most per in a season at age 38

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the highest PER by a 38-year-old player in a season, with a 22.7 rating in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:
most per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in a season at age 38
NAMEPERAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
22.7
38
1985-86
79
33.3
23.4
6.1
3.5
0.8
1.6
9.6
16.9
56.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.3
5.6
76.5
60.3
1.7
4.4
2.6
2,629
1,846
478
280
67
130
203
248
2Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
22.7
38
2014-15
77
28.9
13.9
9.1
3.0
0.8
2.0
5.4
10.6
51.2
0.0
0.1
28.6
3.0
4.0
74.0
56.0
2.2
6.9
1.7
2,227
1,070
704
230
63
151
131
165
+305
3John Stockton
J. Stockton
22.3
38
2000-01
82
29.2
11.5
2.8
8.7
1.6
0.3
4.0
7.9
50.4
0.7
1.6
46.2
2.8
3.4
81.7
61.0
0.7
2.1
2.5
2,397
944
227
713
132
21
203
194
+561
4Karl Malone
K. Malone
21.1
38
2001-02
80
38.0
22.4
8.6
4.3
1.9
0.7
7.9
17.5
45.4
0.1
0.3
36.0
6.4
8.0
79.7
53.2
1.8
6.8
3.3
3,040
1,788
686
341
152
59
263
229
+50
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
20.7
38
2001-02
60
34.9
22.9
5.7
5.2
1.4
0.4
9.2
22.1
41.6
0.2
0.9
18.9
4.4
5.6
79.0
46.8
0.8
4.8
2.7
2,093
1,375
339
310
85
26
162
119
+16
6Robert Parish
R. Parish
18.9
38
1991-92
79
28.9
14.1
8.9
0.9
0.9
1.2
5.9
11.1
53.5
0.0
0.0
2.3
2.9
77.2
57.1
2.8
6.2
1.7
2,285
1,115
705
70
68
97
131
172
7Reggie Miller
R. Miller
16.1
38
2003-04
80
28.2
10.0
2.4
3.1
0.8
0.1
3.3
7.4
43.8
1.7
4.2
40.1
1.8
2.1
88.5
60.0
0.2
2.1
0.9
2,254
800
188
249
65
11
68
96
+504
8Grant Hill
G. Hill
14.7
38
2010-11
80
30.1
13.2
4.2
2.5
0.8
0.4
5.0
10.3
48.4
0.6
1.4
39.5
2.7
3.2
82.9
56.3
1.0
3.3
1.7
2,409
1,056
338
200
64
35
134
184
+45
9Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
13.1
38
1998-99
48
25.7
10.3
2.4
0.8
0.5
0.1
3.6
8.2
44.1
2.0
4.5
43.3
1.1
1.5
75.7
58.1
0.5
1.9
0.9
1,232
495
115
38
25
3
45
77
+25
10Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
12.9
38
2000-01
79
26.7
9.6
7.4
1.2
0.7
1.2
3.7
8.7
43.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
3.2
68.5
47.8
1.6
5.8
1.9
2,107
760
585
92
53
91
151
229
-159
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