highest player efficiency rating of all-time for a season

Nikola Jokić has the highest PER in a season, with a 38.4 rating this season.

Interpreted as:

highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player of all-time for a season

	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	38.4	2025-26	DEN	13	34.5	29.2	13.4	11.1	1.8	0.8	10.9	16.8	64.8	1.8	4.7	39.3	5.5	6.5	85.7	74.2	3.1	10.3	3.2	448	380	174	144	23	11	41	35	+181
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34.7	2025-26	MIL	13	31.8	31.2	10.8	6.8	0.9	1.2	12.0	19.1	62.9	0.7	1.4	50.0	6.5	10.2	63.6	66.2	3.7	7.2	3.5	414	405	141	89	12	15	46	34	+74
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	33	2025-26	OKC	15	33.3	31.9	4.9	6.7	1.5	0.9	10.7	20.2	53.1	2.3	5.9	38.6	8.2	9.1	90.4	66.0	0.4	4.5	1.7	499	479	73	101	22	14	26	28	+210
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32.9	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32.1	1961-62	PHI	80	48.5	50.4	25.7	2.4			20.0	39.5	50.6				10.4	17.0	61.3	53.6				3,882	4,029	2,052	192				123
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32.1	2024-25	DEN	70	36.7	29.6	12.7	10.2	1.8	0.6	11.2	19.5	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	127	45	230	160	+594
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	32.1	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	388	72	91	219	212	+397
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.9	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31.8	1962-63	SFW	80	47.6	44.8	24.3	3.4			18.3	34.6	52.8				8.3	13.9	59.3	55.0				3,806	3,586	1,946	275				136
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.7	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
11	LeBron James L. James	31.7	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.6	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31.6	1963-64	SFW	80	46.1	36.9	22.3	5.0			15.1	28.7	52.4				6.8	12.7	53.1	53.7				3,689	2,948	1,787	403				182
14	LeBron James L. James	31.6	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	64.0	1.3	6.8	3.0	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.5	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	24.5	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	31.4	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31.4	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.3	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.2	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31.2	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31.1	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
22	LeBron James L. James	31.1	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	2,737	2,085	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30.9	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	64.4	2.2	10.3	3.7	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	30.9	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	24.4	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	1,656	696	149	100	200	95	141	+267