nba players with the highest player efficiency rating from 1983-84 to 2023-24

Between the 1983-84 and 2023-24 seasons, Joel Embiid had the best PER, with a 28.4 rating.

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NBA players with the highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games from 1983-84 to 2023-24

	NAME	PER	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.4	433	31.9	27.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	9.2	18.2	50.4	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	61.5	2.2	8.9	3.4	13,834	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28.1	675	31.2	20.9	10.7	6.9	1.2	0.7	8.1	14.5	55.7	1.0	2.9	35.0	3.8	4.6	82.7	63.5	2.6	8.1	2.9	21,068	14,139	7,249	4,667	822	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.9	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	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	LeBron James L. James	27.1	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	58.9	1.2	6.3	3.5	56,598	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.9	736	34.5	24.1	10.6	2.5	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.2	52.3	0.5	1.6	29.7	5.6	7.0	79.5	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	25,376	17,717	7,826	1,828	974	1,705	1,460	1,742	+904
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.4	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	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.2	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	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.7	400	34.9	28.7	8.7	8.3	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.7	47.0	3.0	8.6	34.7	6.2	8.3	74.7	58.8	1.0	7.7	4.0	13,942	11,470	3,472	3,317	467	182	1,598	902	+892
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25.4	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	61.0	1.8	7.9	3.0	25,944	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2680
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	61.9	0.7	6.3	3.2	38,971	28,924	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4771
11	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.8	184	31.8	24.7	6.5	4.1	1.0	0.6	9.5	16.1	59.2	0.2	0.5	34.1	5.5	7.9	69.5	63.1	2.2	4.3	2.8	5,857	4,542	1,199	761	182	111	518	401	+443
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24.7	635	36.5	20.1	6.6	12.1	1.6	0.4	6.8	13.3	51.3	0.5	1.5	31.7	6.0	6.9	86.9	61.5	1.4	5.3	3.9	23,181	12,749	4,209	7,689	1,026	225	2,471	1,309
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.6	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	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	24.5	577	38.7	25.4	9.6	6.9	1.7	0.9	9.9	19.9	49.9	0.9	2.4	39.0	4.7	5.2	90.4	57.4	1.7	7.9	3.1	22,344	14,677	5,520	3,969	961	502	1,770	1,320
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.2	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	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	24	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	58.1	0.6	3.9	2.3	43,316	22,288	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6109
17	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24	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	12,645	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
18	James Harden J. Harden	23.9	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	61.0	0.8	4.9	3.7	37,222	25,885	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4266
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.9	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	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.9	573	34.0	22.9	10.8	3.2	0.8	1.3	8.4	16.1	52.4	1.7	4.3	39.8	4.4	5.2	83.9	62.3	2.8	8.1	2.7	19,454	13,121	6,216	1,815	452	721	1,553	1,948	+900
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	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	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	23.6	956	34.2	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.2	8.5	17.9	47.3	3.9	9.2	42.6	3.9	4.3	91.0	62.6	0.7	4.1	3.1	32,723	23,668	4,509	6,119	1,473	235	2,987	2,215	+5878
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.5	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,773	23,165	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23.4	696	31.8	20.0	6.4	3.0	1.7	0.7	7.2	14.5	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.1	3.9	4.6	86.2	60.5	1.2	5.2	1.6	22,101	13,937	4,443	2,120	1,196	454	1,140	1,169	+4301
25	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	23.1	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142