highest player efficiency rating in a playoff year with minimum 950 minutes

Shaquille O'Neal has the highest PER with 950+ minutes played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 30.5 rating in 1999-00.

Interpreted as:
highest player efficiency rating by a player in a playoff year with minimum 950 minutes
NAMEPERMINSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
30.5
1,000
1999-00
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
2LeBron James
L. James
30.3
983
2011-12
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
3Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
28.4
1,021
2002-03
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
4LeBron James
L. James
28.1
960
2012-13
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
5Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
27.7
989
1993-94
23
43.0
28.9
11.0
4.3
1.7
4.0
11.6
22.3
51.9
0.1
0.2
50.0
5.6
7.0
79.5
56.8
2.4
8.7
3.6
664
254
98
40
92
83
82
6Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
26.9
959
2005-06
23
41.7
28.4
5.9
5.7
2.2
1.1
9.5
19.2
49.7
0.6
1.6
37.8
8.8
10.9
80.8
59.3
1.2
4.7
3.9
654
135
132
51
26
90
71
+134
7Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
26.8
983
2005-06
23
42.7
27.0
11.7
2.9
1.1
0.6
8.5
18.2
46.8
1.0
2.9
34.3
8.9
10.0
89.5
59.6
2.0
9.6
2.1
620
268
67
25
14
49
64
+108
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
26.3
961
1983-84
23
41.8
27.5
11.0
5.9
2.3
1.2
10.0
19.0
52.4
0.3
0.7
41.2
7.3
8.3
87.9
60.7
2.7
8.3
3.8
632
252
136
54
27
87
71
9Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24.9
1,026
1992-93
24
42.8
26.6
13.6
4.3
1.6
1.0
9.6
20.1
47.7
0.4
1.9
22.2
7.0
9.1
77.1
55.2
3.9
9.7
2.1
638
326
102
39
25
50
73
10Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
23
987
2007-08
26
38.0
20.4
10.5
3.3
1.3
1.1
8.3
16.8
49.5
0.1
0.3
25.0
3.6
4.5
81.0
54.2
2.8
7.8
2.1
530
274
87
35
29
55
74
+186
11Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
22.9
965
1987-88
24
40.2
19.9
5.4
12.6
1.4
0.2
7.0
13.7
51.4
0.3
0.6
50.0
5.5
6.5
85.2
60.0
1.3
4.1
3.5
477
130
303
34
4
83
61
12Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
22.5
1,016
2000-01
22
46.2
32.9
4.7
6.1
2.4
0.3
11.7
30.0
38.9
2.2
6.5
33.8
7.3
9.5
77.4
48.0
0.7
4.0
2.9
723
104
134
52
7
63
55
+1
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
22.4
955
1980-81
21
45.5
26.8
14.5
1.7
0.6
1.6
9.9
20.6
47.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
7.0
9.9
71.2
53.7
6.0
8.6
2.8
562
305
35
13
34
59
54
14Larry Bird
L. Bird
21.8
1,015
1986-87
23
44.1
27.0
10.0
7.2
1.2
0.8
9.4
19.7
47.6
0.6
1.8
34.1
7.7
8.4
91.2
57.7
1.8
8.3
3.1
622
231
165
27
19
71
55
15Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
21
973
2003-04
22
44.2
24.5
4.7
5.5
1.9
0.3
8.6
20.9
41.3
1.1
4.4
24.7
6.1
7.5
81.3
50.6
0.8
3.9
2.8
539
104
121
42
7
61
59
+30
16Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
20.6
1,032
1993-94
25
41.3
21.9
11.7
2.6
1.3
3.0
8.4
19.2
43.7
0.2
0.4
36.4
4.9
6.5
75.5
49.5
3.5
8.2
3.3
547
293
65
32
76
83
94
17Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
20
985
2004-05
25
39.4
18.7
4.3
6.5
1.0
0.2
5.8
13.6
42.8
1.8
5.0
34.9
5.3
6.0
89.3
57.7
0.9
3.4
2.0
467
108
162
25
5
49
71
+114
18Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
19.7
981
2000-01
23
42.7
13.9
13.7
0.7
0.7
3.1
4.4
9.0
49.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
6.4
77.7
58.4
4.9
8.8
1.6
319
316
17
15
72
36
56
+20
19Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
17.8
975
2009-10
24
40.6
15.8
5.6
9.3
1.9
0.1
6.3
13.6
46.3
0.4
1.0
37.5
2.8
4.8
59.6
50.4
1.6
4.0
3.0
379
134
223
46
3
72
57
+78
20Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
17.6
983
2021-22
24
41.0
25.6
6.7
6.2
1.2
0.9
8.4
19.7
42.6
3.2
8.2
39.3
5.7
7.1
80.0
56.2
1.0
5.7
4.2
615
161
148
29
21
100
72
+108
21Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
17.4
990
2007-08
26
38.1
19.7
5.0
4.6
1.1
0.3
6.3
14.2
44.1
1.7
4.6
36.1
5.5
6.8
80.2
57.0
0.8
4.2
3.2
511
129
119
28
8
82
90
+135
22Rashard Lewis
R. Lewis
16.9
986
2008-09
24
41.1
19.0
6.4
2.9
1.0
0.5
6.5
14.5
44.8
2.2
5.5
39.4
3.8
4.8
78.4
57.0
1.2
5.2
2.1
455
153
70
25
13
50
50
+49
23Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
16.2
979
2004-05
25
39.2
10.0
11.3
1.0
1.7
2.4
4.1
8.5
48.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.9
4.1
46.1
48.9
3.8
7.5
1.2
251
282
25
43
59
30
65
+83
24Jalen Rose
J. Rose
15.9
964
1999-00
23
41.9
20.8
4.4
3.4
0.7
0.5
7.4
17.0
43.7
1.3
3.0
42.9
4.7
5.8
80.5
53.3
0.4
4.0
2.2
479
101
78
16
11
50
71
+13
25Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
15.9
992
1993-94
25
39.7
13.2
11.7
2.4
1.4
0.2
5.0
10.5
47.7
0.0
0.0
3.2
4.1
77.5
53.6
4.6
7.0
2.6
329
292
59
35
5
65
87
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