players at 22 years old with the highest player efficiency rating in a season

Shaquille O'Neal has the highest PER by a 22-year-old player in a season, with a 28.6 rating in 1994-95.

Interpreted as:

players at 22 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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.6	22	1994-95	ORL	79	37.0	29.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	11.8	20.2	58.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.8	4.2	7.3	2.6	2,923	2,315	901	214	73	192	204	258
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	28.3	22	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
3	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	26.6	22	2004-05	PHX	80	36.1	26.0	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	9.3	16.7	55.9	0.0	0.2	18.8	7.3	9.9	73.3	61.7	2.7	6.2	2.4	2,889	2,080	713	131	77	130	189	278	+602
4	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	26.6	22	1961-62	CHI	79	42.3	31.6	19.0	2.7			12.3	23.7	51.9				6.9	10.8	64.4	55.4				3,344	2,495	1,500	210				281
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	26.1	22	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	8.2	15.7	52.1	0.6	2.3	27.2	5.9	7.7	77.0	59.9	1.8	7.0	2.9	2,845	1,832	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
6	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	25.9	22	1960-61	CIN	71	42.7	30.5	10.1	9.7			10.6	22.5	47.3				9.2	11.2	82.2	55.5				3,032	2,165	716	690				219
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	25.4	22	2015-16	NOP	61	34.9	24.3	10.3	1.9	1.3	2.0	9.2	18.6	49.3	0.6	1.8	32.4	5.3	7.0	75.8	55.9	2.1	8.1	2.0	2,131	1,481	627	116	78	125	121	148	-200
8	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	25.1	22	2001-02	ORL	76	38.3	25.6	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	9.4	20.9	45.1	1.4	3.7	36.4	5.5	7.3	74.8	53.2	2.0	5.9	2.5	2,912	1,948	597	400	119	73	189	139	+291
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25	22	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	25	22	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
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	24.9	22	1954-55	MIL	72	36.9	20.4	13.8	3.2			7.2	17.8	40.7				5.9	7.9	75.1	48.0				2,659	1,466	994	229				258
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	24.7	22	1973-74	BUF	74	43.0	30.6	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	12.2	22.3	54.7				6.2	7.8	79.3	59.4	3.8	11.3		3,185	2,261	1,117	170	88	246		252
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.5	22	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
14	LeBron James L. James	24.5	22	2006-07	CLE	78	40.9	27.3	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24.5	22	2000-01	LAL	68	40.9	28.5	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	10.3	22.2	46.4	0.9	2.9	30.5	7.0	8.2	85.3	55.2	1.5	4.3	3.2	2,783	1,938	399	338	114	43	220	222	+369
16	Kevin Love K. Love	24.3	22	2010-11	MIN	73	35.8	20.2	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	6.6	14.1	47.0	1.2	2.9	41.7	5.8	6.8	85.0	59.3	4.5	10.7	2.1	2,611	1,476	1,112	184	45	28	155	148	-272
17	Jalen Duren J. Duren	24.2	22	2025-26	DET	21	29.2	18.8	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.0	6.9	10.5	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.1	6.8	75.4	69.9	4.2	7.3	2.6	613	395	242	38	16	20	55	70	+195
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	24.2	22	1966-67	SFW	78	40.7	35.6	9.2	3.6			13.0	28.7	45.1				9.7	10.9	88.4	53.1				3,175	2,775	714	282				258
19	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	23.9	22	1978-79	MIL	77	36.1	25.6	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	10.6	19.4	55.0				4.3	5.7	76.0	58.6	2.8	4.9	2.2	2,779	1,972	586	234	116	89	170	186
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	23.6	22	2010-11	OKC	78	38.9	27.7	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	9.1	19.7	46.2	1.9	5.3	35.0	7.6	8.7	88.0	58.9	0.7	6.1	2.8	3,038	2,161	533	214	88	76	218	159	+271
21	Elton Brand E. Brand	23.6	22	2001-02	LAC	80	37.8	18.2	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	6.7	12.6	52.7	0.0	0.0		4.9	6.6	74.2	58.6	5.0	6.6	2.2	3,020	1,453	925	191	80	163	173	254	+4
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23.6	22	2010-11	OKC	82	34.7	21.9	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.0	44.2	0.4	1.3	33.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	53.8	1.5	3.1	3.9	2,847	1,793	379	670	155	30	316	207	+117
23	Derrick Rose D. Rose	23.5	22	2010-11	CHI	81	37.4	25.0	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	8.8	19.7	44.5	1.6	4.8	33.2	5.9	6.9	85.8	55.0	1.0	3.1	3.4	3,026	2,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
24	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	23.4	22	2011-12	LAC	66	36.2	20.7	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	8.5	15.5	54.9	0.0	0.2	12.5	3.7	7.1	52.1	55.7	3.3	7.6	2.3	2,392	1,368	717	210	54	48	150	216	+334
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	23.2	22	1998-99	SAS	50	39.3	21.7	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	8.4	16.9	49.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.9	7.2	69.0	54.1	3.2	8.2	2.9	1,963	1,084	571	121	45	126	146	147	+371