nba player efficiency rating leaders in the 1981 season

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best PER in 1980-81, with a 25.5 rating.

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Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
Data note: Minutes Per 82 Team Games: player season data complete from 1951-52

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25.5	1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	26.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	10.5	18.2	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.9	76.6	61.6	2.5	7.8	3.1	2,976	2,095	821	272	59	228	249	244
2	Robert Parish R. Parish	25.2	1980-81	BOS	82	28.0	18.9	9.5	1.8	1.0	2.6	7.7	14.2	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.8	71.0	57.9	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,298	1,552	777	144	81	214	191	310
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	25.1	1980-81	HOU	80	40.6	27.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	10.1	19.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	7.6	10.1	75.7	58.5	5.9	8.8	3.9	3,245	2,222	1,180	141	83	150	308	223
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	25.1	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	2.1	1.8	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2	3.0	5.0	3.2	2,874	2,014	657	364	173	147	266	233
5	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24.3	1980-81	UTA	80	42.7	30.7	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	11.4	20.3	55.9	0.0	0.1	28.6	7.9	9.8	80.6	62.2	2.4	4.0	3.5	3,417	2,452	509	322	109	18	282	245
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	22.9	1980-81	SAS	82	33.7	27.1	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	10.4	21.1	49.2	0.1	0.4	25.7	6.2	7.6	82.6	55.5	1.5	3.6	3.1	2,765	2,221	419	260	94	56	251	212
7	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	22	1980-81	MIL	76	33.4	20.3	6.8	4.6	1.5	0.5	8.4	15.2	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	58.3	3.0	3.9	2.5	2,542	1,541	518	346	115	41	190	196
8	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	21.7	1980-81	CHI	82	34.5	17.9	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	6.7	10.0	67.0	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.5	70.5	69.9	2.7	7.4	2.9	2,832	1,469	828	172	47	198	236	295
9	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.7	1980-81	DEN	80	33.0	21.9	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	6.5	8.6	75.9	57.5	2.9	5.6	1.6	2,641	1,749	676	158	83	53	130	249
10	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	20.7	1980-81	ATL	63	33.8	17.6	10.1	2.6	1.2	1.9	6.8	12.8	52.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.6	72.1	57.5	3.7	6.4	2.8	2,128	1,108	634	161	76	119	178	258
11	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	20.3	1980-81	KCK	71	36.5	24.6	3.6	3.3	1.3	0.3	10.0	18.4	54.4	0.1	0.5	28.6	4.5	6.4	69.7	58.0	1.7	2.0	2.4	2,593	1,747	258	233	93	18	173	172
12	Alvan Adams A. Adams	20.3	1980-81	PHX	75	27.4	14.9	7.3	4.6	1.4	0.9	6.1	11.6	52.6	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.5	76.8	56.7	2.1	5.2	3.0	2,054	1,115	546	344	106	69	226	226
13	Bobby Jones B. Jones	20.1	1980-81	PHI	81	25.3	13.5	5.4	2.8	1.2	0.9	5.0	9.3	53.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.3	81.3	60.4	1.8	3.6	1.8	2,046	1,096	435	226	95	74	149	226
14	Bernard King B. King	19.9	1980-81	GSW	81	36.0	21.9	6.8	3.5	0.9	0.4	9.0	15.4	58.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.8	5.4	70.3	61.7	2.2	4.6	3.3	2,914	1,771	551	287	72	34	265	304
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	19.9	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	21.2	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
16	Billy Knight B. Knight	19.9	1980-81	IND	82	29.1	17.5	5.0	1.9	1.0	0.1	6.7	12.5	53.3	0.0	0.2	15.8	4.2	5.0	83.2	59.6	2.3	2.7	2.2	2,385	1,436	410	157	84	12	177	155
17	Alex English A. English	19.7	1980-81	DEN	81	38.2	23.8	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	9.5	19.2	49.4	0.0	0.1	60.0	4.8	5.7	85.0	54.9	3.4	4.6	3.0	3,093	1,929	646	290	106	100	241	255
18	World B. Free W. B. Free	19.5	1980-81	GSW	65	36.5	24.1	2.4	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.8	44.6	0.1	0.5	16.1	8.1	10.0	81.4	54.2	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,370	1,565	159	361	85	11	195	183
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	19.4	1980-81	DEN	77	34.0	25.5	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.8	9.5	18.8	50.6	0.1	0.5	25.6	6.4	8.0	79.5	57.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	2,620	1,967	287	231	53	60	250	231
20	James Silas J. Silas	19.4	1980-81	SAS	75	27.4	17.7	3.1	3.8	0.7	0.2	6.3	13.3	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	85.0	55.7	0.6	2.5	2.1	2,055	1,326	231	285	51	12	159	129
21	John Drew J. Drew	19.2	1980-81	ATL	67	31.0	21.7	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	7.5	16.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	8.6	78.7	53.9	2.2	3.6	2.9	2,075	1,454	383	79	98	15	194	264
22	Ray Williams R. Williams	19	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	19.7	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	1,560	321	432	185	37	235	270
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	18.4	1980-81	PHX	78	28.0	18.0	2.6	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.6	14.1	53.9	0.1	0.2	41.2	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.9	0.8	1.8	2.8	2,182	1,402	200	302	97	12	222	192
24	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	18.4	1980-81	NYK	82	35.7	20.1	7.5	1.4	0.6	1.0	7.5	13.6	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.8	61.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	2,925	1,646	613	111	48	83	200	259
25	Reggie Theus R. Theus	18.4	1980-81	CHI	82	34.4	18.9	3.5	5.2	1.5	0.2	6.6	13.4	49.5	0.2	1.1	20.0	5.4	6.7	80.9	57.8	1.5	2.0	3.2	2,820	1,549	287	426	122	20	259	258

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3	Thunder	3	1.000
4	Grizzlies	3	1.000
5	Timberwolves	3	1.000

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Wed 10/28	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Fri 10/30	LAL	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Sun 11/1	TOR	@	LAL	9:00 PM
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