Since 1979-80, Nikola Jokić has the highest PER, with a 28.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest player efficiency with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player since 1980

	NAME	PER	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28.5	745	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	36.0	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,639	16,210	8,141	5,383	949	536	2,177	1,996	+4071
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.2	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	14,408	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.9	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	LeBron James L. James	26.9	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.9	787	34.4	24.1	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	7.0	79.4	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	27,082	18,978	8,416	2,009	1,033	1,815	1,573	1,840	+929
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.4	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.2	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25.8	859	32.9	23.9	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.1	0.6	2.2	28.4	5.8	8.3	69.3	61.1	1.9	8.1	3.0	28,233	20,538	8,530	4,288	961	1,064	2,586	2,531	+3014
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.5	450	34.9	28.6	8.6	8.2	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	46.8	3.1	8.8	35.0	6.2	8.2	75.1	58.8	0.9	7.7	3.9	15,711	12,878	3,881	3,700	556	203	1,777	1,028	+1236
10	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	25.1	214	31.4	24.7	6.6	4.3	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.2	58.9	0.1	0.5	32.7	5.4	7.9	68.9	62.7	2.3	4.3	2.8	6,714	5,279	1,415	920	219	138	608	483	+401
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	24.8	1,123	36.7	27.2	7.0	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.0	0.7	6.3	3.2	41,236	30,571	7,828	4,908	1,173	1,273	3,553	2,137	+4732
12	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.6	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.2	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24.1	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
15	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	7.7	1.5	12,645	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.9	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.8	645	34.1	23.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.5	16.2	52.4	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.7	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	21,971	14,880	7,136	2,037	523	771	1,745	2,197	+1278
18	James Harden J. Harden	23.7	1,151	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,011	27,687	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
20	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	23.5	117	31.1	22.5	10.8	3.8	1.2	3.7	8.2	17.5	46.9	2.3	6.8	33.9	3.8	4.8	80.9	57.7	2.1	8.7	3.5	3,633	2,638	1,261	442	140	430	409	258	-40
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	23.5	1,354	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,608	23,011	5,978	12,499	2,717	222	3,093	3,185	+6113
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.5	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.5	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	35,773	23,165	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	23.4	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,975	25,386	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.4	462	33.1	24.4	4.8	5.1	1.4	0.8	8.5	17.0	50.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	6.0	7.0	86.2	60.7	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,291	11,294	2,211	2,362	666	370	1,072	1,044	+1274