who led the nba in per in 1977

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the highest PER in 1976-77, with a 27.8 rating.

Interpreted as:
Who led the NBA in per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in 1977?
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27.8
1976-77
82
36.8
26.2
13.3
3.9
1.2
3.2
10.8
18.7
57.9
4.6
6.5
70.1
60.8
3.2
10.0
3,016
2,152
1,090
319
101
261
262
2Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
23
1976-77
64
38.2
25.3
11.6
3.3
1.1
2.0
10.6
19.8
53.4
4.1
5.0
81.8
57.3
3.1
8.5
2,446
1,616
745
214
70
126
174
3Bill Walton
B. Walton
22.9
1976-77
65
34.8
18.6
14.4
3.8
1.0
3.2
7.6
14.3
52.8
3.5
5.0
69.7
56.3
3.2
11.1
2,264
1,210
934
245
66
211
174
4Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
21.8
1976-77
TOT
72
38.9
25.8
12.9
2.8
1.1
1.4
10.3
20.1
51.2
5.3
7.2
73.8
55.7
2.8
10.1
2,798
1,861
926
205
77
99
262
5Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
21.6
1976-77
82
35.1
18.6
13.0
2.4
0.5
2.5
7.0
13.3
52.2
4.7
7.1
66.0
56.6
3.8
9.2
2,877
1,527
1,070
199
44
203
266
6Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
21.4
1976-77
81
32.1
21.3
2.3
5.7
1.7
0.3
8.4
16.3
51.8
4.5
5.4
82.5
57.1
0.7
1.6
2,600
1,726
190
459
134
21
171
7George Gervin
G. Gervin
21.4
1976-77
82
33.0
23.1
5.5
2.9
1.3
1.3
8.9
16.3
54.4
5.4
6.5
83.3
60.4
1.6
3.9
2,705
1,895
454
238
105
104
286
8Dan Issel
D. Issel
21.2
1976-77
79
31.7
22.3
8.8
2.2
1.2
0.4
8.4
16.2
51.5
5.6
7.1
79.7
57.8
2.7
6.1
2,507
1,765
696
177
91
29
246
9Bobby Jones
B. Jones
21.1
1976-77
82
29.5
15.1
8.3
3.2
2.3
2.0
6.1
10.7
57.0
2.9
4.0
71.7
60.5
2.1
6.1
2,419
1,238
678
264
186
162
238
10Julius Erving
J. Erving
20.9
1976-77
82
35.9
21.6
8.5
3.7
1.9
1.4
8.4
16.7
49.9
4.9
6.3
77.7
55.3
2.3
6.1
2,940
1,770
695
306
159
113
251
11George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
20.8
1976-77
79
35.1
21.4
11.5
3.8
2.1
0.5
8.3
18.2
45.8
4.7
6.9
68.1
50.3
4.1
7.4
2,769
1,690
911
302
163
37
299
12John Drew
J. Drew
20.2
1976-77
74
36.3
24.2
9.1
1.8
1.4
0.4
9.3
19.1
48.7
5.6
7.8
71.4
53.6
3.8
5.3
2,688
1,790
675
133
102
29
275
13Alvan Adams
A. Adams
20.2
1976-77
72
31.6
18.0
9.1
4.5
1.3
1.2
7.3
15.3
47.4
3.5
4.6
75.4
51.9
2.5
6.6
2,278
1,296
652
322
95
87
260
14Billy Knight
B. Knight
20.1
1976-77
78
40.0
26.6
7.5
3.3
1.5
0.2
10.7
21.6
49.3
5.3
6.5
81.6
54.3
2.9
4.6
3,117
2,075
582
260
117
19
197
15David Thompson
D. Thompson
19.8
1976-77
82
36.6
25.9
4.1
4.1
1.4
0.6
10.0
19.8
50.7
5.8
7.6
76.6
55.9
1.7
2.4
3,001
2,125
334
337
114
53
236
16Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
19.8
1976-77
73
41.7
31.1
5.1
5.4
1.2
0.3
12.1
28.0
43.3
6.9
8.2
83.5
49.2
1.2
3.9
3,041
2,273
374
392
84
22
191
17Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
19.8
1976-77
82
41.0
23.7
12.5
1.9
1.1
2.7
9.3
18.5
50.1
5.1
7.5
68.7
54.4
3.5
9.0
3,364
1,942
1,029
158
87
220
312
18Moses Malone
M. Malone
19.8
1976-77
TOT
82
30.6
13.2
13.1
1.1
0.8
2.2
4.7
9.9
48.0
3.7
5.4
69.3
54.0
5.3
7.7
2,506
1,083
1,072
89
67
181
275
19Larry Kenon
L. Kenon
19.8
1976-77
78
37.6
21.9
11.3
2.9
2.1
0.8
9.1
18.4
49.2
3.8
4.6
82.3
53.6
3.6
7.7
2,936
1,705
879
229
167
60
190
20Rick Barry
R. Barry
19.3
1976-77
79
36.8
21.8
5.3
6.0
2.2
0.7
8.6
19.6
44.0
4.5
5.0
91.6
50.0
0.9
4.4
2,904
1,723
422
475
172
58
194
21Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
18.3
1976-77
77
36.6
20.3
7.6
1.9
1.2
0.2
7.1
13.6
52.0
6.2
7.6
81.8
60.1
3.3
4.4
2,816
1,564
587
144
91
15
215
22Maurice Lucas
M. Lucas
18.3
1976-77
79
36.2
20.2
11.4
2.9
1.1
0.7
8.0
17.2
46.6
4.2
5.5
76.5
51.6
3.4
7.9
2,863
1,599
899
229
83
56
294
23Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
18.1
1976-77
77
34.5
19.9
2.9
4.8
1.2
0.3
8.0
15.4
51.7
4.0
4.8
83.9
56.9
0.6
2.3
2,656
1,533
223
366
91
23
197
24Rudy Tomjanovich
R. Tomjanovich
17.9
1976-77
81
38.6
21.6
8.4
2.1
0.7
0.3
9.0
17.7
51.0
3.5
4.2
83.9
55.2
2.1
6.3
3,130
1,753
684
172
57
27
198
25Randy Smith
R. Smith
17.6
1976-77
82
37.7
20.7
5.6
5.4
2.1
0.1
8.6
18.3
46.7
3.6
4.7
76.2
50.7
1.6
3.9
3,094
1,698
457
441
176
8
264
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