who has the highest player efficiency ratings in nba history

Nikola Jokić has the highest career PER, with a 28.9 rating.

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Who has the highest player efficiency ratings 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	28.9	25,886	809	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.2	4.1	5.0	82.4	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	17,986	8,969	6,079	1,041	588	2,420	2,168	+4620
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28	15,609	490	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	9.9	83.0	61.3	2.2	8.6	3.4	13,544	5,280	1,808	432	784	1,656	1,451	+2645
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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.7	27,708	807	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	9.0	17.3	52.2	0.5	1.6	29.5	5.5	7.0	79.3	59.1	2.7	8.0	2.0	19,385	8,637	2,065	1,055	1,848	1,614	1,882	+879
5	LeBron James L. James	26.7	61,014	1,621	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	43,422	12,091	12,010	2,414	1,185	5,646	2,862	+7494
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	26.1	29,272	895	32.7	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.4	69.1	61.3	1.9	8.0	3.0	21,531	8,882	4,484	995	1,088	2,701	2,617	+3110
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25.8	18,000	514	35.0	29.2	8.5	8.2	1.3	0.5	9.8	21.0	46.9	3.2	9.0	35.2	6.4	8.5	75.5	59.2	0.9	7.6	4.0	15,021	4,376	4,230	661	237	2,032	1,181	+1423
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	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
14	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
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	24.5	44,076	1,201	36.7	27.1	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.2	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.2	0.7	6.2	3.2	32,597	8,254	5,280	1,235	1,344	3,799	2,279	+5072
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	17,550	530	33.1	25.3	4.7	5.3	1.4	0.8	8.8	17.3	50.8	1.4	3.8	36.0	6.3	7.3	86.4	61.6	0.7	4.0	2.3	13,411	2,503	2,810	761	422	1,223	1,183	+2062
17	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
18	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
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	23.6	24,293	720	33.7	22.8	11.1	3.1	0.8	1.1	8.3	15.9	52.2	1.7	4.3	39.7	4.4	5.3	84.0	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	16,384	8,025	2,263	588	811	1,932	2,452	+1656
22	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23.6	25,366	798	31.8	20.7	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.5	15.0	49.9	1.7	4.4	39.1	4.0	4.7	86.3	60.7	1.2	5.2	1.7	16,546	5,075	2,470	1,377	498	1,345	1,303	+4937
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	James Harden J. Harden	23.5	42,449	1,221	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.4	7.1	8.2	86.3	60.8	0.7	4.8	3.7	29,339	6,809	8,873	1,794	683	4,505	2,994	+4709

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.8

Jokić

RPG

12.9

Jokić

APG

10.9

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

122.5

1st

DRTG

117.4

21st

NETRTG

5.1

6th

3P%

39.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	17	.790
2	Spurs	62	19	.765	2.0
3	Nuggets	53	28	.654	11.0
4	Lakers	52	29	.642	12.0
5	Rockets	51	30	.630	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/12	DEN	@	SAS	8:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

64 - 17

107

Final

127

Nuggets

53 - 28

Fri 10 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.9

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.5

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.5

121.0

120.0

119.6

119.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

107.4

109.6

111.1

112.8

113.2

113.3

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

8.5

8.1

6.8

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

17-64

19-62

20-61

22-59

25-56

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,002.6

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,261.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.2

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-31

48-33

46-34-1

47-34

45-36

Worst Record ATS

33-48

35-46

35-45-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	59	22	.728
2	Celtics - x	55	26	.679	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	28	.654	6.0
4	Cavaliers - x	51	30	.630	8.0
5	Hawks - x	46	35	.568	13.0
6	Raptors	45	36	.556	14.0
7	Magic	45	36	.556	14.0
8	76ers	44	37	.543	15.0
9	Hornets	43	38	.531	16.0
10	Heat	42	39	.519	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	49	.395	27.0
12	Bulls - e	31	50	.383	28.0
13	Nets - e	20	61	.247	39.0
14	Pacers - e	19	62	.235	40.0
15	Wizards - e	17	64	.210	42.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	17	.790
2	Spurs - x	62	19	.765	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	53	28	.654	11.0
4	Lakers - x	52	29	.642	12.0
5	Rockets - x	51	30	.630	13.0
6	Timberwolves - x	48	33	.593	16.0
7	Suns	44	37	.543	20.0
8	Trail Blazers	41	40	.506	23.0
9	Clippers	41	40	.506	23.0
10	Warriors	37	44	.457	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	55	.321	38.0
12	Grizzlies - e	25	56	.309	39.0
13	Mavericks - e	25	56	.309	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	59	.272	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	59	.272	42.0