Between the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, Nikola Jokić had the best PER, with a 32.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

2021-22 to 2022-23 best defensive per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player

	NAME	PER	GP	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32.2	143	33.6	25.8	12.8	8.8	1.4	0.8	9.9	16.3	60.4	1.1	3.1	35.2	5.0	6.2	81.5	67.9	2.6	10.2	3.7	4,798	3,694	1,836	1,262	196	110	528	365	+1082
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31.3	134	34.2	31.8	10.9	4.2	1.1	1.6	10.4	19.9	52.4	1.2	3.4	35.3	9.8	11.7	83.5	63.5	1.9	9.0	3.3	4,580	4,262	1,466	558	143	211	440	386	+791
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.6	130	32.5	30.5	11.7	5.7	1.0	1.1	10.7	19.4	55.3	0.9	3.2	28.6	8.1	11.8	68.3	61.9	2.1	9.6	3.6	4,227	3,961	1,520	747	124	142	465	409	+738
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	26.9	131	35.8	30.4	8.9	8.4	1.3	0.5	10.4	21.8	47.7	2.9	8.5	34.8	6.7	9.0	74.3	59.1	0.8	8.0	4.0	4,691	3,985	1,162	1,097	165	69	528	311	+274
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.2	96	34.5	24.8	11.4	2.8	1.1	2.1	9.5	17.3	55.0	0.3	1.5	22.2	5.4	7.2	75.9	60.7	3.1	8.3	2.1	3,308	2,378	1,096	270	108	204	204	243	+113
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.7	102	36.5	29.5	7.1	5.7	0.8	1.2	10.4	19.4	53.7	2.0	5.2	39.2	6.7	7.3	91.4	65.3	0.5	6.6	3.4	3,718	3,009	720	586	82	119	347	212	+527
7	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	25.7	121	33.6	22.2	5.9	5.4	1.7	0.4	7.2	14.2	51.1	0.5	1.8	28.8	7.2	8.3	85.9	62.1	2.0	3.9	1.8	4,069	2,685	711	652	211	48	222	168	+292
8	LeBron James L. James	25	111	36.4	29.6	8.3	6.5	1.1	0.8	11.3	22.0	51.2	2.5	7.4	34.2	4.5	6.0	76.2	60.1	1.2	7.1	3.4	4,038	3,285	916	724	123	91	374	209	+97
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	124	35.1	28.3	4.9	5.7	1.5	0.9	9.5	19.6	48.5	1.2	3.8	31.6	8.0	9.2	87.2	59.7	0.8	4.1	2.8	4,358	3,506	607	702	183	111	346	334	-114
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	23.9	87	36.3	29.4	4.6	7.3	0.8	0.3	8.9	20.2	44.4	3.9	10.8	35.7	7.7	8.5	90.5	61.6	0.7	3.9	3.1	3,162	2,561	397	637	67	29	274	146	+75
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23.9	52	33.6	23.8	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	8.6	16.8	51.2	2.0	4.8	41.6	4.7	5.4	87.1	62.3	1.1	5.4	1.7	1,747	1,239	338	204	72	28	88	84	+220
12	Ja Morant J. Morant	23.8	118	32.5	26.8	5.8	7.4	1.1	0.3	9.7	20.3	47.9	1.5	4.7	32.4	5.8	7.7	75.4	56.6	1.2	4.6	3.4	3,837	3,160	682	877	132	38	402	186	+492
13	Trae Young T. Young	23.7	149	34.9	27.3	3.4	9.9	1.0	0.1	8.8	19.7	44.6	2.6	7.2	36.2	7.2	8.0	89.4	58.8	0.7	2.7	4.0	5,193	4,069	501	1,478	152	16	603	232	+258
14	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	23.3	116	31.0	21.9	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.6	7.4	15.4	48.1	1.9	5.2	35.4	5.2	6.1	85.8	60.5	1.9	6.4	1.9	3,600	2,535	957	293	95	184	218	333	+114
15	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	23	65	17.9	8.2	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	3.3	5.1	65.2	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.6	62.3	66.2	2.6	5.0	0.8	1,162	534	494	26	22	103	53	179	+230
16	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	22.8	141	34.5	19.0	12.2	6.4	0.9	0.5	7.2	12.1	59.6	0.5	1.5	33.7	4.0	5.5	74.2	65.4	3.2	9.0	3.0	4,870	2,681	1,725	896	124	66	425	482	+200
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	22.7	150	36.4	28.5	8.4	4.5	1.0	0.7	9.6	20.8	45.9	3.1	8.9	35.2	6.2	7.3	85.3	59.3	1.1	7.3	2.9	5,463	4,271	1,258	676	153	100	430	334	+1137
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.7	103	33.3	23.5	9.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	8.3	15.9	52.0	2.0	5.1	39.6	4.9	5.8	83.4	63.5	2.3	7.0	3.0	3,432	2,420	963	409	92	100	312	378	+313
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22.6	120	34.6	27.3	5.6	6.3	1.1	0.4	9.1	19.6	46.4	4.7	11.6	40.2	4.4	4.8	91.9	62.8	0.6	5.0	3.2	4,152	3,278	676	756	137	43	385	247	+775
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	22.2	135	34.8	27.1	4.2	4.9	1.5	0.3	9.6	20.6	46.7	3.5	9.5	37.0	4.3	5.0	86.0	59.4	0.9	3.4	2.8	4,698	3,655	571	659	198	39	380	332	+614
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	22.1	89	37.4	27.2	4.8	5.6	1.2	0.7	9.9	20.4	48.5	3.2	8.3	39.2	4.1	4.5	90.8	60.6	0.8	4.0	2.3	3,332	2,419	431	498	107	62	201	246	+343
22	Brandon Clarke B. Clarke	22	120	19.5	10.2	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.9	4.3	6.6	64.9	0.1	0.2	21.4	1.5	2.2	68.9	67.0	1.9	3.5	0.7	2,336	1,224	652	158	73	105	89	253	+162
23	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	21.9	136	31.4	14.5	13.1	1.2	0.7	1.7	5.3	7.8	68.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	5.7	67.0	70.4	3.5	9.6	1.8	4,268	1,966	1,782	159	101	232	241	386	+410
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	21.8	150	36.2	26.2	4.9	5.0	1.0	0.4	9.5	18.9	50.4	0.6	1.9	33.8	6.5	7.4	87.5	59.1	0.6	4.3	2.2	5,425	3,934	735	751	151	60	334	364	+144
25	Clint Capela C. Capela	21.8	139	27.1	11.5	11.5	1.1	0.7	1.2	5.2	8.2	63.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.2	53.0	62.9	3.9	7.6	0.7	3,771	1,599	1,594	150	100	172	98	305	+95