highest player efficiency rating in a playoff year with minimum 983 minutes

Shaquille O'Neal has the highest PER with 983+ minutes played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 30.5 rating in 1999-00.

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highest player efficiency rating by a player in a playoff year with minimum 983 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.7	989	1993-94	HOU	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
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	26.8	983	2005-06	DAL	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
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.9	1,026	1992-93	PHX	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
7	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	23	987	2007-08	BOS	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
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22.5	1,016	2000-01	PHI	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
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.8	1,015	1986-87	BOS	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
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.6	1,032	1993-94	NYK	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
11	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	20	985	2004-05	DET	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
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	17.6	983	2021-22	BOS	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
13	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	17.4	990	2007-08	BOS	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
14	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	16.9	986	2008-09	ORL	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
15	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	15.9	992	1993-94	NYK	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
16	Ray Allen R. Allen	14.9	987	2007-08	BOS	26	38.0	15.6	3.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	5.1	12.0	42.8	2.1	5.3	39.6	3.2	3.5	91.3	57.6	1.0	2.8	1.5	405	98	71	24	8	38	63	+152
17	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	13.8	1,023	2004-05	DET	25	40.9	13.4	6.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	5.3	12.3	43.3	0.9	2.4	36.7	1.9	2.4	80.0	50.4	2.2	4.1	1.5	336	158	83	26	9	37	50	+133
18	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	13.7	1,079	2004-05	DET	25	43.2	20.0	4.3	4.3	0.8	0.1	7.9	17.5	45.3	0.4	1.4	29.4	3.8	4.8	79.8	51.2	1.2	3.1	3.1	501	108	107	21	3	78	79	+114
19	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	13.5	1,071	1992-93	PHX	24	44.6	15.4	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	5.6	13.0	43.1	2.3	5.7	39.4	2.0	2.9	69.6	54.2	1.2	4.6	1.3	370	140	88	33	28	32	57

StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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Shaquille O'Neal has the highest PER with 983+ minutes played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 30.5 rating in 1999-00.

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