who has the highest career player efficiency rating in nba history

Nikola Jokić has the best 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	24,551	771	31.8	22.0	11.0	7.4	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.2	1.1	3.1	36.3	4.0	4.8	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	16,979	8,461	5,667	986	556	2,268	2,070	+4341
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.1	14,696	463	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	12,748	5,060	1,689	420	752	1,574	1,391	+2509
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	59,379	1,572	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	42,370	11,789	11,659	2,353	1,157	5,497	2,797	+7387
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.8	27,445	799	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.2	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.6	5.6	7.0	79.3	59.1	2.7	8.0	2.0	19,213	8,546	2,046	1,048	1,836	1,595	1,866	+913
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	16,459	470	35.0	28.9	8.6	8.3	1.3	0.5	9.7	20.8	46.7	3.1	8.8	34.9	6.3	8.4	75.5	58.9	0.9	7.7	4.0	13,582	4,057	3,882	589	214	1,861	1,080	+1303
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	42,030	1,145	36.7	27.2	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.7	50.2	2.0	5.0	39.0	6.5	7.3	88.2	62.1	0.7	6.3	3.2	31,124	7,932	4,994	1,194	1,294	3,623	2,190	+4888
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	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
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.9	16,150	488	33.1	24.9	4.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	8.7	17.2	50.4	1.4	3.8	36.1	6.2	7.2	86.3	61.2	0.7	4.0	2.3	12,137	2,333	2,529	703	390	1,121	1,097	+1645
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	23.8	22,768	669	34.0	23.0	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.4	16.1	52.2	1.7	4.4	39.9	4.5	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	15,417	7,421	2,114	543	790	1,803	2,278	+1479
22	James Harden J. Harden	23.6	40,896	1,176	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	28,338	6,604	8,519	1,748	665	4,358	2,911	+4549
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

12.3

Jokić

APG

10.9

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

126.1

1st

DRTG

116.6

18th

NETRTG

9.5

2nd

3P%

40.1

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	2	.926
2	Nuggets	20	6	.769	4.5
3	Lakers	19	7	.731	5.5
4	Spurs	19	7	.731	5.5
5	Rockets	16	8	.667	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	HOU	@	DEN	5:00 PM
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

Last Game

Magic

15 - 12

115

Final

126

Nuggets

20 - 6

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

35.2

Dončić

32.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.5

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.2

Cunningham

9.1

Dončić

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

3.7

Maxey

3.6

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Green

71.6

Jokić

71.6

Spencer

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

126.1

122.7

122.6

121.4

121.1

119.8

DRtg Rankings

104.5

111.5

111.6

112.6

113.0

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

16.6

9.5

9.2

8.6

6.0

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

4-21

6-22

6-21

7-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,659

Jokić

1,361.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,275.4

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,766

Jokić

1,367

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,345.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.9

Maxey

37.4

Dončić

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Jokić

1.65

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.94

Jokić

1.75

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

18-10

17-10

17-9

15-9-1

16-10

14-10

Worst Record ATS

8-20

8-19

8-17

9-18

10-17

12-16

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	6	.778
2	Knicks	19	7	.731	1.5
3	Raptors	17	11	.607	4.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	5.5
5	76ers	14	11	.560	6.0
6	Magic	15	12	.556	6.0
7	Heat	15	12	.556	6.0
8	Cavaliers	15	13	.536	6.5
9	Hawks	15	13	.536	6.5
10	Bulls	11	15	.423	9.5
11	Bucks	11	17	.393	10.5
12	Hornets	9	18	.333	12.0
13	Nets	7	19	.269	13.5
14	Pacers	6	21	.222	15.0
15	Wizards	4	21	.160	16.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	2	.926
2	Nuggets	20	6	.769	4.5
3	Lakers	19	7	.731	5.5
4	Spurs	19	7	.731	5.5
5	Rockets	16	8	.667	7.5
6	Timberwolves	17	10	.630	8.0
7	Suns	15	12	.556	10.0
8	Grizzlies	13	14	.481	12.0
9	Warriors	13	15	.464	12.5
10	Trail Blazers	11	16	.407	14.0
11	Mavericks	11	17	.393	14.5
12	Jazz	10	16	.385	14.5
13	Kings	6	21	.222	19.0
14	Clippers	6	21	.222	19.0
15	Pelicans	6	22	.214	19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 11/16	NYK	@	MIA	113-115
Sun 11/16	CHA	@	TOR	108-110
Sun 11/16	DAL	@	MIN	96-120
Sun 11/16	OKC	@	NOP	126-109
Sun 11/16	CHI	@	DEN	130-127

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 12/19	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	MIA	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	SAS	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Fri 12/19	CHI	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Fri 12/19	OKC	@	MIN	9:30 PM

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

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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9.2

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2.0

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

1,659

1,361.9

1,275.4

1,766

1,367

1,345.5

37.8

36.1

33.3

39.9

37.4

36.9

1.82

1.65

1.59

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1.75

1.59

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