what was the highest nba player efficiency rating this season

Nikola Jokić has the highest PER this season, with a 34.9 rating.

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What was the highest NBA player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player this 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	34.9	2025-26	DEN	27	34.9	29.4	12.1	10.7	1.4	0.7	10.6	17.6	60.5	2.1	4.9	42.1	6.1	7.2	84.1	70.9	2.9	9.2	3.6	941	794	327	289	37	20	96	79	+250
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.9	2025-26	OKC	27	33.2	32.5	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.8	11.0	19.8	55.4	2.2	5.1	43.2	8.4	9.5	88.3	67.9	0.5	4.2	1.9	896	878	127	174	39	22	52	56	+376
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28	2025-26	LAL	21	36.6	34.1	8.6	8.8	1.6	0.5	10.5	22.9	45.8	3.4	10.6	32.0	9.8	12.1	80.7	60.5	0.9	7.8	4.2	768	716	181	184	33	11	88	53	+54
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23.7	2025-26	CLE	26	34.4	30.7	4.5	5.5	1.4	0.3	10.7	21.7	49.3	4.0	10.5	38.3	5.3	6.3	84.7	62.8	0.9	3.7	3.3	895	799	118	142	36	8	86	62	+133
5	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	23.6	2025-26	BOS	26	33.8	29.3	6.3	5.0	1.1	0.5	10.7	21.4	50.0	2.1	5.7	36.5	5.9	7.6	77.7	59.4	1.2	5.0	3.7	878	763	163	130	28	12	95	80	+68
6	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23.3	2025-26	PHI	25	39.8	31.7	4.5	7.1	1.7	0.9	10.9	23.3	46.7	3.8	9.5	39.9	6.1	6.9	88.4	60.2	0.3	4.2	2.6	995	792	113	178	42	22	65	57	+69
7	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	23.3	2025-26	ATL	27	35.1	23.8	10.5	8.2	1.5	0.4	8.6	16.4	52.4	1.6	4.2	38.9	5.0	6.0	83.2	62.5	1.6	8.9	3.4	949	642	284	221	40	10	93	59	+3
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	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	23.3	2025-26	GSW	25	31.4	19.8	5.6	4.8	1.5	0.2	6.2	12.0	51.5	0.9	2.1	44.2	6.5	7.6	85.3	64.4	2.2	3.4	1.4	786	496	139	119	38	6	36	33	+99
10	Jalen Duren J. Duren	23.2	2025-26	DET	25	29.0	18.0	11.0	1.7	0.9	0.9	6.8	10.9	62.5	0.0	0.0		4.4	6.0	74.0	66.7	4.2	6.8	2.3	726	451	276	43	22	23	58	81	+194
11	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	22.6	2025-26	MIN	21	34.7	28.5	5.2	3.8	1.3	0.9	9.6	19.3	49.8	3.3	8.0	41.9	6.0	7.1	83.3	63.5	0.8	4.5	3.0	728	599	110	79	27	18	63	44	+66
12	James Harden J. Harden	22.2	2025-26	LAC	26	35.6	25.8	5.2	8.2	1.3	0.4	7.5	17.3	43.3	3.6	9.6	37.3	7.3	8.2	88.3	61.7	0.6	4.6	3.9	926	672	135	213	35	10	101	56	-37
13	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	22.1	2025-26	HOU	23	35.9	23.0	9.3	7.0	1.5	1.0	8.7	17.5	49.4	0.9	2.7	32.3	4.8	6.6	73.0	56.3	3.0	6.3	3.4	826	529	215	162	34	23	78	82	+147
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.1	2025-26	NYK	25	33.3	22.4	11.8	3.1	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.4	47.4	1.8	5.2	35.4	6.0	6.8	87.6	60.9	3.1	8.8	2.4	832	559	296	78	20	19	61	85	+194
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	22.1	2025-26	NYK	25	35.1	28.4	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.1	10.1	21.1	47.7	2.7	7.4	36.8	5.5	6.6	83.6	59.1	0.7	2.7	2.2	878	710	85	163	20	2	56	61	+178
16	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22	2025-26	DET	25	36.2	27.0	6.4	9.2	1.4	0.8	9.5	20.9	45.3	2.0	6.4	31.7	6.0	7.2	82.9	56.0	1.3	5.0	3.7	904	675	159	230	36	20	92	81	+195
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	22	2025-26	DEN	26	35.0	24.8	4.3	6.7	1.1	0.3	8.8	17.7	49.6	3.3	7.3	45.5	4.0	4.5	88.8	63.1	0.4	3.9	2.3	910	645	111	173	29	7	59	41	+195
18	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	21.8	2025-26	BKN	22	32.6	25.7	7.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	9.2	18.6	49.3	3.6	9.2	39.6	3.7	4.5	81.8	62.3	1.2	6.1	2.2	718	565	160	71	18	5	49	47	-43
19	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.5	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	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	21.3	2025-26	OKC	24	28.7	18.7	7.8	1.6	0.6	1.5	6.9	12.1	57.2	1.5	3.8	39.6	3.3	4.1	80.8	67.2	1.4	6.4	1.8	689	448	188	38	14	35	44	72	+268
21	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	20.8	2025-26	POR	28	34.7	25.8	7.1	6.4	0.7	0.6	7.7	16.4	47.1	2.4	6.5	37.0	7.9	9.7	81.6	62.3	1.1	6.0	3.7	971	721	198	180	20	17	103	88	+29
22	Julius Randle J. Randle	20.6	2025-26	MIN	28	33.8	22.9	7.2	5.7	1.0	0.1	7.6	15.8	48.2	1.7	5.0	34.3	5.9	7.3	81.8	60.2	1.7	5.5	2.7	947	640	202	160	29	4	75	75	+158
23	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
24	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	20.1	2025-26	CHI	26	33.5	20.1	9.2	8.9	1.0	0.4	7.0	14.7	47.6	2.0	4.9	40.2	4.1	5.5	74.8	58.7	1.2	8.0	3.5	871	522	240	232	27	11	90	51	-19
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19.9	2025-26	HOU	23	36.3	25.4	4.8	4.0	0.9	1.0	8.7	16.9	51.5	2.0	4.6	44.3	6.0	6.7	89.5	64.1	0.3	4.5	3.2	834	584	110	91	21	22	73	55	+174

