Nikola Jokić has the highest PER this season, with a 36.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

NBA player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders this regular season

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	36.8	2025-26	DEN	17	34.8	29.6	12.8	11.1	1.6	0.8	10.8	17.3	62.6	2.1	4.9	43.4	5.8	6.8	85.3	72.9	3.3	9.5	3.5	592	503	218	188	27	13	59	51	+197
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34	2025-26	OKC	19	33.3	32.6	4.9	6.6	1.6	0.8	10.9	19.9	54.8	2.2	5.2	41.4	8.7	9.7	89.7	67.5	0.5	4.4	1.7	632	620	94	125	30	15	33	35	+272
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.2	2025-26	LAL	13	37.2	35.2	8.8	9.2	1.9	0.5	10.8	23.1	47.0	3.7	11.1	33.3	9.8	12.4	78.9	61.6	0.8	7.9	4.2	484	457	114	120	25	7	54	35	+69
4	Jalen Duren J. Duren	26.3	2025-26	DET	16	29.0	19.8	11.8	2.0	0.9	0.9	7.1	10.9	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.5	7.3	75.2	70.1	4.4	7.4	2.4	464	316	189	32	14	14	39	53	+126
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	25.8	2025-26	SAS	12	34.7	26.2	12.9	4.0	1.1	3.6	9.3	18.4	50.2	1.7	4.8	34.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	60.9	2.0	10.9	3.6	416	314	155	48	13	43	43	44	+85
6	James Harden J. Harden	24.9	2025-26	LAC	17	35.6	27.9	5.7	8.4	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	45.1	3.8	10.1	37.8	7.8	8.6	90.5	63.9	0.6	5.1	3.8	605	474	97	143	18	7	65	32	-36
7	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24.7	2025-26	GSW	18	31.3	20.0	5.6	4.9	1.7	0.3	6.2	11.6	53.1	0.9	2.1	45.9	6.7	7.7	87.1	66.6	2.2	3.4	1.4	564	360	101	88	31	5	25	24	+72
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.3	2025-26	CLE	17	34.0	29.9	4.8	5.5	1.4	0.4	10.2	20.4	50.3	3.9	10.3	38.3	5.5	6.6	83.2	64.3	0.8	3.9	3.2	578	509	81	93	24	6	55	38	+110
9	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	24.1	2025-26	LAL	14	36.3	27.9	5.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	8.6	17.2	49.8	2.4	7.6	31.8	8.3	9.4	87.9	65.2	0.9	4.9	3.2	508	390	80	98	20	1	45	35	+98
10	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23.9	2025-26	PHI	17	39.9	32.2	4.4	7.5	1.6	0.8	10.8	22.9	47.0	3.9	9.6	40.9	6.8	7.7	87.8	61.3	0.3	4.1	2.7	679	548	75	128	27	14	46	41	+25
11	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23.3	2025-26	MIN	14	32.9	28.0	4.8	3.6	1.5	0.6	9.4	19.7	47.5	3.4	8.6	39.2	5.9	7.3	81.4	61.1	0.9	3.9	2.6	460	392	67	51	21	9	36	28	+47
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22.8	2025-26	GSW	16	31.1	27.9	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.6	9.1	19.4	47.1	4.7	12.0	39.1	4.9	5.4	91.9	64.1	0.3	3.4	3.1	497	446	59	64	21	9	50	35	+28
13	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	22.2	2025-26	ATL	17	33.9	21.5	9.5	7.0	1.6	0.4	8.2	14.9	54.7	1.3	3.4	38.6	3.8	4.8	80.2	63.0	1.1	8.4	3.1	576	365	161	119	28	7	53	35	+13
14	Julius Randle J. Randle	22.2	2025-26	MIN	18	33.4	23.4	7.5	5.7	1.2	0.2	7.9	15.8	49.8	1.8	5.1	35.2	5.9	7.2	81.5	61.7	1.6	5.9	2.7	602	422	135	102	22	4	49	47	+101
15	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22.1	2025-26	DET	15	36.3	28.1	6.1	9.3	1.3	0.7	9.7	21.9	44.5	1.9	6.5	29.9	6.7	8.1	82.8	55.3	1.3	4.8	3.6	545	422	92	140	19	11	54	55	+95
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	22	2025-26	BOS	18	32.5	28.2	5.8	4.3	0.9	0.4	10.6	21.4	49.5	1.9	5.7	34.0	5.0	6.4	77.6	58.0	1.1	4.8	3.4	585	507	105	78	17	7	62	59	+19
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	21.9	2025-26	NYK	15	34.1	28.6	3.3	6.3	0.7	0.1	10.3	21.3	48.1	2.8	7.7	36.5	5.3	6.2	84.9	59.4	0.4	2.9	2.4	512	429	50	94	11	1	36	38	+107
18	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.8	2025-26	UTA	17	35.6	28.5	6.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	9.6	20.4	47.3	3.4	8.9	37.7	5.9	6.6	89.3	61.2	2.3	3.8	1.4	605	485	104	38	17	8	23	31	-42
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21.4	2025-26	NYK	17	33.4	22.4	12.3	3.4	0.9	0.8	7.2	15.9	45.0	1.8	5.6	32.6	6.2	7.0	89.1	58.9	3.2	9.1	2.6	567	381	209	57	15	14	45	62	+113
20	Isaiah Hartenstein I. Hartenstein	21.3	2025-26	OKC	19	27.8	12.2	10.7	3.4	1.3	0.8	5.3	7.8	67.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	2.6	64.0	67.8	3.3	7.4	2.1	528	232	203	64	24	15	39	53	+170
21	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	21.1	2025-26	WAS	15	29.5	18.7	8.5	3.4	0.7	2.0	7.7	14.8	52.3	1.1	3.2	35.4	2.1	3.3	65.3	57.7	2.4	6.1	2.2	442	281	128	51	11	30	33	32	-89
22	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	21	2025-26	LAC	18	31.8	16.6	11.5	2.4	0.5	0.9	7.4	12.1	61.0	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.5	73.3	62.9	3.7	7.8	1.9	572	299	207	44	9	17	34	47	-32
23	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	20.8	2025-26	HOU	16	36.6	22.0	9.4	7.1	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.6	48.3	1.2	2.9	40.4	4.8	6.6	72.6	56.5	3.0	6.4	3.4	585	352	151	113	18	14	54	53	+124
24	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	20.7	2025-26	TOR	19	33.2	19.5	7.9	5.0	1.4	1.6	7.5	14.8	50.9	1.3	3.2	39.3	3.2	3.7	85.7	59.3	2.2	5.7	2.2	630	370	150	95	27	31	42	60	+90
25	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	20.4	2025-26	BKN	16	32.6	24.3	7.4	3.0	0.8	0.2	8.7	18.0	48.3	3.1	8.6	36.2	3.8	4.5	83.3	60.7	1.1	6.3	2.1	521	388	118	48	12	3	34	34	-94