nba players with the best player efficiency rating 2018

James Harden had the highest PER in 2017-18, with a 29.8 rating.

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NBA players with the best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 2018

	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	James Harden J. Harden	29.8	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.9	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
3	LeBron James L. James	28.6	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27.3	2017-18	MIL	75	36.7	26.9	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	9.9	18.7	52.9	0.6	1.9	30.7	6.5	8.5	76.0	59.8	2.1	8.0	3.0	2,756	2,014	753	361	109	106	223	231	+148
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.9	2017-18	GSW	68	34.2	26.4	6.8	5.4	0.7	1.8	9.3	18.0	51.6	2.5	6.1	41.9	5.3	5.9	88.9	64.0	0.5	6.4	3.0	2,325	1,792	464	366	50	119	207	133	+347
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.1	2017-18	POR	73	36.6	26.9	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	8.5	19.4	43.9	3.1	8.6	36.1	6.8	7.4	91.6	59.4	0.8	3.6	2.8	2,670	1,962	325	481	77	27	206	117	+349
7	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	25.1	2017-18	SAS	75	33.5	23.1	8.5	2.0	0.6	1.2	9.2	18.0	51.0	0.4	1.2	29.3	4.5	5.3	83.7	57.0	3.3	5.2	1.5	2,509	1,735	635	152	43	90	111	161	+285
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	25	2017-18	MIN	82	35.6	21.3	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	7.8	14.3	54.5	1.5	3.5	42.1	4.2	4.9	85.8	64.6	2.9	9.4	1.9	2,918	1,743	1,012	199	64	115	159	285	+371
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	24.7	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
10	Clint Capela C. Capela	24.6	2017-18	HOU	74	27.5	13.9	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.0	9.1	65.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	3.5	56.0	65.0	3.3	7.6	1.4	2,034	1,026	802	68	58	137	103	185	+372
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.5	2017-18	DEN	75	32.5	18.5	10.7	6.1	1.2	0.8	6.7	13.5	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.6	3.5	4.2	85.0	60.3	2.6	8.1	2.8	2,436	1,385	803	458	90	61	210	212	+367
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	23.7	2017-18	MIN	59	36.7	22.2	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	7.4	15.6	47.4	1.2	3.4	35.0	6.2	7.2	85.4	59.0	1.3	4.0	1.8	2,164	1,307	314	288	116	24	108	78	+374
13	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	23	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	23.1	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	4.9	79.9	57.7	0.6	4.6	2.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
14	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	23	2017-18	DET	78	33.7	15.0	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.5	55.5	5.1	10.9	2.6	2,625	1,171	1,247	237	114	127	200	250	-57
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	21	2017-18	TOR	80	33.9	23.0	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	8.1	17.7	45.6	1.1	3.6	31.0	5.8	7.0	82.5	55.5	0.7	3.2	2.2	2,712	1,840	315	417	85	22	175	151	+440
16	Steven Adams S. Adams	20.7	2017-18	OKC	76	32.7	13.9	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	5.9	9.4	62.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.8	55.9	63.0	5.1	4.0	1.7	2,487	1,056	685	88	92	78	128	215	+318
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	20.5	2017-18	CHA	81	30.4	16.6	12.5	1.3	0.6	1.6	6.2	11.2	55.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.1	7.2	57.4	57.7	3.1	9.3	2.6	2,463	1,347	1,012	105	48	131	208	249	+89
18	Kemba Walker K. Walker	20.5	2017-18	CHA	80	34.2	22.1	3.1	5.6	1.1	0.3	7.4	17.0	43.1	2.9	7.5	38.4	4.5	5.3	86.4	57.2	0.4	2.7	2.2	2,736	1,770	248	444	91	24	179	98	+203
19	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	20.2	2017-18	LAC	77	31.5	12.0	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	4.8	7.5	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.1	58.0	64.8	4.3	10.9	1.8	2,424	927	1,171	117	39	70	137	203	-126
20	Lou Williams L. Williams	20.2	2017-18	LAC	79	32.8	22.6	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	7.4	16.9	43.5	2.4	6.6	35.9	5.5	6.2	88.0	57.4	0.5	2.0	3.0	2,589	1,782	198	417	85	19	234	106	+123
21	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	20	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
22	Julius Randle J. Randle	19.9	2017-18	LAL	82	26.7	16.1	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	6.1	11.0	55.8	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.7	5.2	71.8	60.6	2.2	5.8	2.6	2,190	1,323	654	210	43	45	213	274	-80
23	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	19.7	2017-18	TOT	74	31.4	17.7	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	6.3	13.4	47.3	1.7	4.9	34.7	3.4	4.3	79.5	58.2	0.7	3.1	2.9	2,322	1,313	284	370	149	42	216	185	+124
24	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	19.5	2017-18	TOR	78	32.2	16.2	5.6	6.9	1.1	0.2	5.2	12.1	42.7	3.1	7.6	39.9	2.9	3.3	85.4	59.8	0.8	4.7	2.3	2,510	1,267	434	537	85	19	183	192	+399
25	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	19.2	2017-18	POR	79	26.4	14.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.1	12.0	50.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.5	63.0	52.8	2.4	6.6	2.3	2,088	1,132	708	143	64	111	183	247	+159