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.4

Jokić

RPG

12.1

Jokić

APG

10.7

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

125.2

1st

DRTG

116.6

18th

NETRTG

8.6

3rd

3P%

39.7

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	3	.893
2	Spurs	20	7	.741	4.5
3	Nuggets	20	7	.741	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	5.5
5	Rockets	17	8	.680	6.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/22	UTA	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Tue 12/23	DEN	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Thu 12/25	MIN	@	DEN	10:30 PM
Sat 12/27	DEN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	DEN	@	MIA	7:30 PM

Last Game

Rockets

17 - 8

115

Final

101

Nuggets

20 - 7

Sat 20 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.1

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.4

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.5

Huff

1.9

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.0

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

3.6

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Green

71.0

Ayton

70.9

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.2

122.5

122.3

121.6

120.6

119.0

DRtg Rankings

104.7

110.5

112.0

112.7

112.9

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

15.9

9.4

8.6

7.9

6.6

6.2

Tank Leaderboard

5-21

6-22

7-22

7-21

7-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,694.9

Jokić

1,422.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,371.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,805.3

Jokić

1,450.5

Johnson

1,426.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.9

Reaves

36.7

Thompson

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.63

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.73

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

19-10

17-9-1

18-10

17-10

15-10

16-11

Worst Record ATS

8-21

9-19

9-17

11-17

12-17

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	22	6	.786
2	Knicks	19	8	.704	2.5
3	Celtics	17	11	.607	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	5.5
5	Raptors	17	12	.586	5.5
6	Magic	16	12	.571	6.0
7	Heat	15	13	.536	7.0
8	Cavaliers	15	14	.517	7.5
9	Hawks	15	15	.500	8.0
10	Bulls	13	15	.464	9.0
11	Bucks	11	17	.393	11.0
12	Hornets	9	19	.321	13.0
13	Nets	7	19	.269	14.0
14	Pacers	6	22	.214	16.0
15	Wizards	5	21	.192	16.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	3	.893
2	Spurs	20	7	.741	4.5
3	Nuggets	20	7	.741	4.5
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	5.5
5	Rockets	17	8	.680	6.5
6	Timberwolves	18	10	.643	7.0
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.0
8	Warriors	14	15	.483	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	15	.464	12.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	16	.429	13.0
11	Mavericks	11	18	.379	14.5
12	Jazz	10	17	.370	14.5
13	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.0
14	Pelicans	7	22	.241	18.5
15	Kings	6	22	.214	19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 11/18	SAC	@	OKC	99-113
Tue 11/18	WAS	@	MIN	109-120
Tue 11/18	NYK	@	DAL	113-111
Tue 11/18	CHI	@	POR	122-121
Wed 11/19	LAC	@	ORL	101-129

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 12/21	HOU	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Mon 12/22	CHA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Mon 12/22	IND	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Mon 12/22	DAL	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Mon 12/22	UTA	@	DEN	9:00 PM

Nikola Jokić has the highest PER this season, with a 34.9 rating.

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29.4

12.1

10.7

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

34.1

32.5

31.7

12.1

11.8

11.1

10.7

9.2

8.9

2.4

2.0

1.9

2.5

1.9

1.8

4.0

3.8

3.6

71.8

71.0

70.9

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

1,694.9

1,422.4

1,371.3

1,805.3

1,450.5

1,426.8

37.9

36.1

33.5

39.8

36.9

36.7

1.80

1.63

1.59

1.92

1.73

1.59

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule