Nikola Jokić has the best PER this season, with a 35.5 rating.

Interpreted as:

2025-26 PER with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders

	NAME	PER	SEASON	TM	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	35.5	2025-26	DEN	22	34.9	29.2	12.4	11.0	1.4	0.8	10.5	17.2	60.8	2.0	4.9	40.7	6.3	7.4	85.8	71.6	3.1	9.3	3.5	768	643	273	242	30	18	76	62	+217
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33.6	2025-26	OKC	23	33.3	32.8	4.7	6.4	1.4	0.7	10.8	19.4	55.6	2.2	5.0	44.3	9.0	10.2	88.1	68.6	0.5	4.3	1.7	767	754	109	148	33	16	39	46	+316
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.5	2025-26	LAL	16	36.9	35.3	8.9	8.9	1.6	0.6	10.9	22.9	47.8	3.7	10.8	34.1	9.7	11.9	81.2	62.7	0.8	8.1	4.3	591	564	142	143	26	9	69	41	+67
4	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	25.3	2025-26	LAL	19	36.6	29.3	5.5	6.8	1.1	0.1	8.9	16.9	52.5	2.9	7.8	37.2	8.6	9.8	88.2	69.0	0.7	4.8	3.4	696	557	105	130	21	2	65	43	+85
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24.2	2025-26	GSW	20	30.9	19.5	5.6	5.0	1.6	0.3	6.0	11.6	51.9	0.9	2.1	43.9	6.6	7.7	85.7	65.3	2.3	3.4	1.4	617	390	112	99	31	5	27	25	+81
6	Jalen Duren J. Duren	24.2	2025-26	DET	21	29.2	18.8	11.5	1.8	0.8	1.0	6.9	10.5	65.5	0.0	0.0		5.1	6.8	75.4	69.9	4.2	7.3	2.6	613	395	242	38	16	20	55	70	+195
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.2	2025-26	CLE	23	34.3	30.5	4.8	5.5	1.4	0.3	10.6	21.1	50.2	4.0	10.4	38.5	5.3	6.3	83.6	63.8	1.0	3.9	3.4	789	702	111	126	32	7	78	55	+151
8	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	23.4	2025-26	ATL	22	35.2	23.4	10.5	7.9	1.6	0.4	8.5	15.8	53.4	1.6	4.0	40.4	4.9	6.0	80.5	63.3	1.3	9.1	3.3	774	515	230	173	35	8	72	46	+46
9	James Harden J. Harden	23.4	2025-26	LAC	23	35.3	26.8	5.4	8.3	1.2	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.3	3.5	9.6	36.7	7.8	8.7	89.9	62.9	0.5	4.9	4.0	813	616	125	190	27	10	91	49	-60
10	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23.3	2025-26	PHI	22	39.9	31.6	4.6	7.1	1.7	0.9	10.7	22.9	46.7	3.6	9.4	38.2	6.7	7.5	88.6	60.4	0.3	4.3	2.6	878	696	102	156	38	19	58	51	+71
11	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	23	2025-26	BOS	22	33.4	29.0	6.1	4.9	1.1	0.4	10.8	21.7	49.7	2.1	6.0	35.1	5.4	7.0	77.3	58.6	1.0	5.1	3.6	735	639	135	108	25	8	79	71	+63
12	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	22.7	2025-26	HOU	19	35.9	23.1	9.1	7.1	1.3	1.0	8.5	16.8	50.5	1.1	2.7	38.5	5.1	6.8	73.8	58.2	2.9	6.2	3.3	682	438	173	135	25	19	62	64	+136
13	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	22.2	2025-26	BKN	19	32.8	25.8	7.6	3.2	0.9	0.3	9.3	18.7	49.6	3.5	9.0	39.2	3.8	4.6	81.8	62.4	1.2	6.4	2.2	624	491	144	60	18	5	41	42	-42
14	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22.1	2025-26	DET	21	36.4	27.5	6.4	9.3	1.5	0.8	9.5	21.0	45.2	1.9	6.4	29.9	6.5	7.8	84.0	56.2	1.5	4.9	3.9	765	577	134	195	31	17	82	69	+150
15	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	22	2025-26	MIN	19	34.2	28.1	4.7	3.9	1.2	0.8	9.4	19.2	48.8	3.4	8.1	41.6	5.9	7.1	83.7	62.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	649	533	89	74	23	16	59	40	+62
16	Jamal Murray J. Murray	21.9	2025-26	DEN	21	35.0	24.6	4.6	6.9	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.6	50.3	3.3	7.2	46.1	3.6	4.0	89.3	63.5	0.5	4.1	2.5	736	517	96	144	23	7	52	34	+166
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21.8	2025-26	NYK	22	33.1	22.5	11.9	3.4	0.8	0.7	7.4	15.8	46.7	1.9	5.4	35.3	5.8	6.6	88.3	60.1	3.1	8.8	2.6	729	494	261	74	18	16	57	74	+168
18	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	21.5	2025-26	NYK	20	34.6	27.9	3.2	6.3	0.8	0.1	9.8	20.7	47.3	2.8	7.5	36.9	5.6	6.4	86.7	59.3	0.5	2.7	2.3	691	558	63	126	16	1	46	47	+187
19	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	21.5	2025-26	POR	23	34.5	26.2	7.2	6.2	0.6	0.6	7.8	16.4	47.7	2.5	6.7	37.7	8.0	9.9	81.5	63.2	1.3	6.0	3.6	793	603	166	143	13	14	82	73	+41
20	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.4	2025-26	UTA	22	35.1	27.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	9.2	19.5	47.2	3.0	8.3	36.1	6.2	6.8	90.7	61.3	2.2	4.4	1.2	773	608	144	44	18	8	26	37	-68
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	21.3	2025-26	MIN	23	33.6	23.0	7.3	5.9	1.0	0.2	7.7	15.7	49.4	1.7	5.0	35.1	5.7	6.9	83.5	61.5	1.5	5.7	2.7	772	528	167	135	23	4	62	58	+146
22	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	20.7	2025-26	TOR	24	33.6	20.1	7.8	5.2	1.4	1.7	7.7	15.1	51.0	1.5	3.6	40.2	3.2	3.8	84.6	59.8	2.1	5.7	2.5	807	482	188	125	33	40	59	73	+84
23	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	20.1	2025-26	CHI	20	34.1	20.4	9.9	9.1	1.0	0.4	7.1	14.8	47.8	1.8	4.5	38.9	4.6	6.1	74.6	58.5	1.4	8.5	3.7	682	408	197	181	20	8	73	37	-25
24	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	20.1	2025-26	ORL	23	34.5	23.4	6.2	3.8	1.2	0.4	8.0	16.4	48.7	1.5	4.3	35.4	5.9	7.1	82.3	59.8	1.5	4.7	1.9	794	538	143	87	27	9	43	53	+49
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19.9	2025-26	HOU	19	35.3	25.3	4.8	3.9	1.0	0.6	8.8	17.4	50.5	1.7	4.5	38.4	5.9	6.7	89.0	62.0	0.3	4.5	2.8	671	480	91	74	19	12	54	47	+167