Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, LeBron James had the highest PER by a small forward, with a 27.7 rating.

Interpreted as:

small forwards best per with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games all-time 2000s

	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	27.7	393	40.8	28.9	7.3	6.9	1.8	0.9	10.2	21.3	48.0	1.5	4.4	33.3	6.9	9.4	73.6	56.7	1.3	6.0	3.2	16,020	11,339	2,875	2,694	700	347	1,268	802	+1813
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	23.8	81	39.2	21.2	12.1	5.2	1.2	1.6	8.1	17.3	47.0	0.5	1.4	31.9	4.4	5.5	80.1	53.6	3.0	9.1	2.8	3,175	1,714	981	422	96	126	229	184	+358
3	Vince Carter V. Carter	23.2	316	38.2	25.7	5.6	4.2	1.3	0.8	9.4	20.5	45.8	1.7	4.4	39.0	5.2	6.6	78.9	54.9	1.7	3.9	2.3	12,059	8,133	1,785	1,333	415	252	730	977	+600
4	Michael Redd M. Redd	22.3	53	38.4	26.7	3.7	2.3	1.2	0.2	9.0	19.3	46.5	2.2	5.8	38.2	6.5	7.8	82.9	58.6	0.8	2.9	2.3	2,036	1,416	196	124	63	9	122	78	+1
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	21.7	204	36.2	21.4	6.3	4.6	1.4	1.2	7.8	18.1	42.9	1.1	3.6	31.7	4.7	6.3	74.6	51.3	1.5	4.8	2.4	7,389	4,363	1,292	936	284	244	481	456	+353
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	20.9	477	37.0	22.2	6.0	3.9	1.5	0.6	7.3	15.9	45.8	1.5	4.1	37.3	6.2	7.8	79.7	57.6	0.9	5.1	2.9	17,656	10,611	2,855	1,854	711	267	1,392	1,381	+1552
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20.8	74	39.0	25.3	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.7	8.9	18.8	47.6	1.3	3.1	42.2	6.1	7.1	86.3	57.7	1.0	5.5	3.0	2,885	1,871	482	205	96	53	225	134	-501
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19.9	142	36.1	21.2	5.9	4.4	1.5	0.5	8.7	20.1	43.1	0.2	0.8	24.1	3.7	4.6	80.5	48.0	0.9	5.0	2.4	5,124	3,015	836	621	208	65	335	290	+22
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19.8	445	36.2	24.2	6.1	3.1	1.1	0.4	8.7	18.9	46.0	0.7	2.3	30.7	6.1	7.7	79.6	54.3	2.0	4.2	3.1	16,113	10,768	2,730	1,367	503	199	1,375	1,334	+790
10	Shawn Marion S. Marion	19.7	520	37.1	17.2	9.4	2.1	1.8	1.2	7.0	14.8	47.2	0.8	2.2	34.0	2.5	3.0	83.1	53.4	2.5	6.9	1.6	19,296	8,944	4,867	1,076	915	634	856	1,297	+773
11	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	19.7	163	39.7	20.4	9.6	3.2	1.1	1.0	7.3	15.7	46.9	0.3	1.0	25.6	5.5	6.6	82.2	54.8	2.4	7.2	2.9	6,464	3,326	1,560	521	179	164	480	482	-764
12	Corey Maggette C. Maggette	19.2	319	30.5	17.5	5.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	5.2	11.5	45.3	0.7	2.0	33.2	6.4	7.8	82.0	58.5	1.2	4.2	2.5	9,723	5,581	1,726	769	255	50	787	906	-285
13	Grant Hill G. Hill	19.1	361	32.9	17.1	5.5	3.5	1.2	0.6	6.5	13.0	49.8	0.3	0.8	32.0	3.9	4.8	81.1	56.6	1.1	4.4	2.2	11,882	6,156	2,002	1,253	420	206	790	814	+725
14	Donyell Marshall D. Marshall	18.7	203	30.3	14.1	8.1	2.0	1.0	1.0	5.4	11.6	46.9	0.5	1.5	33.4	2.8	3.7	74.8	53.5	2.6	5.6	1.8	6,147	2,869	1,646	401	203	213	375	526	-325
15	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	18.7	164	39.7	19.3	5.6	5.0	1.8	0.5	6.9	14.8	46.4	1.1	3.5	31.9	4.5	6.3	72.2	55.1	1.1	4.5	2.7	6,511	3,171	917	825	302	85	436	339	+132
16	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	18.5	373	30.1	11.5	5.5	2.7	1.3	2.2	3.8	8.0	47.5	0.4	1.4	30.3	3.5	4.6	75.0	57.3	1.8	3.7	1.9	11,234	4,273	2,042	1,018	496	807	722	840	+911
17	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	18.5	453	37.2	20.4	7.7	1.8	1.0	0.4	8.0	17.3	46.1	0.8	2.3	34.5	3.6	5.0	73.1	52.3	2.8	4.9	1.9	16,873	9,222	3,493	799	463	175	868	1,087	-762
18	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	18.4	82	38.4	21.8	5.4	3.1	1.4	0.7	7.9	17.9	44.1	3.0	7.3	40.6	3.0	4.0	75.2	55.4	1.0	4.4	2.0	3,149	1,788	441	258	116	57	166	241	-225
19	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	18.4	597	34.8	17.1	6.0	1.8	1.2	0.6	6.3	13.6	46.2	1.6	4.2	38.7	2.9	3.6	80.2	56.3	1.7	4.3	1.6	20,776	10,204	3,570	1,047	700	361	964	1,458	+457
20	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	18	343	35.4	20.3	6.1	2.6	1.2	0.5	8.0	17.5	45.9	0.9	2.8	33.6	3.3	3.9	83.5	52.7	1.3	4.8	2.8	12,152	6,957	2,087	883	398	182	977	874	-49
21	Josh Howard J. Howard	17.8	400	32.1	15.6	6.2	1.7	1.1	0.6	5.9	12.9	45.8	0.7	2.2	34.6	3.0	3.8	77.5	53.2	1.9	4.4	1.5	12,825	6,226	2,493	691	449	247	594	1,063	+2059
22	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	17.7	661	35.4	18.4	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.1	6.5	14.3	45.7	2.3	5.6	40.6	3.1	3.5	89.6	58.3	1.0	4.1	1.5	23,377	12,181	3,337	1,215	645	92	964	1,248	+2620
23	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	17.7	406	26.3	11.3	5.3	1.7	1.4	0.9	4.1	8.5	48.5	0.3	0.9	29.3	2.8	4.0	68.7	55.0	1.5	3.8	1.6	10,689	4,570	2,160	676	577	377	640	902	-419
24	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	17.4	169	30.0	16.5	3.3	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.5	13.6	40.6	1.0	3.1	32.4	4.5	5.3	84.9	52.0	0.8	2.5	2.8	5,074	2,795	554	693	152	50	471	290	+219
25	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	17.3	80	35.5	18.5	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	6.6	14.3	46.4	1.5	4.1	37.0	3.7	4.8	78.2	56.4	1.3	3.2	2.1	2,839	1,478	359	224	90	61	166	239	+256