highest player efficiency rating in a single nba playoff run min 20 mpg

Michael Jordan has the best career PER in the playoffs when playing 20.0+ minutes per game, with a 28.6 rating.

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highest player efficiency rating by a player in a single NBA playoff run min 20 mpg
NAMEPERMPGGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
28.6
41.8
179
33.4
6.4
5.7
2.1
0.9
12.2
25.1
48.7
0.8
2.5
33.2
8.2
9.9
82.8
56.8
1.7
4.7
3.1
7,474
5,987
1,152
1,022
376
158
546
541
+294
2George Mikan
G. Mikan
28.5
36.6
41
20.3
14.4
2.2
6.8
17.0
39.6
6.8
8.8
77.7
48.6
1,500
833
591
89
189
3Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.1
38.4
100
27.4
12.4
7.7
1.2
0.9
10.3
19.9
52.0
1.7
4.6
37.3
5.0
6.0
83.3
60.8
3.0
9.4
3.3
3,837
2,735
1,238
769
122
87
334
335
+124
4LeBron James
L. James
27.6
41.2
302
28.2
8.9
7.2
1.7
1.0
10.1
20.4
49.5
1.6
5.0
33.2
6.3
8.5
74.1
58.3
1.5
7.4
3.6
12,446
8,521
2,695
2,168
506
287
1,085
679
+1234
5Anthony Davis
A. Davis
26.6
37.7
60
26.1
11.8
2.8
1.3
2.2
9.6
17.7
54.2
0.6
1.9
31.3
6.4
7.6
84.0
62.2
2.5
9.3
2.3
2,259
1,566
705
170
76
129
140
172
+202
6Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
26.3
34.1
22
23.8
10.9
2.7
1.0
3.5
8.0
16.5
48.5
1.8
5.2
34.2
6.0
7.1
84.7
60.6
2.5
8.4
2.7
750
524
239
59
21
78
59
55
+196
7Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
26.1
37.5
216
24.3
11.6
2.7
0.5
2.1
9.4
16.8
56.3
0.0
0.0
5.4
10.7
50.4
56.5
4.0
7.6
3.0
8,098
5,250
2,508
582
117
459
649
769
+638
8Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
26.1
36.2
84
27.0
12.2
5.3
1.0
1.3
10.1
19.1
53.2
0.7
2.8
25.9
6.0
9.6
62.5
58.0
2.4
9.7
3.4
3,041
2,270
1,022
446
85
110
283
271
+243
9Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
25.7
39.6
145
25.9
11.2
3.2
1.7
3.3
10.4
19.6
52.8
0.0
0.1
22.2
5.1
7.1
71.9
56.9
3.2
7.9
2.9
5,749
3,755
1,621
458
245
472
424
562
-29
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
25
39.2
55
30.9
9.2
7.8
1.6
0.5
10.8
23.3
46.1
3.3
9.5
34.7
6.0
8.2
73.7
57.3
0.7
8.5
4.2
2,156
1,697
504
427
89
26
232
150
+73
11Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
24.3
37.3
251
20.6
11.4
3.0
0.7
2.3
7.9
15.7
50.1
0.0
0.1
14.3
4.8
7.0
68.9
54.8
3.1
8.3
2.5
9,370
5,172
2,859
764
168
568
633
701
+1090
12Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
24.2
35.6
146
21.5
7.8
3.0
1.8
0.7
7.7
15.0
51.3
1.7
4.3
39.9
4.4
5.2
84.1
62.1
1.8
6.0
1.9
5,193
3,133
1,142
432
256
99
278
323
+643
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24.2
39.4
123
23.0
12.9
3.9
1.6
0.9
8.2
16.0
51.3
0.5
2.0
25.5
6.1
8.5
71.7
58.4
4.1
8.7
2.9
4,849
2,833
1,582
482
193
108
353
408
+1
14Kevin Durant
K. Durant
23.9
40.5
171
29.3
7.8
4.2
1.0
1.2
9.9
20.7
47.8
2.1
6.0
35.5
7.4
8.5
86.8
59.9
0.8
7.0
3.3
6,934
5,008
1,333
713
173
205
559
431
+641
15Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
23.8
40.7
145
25.3
10.0
2.5
1.0
0.9
8.4
18.2
46.2
1.0
2.8
36.5
7.4
8.3
89.2
57.7
1.5
8.5
2.3
5,895
3,663
1,446
360
149
129
328
407
+48
16Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
23.4
34.5
50
22.2
5.7
5.0
1.1
0.9
7.9
18.7
42.6
1.1
3.9
29.0
5.2
6.8
75.7
51.2
1.3
4.5
2.7
1,724
1,109
286
249
53
47
134
93
-155
17Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
23.3
34.0
79
19.7
12.0
2.6
6.1
15.7
38.6
7.6
9.0
84.4
50.2
2,687
1,556
949
209
300
18Billy Ray Bates
B. Ray Bates
23.2
36.5
6
26.7
2.8
4.2
1.7
0.3
11.0
20.2
54.5
0.5
1.3
37.5
4.2
5.2
80.6
59.4
0.8
2.0
4.3
219
160
17
25
10
2
26
24
19Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
23.2
27.3
7
14.4
6.4
2.4
1.3
1.1
6.0
9.1
65.6
0.0
0.4
0.0
2.4
3.1
77.3
68.5
3.0
3.4
1.9
191
101
45
17
9
8
13
16
-13
20Chris Paul
C. Paul
23.2
36.5
149
20.0
4.9
8.3
1.9
0.2
7.4
15.3
48.4
1.6
4.4
37.3
3.5
4.1
85.4
58.3
0.7
4.2
2.5
5,442
2,981
730
1,233
287
31
377
437
+130
21Jerry West
J. West
23.1
41.3
153
29.1
5.6
6.3
0.0
0.0
10.6
22.6
46.9
7.9
9.8
80.5
54.1
0.0
2.0
6,321
4,457
855
970
0
0
451
22Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
23
36.8
61
26.2
4.8
6.2
1.4
1.0
8.9
19.1
46.7
1.5
4.3
34.0
7.0
8.0
86.9
58.0
0.7
4.1
2.4
2,245
1,600
292
381
83
58
148
164
+184
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23
37.3
237
24.3
10.5
3.2
1.0
2.4
9.9
18.7
53.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.4
6.0
74.0
57.1
2.6
6.5
2.6
8,851
5,762
2,481
767
189
476
447
797
24David Robinson
D. Robinson
23
34.3
123
18.1
10.6
2.3
1.2
2.5
6.2
13.0
47.9
0.0
0.1
10.0
5.6
7.9
70.8
54.7
3.0
7.6
2.3
4,221
2,221
1,301
280
151
312
280
423
+362
25Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
23
39.7
190
19.5
7.7
12.3
1.9
0.3
6.8
13.4
50.6
0.3
1.1
24.1
5.6
6.7
83.8
59.5
1.8
5.9
3.7
7,538
3,701
1,465
2,346
358
64
696
524
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes per game going back to the 1952 playoffs.

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1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
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3
53
29
.646
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4
52
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.634
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5
46
36
.561
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45
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.549
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32
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40.0
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19
63
.232
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17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.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
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45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
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26
56
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38.0
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26
56
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38.0
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