player at 35 years old with the highest player efficiency rating in a season

Karl Malone has the highest PER by a 35-year-old player in a season, with a 25.6 rating in 1998-99.

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	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.6	35	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
2	LeBron James L. James	25.5	35	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	25.3	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	23.7	35	2000-01	SAS	80	29.6	14.4	8.6	1.5	1.0	2.5	5.0	10.3	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.9	74.7	55.9	2.6	6.0	1.5	2,371	1,151	691	116	80	197	122	212	+562
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23.6	35	2013-14	DAL	80	32.9	21.7	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	7.9	15.9	49.7	1.6	4.1	39.8	4.2	4.7	89.9	60.3	0.5	5.7	1.5	2,628	1,735	498	216	73	45	117	165	+323
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.6	35	1982-83	LAL	79	32.3	21.8	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	9.1	15.5	58.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.7	74.9	61.9	2.1	5.4	2.5	2,554	1,722	592	200	61	170	200	220
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	23.1	35	1998-99	HOU	42	36.3	16.1	12.3	4.6	1.0	0.3	5.7	12.0	47.8	0.1	0.6	16.0	4.6	6.4	71.9	54.6	4.0	8.3	2.4	1,526	676	516	192	43	13	100	89	+135
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.5	35	2011-12	SAS	58	28.2	15.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	69.5	53.1	1.9	7.1	1.7	1,634	895	520	132	38	88	97	98	+310
8	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	21.7	35	2015-16	CHI	72	31.8	16.5	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	6.5	13.8	46.9	0.3	1.0	34.8	3.2	4.0	79.2	52.9	2.2	8.9	2.3	2,291	1,187	793	294	42	146	164	148	-3
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	21.6	35	1988-89	BOS	80	35.5	18.6	12.5	2.2	1.0	1.5	7.5	13.1	57.0	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.1	71.9	60.7	4.3	8.2	2.5	2,840	1,486	996	175	79	116	200	209
10	Steve Nash S. Nash	21.6	35	2009-10	PHX	81	32.8	16.5	3.3	11.0	0.5	0.1	6.2	12.2	50.7	1.5	3.6	42.6	2.6	2.8	93.8	61.5	0.4	2.9	3.6	2,660	1,333	268	892	42	12	295	108	+379
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	21.4	35	2020-21	PHX	70	31.4	16.4	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	6.3	12.6	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.5	2.4	2.6	93.4	59.9	0.4	4.1	2.2	2,199	1,149	312	622	99	19	156	166	+310
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21.1	35	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	27.1	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
13	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.1	35	1983-84	DEN	76	27.3	19.8	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	7.5	15.2	49.3	0.1	0.3	21.1	4.8	5.6	85.0	56.1	1.5	5.3	1.6	2,076	1,506	513	173	60	44	122	182
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	20.8	35	1969-70	LAL	54	41.0	24.0	10.4	5.4			9.5	19.5	48.6				5.1	6.6	77.3	53.7				2,213	1,298	559	292				132
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	20.6	35	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	26.4	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	61.6	0.5	4.0	2.8	2,421	1,956	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	20.4	35	2011-12	BOS	60	31.1	15.8	8.2	2.9	0.9	1.0	6.5	13.0	50.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.7	3.2	85.7	55.0	1.1	7.1	1.8	1,864	947	494	175	56	61	107	141	+267
17	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	20.3	35	1984-85	SAS	81	34.0	19.1	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	6.6	10.5	62.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	8.0	74.9	68.0	2.9	7.6	3.0	2,756	1,548	846	131	40	173	241	306
18	James Harden J. Harden	19.9	35	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	22.8	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	19.8	35	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	6.5	15.1	42.7	1.5	4.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	80.1	53.1	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,473	1,287	346	382	126	42	189	193	+69
20	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	19.3	35	1972-73	CLE	75	39.6	20.5	4.6	8.4			7.6	17.0	44.9				5.3	6.3	82.8	51.8				2,973	1,538	346	628				221
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19.1	35	2012-13	BOS	77	33.4	18.6	6.3	4.8	1.1	0.4	6.2	14.2	43.6	1.9	5.0	38.0	4.3	5.5	78.7	55.9	0.6	5.7	2.8	2,575	1,430	487	370	84	30	214	210	+123
22	Alex English A. English	19	35	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	26.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	53.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	2,990	2,175	326	383	66	12	198	174
23	Bob Davies B. Davies	19	35	1954-55	ROC	72	26.0	12.1	2.8	4.9			4.5	10.9	41.5				3.1	4.1	75.1	47.7				1,870	872	205	355				220
24	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	18.7	35	1997-98	SEA	78	35.2	15.8	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	5.6	11.5	48.7	0.8	1.9	41.5	3.8	4.5	84.4	58.5	1.7	5.4	2.2	2,742	1,232	554	341	60	19	168	205	+539
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	18.5	35	1971-72	LAL	82	42.3	14.8	19.2	4.0			6.0	9.3	64.9				2.7	6.4	42.2	61.0				3,469	1,213	1,572	329				196

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Team Rankings

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz	22	60	.268	42.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	UTA	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NOP	@	UTA	9:30 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MEM	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Wed 10/28	SAS	@	UTA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Jazz

22 - 60

107

Final

131

Lakers

53 - 29

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

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20-62

22-60

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NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

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USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

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33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Karl Malone has the highest PER by a 35-year-old player in a season, with a 25.6 rating in 1998-99.

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