Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the best PER, with a 26.9 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in the 70's

	NAME	PER	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26.9	773	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	22,141	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
2	Jerry West J. West	23.6	320	38.6	26.1	4.3	8.7	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		12,351	8,357	1,390	2,769	81	23		767
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	23.1	244	34.6	26.6	5.2	3.1	1.5	1.3	10.4	19.2	54.0	5.8	7.0	83.0	59.6	1.6	3.6	3.7	8,450	6,492	1,274	759	378	305	592	816
4	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	23	644	36.1	22.8	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	23,248	14,686	7,690	2,134	466	799	400	2,100
5	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	22.6	157	35.3	22.5	9.1	2.7	1.3	1.2	9.2	17.2	53.7	4.0	5.4	74.8	57.5	3.2	5.9	2.2	5,544	3,529	1,433	424	208	192	345	407
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	22.6	160	31.4	23.9	5.4	3.8	1.6	0.3	9.7	17.9	54.3	4.5	5.5	83.1	59.0	1.7	3.7	3.6	5,027	3,827	857	612	260	46	576	492
7	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	22.5	246	37.4	21.7	12.9	3.0	0.6	2.2	8.2	14.9	55.4	5.3	7.5	70.1	59.8	3.8	9.2	4.1	9,209	5,346	3,184	736	136	540	676	807
8	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	22.4	525	39.7	27.4	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	20,825	14,405	6,421	1,474	529	872	563	1,832
9	John Drew J. Drew	22.4	378	31.6	22.0	8.5	1.8	1.6	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.4	5.9	8.0	73.3	53.6	3.6	4.9	2.8	11,941	8,310	3,204	681	606	141	421	1,389
10	Bill Walton B. Walton	22.1	209	33.7	17.1	13.5	4.4	1.0	2.6	7.0	13.8	51.0	3.0	4.5	67.4	54.2	2.6	10.9	3.6	7,033	3,578	2,822	923	204	533	206	578
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.8	223	35.9	19.1	15.3	1.2	0.9	1.7	6.8	13.3	51.2	5.5	7.6	72.1	57.4	6.3	9.0	3.9	8,003	4,258	3,402	267	194	376	546	677
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	21	238	36.5	25.7	4.2	3.9	1.2	1.0	9.8	19.2	51.3	6.0	7.9	76.6	56.8	1.7	2.5	2.8	8,696	6,122	998	924	276	234	431	629
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	20.9	234	34.9	21.8	7.4	4.0	1.8	1.3	8.6	17.3	49.7	4.6	5.9	78.3	54.8	2.4	5.0	3.6	8,171	5,101	1,740	942	427	310	553	665
14	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	20.8	310	34.8	21.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	10,800	6,761	3,552	1,238	627	157	658	1,241
15	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	20.6	548	25.4	16.4	2.1	4.3	1.5	0.4	6.6	12.9	51.2	3.2	4.0	81.3	56.1	0.6	1.6	3.2	13,910	8,996	1,145	2,340	710	183	512	1,163
16	Dan Issel D. Issel	20.3	242	33.5	20.2	9.4	3.0	1.0	0.5	7.6	14.9	51.4	4.9	6.3	78.0	57.3	2.9	6.4	2.6	8,100	4,891	2,264	736	252	116	430	758
17	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	20.3	337	37.6	22.4	11.4	5.2	1.2	0.5	8.5	18.8	45.4	5.4	7.3	73.6	51.0	1.6	7.1		12,683	7,554	3,838	1,739	115	45		1,281
18	Alvan Adams A. Adams	20.2	299	30.8	17.6	8.9	4.5	1.4	1.1	7.2	14.8	48.8	3.2	4.3	75.4	53.0	2.6	6.3	3.5	9,212	5,266	2,649	1,357	412	329	513	1,022
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	20.2	536	38.2	23.0	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	20,459	12,351	1,390	4,077	415	46	197	1,264
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	20	564	37.0	22.5	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	20,844	12,695	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	422	1,527
21	Chet Walker C. Walker	19.6	474	33.4	20.6	6.1	2.3	0.7	0.1	7.5	15.6	48.3	5.6	6.6	85.4	55.9	1.6	3.8		15,809	9,788	2,898	1,097	117	10		1,109
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19.6	258	43.2	16.7	18.7	4.2			6.7	10.9	61.3	3.4	7.0	48.9	60.1				11,146	4,321	4,812	1,095				592
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	19.5	240	36.5	21.5	10.2	3.5	1.8	0.4	9.0	18.1	49.5	3.6	4.3	84.0	53.9	3.3	6.9	3.6	8,752	5,168	2,442	832	436	103	579	591
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	19.3	216	34.8	19.9	7.2	2.5	1.3	0.2	6.9	13.5	51.5	6.1	7.4	81.6	59.5	3.0	4.2	2.8	7,524	4,301	1,549	535	272	51	383	610
25	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	19.3	152	27.5	13.5	7.7	1.9	1.0	0.8	4.2	7.4	57.1	5.0	6.4	78.9	66.0	2.7	5.0	2.6	4,182	2,046	1,170	296	151	122	395	417