Nikola Jokić has the best PER this season, with a 35.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

player best player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games 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	35.9	2025-26	DEN	25	35.0	29.8	12.4	10.8	1.4	0.8	10.7	17.5	61.3	2.2	5.1	43.3	6.2	7.4	84.2	72.0	3.0	9.4	3.4	874	746	309	271	35	20	85	73	+250
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.9	2025-26	OKC	25	33.2	32.4	4.6	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	56.0	2.2	5.0	43.7	8.6	9.7	88.4	68.7	0.4	4.2	1.9	831	811	115	161	35	18	48	50	+361
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.6	2025-26	LAL	19	37.3	34.7	8.7	8.8	1.5	0.6	10.6	23.1	46.0	3.5	10.7	32.4	9.9	12.3	81.1	60.8	0.8	7.8	4.4	709	659	165	168	28	11	83	50	+72
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23.8	2025-26	CLE	25	34.5	30.7	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.3	10.7	21.6	49.4	4.0	10.6	38.1	5.3	6.3	84.1	62.9	0.9	3.8	3.3	863	767	117	137	36	8	83	60	+148
5	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	23.5	2025-26	BOS	25	33.8	29.3	6.2	4.9	1.1	0.5	10.8	21.5	50.0	2.1	5.8	36.1	5.7	7.4	76.9	59.1	1.3	4.9	3.6	844	733	154	123	27	12	90	77	+60
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	23.4	2025-26	GSW	23	31.2	19.1	5.9	5.0	1.6	0.2	5.8	11.4	51.0	0.9	2.0	44.4	6.6	7.8	84.9	64.4	2.3	3.6	1.4	717	440	135	114	37	5	33	31	+101
7	Jalen Duren J. Duren	23.4	2025-26	DET	23	29.0	18.0	11.0	1.7	0.8	1.0	6.7	10.3	64.8	0.0	0.0		4.7	6.3	74.7	69.1	4.0	7.0	2.4	666	415	252	40	19	23	56	76	+202
8	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	23.3	2025-26	LAL	21	36.9	27.8	5.6	6.7	1.0	0.2	8.5	16.9	50.3	2.8	7.6	36.9	8.0	9.1	87.5	66.5	0.8	4.8	3.3	775	583	117	141	22	4	70	48	+81
9	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23.2	2025-26	PHI	23	39.9	31.5	4.7	7.2	1.7	0.9	10.7	22.9	46.7	3.7	9.3	39.1	6.4	7.3	88.1	60.2	0.3	4.4	2.7	917	724	109	165	40	21	62	53	+62
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	22.8	2025-26	MIN	20	34.4	28.7	4.9	3.8	1.2	0.8	9.7	19.3	50.0	3.4	8.1	41.6	6.0	7.2	83.3	63.8	0.8	4.2	3.0	687	573	98	76	24	16	60	42	+66
11	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	22.7	2025-26	HOU	21	36.2	23.5	9.4	7.1	1.5	1.0	8.8	17.5	50.0	1.0	2.7	35.1	5.0	6.8	73.9	57.3	3.0	6.4	3.4	760	493	198	150	31	20	71	74	+128
12	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	22.7	2025-26	ATL	24	35.1	22.8	10.5	8.2	1.6	0.4	8.3	16.0	51.6	1.5	4.0	38.5	4.7	5.8	81.3	61.3	1.5	8.9	3.3	843	546	251	197	38	9	80	52	+25
13	James Harden J. Harden	22.7	2025-26	LAC	25	35.4	26.0	5.2	8.1	1.3	0.4	7.6	17.2	44.0	3.6	9.5	37.6	7.4	8.3	88.5	62.4	0.6	4.6	3.9	885	651	131	203	33	10	98	54	-61
14	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22.5	2025-26	DET	23	35.8	27.1	6.0	9.2	1.5	0.8	9.4	20.6	45.7	2.1	6.4	32.7	6.3	7.5	83.2	56.8	1.3	4.7	3.7	824	624	139	211	34	19	86	75	+160
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.4	2025-26	NYK	24	33.2	22.4	11.9	3.2	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.4	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.0	5.9	6.7	88.2	61.0	3.1	8.8	2.4	797	537	285	77	20	19	58	81	+201
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	22.3	2025-26	NYK	23	35.1	28.8	3.1	6.4	0.7	0.1	10.2	21.0	48.7	2.8	7.4	37.6	5.6	6.7	83.8	60.2	0.5	2.7	2.3	807	663	72	147	17	2	53	55	+205
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	22.1	2025-26	DEN	24	35.0	24.9	4.4	6.8	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.7	50.1	3.2	7.1	44.7	4.0	4.4	89.6	63.3	0.4	4.0	2.3	840	597	105	163	26	7	56	39	+200
18	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	21.8	2025-26	BKN	21	32.6	25.6	7.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.1	18.4	49.7	3.6	9.0	39.9	3.7	4.6	81.3	62.7	1.1	6.2	2.3	685	537	154	68	18	5	48	46	-36
19	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.4	2025-26	UTA	24	35.3	27.8	7.0	2.1	1.0	0.4	9.3	19.8	46.9	2.9	8.3	35.2	6.3	7.0	89.3	60.7	2.1	4.9	1.3	848	667	169	51	23	10	32	43	-39
20	Julius Randle J. Randle	21.3	2025-26	MIN	26	33.8	23.1	7.3	5.8	1.0	0.2	7.7	15.6	49.5	1.8	5.0	35.4	5.8	7.0	83.1	61.7	1.6	5.7	2.7	880	600	189	152	26	4	69	68	+155
21	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	20.9	2025-26	POR	26	34.2	25.5	7.2	6.3	0.7	0.7	7.6	16.2	46.9	2.4	6.4	37.7	7.8	9.6	81.2	62.2	1.2	6.0	3.6	888	662	186	164	18	17	93	81	+9
22	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	20.3	2025-26	ORL	24	33.4	22.7	6.1	3.7	1.2	0.4	7.8	15.9	49.0	1.5	4.2	36.0	5.6	6.8	82.3	60.0	1.5	4.6	1.8	801	545	146	88	28	9	43	53	+53
23	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	20	2025-26	TOR	27	33.9	19.6	7.9	5.3	1.4	1.6	7.6	15.1	50.1	1.4	3.6	37.8	3.1	3.7	83.8	58.6	2.1	5.8	2.5	914	530	214	143	38	44	67	86	+70
24	Norman Powell N. Powell	19.8	2025-26	MIA	21	30.9	24.4	3.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	8.0	16.2	49.3	3.0	7.0	42.9	5.4	6.3	85.6	64.1	0.4	3.3	1.9	648	512	78	52	24	6	40	51	+86
25	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	19.8	2025-26	LAL	23	29.4	15.3	9.0	0.9	0.8	1.0	7.1	10.0	71.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	63.2	71.0	2.9	6.0	2.0	676	352	206	20	18	24	45	62	+6