LeBron James had the best PER by a forward in 2011-12, with a 30.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

most per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a forward in 2012

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	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	LeBron James L. James	30.7	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26.2	2011-12	OKC	66	38.6	28.0	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	9.7	19.7	49.6	2.0	5.2	38.7	6.5	7.6	86.0	61.0	0.6	7.4	3.8	2,546	1,850	527	231	88	77	248	133	+369
3	Kevin Love K. Love	25.4	2011-12	MIN	55	39.0	26.0	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	8.6	19.3	44.8	1.9	5.1	37.2	6.9	8.4	82.4	56.8	4.1	9.2	2.3	2,145	1,432	734	111	47	28	128	152	+27
4	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	23.4	2011-12	LAC	66	36.2	20.7	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	8.5	15.5	54.9	0.0	0.2	12.5	3.7	7.1	52.1	55.7	3.3	7.6	2.3	2,392	1,368	717	210	54	48	150	216	+334
5	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	22.7	2011-12	POR	55	36.3	21.7	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	8.8	17.1	51.2	0.0	0.2	18.2	4.1	5.0	81.4	56.0	2.7	5.3	2.0	1,994	1,191	442	134	51	45	111	153	+146
6	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	21.8	2011-12	UTA	64	32.8	16.6	8.8	2.3	1.8	0.8	6.7	13.5	49.5	0.1	0.5	22.6	3.2	4.0	79.2	54.5	2.8	6.0	1.8	2,100	1,061	563	150	118	52	112	222	+196
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	21.7	2011-12	DAL	62	33.5	21.6	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	7.6	16.7	45.7	1.3	3.4	36.8	5.1	5.7	89.6	56.4	0.7	6.0	1.9	2,079	1,342	418	136	42	30	117	129	+261
8	Ryan Anderson R. Anderson	21.2	2011-12	ORL	61	32.2	16.1	7.7	0.9	0.8	0.4	5.4	12.4	43.9	2.7	6.9	39.3	2.5	2.8	87.7	58.9	3.7	4.0	0.9	1,964	980	471	54	50	26	57	146	+277
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	21.1	2011-12	NYK	55	34.1	22.6	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	8.0	18.6	43.0	1.2	3.7	33.5	5.4	6.7	80.4	52.5	1.6	4.7	2.6	1,876	1,245	344	200	62	24	144	156	+109
10	Josh Smith J. Smith	21.1	2011-12	ATL	66	35.3	18.8	9.6	3.9	1.4	1.7	7.6	16.7	45.8	0.4	1.7	25.7	3.1	4.9	63.0	49.9	2.1	7.5	2.5	2,329	1,239	632	257	93	115	164	172	+274
11	Ersan Ilyasova E. Ilyasova	20.5	2011-12	MIL	60	27.6	13.0	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.7	4.9	10.0	49.2	0.9	1.9	45.5	2.4	3.1	78.1	57.7	3.3	5.6	1.3	1,655	782	529	71	42	44	76	133	+18
12	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	20.4	2011-12	LAL	65	37.4	17.4	10.4	3.6	0.6	1.4	7.1	14.1	50.1	0.1	0.4	25.9	3.1	4.0	78.2	54.7	2.8	7.6	2.2	2,430	1,129	678	237	37	88	142	127	+156
13	David Lee D. Lee	19.7	2011-12	GSW	57	37.2	20.1	9.6	2.8	0.9	0.4	8.1	16.2	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	78.2	54.9	3.0	6.6	2.6	2,121	1,147	545	162	54	22	149	179	-142
14	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	19.7	2011-12	CHI	66	29.5	15.0	8.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	6.8	12.8	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	69.3	54.9	1.7	6.8	1.7	1,948	991	564	125	63	24	115	168	+274
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19.6	2011-12	BOS	61	34.0	19.4	5.2	4.5	1.1	0.4	6.5	14.6	44.3	1.6	4.5	36.6	4.8	5.6	85.2	56.7	0.6	4.6	2.8	2,075	1,181	317	274	70	26	173	147	+192
16	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	19	2011-12	OKC	66	27.2	9.1	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	4.0	7.4	53.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.2	1.8	66.1	55.6	2.9	4.6	1.2	1,792	603	498	28	33	241	79	179	+203
17	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	18.9	2011-12	MIA	57	35.2	18.0	7.9	1.8	0.9	0.8	6.9	14.2	48.7	0.2	0.6	28.6	4.0	4.9	82.1	55.1	1.6	6.3	2.1	2,007	1,025	452	103	51	45	117	128	+388
18	Thaddeus Young T. Young	18.9	2011-12	PHI	63	27.9	12.8	5.2	1.2	1.0	0.7	5.5	10.9	50.7	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.8	2.3	77.1	53.8	2.2	3.0	0.9	1,755	808	325	74	64	41	55	127	+269
19	Danny Granger D. Granger	18.6	2011-12	IND	62	33.3	18.7	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.6	6.3	15.2	41.6	2.0	5.2	38.1	4.1	4.7	87.3	54.2	1.3	3.7	1.8	2,062	1,159	307	109	62	40	110	144	+296
20	Elton Brand E. Brand	18	2011-12	PHI	60	28.9	11.0	7.2	1.6	1.0	1.6	4.8	9.7	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	73.3	52.1	2.4	4.7	1.1	1,732	659	429	97	58	97	65	176	+197
21	Kris Humphries K. Humphries	17.9	2011-12	NJN	62	34.9	13.8	11.0	1.5	0.8	1.2	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.0	0.0		3.4	4.5	75.2	53.9	3.8	7.2	1.9	2,162	855	681	90	50	74	119	173	-176
22	David West D. West	17.8	2011-12	IND	66	29.2	12.8	6.6	2.1	0.8	0.7	5.3	10.8	48.7	0.0	0.1	22.2	2.2	2.7	80.7	53.1	1.8	4.8	1.4	1,925	842	433	140	52	46	93	160	+220
23	Rudy Gay R. Gay	17.8	2011-12	MEM	65	37.3	19.0	6.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	7.5	16.4	45.5	0.8	2.7	31.2	3.2	4.0	79.1	52.1	2.0	4.4	2.5	2,422	1,232	417	147	95	55	161	138	+95
24	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	17.6	2011-12	PHI	62	35.6	12.4	6.1	5.5	1.7	0.5	4.6	10.2	45.4	1.2	3.1	39.4	2.0	3.2	61.7	53.7	0.9	5.2	1.9	2,209	771	381	339	107	30	115	92	+217
25	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	17.3	2011-12	POR	59	30.4	13.9	4.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	4.9	10.9	45.1	1.8	4.6	39.1	2.3	2.7	83.6	57.5	1.4	3.2	1.5	1,791	818	271	84	57	60	90	105	-59