Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Charles Barkley had the highest PER by a small forward, with a 27.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

most efficency with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games small forward in 90s

	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	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27.1	79	39.1	25.2	11.5	3.9	1.9	0.6	8.9	14.9	60.0	0.3	1.2	21.7	7.1	9.4	74.9	66.1	4.6	6.9	3.1	3,085	1,989	909	307	148	50	243	250
2	Grant Hill G. Hill	22	361	39.4	20.7	8.1	6.5	1.6	0.7	7.5	15.8	47.2	0.1	0.3	18.2	5.7	7.8	73.6	53.9	1.5	6.6	3.3	14,231	7,487	2,927	2,335	591	238	1,193	941	+818
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.9	75	39.3	24.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	2,944	1,820	712	562	106	61	243	173
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	21.8	515	33.9	23.5	6.6	2.6	1.1	0.5	8.5	18.7	45.4	1.1	3.3	33.4	5.4	6.6	81.9	54.4	2.5	4.0	2.3	17,469	12,111	3,385	1,320	567	239	1,184	865	-392
5	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	20.9	132	37.7	22.6	7.2	2.9	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.0	46.4	0.2	0.7	36.8	6.6	8.2	80.7	54.9	2.6	4.7	3.4	4,971	2,981	955	385	158	131	443	338	-794
6	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	20.5	41	38.6	20.1	8.7	4.1	1.5	0.5	7.8	15.5	50.2	0.0	0.4	11.8	4.5	5.4	82.1	56.1	2.6	6.1	2.7	1,582	823	356	167	61	22	109	102	+84
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	20.4	731	38.0	19.2	7.2	5.9	2.2	0.9	7.6	15.7	48.1	1.0	2.9	33.3	3.1	4.5	70.3	54.4	2.0	5.1	3.0	27,805	14,040	5,238	4,312	1,639	689	2,201	2,139	+1193
8	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	20	423	26.0	15.7	5.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	6.2	12.0	51.7	0.4	1.2	30.3	2.9	4.0	74.0	57.2	2.3	3.5	1.7	11,012	6,660	2,453	551	355	136	735	773	+124
9	Vince Carter V. Carter	19.6	50	35.2	18.3	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	6.9	15.3	45.0	0.4	1.3	28.8	4.1	5.4	76.1	51.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	1,760	913	283	149	55	77	110	140	+47
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19.2	48	34.0	16.5	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	5.9	13.5	43.9	1.8	4.3	41.2	2.9	4.1	71.3	54.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	1,632	791	309	115	82	50	113	139	-64
11	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	19	640	34.9	19.0	4.6	3.6	1.6	0.6	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.0	2.6	40.1	3.7	4.3	86.0	60.4	1.1	3.5	2.5	22,313	12,155	2,933	2,323	1,029	400	1,587	1,301	+313
12	Bernard King B. King	18.7	178	31.0	21.8	4.5	3.9	0.7	0.1	8.5	17.7	48.1	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.7	5.9	79.1	53.7	1.6	2.9	2.9	5,518	3,877	799	686	118	26	524	470
13	Eddie Jones E. Jones	18.5	50	37.6	15.6	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	5.2	11.9	43.7	1.0	2.8	33.8	4.2	5.4	78.2	54.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	1,881	780	194	186	125	58	93	128	+198
14	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	18.4	331	28.4	13.4	4.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	5.1	11.2	45.3	0.8	2.4	34.0	2.4	3.3	74.7	53.1	1.5	3.1	2.0	9,410	4,445	1,518	1,344	330	138	647	600	+780
15	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	18.2	497	35.4	17.0	6.8	4.3	0.9	0.3	5.8	11.9	49.1	0.7	1.8	39.8	4.6	5.7	80.8	59.0	1.7	5.1	2.3	17,611	8,437	3,388	2,145	465	140	1,159	1,517	+1122
16	Walter Davis W. Davis	17.8	115	20.7	14.5	2.2	1.9	0.8	0.1	5.9	12.5	47.5	0.1	0.5	17.7	2.5	2.8	90.0	52.8	0.6	1.6	1.3	2,376	1,664	249	223	88	10	147	229
17	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	17.5	398	31.9	15.6	7.7	1.3	0.7	0.9	6.0	12.1	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	4.7	78.8	55.3	2.7	5.0	1.9	12,712	6,220	3,084	531	298	341	775	841
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	17.4	64	18.4	7.0	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	2.8	6.2	45.0	0.2	0.6	34.1	1.2	1.7	71.2	50.5	1.6	2.6	1.0	1,179	451	269	98	49	61	66	86	-229
19	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	17.3	76	35.1	15.9	7.5	2.3	1.2	0.8	5.7	11.6	49.3	0.1	0.4	21.4	4.3	5.6	77.8	56.4	2.8	4.8	1.9	2,668	1,206	572	175	88	64	148	225
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	17.2	157	33.7	13.7	7.1	2.4	1.2	1.9	5.8	11.7	49.6	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.0	2.7	73.6	53.1	2.3	4.8	1.8	5,288	2,144	1,119	381	191	294	285	388	+116
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	17.1	374	32.2	17.3	4.2	3.3	1.1	0.4	7.3	15.3	47.5	0.3	1.1	27.7	2.4	3.0	79.2	51.8	1.3	2.9	1.7	12,032	6,463	1,567	1,247	416	152	648	563
22	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	17	345	38.2	21.1	6.1	2.9	1.2	0.6	8.2	17.7	45.9	0.9	2.5	34.5	3.9	4.9	80.8	53.0	1.7	4.4	3.4	13,194	7,277	2,102	996	428	207	1,170	973	+59
23	Tyrone Nesby T. Nesby	17	50	25.8	10.1	3.5	1.6	1.5	0.4	3.6	8.1	44.9	0.7	1.9	36.5	2.1	2.7	78.2	54.3	1.1	2.4	1.1	1,288	503	175	82	77	20	53	143	-149
24	Glen Rice G. Rice	16.9	745	37.4	20.6	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.2	1.7	4.2	40.8	3.5	4.2	84.4	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	27,843	15,371	3,511	1,712	829	232	1,431	1,848	+400
25	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	16.9	81	34.7	15.8	5.9	3.6	1.7	0.4	6.2	13.0	47.8	1.2	3.9	32.2	2.1	3.1	67.2	54.9	1.4	4.5	2.0	2,811	1,277	476	294	134	33	165	148