who has the highest career player efficiency rating in nba history

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER, with a 28.8 rating.

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

	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	28.8	24,645	774	31.8	22.0	11.0	7.4	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.2	1.1	3.1	36.4	4.0	4.8	82.4	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	17,047	8,488	5,699	991	559	2,279	2,081	+4345
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.1	14,727	464	31.7	27.5	10.9	3.6	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	12,775	5,066	1,693	420	754	1,577	1,396	+2510
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	59,417	1,573	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	42,406	11,793	11,662	2,355	1,158	5,500	2,798	+7381
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.8	27,550	802	34.4	24.1	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.3	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.2	2.7	8.0	2.0	19,303	8,587	2,054	1,052	1,838	1,601	1,876	+903
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	28,728	876	32.8	24.0	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.2	0.6	2.2	28.6	5.8	8.3	69.2	61.2	1.9	8.0	3.0	21,030	8,702	4,392	977	1,080	2,642	2,578	+3109
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.6	16,479	471	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	75.5	58.9	0.9	7.7	4.0	13,594	4,062	3,884	589	214	1,865	1,081	+1290
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	42,117	1,147	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	31,179	7,948	5,007	1,194	1,295	3,628	2,195	+4908
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	16,259	491	33.1	24.9	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.7	17.2	50.5	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.1	86.3	61.2	0.7	4.0	2.3	12,236	2,351	2,552	709	393	1,131	1,105	+1646
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	22,866	672	34.0	23.0	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.2	1.7	4.4	39.8	4.5	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	15,481	7,451	2,118	546	790	1,814	2,292	+1477
22	James Harden J. Harden	23.6	40,937	1,177	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	28,359	6,608	8,529	1,750	665	4,361	2,913	+4573
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

28.9

Jokić

RPG

12.0

Jokić

APG

10.9

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

125.7

1st

DRTG

116.9

21st

NETRTG

8.8

3rd

3P%

40.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	8	.724	5.0
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	20	10	.667	6.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/25	MIN	@	DEN	10:30 PM
Sat 12/27	DEN	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 12/29	DEN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 12/31	DEN	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 1/2	DEN	@	CLE	7:30 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

21 - 8

130

Final

131

Mavericks

12 - 19

Tue 23 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

34.1

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.0

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

9.1

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.3

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Suggs

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.9

Curry

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Krejčí

71.0

Ayton

70.9

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.7

122.4

121.9

121.2

120.4

119.8

DRtg Rankings

105.7

110.3

112.3

112.5

112.6

112.8

NetRtg Rankings

14.7

8.9

8.8

7.2

6.8

6.7

Tank Leaderboard

5-23

6-24

7-22

7-21

8-23

9-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,820.4

Jokić

1,534

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,425.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,935.8

Jokić

1,541

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,506.3

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.2

Brown

33.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.81

Jokić

1.63

Dončić

1.58

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.73

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

20-11

18-10

17-10-1

17-12

15-11

Worst Record ATS

9-22

9-19

10-19

10-18

12-18

12-17

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	23	6	.793
2	Knicks	20	9	.690	3.0
3	Celtics	18	11	.621	5.0
4	Raptors	18	13	.581	6.0
5	76ers	16	12	.571	6.5
6	Magic	16	13	.552	7.0
7	Cavaliers	17	14	.548	7.0
8	Heat	15	15	.500	8.5
9	Hawks	15	16	.484	9.0
10	Bulls	14	15	.483	9.0
11	Bucks	12	18	.400	11.5
12	Hornets	10	20	.333	13.5
13	Nets	9	19	.321	13.5
14	Pacers	6	24	.200	17.5
15	Wizards	5	23	.179	17.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	3	.897
2	Spurs	21	7	.750	4.5
3	Nuggets	21	8	.724	5.0
4	Lakers	19	8	.704	6.0
5	Timberwolves	20	10	.667	6.5
6	Rockets	17	9	.654	7.5
7	Suns	15	13	.536	10.5
8	Warriors	15	15	.500	11.5
9	Grizzlies	13	16	.448	13.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	17	.414	14.0
11	Mavericks	12	19	.387	15.0
12	Jazz	10	18	.357	15.5
13	Pelicans	8	23	.258	19.0
14	Clippers	7	21	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	22	.241	19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/21	WAS	@	CHI	120-121
Fri 11/21	MEM	@	DAL	102-96
Fri 11/21	SAC	@	DEN	128-123
Sat 11/22	MIA	@	PHI	127-117
Sat 11/22	LAC	@	CLE	105-120

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
Thu 12/25	SAS	@	OKC	2:30 PM
Thu 12/25	DAL	@	GSW	5:00 PM
Thu 12/25	HOU	@	LAL	8:00 PM
Thu 12/25	MIN	@	DEN	10:30 PM

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER, with a 28.8 rating.

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28.9

12.0

10.9

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

34.1

32.5

31.0

12.0

11.7

11.1

10.9

9.2

9.1

2.3

2.0

1.9

2.4

2.0

1.8

4.9

4.0

3.7

71.3

71.0

70.9

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

1,820.4

1,534

1,425.1

1,935.8

1,541

1,506.3

37.9

36.2

33.4

39.8

37.1

36.9

1.81

1.63

1.58

1.92

1.73

1.59

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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