who has the highest player efficiency rating in a playoff year with at least 16 games played

LeBron James has the highest PER with 16+ games played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 32.2 rating in 2017-18.

	NAME	PER	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	32.2	22	2017-18	CLE	41.9	34.0	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	12.5	23.2	53.9	1.8	5.2	34.2	7.2	9.7	74.6	61.9	1.4	7.7	4.3	922	748	200	198	30	23	94	52	-22
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	17	1990-91	CHI	40.5	31.1	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	11.6	22.1	52.4	0.6	1.5	38.5	7.4	8.7	84.5	60.0	1.1	5.3	2.5	689	529	108	142	40	23	43	53
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	16	1989-90	CHI	42.1	36.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	13.7	26.6	51.4	1.0	3.1	32.0	8.3	9.9	83.6	59.2	1.5	5.7	3.5	674	587	115	109	45	14	56	54
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.2	20	2022-23	DEN	39.5	30.0	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	11.4	20.7	54.8	1.8	3.8	46.1	5.6	7.0	79.9	63.1	3.5	10.0	3.5	789	600	269	190	21	20	70	69	+169
5	LeBron James L. James	31	20	2013-14	MIA	38.2	27.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	9.6	17.0	56.5	1.8	4.3	40.7	6.5	8.0	80.6	66.8	0.7	6.4	3.1	763	548	141	95	36	11	61	46	+60
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30.5	23	1999-00	LAL	43.5	30.7	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	12.4	22.0	56.6	0.0	0.0		5.9	12.9	45.6	55.6	5.2	10.3	2.4	1,000	707	355	71	13	55	56	67	+115
7	LeBron James L. James	30.3	23	2011-12	MIA	42.7	30.3	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	10.9	21.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	25.9	7.5	10.2	73.9	57.6	2.3	7.4	3.5	983	697	224	129	43	16	81	47	+199
8	LeBron James L. James	30.2	21	2019-20	LAL	36.3	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	10.2	18.2	56.0	2.1	5.7	37.0	5.1	7.1	72.0	64.7	1.3	9.4	4.0	762	580	226	184	26	18	84	40	+165
9	LeBron James L. James	30.1	18	2016-17	CLE	41.3	32.8	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	12.1	21.3	56.5	2.4	5.9	41.1	6.3	9.0	69.8	64.9	1.1	8.1	4.0	744	591	164	141	35	23	72	43	+195
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.1	19	1992-93	CHI	41.2	35.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	13.2	27.8	47.5	1.5	3.8	38.9	7.2	8.9	80.5	55.3	1.7	5.1	2.4	783	666	128	114	39	17	45	58
11	LeBron James L. James	30	21	2015-16	CLE	39.1	26.3	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	10.4	19.9	52.5	1.5	4.5	34.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	58.5	2.0	7.5	3.6	822	552	200	160	49	27	75	54	+209
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	29.9	17	2021-22	MIA	37.0	27.4	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	9.8	19.3	50.6	1.4	4.0	33.8	6.5	7.8	84.1	60.4	2.4	4.9	1.5	629	466	125	78	35	11	25	25	+95
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.9	17	1988-89	CHI	42.2	34.8	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	11.7	22.9	51.0	0.6	2.1	28.6	10.8	13.5	79.9	60.2	1.5	5.5	4.0	718	591	119	130	42	13	68	65
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29.7	21	2019-20	LAL	36.6	27.7	9.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	9.8	17.1	57.1	1.1	2.9	38.3	7.1	8.5	83.2	66.5	2.6	7.1	2.5	769	582	204	73	26	30	53	56	+184
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.7	16	2000-01	LAL	42.3	30.4	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	11.9	21.5	55.5	0.0	0.0		6.6	12.5	52.5	56.4	5.7	9.8	3.6	676	487	247	51	7	38	57	55	+186
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	28.4	24	2002-03	SAS	42.5	24.7	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	9.1	17.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.5	9.7	67.7	57.7	4.0	11.4	3.2	1,021	593	369	127	15	79	76	78	+181
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	28.3	16	1973-74	MIL	47.4	32.2	15.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	14.0	25.1	55.7				4.2	5.7	73.6	58.3	4.2	11.6		758	515	253	78	20	39		41
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.3	19	2001-02	LAL	40.8	28.5	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	10.7	20.2	52.9	0.0	0.0		7.1	10.9	64.9	56.9	3.5	9.1	3.3	776	541	239	54	10	48	62	62	+118
19	LeBron James L. James	28.1	23	2012-13	MIA	41.7	25.9	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	9.2	18.8	49.1	1.6	4.2	37.5	5.9	7.6	77.7	58.5	1.6	6.8	3.0	960	596	193	152	41	18	70	43	+132
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.1	21	1997-98	CHI	41.5	32.4	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	11.6	25.0	46.2	0.6	2.0	30.2	8.6	10.6	81.2	54.5	1.6	3.5	2.1	872	680	107	74	32	12	45	47	+158
21	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	27.9	24	2018-19	TOR	39.1	30.5	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	10.1	20.7	49.0	2.3	6.0	37.9	8.0	9.0	88.4	61.9	2.3	6.8	3.1	939	732	218	94	40	17	74	56	+156
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.7	23	1993-94	HOU	43.0	28.9	11.0	4.3	1.7	4.0	11.6	22.3	51.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	5.6	7.0	79.5	56.8	2.4	8.7	3.6	989	664	254	98	40	92	83	82
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27.7	21	2020-21	MIL	38.0	30.2	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	11.9	20.9	56.9	0.6	3.3	18.6	5.8	9.8	58.7	59.9	2.8	10.0	3.0	799	634	269	108	21	25	64	61	+130
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.6	16	1996-97	HOU	39.3	23.1	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	9.2	15.6	59.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.8	6.5	73.1	62.8	2.9	8.0	2.9	629	370	174	54	33	41	46	61	+41
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27.5	20	2011-12	OKC	41.9	28.5	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	9.9	19.2	51.7	2.1	5.5	37.3	6.7	7.7	86.4	63.2	0.7	6.8	3.2	837	570	148	74	29	24	63	51	+70

