most per points nba player

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER, with a 28.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
most per with a minimum of 10000 minutes played points NBA player
NAMEPERMINPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.9
25,904
18,009
810
32.0
22.2
11.1
7.5
1.3
0.7
8.5
15.2
56.1
1.1
3.2
36.2
4.1
5.0
82.5
64.1
2.7
8.4
3.0
8,977
6,080
1,041
589
2,419
2,168
+4626
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
28
15,609
13,544
490
31.9
27.6
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.0
1.2
3.5
33.9
8.3
9.9
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
5,280
1,808
432
784
1,656
1,451
+2645
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
27.9
41,011
32,292
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
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
4Anthony Davis
A. Davis
26.7
27,708
19,385
807
34.3
24.0
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.5
5.5
7.0
79.3
59.1
2.7
8.0
2.0
8,637
2,065
1,055
1,848
1,614
1,882
+879
5LeBron James
L. James
26.7
61,031
43,440
1,622
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
12,095
12,016
2,417
1,185
5,650
2,862
+7508
6Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
26.4
41,918
28,596
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
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
7David Robinson
D. Robinson
26.2
34,271
20,790
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
10,497
2,441
1,388
2,954
2,417
2,835
+2454
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
26.2
47,859
31,419
1,045
45.8
30.1
22.9
4.4
12.1
22.5
54.0
5.8
11.4
51.1
54.7
23,924
4,643
2,075
9Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
26.1
29,272
21,531
895
32.7
24.1
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
15.9
55.4
0.6
2.2
28.5
5.8
8.4
69.1
61.3
1.9
8.0
3.0
8,882
4,484
995
1,088
2,701
2,617
+3110
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
25.8
18,000
15,021
514
35.0
29.2
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
4,376
4,230
661
237
2,032
1,181
+1423
11Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
25.5
30,690
20,880
792
38.8
26.4
16.2
3.0
9.3
21.3
43.6
7.8
10.3
76.1
51.1
12,849
2,369
2,529
12Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
24.9
18,298
10,023
516
35.5
19.4
11.3
2.5
6.4
14.4
44.4
6.6
8.6
76.8
53.4
5,856
1,269
1,681
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
24.6
39,330
23,757
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
12,546
4,215
1,648
888
3,376
3,287
+532
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24.6
57,446
38,387
1,560
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
15Kevin Durant
K. Durant
24.5
44,076
32,597
1,201
36.7
27.1
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.6
50.3
2.0
5.1
39.2
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.2
0.7
6.2
3.2
8,254
5,280
1,235
1,344
3,799
2,279
+5072
16Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
24.4
17,550
13,411
530
33.1
25.3
4.7
5.3
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
2,503
2,810
761
422
1,223
1,183
+2062
17Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
24.2
47,368
26,496
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
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
18Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24.1
33,245
17,707
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
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050
19Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
24
12,645
6,450
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
5,523
326
271
1,143
756
1,341
+313
20Karl Malone
K. Malone
23.9
54,852
36,928
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
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
21Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
23.6
24,293
16,384
720
33.7
22.8
11.1
3.1
0.8
1.1
8.3
15.9
52.2
1.7
4.3
39.7
4.4
5.3
84.0
62.4
2.8
8.3
2.7
8,025
2,263
588
811
1,932
2,452
+1656
22Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
23.6
25,366
16,546
798
31.8
20.7
6.4
3.1
1.7
0.6
7.5
15.0
49.9
1.7
4.4
39.1
4.0
4.7
86.3
60.7
1.2
5.2
1.7
5,075
2,470
1,377
498
1,345
1,303
+4937
23Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
23.6
44,222
26,946
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
13,748
3,058
2,162
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
24Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.5
34,443
21,791
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
8,974
5,695
1,556
755
2,816
2,279
25James Harden
J. Harden
23.5
42,449
29,339
1,221
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
6,809
8,873
1,794
683
4,505
2,994
+4709
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PPG

27.7

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RPG

12.9

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APG

10.7

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.5

1st

DRTG

117.4

21st

NETRTG

5.2

7th

3P%

39.6

1st

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.207
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.780
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62
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54
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.659
10.0
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53
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.646
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