players with highest per in 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the highest PER, with a 26.9 rating.

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  • 1,000+ MIN/82TG
NAMEPERGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
26.9
773
41.1
28.6
14.8
4.5
1.3
3.5
11.8
21.5
55.1
5.0
7.1
70.6
58.3
3.1
11.0
3.5
31,771
22,141
11,460
3,440
576
1,595
490
2,399
2Jerry West
J. West
23.6
320
38.6
26.1
4.3
8.7
2.6
0.7
9.6
19.9
48.4
6.8
8.3
82.1
55.4
1.0
2.8
12,351
8,357
1,390
2,769
81
23
767
3George Gervin
G. Gervin
23.1
244
34.6
26.6
5.2
3.1
1.5
1.3
10.4
19.2
54.0
5.8
7.0
83.0
59.6
1.6
3.6
3.7
8,450
6,492
1,274
759
378
305
592
816
4Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
23
644
36.1
22.8
11.9
3.3
1.2
2.0
9.3
18.3
50.6
4.3
5.6
77.5
55.1
3.2
8.5
3.4
23,248
14,686
7,690
2,134
466
799
400
2,100
5Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
22.6
157
35.3
22.5
9.1
2.7
1.3
1.2
9.2
17.2
53.7
4.0
5.4
74.8
57.5
3.2
5.9
2.2
5,544
3,529
1,433
424
208
192
345
407
6Walter Davis
W. Davis
22.6
160
31.4
23.9
5.4
3.8
1.6
0.3
9.7
17.9
54.3
4.5
5.5
83.1
59.0
1.7
3.7
3.6
5,027
3,827
857
612
260
46
576
492
7Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
22.5
246
37.4
21.7
12.9
3.0
0.6
2.2
8.2
14.9
55.4
5.3
7.5
70.1
59.8
3.8
9.2
4.1
9,209
5,346
3,184
736
136
540
676
807
8Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
22.4
525
39.7
27.4
12.2
2.8
1.2
2.0
10.8
21.2
50.9
5.9
7.8
75.6
55.7
3.1
9.7
4.1
20,825
14,405
6,421
1,474
529
872
563
1,832
9John Drew
J. Drew
22.4
378
31.6
22.0
8.5
1.8
1.6
0.4
8.1
17.0
47.4
5.9
8.0
73.3
53.6
3.6
4.9
2.8
11,941
8,310
3,204
681
606
141
421
1,389
10Bill Walton
B. Walton
22.1
209
33.7
17.1
13.5
4.4
1.0
2.6
7.0
13.8
51.0
3.0
4.5
67.4
54.2
2.6
10.9
3.6
7,033
3,578
2,822
923
204
533
206
578
11Moses Malone
M. Malone
21.8
223
35.9
19.1
15.3
1.2
0.9
1.7
6.8
13.3
51.2
5.5
7.6
72.1
57.4
6.3
9.0
3.9
8,003
4,258
3,402
267
194
376
546
677
12David Thompson
D. Thompson
21
238
36.5
25.7
4.2
3.9
1.2
1.0
9.8
19.2
51.3
6.0
7.9
76.6
56.8
1.7
2.5
2.8
8,696
6,122
998
924
276
234
431
629
13Julius Erving
J. Erving
20.9
234
34.9
21.8
7.4
4.0
1.8
1.3
8.6
17.3
49.7
4.6
5.9
78.3
54.8
2.4
5.0
3.6
8,171
5,101
1,740
942
427
310
553
665
14George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
20.8
310
34.8
21.8
11.5
4.0
2.0
0.5
8.1
17.9
45.1
5.7
8.2
69.9
50.9
3.6
7.8
4.3
10,800
6,761
3,552
1,238
627
157
658
1,241
15Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
20.6
548
25.4
16.4
2.1
4.3
1.5
0.4
6.6
12.9
51.2
3.2
4.0
81.3
56.1
0.6
1.6
3.2
13,910
8,996
1,145
2,340
710
183
512
1,163
16Dan Issel
D. Issel
20.3
242
33.5
20.2
9.4
3.0
1.0
0.5
7.6
14.9
51.4
4.9
6.3
78.0
57.3
2.9
6.4
2.6
8,100
4,891
2,264
736
252
116
430
758
17Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
20.3
337
37.6
22.4
11.4
5.2
1.2
0.5
8.5
18.8
45.4
5.4
7.3
73.6
51.0
1.6
7.1
12,683
7,554
3,838
1,739
115
45
1,281
18Alvan Adams
A. Adams
20.2
299
30.8
17.6
8.9
4.5
1.4
1.1
7.2
14.8
48.8
3.2
4.3
75.4
53.0
2.6
6.3
3.5
9,212
5,266
2,649
1,357
412
329
513
1,022
19Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
20.2
536
38.2
23.0
2.6
7.6
1.4
0.2
8.3
17.9
46.5
6.4
7.8
82.1
54.0
0.6
1.7
2.9
20,459
12,351
1,390
4,077
415
46
197
1,264
20Rick Barry
R. Barry
20
564
37.0
22.5
6.0
5.8
2.1
0.5
9.2
20.3
45.1
4.2
4.6
91.3
50.4
0.9
4.5
2.6
20,844
12,695
3,368
3,294
1,024
241
422
1,527
21Chet Walker
C. Walker
19.6
474
33.4
20.6
6.1
2.3
0.7
0.1
7.5
15.6
48.3
5.6
6.6
85.4
55.9
1.6
3.8
15,809
9,788
2,898
1,097
117
10
1,109
22Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
19.6
258
43.2
16.7
18.7
4.2
6.7
10.9
61.3
3.4
7.0
48.9
60.1
11,146
4,321
4,812
1,095
592
23Larry Kenon
L. Kenon
19.5
240
36.5
21.5
10.2
3.5
1.8
0.4
9.0
18.1
49.5
3.6
4.3
84.0
53.9
3.3
6.9
3.6
8,752
5,168
2,442
832
436
103
579
591
24Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
19.3
216
34.8
19.9
7.2
2.5
1.3
0.2
6.9
13.5
51.5
6.1
7.4
81.6
59.5
3.0
4.2
2.8
7,524
4,301
1,549
535
272
51
383
610
25Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
19.3
152
27.5
13.5
7.7
1.9
1.0
0.8
4.2
7.4
57.1
5.0
6.4
78.9
66.0
2.7
5.0
2.6
4,182
2,046
1,170
296
151
122
395
417
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG going back to the 1951-52 season.

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