highest player efficiency rating in a playoff year with minimum 500 minutes

LeBron James has the best PER with 500+ minutes played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 37.4 rating in 2008-09.

Interpreted as:

highest player efficiency rating by a player in a playoff year with minimum 500 minutes

	NAME	PER	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	37.4	580	2008-09	CLE	14	41.4	35.3	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	11.4	22.3	51.0	1.9	5.8	33.3	10.6	14.2	74.9	61.8	1.4	7.8	2.7	494	128	102	23	12	38	30	+122
2	LeBron James L. James	32.2	922	2017-18	CLE	22	41.9	34.0	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	12.5	23.2	53.9	1.8	5.2	34.2	7.2	9.7	74.6	61.9	1.4	7.7	4.3	748	200	198	30	23	94	52	-22
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	689	1990-91	CHI	17	40.5	31.1	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	11.6	22.1	52.4	0.6	1.5	38.5	7.4	8.7	84.5	60.0	1.1	5.3	2.5	529	108	142	40	23	43	53
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	674	1989-90	CHI	16	42.1	36.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	13.7	26.6	51.4	1.0	3.1	32.0	8.3	9.9	83.6	59.2	1.5	5.7	3.5	587	115	109	45	14	56	54
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31.2	558	1963-64	SFW	12	46.5	34.7	25.2	3.3			14.6	26.8	54.3				5.5	11.6	47.5	54.3				416	302	39				27
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.2	789	2022-23	DEN	20	39.5	30.0	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	11.4	20.7	54.8	1.8	3.8	46.1	5.6	7.0	79.9	63.1	3.5	10.0	3.5	600	269	190	21	20	70	69	+169
7	LeBron James L. James	31	763	2013-14	MIA	20	38.2	27.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	9.6	17.0	56.5	1.8	4.3	40.7	6.5	8.0	80.6	66.8	0.7	6.4	3.1	548	141	95	36	11	61	46	+60
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	501	1997-98	LAL	13	38.5	30.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	12.2	19.8	61.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.2	50.3	60.4	3.7	6.5	3.3	396	132	38	7	34	43	41	+32
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30.5	1,000	1999-00	LAL	23	43.5	30.7	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	12.4	22.0	56.6	0.0	0.0		5.9	12.9	45.6	55.6	5.2	10.3	2.4	707	355	71	13	55	56	67	+115
10	LeBron James L. James	30.3	983	2011-12	MIA	23	42.7	30.3	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	10.9	21.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	25.9	7.5	10.2	73.9	57.6	2.3	7.4	3.5	697	224	129	43	16	81	47	+199
11	LeBron James L. James	30.2	762	2019-20	LAL	21	36.3	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	10.2	18.2	56.0	2.1	5.7	37.0	5.1	7.1	72.0	64.7	1.3	9.4	4.0	580	226	184	26	18	84	40	+165
12	LeBron James L. James	30.1	744	2016-17	CLE	18	41.3	32.8	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	12.1	21.3	56.5	2.4	5.9	41.1	6.3	9.0	69.8	64.9	1.1	8.1	4.0	591	164	141	35	23	72	43	+195
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	783	1992-93	CHI	19	41.2	35.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	13.2	27.8	47.5	1.5	3.8	38.9	7.2	8.9	80.5	55.3	1.7	5.1	2.4	666	128	114	39	17	45	58
14	LeBron James L. James	30	822	2015-16	CLE	21	39.1	26.3	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	10.4	19.9	52.5	1.5	4.5	34.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	58.5	2.0	7.5	3.6	552	200	160	49	27	75	54	+209
15	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	29.9	629	2021-22	MIA	17	37.0	27.4	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	9.8	19.3	50.6	1.4	4.0	33.8	6.5	7.8	84.1	60.4	2.4	4.9	1.5	466	125	78	35	11	25	25	+95
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.9	718	1988-89	CHI	17	42.2	34.8	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	11.7	22.9	51.0	0.6	2.1	28.6	10.8	13.5	79.9	60.2	1.5	5.5	4.0	591	119	130	42	13	68	65
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	29.7	576	1961-62	PHI	12	48.0	35.0	26.6	3.1			13.5	28.9	46.7				8.0	12.6	63.6	50.8				420	319	37				27
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29.7	556	2018-19	DEN	14	39.7	25.1	13.0	8.4	1.1	0.9	9.4	18.6	50.6	1.6	4.0	39.3	4.7	5.6	84.6	59.6	3.9	9.1	2.6	352	182	118	16	13	36	54	+84
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29.7	769	2019-20	LAL	21	36.6	27.7	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	9.8	17.1	57.1	1.1	2.9	38.3	7.1	8.5	83.2	66.5	2.6	7.1	2.5	582	204	73	26	30	53	56	+184
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.7	676	2000-01	LAL	16	42.3	30.4	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	11.9	21.5	55.5	0.0	0.0		6.6	12.5	52.5	56.4	5.7	9.8	3.6	487	247	51	7	38	57	55	+186
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.5	552	2021-22	DAL	15	36.8	31.7	9.8	6.4	1.8	0.6	10.7	23.5	45.5	3.4	9.9	34.5	6.9	9.0	77.0	57.7	0.7	9.1	3.9	475	147	96	27	9	59	44	+31
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28.4	1,021	2002-03	SAS	24	42.5	24.7	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	9.1	17.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.5	9.7	67.7	57.7	4.0	11.4	3.2	593	369	127	15	79	76	78	+181
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.3	758	1973-74	MIL	16	47.4	32.2	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	14.0	25.1	55.7				4.2	5.7	73.6	58.3	4.2	11.6		515	253	78	20	39		41
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.3	776	2001-02	LAL	19	40.8	28.5	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	10.7	20.2	52.9	0.0	0.0		7.1	10.9	64.9	56.9	3.5	9.1	3.3	541	239	54	10	48	62	62	+118
25	LeBron James L. James	28.1	960	2012-13	MIA	23	41.7	25.9	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	9.2	18.8	49.1	1.6	4.2	37.5	5.9	7.6	77.7	58.5	1.6	6.8	3.0	596	193	152	41	18	70	43	+132

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PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0