Between the 2017-18 and 2019-20 seasons, James Harden had the best PER, with a 29.8 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player from 2017-18 to 2019-20

	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	James Harden J. Harden	29.8	218	36.2	33.7	6.2	7.9	1.9	0.8	9.9	22.3	44.5	4.3	11.9	36.3	9.5	10.9	86.8	62.0	0.8	5.4	4.6	7,901	7,344	1,353	1,728	409	168	1,010	640	+1171
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29.8	210	33.5	27.9	11.9	5.4	1.2	1.3	10.2	18.5	55.3	0.9	3.0	28.9	6.6	9.3	70.8	61.8	2.2	9.8	3.4	7,031	5,865	2,507	1,139	262	282	721	658	+1484
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28.8	193	34.8	26.8	10.8	3.1	1.5	2.4	9.6	18.6	51.9	0.9	2.7	33.3	6.6	8.1	82.5	60.7	2.6	8.2	2.2	6,708	5,180	2,081	592	294	471	428	447	+672
4	LeBron James L. James	26.8	204	35.7	26.7	8.3	9.2	1.3	0.7	10.1	19.5	51.7	2.0	5.7	35.2	4.6	6.5	69.9	59.8	1.1	7.3	3.9	7,279	5,454	1,699	1,885	266	140	805	348	+660
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	26.3	126	32.5	26.1	7.0	4.0	1.8	0.5	9.1	18.8	48.2	2.0	5.3	37.2	6.0	6.9	86.7	59.6	1.1	5.9	2.3	4,098	3,285	883	500	227	66	286	209	+851
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25.8	125	32.8	26.6	5.2	5.6	1.4	0.3	8.7	18.3	47.8	4.6	10.9	42.5	4.5	4.9	92.2	65.1	0.7	4.6	2.9	4,101	3,331	656	704	177	35	361	291	+1131
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	25.8	194	34.3	23.4	12.1	3.1	0.8	1.5	8.4	16.0	52.6	1.9	4.7	41.0	4.6	5.6	83.6	63.5	3.1	9.0	2.6	6,650	4,549	2,344	611	164	282	509	694	+414
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	25.3	228	31.9	19.5	10.4	6.8	1.2	0.7	7.4	14.4	51.3	1.2	3.5	34.0	3.5	4.2	82.9	59.9	2.6	7.9	3.0	7,275	4,445	2,379	1,550	283	160	684	662	+937
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.2	219	36.4	27.4	4.5	7.1	1.1	0.4	8.8	19.6	44.8	3.4	8.9	37.7	6.5	7.2	90.6	60.2	0.7	3.7	2.8	7,982	6,007	980	1,562	235	83	612	379	+928
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	146	34.4	26.2	6.6	5.6	0.7	1.4	9.3	17.8	51.9	2.1	5.5	38.7	5.5	6.2	88.7	63.5	0.4	6.1	3.0	5,027	3,819	961	823	108	203	432	288	+1003
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	24.9	178	31.3	24.6	12.1	3.3	0.7	1.7	8.3	17.2	48.2	1.1	3.6	31.1	6.9	8.7	79.4	58.6	2.5	9.6	3.5	5,574	4,378	2,154	585	131	298	619	594	+1017
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	24.8	147	32.7	24.6	4.5	6.1	1.3	0.4	9.1	18.7	48.7	2.7	6.7	40.3	3.7	4.1	88.8	59.9	0.9	3.7	2.5	4,803	3,610	665	898	195	61	363	342	+583
13	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	24.3	193	26.1	13.9	12.1	1.0	0.6	2.2	5.9	10.2	58.0	0.0	0.1	32.0	2.1	3.4	60.4	59.5	3.6	8.6	1.6	5,046	2,681	2,340	188	109	426	309	519	+57
14	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	23.7	221	23.5	15.2	5.8	1.6	0.7	1.1	6.2	10.2	60.7	0.0	0.2	9.5	2.9	4.5	64.4	62.8	2.0	3.8	1.4	5,200	3,370	1,286	343	146	234	308	544	+364
15	Clint Capela C. Capela	23.4	180	30.9	14.9	12.2	1.2	0.8	1.7	6.4	10.0	64.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.5	58.7	64.8	3.9	8.2	1.4	5,562	2,683	2,187	212	135	311	260	455	+665
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	23.3	133	32.8	24.7	8.5	7.3	1.0	0.3	8.2	18.4	44.5	2.5	7.9	32.1	5.8	7.9	73.7	56.6	1.2	7.3	3.8	4,365	3,285	1,136	967	139	39	507	290	+135
17	Enes Kanter Freedom E. Kanter Freedom	23.1	196	22.7	12.2	9.5	1.4	0.5	0.5	5.1	8.9	57.1	0.1	0.2	25.6	1.9	2.4	79.4	61.0	3.5	6.0	1.5	4,453	2,384	1,870	277	90	104	296	454	-162
18	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	22.9	214	33.4	16.6	15.6	2.3	1.7	1.7	6.8	12.7	53.2	0.0	0.4	11.9	3.0	5.1	59.1	55.5	5.0	10.6	2.7	7,151	3,551	3,343	501	359	358	578	723	-72
19	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	22.9	209	33.3	21.4	8.5	2.3	0.6	1.4	8.4	16.6	50.9	0.5	1.4	33.7	4.0	4.8	83.9	57.2	2.9	5.6	1.6	6,950	4,463	1,771	475	122	284	329	468	+246
20	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	22.9	196	23.8	14.2	9.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	5.7	10.0	57.2	0.4	1.1	35.7	2.4	3.0	78.0	62.6	2.6	7.0	1.7	4,663	2,787	1,867	282	78	198	332	523	+303
21	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	22.8	127	21.8	8.5	6.7	0.6	0.8	2.2	3.6	5.0	72.0	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.2	58.3	71.0	2.9	3.8	0.6	2,772	1,075	851	73	104	280	72	411	-310
22	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	22.8	199	31.1	19.2	10.8	3.6	1.0	1.0	8.0	16.2	49.4	1.2	3.6	34.0	1.9	2.5	79.3	55.5	2.3	8.5	1.8	6,191	3,819	2,156	720	191	198	355	436	+240
23	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	22.6	205	32.8	15.0	12.5	1.7	0.8	2.2	5.6	8.4	66.4	0.0	0.0		3.9	6.0	64.5	68.1	3.4	9.0	1.8	6,726	3,066	2,558	342	161	451	367	599	+1018
24	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	22.5	182	34.7	20.2	5.7	5.0	1.9	0.5	6.6	14.2	46.5	0.9	2.8	32.4	6.1	7.2	84.6	58.2	1.7	4.0	1.8	6,308	3,679	1,042	901	342	95	330	270	+793
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	22.4	210	36.2	25.0	9.8	9.5	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.8	1.3	4.5	28.5	4.8	6.7	71.8	52.0	1.7	8.1	4.6	7,593	5,256	2,062	2,005	382	73	961	645	+800