player at 31 years old with the highest player efficiency rating in a season

Larry Bird has the highest PER by a 31-year-old player in a season, with a 27.8 rating in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

player at 31 years old with the highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	Larry Bird L. Bird	27.8	31	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
2	LeBron James L. James	27.5	31	2015-16	CLE	76	35.6	25.3	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	9.7	18.6	52.0	1.1	3.7	30.9	4.7	6.5	73.1	58.8	1.5	6.0	3.3	2,709	1,920	565	514	104	49	249	143	+618
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	25.9	31	1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	24.4	6.9	3.9	2.0	1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3	2.7	4.2	2.6	2,789	1,974	557	319	161	141	214	229
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25.5	31	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7				4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25.3	31	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
6	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25.3	31	2007-08	BOS	71	32.8	18.8	9.2	3.4	1.4	1.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	80.1	58.8	1.9	7.3	1.9	2,328	1,337	655	244	100	89	138	163	+736
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	25.2	31	1994-95	PHX	68	35.0	23.0	11.1	4.1	1.6	0.7	8.1	16.8	48.6	1.1	3.2	33.8	5.6	7.5	74.8	57.2	3.0	8.1	2.2	2,382	1,561	756	276	110	45	150	201
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.1	31	1994-95	UTA	82	38.1	26.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	10.1	18.9	53.6	0.1	0.5	26.8	6.3	8.5	74.2	59.0	1.9	8.7	2.9	3,126	2,187	871	285	129	85	236	269
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	25.1	31	1990-91	LAL	79	37.1	19.4	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	5.9	12.4	47.7	1.0	3.2	32.0	6.6	7.3	90.6	62.3	1.3	5.6	4.0	2,933	1,531	551	989	102	17	314	150
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	24.7	31	1967-68	PHI	82	46.8	24.3	23.8	8.6			10.0	16.8	59.5				4.3	11.4	38.0	55.7				3,836	1,992	1,952	702				160
11	Jerry West J. West	24.6	31	1969-70	LAL	74	42.0	31.2	4.6	7.5			11.2	22.6	49.7				8.7	10.6	82.4	57.2				3,106	2,309	338	554				160
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24.4	31	2003-04	LAL	67	36.8	21.5	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	8.3	14.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		4.9	10.1	49.0	57.8	3.7	7.8	2.9	2,464	1,439	769	196	34	166	195	225	+437
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.4	31	2007-08	SAS	78	34.0	19.3	11.3	2.8	0.7	1.9	7.5	15.1	49.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	5.9	73.0	54.6	3.0	8.3	2.3	2,651	1,508	881	218	56	152	178	185	+420
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	24	31	2012-13	MIA	69	34.7	21.2	5.0	5.1	1.9	0.8	8.2	15.8	52.1	0.2	1.0	25.8	4.5	6.2	72.5	57.1	1.2	3.7	2.8	2,391	1,463	344	352	128	56	194	140	+570
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	23.8	31	1986-87	WAS	73	34.1	24.1	11.3	1.6	0.8	1.3	8.2	18.0	45.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.8	9.5	82.4	54.5	4.7	6.6	2.8	2,488	1,760	824	120	59	92	202	139
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	23.6	31	1963-64	STL	80	41.2	27.4	15.3	3.2			9.9	21.4	46.3				7.6	9.6	78.9	53.5				3,296	2,190	1,224	259				300
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	23.6	31	1999-00	SEA	82	41.8	24.2	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
18	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	23.6	31	2007-08	DET	78	32.3	17.0	2.7	6.8	1.3	0.2	5.0	11.2	44.8	1.8	4.4	40.1	5.1	5.6	91.8	61.9	0.5	2.2	2.1	2,522	1,324	212	529	101	17	160	130	+519
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	23.5	31	1990-91	ATL	81	38.0	25.9	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	9.5	20.2	47.0	1.0	3.1	34.1	5.9	7.1	82.9	55.5	3.2	5.8	2.5	3,078	2,101	732	265	123	65	201	156
20	Steve Nash S. Nash	23.3	31	2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	18.8	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	6.8	13.4	51.2	1.9	4.3	43.9	3.3	3.5	92.1	63.2	0.6	3.6	3.5	2,796	1,489	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22.9	31	2009-10	DAL	81	37.5	25.0	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	8.9	18.5	48.1	0.6	1.5	42.1	6.6	7.2	91.5	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.8	3,039	2,027	620	218	70	79	149	208	+349
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.9	31	1993-94	NYK	79	37.6	24.5	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	9.4	19.0	49.6	0.1	0.2	28.6	5.6	7.4	76.5	55.1	2.8	8.4	3.3	2,972	1,939	885	179	90	217	260	275
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	22.5	31	1993-94	UTA	82	36.2	15.1	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	5.6	10.6	52.8	0.6	1.8	32.2	3.3	4.1	80.5	60.8	0.9	2.3	3.2	2,969	1,236	258	1,031	199	22	266	236
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	22.2	31	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	23.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
25	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	22	31	2020-21	SAS	61	33.7	21.6	4.2	6.9	0.9	0.2	7.5	15.1	49.5	0.3	1.2	25.7	6.3	7.2	88.0	59.1	0.7	3.6	2.0	2,056	1,316	259	422	56	15	119	128	-105

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

30.6

Cunningham

29.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.4

Wembanyama

10.9

Ayton

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

James

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.6

Smart

2.5

Eason

Playoffs BPG Leaders

5.0

Wembanyama

2.2

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2.0

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Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.4

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Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.1

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116.4

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Playoffs DRtg Rankings

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104.4

107.4

108.5

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Cunningham

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Maxey

415.5

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Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.4

Lanier

40.1

Williams

40.1

Smith

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

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Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

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Lanier

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Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

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Lanier

1.71

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

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50-34

53-37

50-37-1

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36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0