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.7

Mitchell

RPG

9.3

Mobley

APG

5.5

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.3

11th

DRTG

114.7

15th

NETRTG

1.6

13th

3P%

33.9

27th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Magic	15	12	.556	6.5
7	Heat	15	13	.536	7.0
8	Cavaliers	15	14	.517	7.5
9	Hawks	15	14	.517	7.5
10	Bulls	12	15	.444	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 12/22	CHA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

12 - 15

136

Final

125

Cavaliers

15 - 14

Fri 19 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

35.2

Dončić

32.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.7

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Zubac

APG Leaders

10.7

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

3.8

Maxey

3.6

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Green

71.0

Ayton

70.9

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

125.2

122.5

122.3

121.6

120.6

119.8

DRtg Rankings

104.7

110.5

112.0

112.6

112.9

113.1

NetRtg Rankings

15.9

9.4

8.6

7.9

6.6

6.2

Tank Leaderboard

5-21

6-22

6-21

7-22

7-19

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,694.9

Jokić

1,422.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,321.6

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,805.3

Jokić

1,426.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,385.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.8

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

37.4

Dončić

36.9

Reaves

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.65

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.92

Jokić

1.75

Dončić

1.59

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

19-10

17-9-1

17-10

15-10

16-11

Worst Record ATS

8-21

8-19

9-18

9-17

11-17

12-17

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	22	6	.786
2	Knicks	19	8	.704	2.5
3	Celtics	17	11	.607	5.0
4	76ers	16	11	.593	5.5
5	Raptors	17	12	.586	5.5
6	Magic	15	12	.556	6.5
7	Heat	15	13	.536	7.0
8	Cavaliers	15	14	.517	7.5
9	Hawks	15	14	.517	7.5
10	Bulls	12	15	.444	9.5
11	Bucks	11	17	.393	11.0
12	Hornets	9	19	.321	13.0
13	Nets	7	19	.269	14.0
14	Pacers	6	22	.214	16.0
15	Wizards	4	21	.160	16.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	25	3	.893
2	Spurs	20	7	.741	4.5
3	Nuggets	20	7	.741	4.5
4	Lakers	19	7	.731	5.0
5	Rockets	17	8	.680	6.5
6	Timberwolves	18	10	.643	7.0
7	Suns	15	12	.556	9.5
8	Grizzlies	13	14	.481	11.5
9	Warriors	13	15	.464	12.0
10	Trail Blazers	11	16	.407	13.5
11	Jazz	10	16	.385	14.0
12	Mavericks	11	18	.379	14.5
13	Pelicans	7	22	.241	18.5
14	Kings	6	21	.222	18.5
15	Clippers	6	21	.222	18.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 11/18	CHA	@	IND	118-127
Tue 11/18	TOR	@	PHI	121-112
Tue 11/18	HOU	@	CLE	114-104
Tue 11/18	GSW	@	MIA	96-110
Tue 11/18	DEN	@	NOP	125-118

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/20	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Sun 12/21	CHI	@	ATL	3:30 PM
Sun 12/21	MIA	@	NYK	6:00 PM
Sun 12/21	TOR	@	BKN	6:00 PM
Sun 12/21	MIL	@	MIN	7:00 PM

LeBron James has the highest PER with 16+ games played in a single NBA playoff run, with a 32.2 rating in 2017-18.

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