most player efficiency rating by a player under 25 in a season

Michael Jordan has the highest PER by a player younger than 25 in a season, with a 31.7 rating in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

most player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player under 25 years old in a season

	NAME	PER	AGE	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	24	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
2	LeBron James L. James	31.7	24	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.9	24	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	30.9	21	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	24.4	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	1,656	696	149	100	200	95	141	+267
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	30.3	23	2002-03	ORL	75	39.4	32.1	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	11.1	24.2	45.7	2.3	6.0	38.6	7.7	9.7	79.3	56.4	1.6	4.9	2.6	2,954	2,407	488	411	124	59	195	156	+201
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	30	23	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29.9	24	1971-72	MIL	81	44.2	34.8	16.6	4.6			14.3	24.9	57.4				6.2	9.0	68.9	60.3				3,583	2,822	1,346	370				235
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.8	23	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
9	LeBron James L. James	29.1	23	2007-08	CLE	75	40.4	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	10.6	21.9	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	255	165	+139
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	23	1970-71	MIL	82	40.1	31.7	16.0	3.3			13.0	22.5	57.7				5.7	8.3	69.0	60.6				3,288	2,596	1,311	272				264
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.9	24	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	2,110	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.7	23	2022-23	DAL	66	36.2	32.4	8.6	8.0	1.4	0.5	10.9	22.0	49.6	2.8	8.2	34.2	7.8	10.5	74.2	60.9	0.8	7.8	3.6	2,390	2,138	569	529	90	33	236	166	+128
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.6	22	1994-95	ORL	79	37.0	29.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	11.8	20.2	58.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.8	4.2	7.3	2.6	2,923	2,315	901	214	73	192	204	258
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.5	21	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	29.3	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	2,377	1,072	195	76	231	222	281
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	28.3	24	1956-57	STL	71	35.1	24.7	14.6	1.9			8.6	20.8	41.5				7.5	9.6	77.3	49.4				2,491	1,755	1,037	133				181
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	28.3	22	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.3	24	2012-13	OKC	81	38.5	28.1	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	2,280	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	28.2	23	1959-60	PHI	72	46.4	37.6	27.0	2.3			14.8	32.1	46.1				8.0	13.8	58.2	49.3				3,338	2,707	1,941	168				150
19	LeBron James L. James	28.1	21	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28.1	24	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	33.9	9.2	9.8	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	27.8	24	1960-61	PHI	79	47.8	38.4	27.2	1.9			15.8	31.1	50.9				6.7	13.3	50.4	51.9				3,773	3,033	2,149	148				130
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	27.6	24	2005-06	MIA	75	38.6	27.2	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	9.3	18.8	49.5	0.2	1.0	17.1	8.4	10.7	78.3	57.7	1.4	4.3	3.6	2,892	2,040	430	503	146	58	268	217	+485
23	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27.6	24	1987-88	PHI	80	39.6	28.3	11.9	3.2	1.3	1.3	9.4	16.0	58.7	0.6	2.0	28.0	8.9	11.9	75.1	66.5	4.8	7.1	3.8	3,170	2,264	951	254	100	103	304	278
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.5	20	2019-20	DAL	61	33.6	28.8	9.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	9.5	20.6	46.3	2.8	8.9	31.6	7.0	9.2	75.8	58.5	1.3	8.1	4.3	2,047	1,759	573	538	62	14	260	153	+253
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.5	23	2016-17	NOP	75	36.1	28.0	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	10.3	20.3	50.5	0.5	1.8	29.9	6.9	8.6	80.2	58.0	2.3	9.5	2.4	2,708	2,099	884	157	94	167	181	168	+51