which nba player has the highest career player efficiency rating

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER, with a 28.9 rating.

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Which NBA player has the highest career player efficiency rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played?

	NAME	PER	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28.9	24,745	777	31.8	22.1	11.0	7.4	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.1	56.2	1.1	3.1	36.4	4.0	4.9	82.6	64.2	2.7	8.3	2.9	17,158	8,530	5,734	993	561	2,290	2,085	+4375
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.1	14,797	466	31.8	27.6	10.9	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.1	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.6	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.2	2.2	8.7	3.4	12,840	5,081	1,702	421	757	1,583	1,403	+2507
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.9	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	LeBron James L. James	26.8	59,535	1,577	37.8	26.9	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.6	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	42,488	11,804	11,682	2,360	1,160	5,510	2,802	+7334
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.8	27,561	803	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	19,306	8,590	2,054	1,053	1,840	1,601	1,876	+909
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.4	41,918	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.2	34,271	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	26.2	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7				31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	26	28,807	879	32.8	24.0	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.3	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.3	69.2	61.2	1.9	8.0	3.0	21,116	8,729	4,403	979	1,081	2,652	2,586	+3122
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.6	16,581	474	35.0	28.9	8.6	8.2	1.3	0.5	9.7	20.8	46.7	3.1	8.8	34.8	6.3	8.4	75.4	58.9	0.9	7.7	4.0	13,683	4,077	3,909	593	217	1,884	1,089	+1272
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25.5	30,690	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1				20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
12	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	24.9	18,298	516	35.5	19.4	11.3	2.5			6.4	14.4	44.4				6.6	8.6	76.8	53.4				10,023	5,856	1,269				1,681
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	24.7	42,243	1,151	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.1	6.5	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.3	3.2	31,286	7,967	5,028	1,195	1,300	3,640	2,198	+4957
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.6	39,330	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	59.2	2.4	7.6	2.7	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.2	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24.1	33,245	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24	16,388	495	33.1	25.0	4.8	5.2	1.5	0.8	8.7	17.2	50.6	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.2	86.4	61.3	0.7	4.0	2.3	12,354	2,367	2,573	718	393	1,135	1,111	+1688
19	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24	12,645	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	60.2	3.1	7.7	1.5	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	23.9	54,852	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
21	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	23.7	22,987	676	34.0	23.0	11.1	3.1	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.2	1.7	4.4	39.9	4.5	5.3	84.0	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	15,560	7,499	2,128	549	792	1,821	2,309	+1468
22	James Harden J. Harden	23.6	41,080	1,181	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	28,471	6,621	8,553	1,753	665	4,371	2,919	+4633
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	23.5	34,443	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.5	35,773	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	23,165	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827

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Team Leaders

PPG

29.6

Jokić

RPG

12.2

Jokić

APG

11.0

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

125.0

1st

DRTG

117.9

23rd

NETRTG

7.1

3rd

3P%

40.2

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	29	5	.853
2	Spurs	24	9	.727	4.5
3	Nuggets	23	10	.697	5.5
4	Rockets	20	10	.667	7.0
5	Lakers	20	11	.645	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/2	DEN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 1/4	DEN	@	BKN	3:30 PM
Mon 1/5	DEN	@	PHI	8:30 PM
Wed 1/7	DEN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 1/9	ATL	@	DEN	9:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

23 - 10

106

Final

103

Raptors

20 - 15

Wed 31 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.8

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

1.8

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.3

Huff

1.9

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.5

Ayton

69.7

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.0

122.8

122.6

121.7

120.4

119.3

DRtg Rankings

106.0

111.5

112.5

113.0

113.1

113.4

NetRtg Rankings

14.4

8.7

7.1

6.6

6.4

Tank Leaderboard

6-28

8-27

8-25

8-24

11-22

10-20

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,725.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,587.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,728.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,675.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.2

Dončić

35.9

Brown

32.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.3

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.58

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

22-11

21-14

18-12-1

19-14

17-13

Worst Record ATS

12-23

12-21

13-21

13-19

14-20

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	25	8	.758
2	Knicks	23	10	.697	2.0
3	Celtics	20	12	.625	4.5
4	Raptors	20	15	.571	6.0
5	Magic	19	15	.559	6.5
6	76ers	17	14	.548	7.0
7	Heat	18	15	.545	7.0
8	Cavaliers	19	16	.543	7.0
9	Bulls	16	17	.485	9.0
10	Hawks	16	19	.457	10.0
11	Bucks	14	20	.412	11.5
12	Hornets	11	22	.333	14.0
13	Nets	10	20	.333	13.5
14	Wizards	8	24	.250	16.5
15	Pacers	6	28	.176	19.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	29	5	.853
2	Spurs	24	9	.727	4.5
3	Nuggets	23	10	.697	5.5
4	Rockets	20	10	.667	7.0
5	Lakers	20	11	.645	7.5
6	Timberwolves	21	13	.618	8.0
7	Suns	19	14	.576	9.5
8	Warriors	18	16	.529	11.0
9	Grizzlies	15	18	.455	13.5
10	Trail Blazers	14	20	.412	15.0
11	Jazz	12	20	.375	16.0
12	Mavericks	12	22	.353	17.0
13	Clippers	11	21	.344	17.0
14	Kings	8	25	.242	20.5
15	Pelicans	8	27	.229	21.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/29	MEM	@	SAC	115-107
Sat 11/29	NOP	@	LAL	121-133
Sun 11/30	MIL	@	WAS	126-129
Sun 11/30	ATL	@	DET	98-99
Sun 11/30	CLE	@	IND	135-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 1/1	HOU	@	BKN	6:00 PM
Thu 1/1	MIA	@	DET	7:00 PM
Thu 1/1	PHI	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Thu 1/1	BOS	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Thu 1/1	UTA	@	LAC	10:30 PM

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER, with a 28.9 rating.

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

2,035.3

1,725.7

1,587.7

2,165.8

1,728.5

1,675.8

38.2

35.9

32.8

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36.7

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