highest player efficiency rating by a guard in nba history

Michael Jordan has the highest career PER by a guard, with a 29.1 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a guard in NBA history
NAMEPERMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
29.1
35,887
930
38.6
31.5
6.3
5.4
2.5
0.9
11.8
23.3
50.5
0.6
1.8
33.2
7.3
8.7
83.8
58.0
1.7
4.6
2.8
29,277
5,836
5,012
2,306
828
2,589
2,493
+1416
2Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
25.8
18,000
514
35.0
29.2
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
15,021
4,376
4,230
661
237
2,032
1,181
+1423
3Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
24.4
17,550
530
33.1
25.3
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
13,411
2,503
2,810
761
422
1,223
1,183
+2062
4Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24.2
32,287
874
36.9
19.7
7.3
11.4
1.9
0.4
6.9
13.3
52.1
0.3
1.2
29.8
5.5
6.5
84.8
60.9
1.8
5.5
3.9
17,239
6,376
9,921
1,698
361
3,403
2,002
5James Harden
J. Harden
23.5
42,449
1,221
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
29,339
6,809
8,873
1,794
683
4,505
2,994
+4709
6Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
23.5
35,773
1,054
33.9
22.0
4.7
5.4
1.5
0.8
8.0
16.7
48.0
0.5
1.8
29.3
5.4
7.1
76.5
55.4
1.2
3.5
3.2
23,165
4,933
5,701
1,620
885
3,326
2,328
+2827
7Chris Paul
C. Paul
23.5
45,836
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
8Stephen Curry
S. Curry
23.4
36,303
1,069
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
26,528
4,973
6,743
1,602
282
3,308
2,385
+6266
9Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
23.2
46,774
1,280
36.5
25.4
5.3
4.8
1.5
0.5
8.8
19.6
45.1
1.3
4.0
33.4
6.4
7.6
83.7
55.3
1.1
4.2
3.0
32,482
6,800
6,122
1,882
627
3,881
3,238
+4724
10Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
23.2
43,886
1,040
42.2
25.7
7.5
9.5
1.1
0.1
9.1
18.9
48.5
7.4
8.8
83.8
56.4
1.0
3.0
26,710
7,804
9,887
77
4
2,931
11Jerry West
J. West
22.9
36,571
932
39.2
27.0
5.8
6.7
2.6
0.7
9.7
20.4
47.4
7.7
9.4
81.4
55.0
1.0
2.8
25,192
5,376
6,238
81
23
2,435
12Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
22.9
21,253
618
34.4
21.5
5.8
4.9
1.3
0.8
7.8
18.0
43.7
1.3
3.9
34.3
4.5
6.0
74.9
52.2
1.4
4.4
2.3
13,294
3,561
3,017
787
487
1,429
1,084
+946
13Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
22.2
32,612
900
36.2
25.1
4.3
6.7
1.0
0.3
8.1
18.4
43.9
3.1
8.4
37.1
5.8
6.5
89.9
59.0
0.6
3.7
2.8
22,598
3,845
6,069
874
267
2,541
1,708
+2415
14Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
22.2
26,879
779
34.5
23.7
4.1
5.6
1.3
0.4
8.7
18.4
47.4
2.4
6.1
39.4
3.8
4.3
88.8
58.4
0.8
3.3
2.5
18,433
3,173
4,365
1,022
337
1,942
1,770
+1962
15John Stockton
J. Stockton
21.8
47,764
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
16George Gervin
G. Gervin
21.8
23,831
709
33.6
26.5
4.4
2.8
1.2
0.8
10.3
20.3
50.8
0.1
0.5
29.7
5.8
6.8
84.5
56.8
1.5
3.0
3.0
18,813
3,153
1,976
836
566
2,137
2,045
17Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
21.5
11,237
288
39.0
25.0
6.7
4.2
1.6
0.7
8.1
19.2
42.4
1.9
5.5
35.0
6.8
8.4
80.7
54.5
1.0
5.7
3.4
7,201
1,943
1,214
472
213
984
820
+373
18Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
21.3
43,025
1,301
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
27,176
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
19Trae Young
T. Young
21.3
17,005
498
34.1
25.1
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.3
43.3
2.6
7.4
35.2
6.6
7.6
87.2
58.0
0.6
2.8
4.2
12,489
1,717
4,868
518
76
2,090
874
-187
20Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
21.1
37,537
1,086
34.6
20.4
6.1
5.6
2.0
0.7
7.7
16.3
47.2
0.8
2.4
31.8
4.3
5.5
78.8
54.7
2.4
3.7
2.7
22,195
6,677
6,125
2,207
719
2,977
3,285
+434
21Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
20.9
37,584
914
41.1
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
24,368
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
22Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
20.7
25,061
735
34.1
17.9
3.3
9.1
1.5
0.2
6.1
12.5
49.3
0.2
0.7
30.5
5.4
6.4
84.1
58.5
0.7
2.6
3.1
13,127
2,404
6,711
1,082
176
2,258
1,541
+348
23Tyrese Haliburton
T. Haliburton
20.6
10,997
333
33.0
17.5
3.7
8.8
1.5
0.6
6.3
13.3
47.7
2.6
6.6
39.2
2.3
2.7
85.5
60.6
0.6
3.0
2.1
5,842
1,218
2,947
490
199
711
440
-26
24Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
20.3
20,586
609
33.8
25.1
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.3
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.4
57.5
0.8
3.5
2.7
15,272
2,640
2,928
844
193
1,645
1,463
+2960
25Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
20.2
26,859
1,057
25.4
13.3
3.5
3.8
1.3
0.3
4.3
9.7
44.7
1.4
3.8
36.9
3.2
3.9
82.7
58.2
0.6
2.8
2.0
14,043
3,697
4,001
1,392
319
2,116
2,212
+5468
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20
62
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63
.232
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65
.207
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64
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.780
2
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62
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.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
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.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
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.317
38.0
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26
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