who has the highest career player efficiency rating in nba history

Nikola Jokić has the best career PER, with a 28.7 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
28.7
24,087
758
31.8
21.9
11.0
7.3
1.3
0.7
8.4
15.0
56.1
1.1
3.1
36.0
4.0
4.8
82.4
64.0
2.7
8.3
2.9
16,590
8,315
5,527
973
547
2,218
2,031
+4252
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
28.2
14,548
458
31.8
27.6
11.0
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.1
50.1
1.2
3.5
33.9
8.3
10.0
82.8
61.3
2.2
8.7
3.4
12,641
5,020
1,678
416
747
1,563
1,382
+2499
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
4LeBron James
L. James
26.9
59,072
1,563
37.8
27.0
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.6
50.6
1.6
4.7
35.0
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.2
6.4
3.5
42,195
11,734
11,596
2,346
1,150
5,472
2,781
+7390
5Anthony Davis
A. Davis
26.8
27,231
792
34.4
24.1
10.7
2.6
1.3
2.3
9.0
17.3
52.2
0.5
1.6
29.5
5.6
7.0
79.4
59.2
2.7
8.0
2.0
19,082
8,467
2,020
1,041
1,821
1,584
1,853
+902
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
28,647
872
32.9
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
20,943
8,671
4,377
973
1,079
2,632
2,565
+3088
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
25.6
16,116
461
35.0
28.8
8.6
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.7
20.8
46.8
3.1
8.8
34.9
6.3
8.3
75.2
58.9
0.9
7.7
4.0
13,259
3,975
3,799
577
209
1,822
1,057
+1291
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
41,669
1,135
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
62.1
0.7
6.3
3.2
30,882
7,884
4,949
1,185
1,281
3,589
2,170
+4851
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
20Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
23.7
22,401
658
34.0
23.0
11.1
3.2
0.8
1.2
8.4
16.2
52.2
1.7
4.4
39.8
4.4
5.3
83.9
62.3
2.8
8.3
2.7
15,163
7,301
2,079
535
783
1,779
2,247
+1370
21Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
23.7
15,790
477
33.1
24.7
4.8
5.2
1.4
0.8
8.6
17.1
50.2
1.4
3.8
35.7
6.1
7.1
86.3
60.9
0.7
4.0
2.3
11,773
2,284
2,463
688
384
1,098
1,072
+1484
22James Harden
J. Harden
23.7
40,481
1,164
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
28,027
6,555
8,429
1,727
662
4,310
2,882
+4588
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
25Chris Paul
C. Paul
23.5
45,722
1,363
33.5
16.9
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.8
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.6
4.1
87.1
58.1
0.6
3.8
2.3
23,032
5,994
12,528
2,726
222
3,100
3,200
+6073
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