Between the 2001-02 and 2005-06 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal had the highest PER, with a 27.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 2001-02 to 2005-06 combined

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.1	333	35.2	23.9	10.6	2.7	0.5	2.2	9.3	15.9	58.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	10.1	52.3	58.8	3.5	7.1	2.8	11,719	7,952	3,527	915	172	737	933	1,145	+2105
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	26.9	403	39.2	22.5	13.1	5.2	1.4	1.6	8.7	17.5	49.9	0.2	0.7	28.8	4.8	6.1	79.3	55.7	3.0	10.2	2.7	15,805	9,057	5,296	2,100	554	652	1,072	998	+1575
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26.2	378	37.1	22.1	12.1	3.4	0.8	2.5	8.4	16.7	50.1	0.0	0.2	24.1	5.3	7.7	68.8	55.0	3.1	8.9	2.7	14,024	8,338	4,557	1,268	293	961	1,019	975	+2874
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	25.3	343	39.3	27.4	6.6	5.4	1.5	0.8	9.7	22.3	43.5	1.9	5.6	34.8	6.0	7.8	77.4	53.2	1.4	5.2	2.6	13,468	9,383	2,278	1,854	530	267	884	679	+536
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	25.3	392	38.3	24.6	9.4	2.8	1.1	1.2	8.4	18.0	46.8	1.5	3.9	38.4	6.2	7.1	87.6	58.2	1.3	8.2	1.9	15,032	9,653	3,701	1,098	441	465	764	1,027	+2690
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	373	39.9	28.7	5.8	5.4	1.7	0.6	9.9	22.0	44.9	1.4	4.2	34.2	7.5	8.9	83.8	55.3	1.3	4.5	3.2	14,877	10,688	2,181	2,007	644	213	1,202	1,029	+1216
7	LeBron James L. James	24.2	238	41.5	26.5	6.6	6.6	1.8	0.7	9.6	21.0	45.8	1.3	3.8	33.0	6.0	8.0	74.6	54.0	1.2	5.4	3.3	9,871	6,307	1,576	1,563	430	176	795	476	+283
8	Elton Brand E. Brand	23.6	371	38.4	20.4	10.5	2.7	1.0	2.3	7.7	15.0	51.1	0.0	0.0	12.5	5.0	6.6	75.0	56.7	4.0	6.5	2.4	14,244	7,553	3,902	991	358	845	883	1,154	+2
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23.3	213	37.5	22.9	5.0	6.1	1.7	0.8	8.0	16.6	48.2	0.2	0.8	24.1	6.8	8.8	76.9	56.1	1.4	3.6	3.7	7,992	4,885	1,074	1,298	353	174	785	587	+969
10	Yao Ming Y. Ming	22.7	301	31.5	17.5	8.8	1.3	0.4	1.9	6.4	12.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	4.6	5.7	81.2	59.1	2.5	6.3	2.4	9,470	5,271	2,660	405	117	557	720	996	+574
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22.5	337	42.8	29.9	3.9	6.6	2.5	0.1	10.4	24.8	41.7	1.2	3.9	29.7	8.1	10.1	80.1	51.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	14,424	10,090	1,322	2,237	828	50	1,324	599	+380
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	22.1	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
13	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	22	402	38.7	24.7	6.8	4.3	1.7	0.7	8.0	18.3	43.6	1.6	4.7	34.8	7.0	8.7	80.3	55.6	1.0	5.8	3.3	15,541	9,913	2,735	1,743	664	273	1,335	1,176	+494
14	Steve Nash S. Nash	21.8	396	34.2	16.9	3.3	9.1	0.9	0.1	6.1	12.5	48.6	1.6	3.6	43.0	3.2	3.5	90.4	60.1	0.7	2.6	2.9	13,529	6,703	1,302	3,606	340	36	1,151	693	+2227
15	Ray Allen R. Allen	21.6	357	38.2	23.3	4.6	4.1	1.3	0.2	8.1	18.3	44.4	3.0	7.4	39.9	4.1	4.6	89.6	57.4	1.1	3.5	2.4	13,643	8,325	1,658	1,448	451	64	872	827	+525
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	21.5	164	29.5	12.1	2.8	7.9	1.8	0.2	4.3	8.6	50.2	0.3	1.0	34.2	3.1	3.7	84.2	59.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	4,841	1,986	464	1,303	289	40	390	393	+407
17	Vince Carter V. Carter	21.3	332	37.3	23.5	5.2	4.2	1.3	0.8	8.6	19.8	43.6	1.5	4.1	37.4	4.7	5.9	80.1	52.5	1.6	3.6	2.5	12,375	7,810	1,713	1,395	433	250	832	1,002	+402
18	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	21.3	350	32.0	13.8	6.5	2.6	1.6	2.6	4.4	9.6	46.3	0.5	1.7	31.0	4.3	5.7	76.4	57.0	2.2	4.2	2.1	11,212	4,821	2,258	907	553	905	752	778	+654
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	21.3	378	35.3	18.5	8.4	3.1	0.5	1.8	6.8	13.5	50.5	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.8	6.7	72.0	56.2	2.5	5.9	2.6	13,338	7,002	3,173	1,156	202	695	996	930	+103
20	Shawn Marion S. Marion	21.3	403	40.0	20.1	10.4	2.2	2.0	1.3	8.0	17.0	47.2	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.8	3.4	83.7	54.3	2.7	7.6	1.8	16,108	8,099	4,187	871	824	541	707	1,047	+883
21	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	21.2	220	34.2	19.8	8.8	1.3	0.9	1.4	7.1	13.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	18.8	5.6	7.8	70.9	56.9	2.9	6.0	2.5	7,534	4,345	1,946	289	204	309	556	739	+479
22	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	20.9	370	33.3	18.2	3.7	6.3	1.1	0.2	6.8	14.7	46.6	0.8	2.3	35.6	3.7	4.3	86.4	55.0	0.6	3.1	2.3	12,318	6,744	1,369	2,327	390	69	858	1,056	+886
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	20.7	203	36.2	19.7	8.3	4.3	1.7	0.5	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.1	0.2	30.0	5.7	7.3	77.5	53.6	1.6	6.7	2.8	7,349	4,009	1,681	883	338	110	576	549	+441
24	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	20.6	322	36.3	20.6	9.9	2.0	0.7	2.3	7.8	16.9	46.3	0.0	0.2	20.3	4.8	6.7	72.9	51.8	2.4	7.5	2.5	11,691	6,629	3,195	652	222	748	817	1,144	+865
25	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	20.5	78	15.5	6.1	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.6	2.2	4.6	47.6	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.7	2.1	78.7	54.9	1.1	3.2	1.0	1,209	476	335	142	61	49	75	141	+207