Between the 1989-90 and 2018-19 seasons, LeBron James had the best PER, with a 27.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player from 1989-90 to 2018-19

	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	LeBron James L. James	27.6	1,198	38.6	27.2	7.4	7.2	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.4	4.2	34.3	6.0	8.1	73.6	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	46,236	32,543	8,880	8,662	1,937	921	4,163	2,207	+6398
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.5	466	34.5	23.7	10.5	2.1	1.4	2.4	8.9	17.2	51.7	0.4	1.2	31.4	5.5	6.9	79.5	58.5	2.6	7.9	1.9	16,075	11,059	4,906	982	639	1,121	869	1,106	+284
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27.1	727	37.9	28.9	6.2	4.9	2.1	0.7	11.1	22.7	48.9	0.7	2.1	35.1	6.0	7.3	82.7	55.8	1.4	4.8	2.4	27,569	21,029	4,543	3,587	1,552	482	1,774	1,698	+1438
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.4	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	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.2	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	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	25.3	950	35.1	18.5	4.5	9.7	2.2	0.1	6.5	13.8	46.9	1.3	3.6	37.0	4.2	4.9	86.8	58.0	0.7	3.8	2.4	33,350	17,597	4,262	9,181	2,122	122	2,304	2,342	+4815
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.2	849	36.9	27.0	7.1	4.1	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.7	49.3	1.8	4.9	38.1	6.8	7.7	88.3	61.3	0.7	6.3	3.1	31,305	22,940	5,992	3,486	948	941	2,653	1,618	+3678
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	25.2	190	35.9	19.8	6.6	11.1	1.4	0.3	6.0	12.7	47.7	1.1	3.1	35.6	6.6	7.4	89.2	62.1	1.4	5.2	3.7	6,828	3,764	1,256	2,116	260	64	706	365
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.1	1,151	37.5	25.5	10.0	3.9	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.9	51.7	0.1	0.2	28.6	7.0	9.2	76.1	58.2	2.2	7.8	3.0	43,196	29,352	11,556	4,436	1,615	921	3,398	3,378	+3010
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	25	323	34.4	22.3	11.9	2.6	0.8	1.5	8.5	15.8	53.7	1.2	3.1	39.2	4.0	4.8	83.6	61.9	3.2	8.7	2.5	11,120	7,187	3,831	839	245	481	794	1,063	+270
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.9	308	28.3	16.3	9.6	5.1	1.1	0.7	6.2	11.9	52.3	0.9	2.5	34.5	2.9	3.5	82.8	60.4	2.6	6.9	2.4	8,711	5,006	2,946	1,586	338	221	733	862	+1072
12	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	24.8	684	36.6	22.1	11.5	4.1	1.5	0.6	7.9	15.1	52.2	0.6	2.2	27.7	5.7	7.8	73.2	59.6	3.6	7.9	2.8	25,033	15,141	7,886	2,838	1,035	409	1,937	1,861	+532
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	24.5	158	30.7	24.3	11.4	3.2	0.7	2.0	8.2	17.0	48.1	1.1	3.6	31.5	6.8	8.6	78.8	58.4	2.3	9.1	3.7	4,854	3,833	1,804	499	113	309	577	532	+921
14	James Harden J. Harden	24.4	765	34.1	24.3	5.2	6.2	1.6	0.5	7.2	16.2	44.3	2.6	7.3	36.5	7.3	8.5	85.7	60.9	0.8	4.5	3.6	26,106	18,627	4,000	4,743	1,189	383	2,770	1,977	+3136
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24.2	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	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
16	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24.2	343	26.0	13.4	11.4	0.6	0.6	2.3	5.6	9.7	57.4	0.0	0.1	22.2	2.2	3.7	59.3	58.9	3.3	8.1	1.6	8,929	4,583	3,909	202	214	798	543	893	+74
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	23.8	694	34.4	23.5	4.5	6.6	1.7	0.2	8.1	17.1	47.7	3.6	8.2	43.6	3.7	4.0	90.5	62.4	0.7	3.8	3.1	23,859	16,315	3,132	4,588	1,200	154	2,163	1,721	+4715
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23.7	821	34.5	23.0	7.0	8.4	1.8	0.3	8.1	18.6	43.4	1.1	3.6	30.8	5.7	7.1	80.1	52.9	1.7	5.3	4.1	28,329	18,859	5,760	6,897	1,442	250	3,326	2,061	+3153
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.6	852	35.5	21.2	10.6	2.7	1.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	50.9	0.0	0.1	22.9	4.1	5.6	73.6	55.2	2.7	7.9	2.9	30,232	18,063	9,071	2,278	1,414	2,629	2,492	2,821	+564
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.5	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,773	23,165	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
21	Yao Ming Y. Ming	23	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22.9	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
23	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	22.7	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	22.6	467	30.8	17.7	6.3	2.4	1.8	0.7	6.4	12.9	49.5	1.4	3.6	38.3	3.5	4.1	84.8	59.9	1.3	5.1	1.5	14,404	8,250	2,950	1,123	829	313	679	793	+2764
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	22.4	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541