Nikola Jokić has the highest PER this season, with a 36.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in 2026

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	36.7	2025-26	DEN	17	34.8	29.6	12.8	11.1	1.6	0.8	10.8	17.3	62.6	2.1	4.9	43.4	5.8	6.8	85.3	72.9	3.3	9.5	3.5	592	503	218	188	27	13	59	51	+197
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33.5	2025-26	OKC	18	33.1	32.2	4.9	6.6	1.5	0.8	10.8	19.9	54.3	2.2	5.4	41.2	8.3	9.3	89.8	67.1	0.6	4.3	1.8	595	580	88	119	27	15	32	32	+260
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.4	2025-26	LAL	12	37.1	34.5	8.8	8.9	2.0	0.5	10.6	22.7	46.7	3.4	11.0	31.1	9.9	12.5	79.3	61.2	0.8	8.0	4.3	445	414	105	107	24	6	51	31	+60
4	Jalen Duren J. Duren	27.2	2025-26	DET	15	28.9	20.3	11.5	2.1	0.9	0.9	7.3	10.9	67.1	0.0	0.0		5.6	7.4	75.7	71.4	4.3	7.3	2.4	434	304	173	31	14	14	36	50	+120
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	25.7	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	26.2	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
6	James Harden J. Harden	25	2025-26	LAC	16	35.5	27.8	5.8	8.4	1.0	0.4	8.1	17.8	45.3	3.9	10.0	38.8	7.8	8.7	89.9	64.3	0.6	5.1	3.8	568	445	92	134	16	7	60	29	-35
7	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24.5	2025-26	GSW	17	31.3	19.9	5.6	4.9	1.7	0.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	0.9	1.9	45.5	6.7	7.8	86.4	66.2	2.3	3.4	1.5	532	339	96	83	29	5	25	21	+76
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.3	2025-26	CLE	17	34.0	29.9	4.8	5.5	1.4	0.4	10.2	20.4	50.3	3.9	10.3	38.3	5.5	6.6	83.2	64.3	0.8	3.9	3.2	578	509	81	93	24	6	55	38	+110
9	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	24.3	2025-26	PHI	16	40.4	33.0	4.6	7.8	1.6	0.9	11.0	23.4	47.1	4.1	9.9	41.5	6.9	7.8	88.0	61.5	0.3	4.3	2.8	647	528	74	124	26	14	45	39	+55
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24.1	2025-26	GSW	15	30.9	28.8	3.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	9.5	19.8	47.8	4.9	12.2	39.9	5.0	5.5	91.5	64.8	0.3	3.3	2.9	464	432	53	59	21	7	43	31	+23
11	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.6	2025-26	MIN	13	32.3	27.8	4.5	3.5	1.6	0.7	9.4	19.8	47.5	3.2	8.5	38.2	5.8	6.9	83.3	60.9	0.9	3.6	2.5	420	361	59	46	21	9	33	24	+55
12	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	23.3	2025-26	ATL	16	34.1	22.4	9.6	7.0	1.7	0.3	8.5	15.1	56.2	1.4	3.3	41.5	4.0	5.0	80.0	64.6	1.1	8.6	3.0	546	358	154	112	27	5	48	32	+33
13	Julius Randle J. Randle	23.1	2025-26	MIN	17	33.5	24.2	7.5	5.8	1.1	0.2	8.2	16.0	51.5	1.8	4.9	35.7	6.0	7.2	82.9	63.2	1.5	6.0	2.7	569	412	127	98	19	3	46	44	+99
14	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	23.1	2025-26	LAL	13	36.4	27.6	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.1	8.4	17.3	48.4	2.5	7.9	31.1	8.4	9.6	87.2	64.1	0.7	4.8	3.4	473	359	71	95	17	1	44	32	+79
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	22.2	2025-26	NYK	14	34.1	28.3	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.1	10.0	20.9	47.9	2.9	7.8	36.7	5.4	6.3	86.4	59.9	0.4	3.0	2.4	478	396	48	91	11	1	33	36	+91
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	22.1	2025-26	BOS	17	32.4	27.9	5.6	4.3	0.9	0.3	10.5	20.8	50.6	1.9	5.6	34.4	4.9	6.4	76.9	59.0	0.9	4.6	3.4	551	474	95	73	15	5	57	55	+28
17	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.8	2025-26	UTA	17	35.6	28.5	6.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	9.6	20.4	47.3	3.4	8.9	37.7	5.9	6.6	89.3	61.2	2.3	3.8	1.4	605	485	104	38	17	8	23	31	-42
18	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	21.6	2025-26	LAC	17	31.5	17.0	11.6	2.4	0.5	0.9	7.5	12.1	62.1	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.5	76.7	64.2	3.6	8.0	1.9	535	289	197	40	8	15	33	42	-21
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21.6	2025-26	NYK	16	33.4	22.6	12.4	3.4	0.9	0.9	7.3	16.1	45.0	1.9	5.8	33.7	6.2	7.0	88.4	58.9	3.1	9.3	2.6	535	362	199	54	15	14	42	60	+107
20	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	21.3	2025-26	OKC	18	27.8	12.1	10.9	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.2	7.7	67.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.4	65.9	68.5	3.3	7.6	2.2	500	217	196	62	23	14	39	52	+171
21	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	21.3	2025-26	DET	14	36.4	27.1	6.0	9.6	1.3	0.7	9.6	21.6	44.4	1.8	6.3	28.4	6.2	7.6	82.1	54.5	1.2	4.8	3.6	509	380	84	135	18	10	50	52	+95
22	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	21.3	2025-26	HOU	15	36.7	22.4	9.7	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.1	16.5	49.0	1.3	2.9	44.2	5.0	6.7	74.3	57.6	2.9	6.7	3.5	551	336	145	107	17	14	53	50	+138
23	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	20.7	2025-26	TOR	18	32.9	19.2	7.8	5.1	1.5	1.7	7.7	14.9	51.3	1.3	3.3	40.0	2.6	3.1	82.1	58.9	2.0	5.8	2.1	593	346	140	91	27	30	38	57	+89
24	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	20.5	2025-26	WAS	14	28.9	18.1	8.4	3.6	0.6	2.0	7.5	14.8	50.7	1.1	3.3	34.8	2.0	2.9	68.3	56.4	2.4	6.0	2.3	404	254	117	51	9	28	32	30	-119
25	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	20.5	2025-26	MIA	18	24.9	12.4	11.0	0.6	1.0	1.4	4.8	9.2	52.4	1.1	2.6	40.4	1.7	2.2	79.5	61.1	3.4	7.6	1.0	449	224	198	11	18	25	18	35	+21