who has the highest career player efficiency rating in nba history

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

Interpreted as:
Who has the highest career player efficiency rating with a minimum of 10000 minutes played in NBA history?
NAMEPERMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
28.8
24,336
765
31.8
21.9
11.0
7.3
1.3
0.7
8.4
15.0
56.1
1.1
3.1
36.3
4.0
4.8
82.5
64.1
2.7
8.3
2.9
16,789
8,397
5,604
978
552
2,247
2,055
+4277
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
28.2
14,578
459
31.8
27.6
10.9
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.1
50.1
1.2
3.5
33.8
8.3
10.0
82.8
61.3
2.2
8.7
3.4
12,659
5,024
1,680
417
748
1,565
1,384
+2488
3Michael 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
4Anthony Davis
A. Davis
26.8
27,292
794
34.4
24.1
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.3
0.5
1.6
29.6
5.6
7.0
79.4
59.2
2.7
8.0
2.0
19,126
8,485
2,029
1,042
1,826
1,584
1,857
+903
5LeBron James
L. James
26.8
59,203
1,567
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
42,260
11,751
11,620
2,349
1,151
5,482
2,789
+7401
6Shaquille 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
7David 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
8Wilt 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
9Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
26
28,725
875
32.8
24.0
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
16.0
55.2
0.6
2.2
28.6
5.8
8.3
69.2
61.2
1.9
8.1
3.0
21,028
8,701
4,391
977
1,080
2,642
2,578
+3115
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
25.6
16,302
466
35.0
28.8
8.6
8.2
1.2
0.5
9.7
20.8
46.8
3.1
8.8
35.0
6.3
8.4
75.4
59.0
0.9
7.7
4.0
13,442
4,023
3,843
582
212
1,846
1,069
+1303
11Bob 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
12Neil 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
13Kevin Durant
K. Durant
24.7
41,811
1,139
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
1.9
5.0
39.0
6.5
7.4
88.2
62.0
0.7
6.3
3.2
30,972
7,911
4,963
1,190
1,283
3,601
2,180
+4870
14Charles 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
15Kareem 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
16Tim 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
17Magic 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
18Hassan 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
19Karl 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
20Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
23.9
16,030
484
33.1
24.8
4.8
5.2
1.4
0.8
8.6
17.2
50.3
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.2
7.2
86.3
61.1
0.7
4.0
2.3
12,015
2,315
2,504
699
385
1,109
1,086
+1566
21Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
23.7
22,638
665
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
62.3
2.8
8.3
2.7
15,321
7,370
2,102
538
787
1,800
2,268
+1404
22James Harden
J. Harden
23.7
40,712
1,171
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
28,224
6,587
8,484
1,735
663
4,342
2,896
+4536
23Hakeem 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
24Larry 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
25Dwyane 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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