.6	80.1	61.4	0.6	2.1	2.5	2,454	992	226	698	120	13	209	192	+500
15	Grant Hill G. Hill	21.2	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
16	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	21.1	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	22.3	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
17	Chris Webber C. Webber	20.9	1997-98	WAS	71	39.6	21.9	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	18.9	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	1,555	674	273	111	124	185	269	+45
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	20.8	1997-98	NJN	78	33.7	18.9	3.0	7.8	1.6	0.3	6.6	14.9	44.0	0.2	1.0	18.8	5.6	6.5	86.0	53.2	0.9	2.0	3.5	2,632	1,477	231	608	121	21	271	269	+120
19	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	20.7	1997-98	POR	77	31.7	15.8	9.9	2.9	0.9	1.1	5.5	11.2	49.1	0.4	1.5	26.5	4.4	5.4	80.0	57.9	2.0	7.8	2.6	2,440	1,216	760	224	72	83	200	286	+289
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	20.7	1997-98	MIA	86	37.8	19.3	3.7	8.2	1.7	0.2	7.0	16.2	43.2	2.0	5.6	35.8	3.3	4.3	78.1	53.4	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,253	1,658	316	705	142	16	242	209	+442
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	20.6	1997-98	HOU	52	35.1	16.8	9.9	3.0	1.7	2.2	6.6	14.1	47.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	4.7	75.1	52.0	2.4	7.5	2.7	1,823	874	514	155	89	112	139	170	+28
22	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	20.5	1997-98	MIN	41	38.6	20.1	8.7	4.1	1.5	0.5	7.8	15.5	50.2	0.0	0.4	11.8	4.5	5.4	82.1	56.1	2.6	6.1	2.7	1,582	823	356	167	61	22	109	102	+84
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	20.4	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
24	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	20.4	1997-98	SAC	70	36.7	23.2	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.4	44.5	1.9	4.8	38.9	5.8	6.7	86.4	56.9	0.7	2.6	2.6	2,569	1,623	229	279	88	15	181	154	-132
25	Vin Baker V. Baker	20.3	1997-98	SEA	92	36.0	18.8	8.2	1.8	1.2	1.1	7.6	14.1	54.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.6	6.1	58.0	56.0	3.6	4.6	2.1	3,315	1,732	750	170	109	101	196	316	+408