LeBron James had the best PER by a small forward with 20+ games played in 2023-24, with a 23.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

sf most per with 20 or more games in 2024

	NAME	PER	GP	SEASON	TM	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	LeBron James L. James	23.7	71	2023-24	LAL	35.3	25.7	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
2	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23.2	68	2023-24	LAC	34.3	23.7	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	9.0	17.1	52.5	2.1	4.9	41.7	3.7	4.2	88.5	62.6	1.2	4.9	1.8	2,330	1,613	416	244	111	59	119	97	+392
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	22.3	74	2023-24	BOS	35.7	26.9	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	9.1	19.3	47.1	3.1	8.2	37.6	5.6	6.7	83.3	60.4	0.9	7.2	2.5	2,645	1,987	601	364	76	43	188	145	+608
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	22	60	2023-24	MIA	34.0	20.8	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	6.6	13.2	49.9	1.0	2.4	41.4	6.6	7.7	85.8	62.6	1.8	3.6	1.7	2,042	1,246	318	298	79	17	102	68	+215
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21.1	75	2023-24	PHX	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
6	Josh Minott J. Minott	20.5	32	2023-24	MIN	2.8	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.1	47.2	0.1	0.3	40.0	0.4	0.4	85.7	59.3	0.1	0.4	0.1	91	50	17	8	5	5	2	10	+20
7	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	19.5	60	2023-24	TOR	34.9	19.9	8.2	6.1	1.3	1.5	7.5	15.7	47.5	1.7	4.9	34.1	3.3	4.2	78.1	56.6	2.4	5.9	2.8	2,094	1,191	494	363	75	88	165	118	-144
8	Paul George P. George	19.3	74	2023-24	LAC	33.8	22.6	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.1	3.3	7.9	41.3	3.6	3.9	90.7	61.3	0.5	4.7	2.1	2,502	1,671	388	262	113	37	153	202	+461
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	18.6	70	2023-24	BOS	33.5	23.0	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	9.0	17.9	49.9	2.1	5.9	35.4	3.0	4.3	70.3	58.0	1.2	4.3	2.4	2,343	1,610	387	249	83	37	166	185	+413
10	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	18.2	62	2023-24	HOU	22.4	9.5	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	3.9	7.2	53.6	0.1	0.9	13.8	1.7	2.5	68.4	57.6	2.4	4.2	1.5	1,388	592	409	163	78	38	90	141	+45
11	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	18.1	64	2023-24	NOP	32.9	20.8	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	7.8	15.9	49.2	1.3	3.8	35.5	3.8	4.8	80.1	57.8	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,103	1,332	324	363	50	40	163	145	+175
12	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	17.6	72	2023-24	ORL	32.5	19.7	5.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	7.3	15.2	48.2	1.3	4.6	28.1	3.8	4.4	85.0	57.5	1.0	4.3	1.9	2,337	1,421	381	269	76	28	137	168	+204
13	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	17.3	80	2023-24	ORL	35.0	22.6	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	8.0	17.6	45.5	1.5	4.4	33.9	5.1	7.0	72.5	54.6	1.0	5.9	3.1	2,799	1,804	554	431	71	47	247	153	+1
14	Tari Eason T. Eason	17.2	22	2023-24	HOU	21.8	9.8	7.0	1.2	1.4	0.9	4.0	8.6	46.6	0.8	2.3	36.0	1.0	1.5	63.6	52.8	2.1	4.9	0.9	480	215	153	27	31	19	20	51	+88
15	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	17	55	2023-24	MIL	27.0	15.1	4.7	5.3	0.9	0.3	5.8	11.7	49.3	1.7	4.5	38.1	1.8	2.2	83.3	59.5	0.7	3.9	2.3	1,487	828	257	292	51	15	127	141	+125
16	Cam Whitmore C. Whitmore	16.6	47	2023-24	HOU	18.7	12.3	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	4.5	9.9	45.4	1.7	4.7	35.9	1.6	2.4	67.9	56.1	0.9	2.9	1.0	880	579	180	33	30	17	46	64	-28
17	Braxton Key B. Key	16.5	20	2023-24	DEN	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	41.2	0.1	0.3	40.0	0.3	0.4	75.0	53.6	0.2	0.8	0.1	60	22	18	9	2	1	1	5	-11
18	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	16.3	56	2023-24	ATL	33.7	16.0	8.7	3.6	1.2	0.8	6.4	12.5	51.1	1.3	3.6	35.5	1.9	2.6	72.8	58.4	1.3	7.4	1.8	1,889	896	488	203	67	47	101	133	-76
19	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	16.3	57	2023-24	NOP	29.6	14.8	4.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	4.8	10.9	44.3	3.0	7.8	38.0	2.2	2.6	81.5	61.2	0.7	4.2	0.6	1,690	842	280	124	51	28	34	70	+265
20	Eugene Omoruyi E. Omoruyi	16	43	2023-24	WAS	9.1	4.8	2.0	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.9	3.9	48.5	0.3	1.1	28.3	0.7	1.1	65.3	54.9	0.8	1.2	0.5	393	207	85	35	27	5	21	62	-138
21	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	15.5	81	2023-24	DEN	31.7	16.7	7.0	1.5	0.5	0.7	6.4	13.3	48.4	2.7	6.8	39.7	1.1	1.4	83.6	60.1	1.3	5.7	1.1	2,565	1,356	565	122	42	53	92	148	+470
22	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	15.4	69	2023-24	CHA	37.4	21.0	7.3	3.3	0.9	0.5	8.1	17.5	46.2	2.3	6.5	34.9	2.5	3.1	82.5	55.6	1.0	6.3	2.0	2,581	1,449	505	231	65	33	138	118	-633
23	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	14.9	75	2023-24	WAS	30.1	14.7	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	5.4	10.7	50.6	1.2	3.1	37.4	2.7	3.6	74.0	59.7	1.1	6.1	2.1	2,257	1,102	540	286	60	36	160	185	-329
24	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	14.8	82	2023-24	BKN	34.8	19.6	4.5	3.6	1.0	0.4	6.9	15.8	43.6	2.7	7.2	37.2	3.1	3.9	81.4	56.0	0.8	3.7	2.0	2,854	1,606	372	299	81	30	164	116	-185
25	Dominick Barlow D. Barlow	14.6	33	2023-24	SAS	12.7	4.4	3.4	1.1	0.4	0.4	1.7	3.4	49.6	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.9	1.3	69.0	54.8	1.4	2.1	0.3	420	144	113	36	12	14	9	47	-32