Lauren Jackson had the highest PER in 2005, with a 26.2 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player in 2005

	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	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	26.2	2005	SEA	34	34.6	17.6	9.2	1.7	1.1	2.0	6.1	13.2	45.8	1.0	3.5	28.8	4.4	5.3	83.4	56.4	2.8	6.4	1.7	1,175	597	313	57	36	67	59	100	+72
2	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	26.1	2005	HOU	33	37.2	18.6	3.6	4.3	2.0	0.8	6.6	14.7	44.7	0.8	2.3	36.0	4.6	5.5	85.0	54.3	0.8	2.8	2.2	1,226	614	119	141	66	26	72	54	+60
3	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	25.6	2005	IND	34	34.5	14.7	7.8	4.2	2.6	0.5	4.6	12.1	38.3	1.0	3.6	28.5	4.5	5.7	78.8	50.6	2.0	5.7	2.7	1,173	501	264	143	90	16	91	96	+91
4	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	24.8	2005	SAC	34	28.4	13.8	6.6	1.5	1.2	0.9	5.1	10.5	48.5	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.1	70.7	54.1	2.6	4.0	2.0	964	469	223	52	42	31	68	98	+210
5	DeMya Walker D. Walker	23.9	2005	SAC	22	27.0	14.1	5.3	2.2	1.3	0.6	5.7	10.6	53.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	2.7	4.2	64.5	56.6	2.1	3.2	3.1	594	311	117	48	28	13	69	66	+139
6	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	22.2	2005	CON	34	31.8	13.9	7.3	1.9	1.1	0.7	5.3	10.7	49.5	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.1	4.0	78.7	55.6	2.3	5.0	1.7	1,082	471	248	65	37	25	59	80	+250
7	Maria Stepanova M. Stepanova	22	2005	PHX	15	27.5	10.8	5.3	1.5	1.3	2.5	4.5	9.6	47.2	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.7	65.0	50.1	1.9	3.4	1.5	412	162	80	23	20	38	22	33	+92
8	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	21.9	2005	LAS	34	32.2	15.2	7.3	2.6	2.0	2.1	6.0	13.6	44.0	0.2	1.0	20.6	3.0	5.1	58.6	47.8	2.1	5.2	2.9	1,095	517	248	87	67	71	100	122	+16
9	Chamique Holdsclaw C. Holdsclaw	21.6	2005	LAS	33	35.8	17.0	6.8	3.2	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.6	48.0	0.1	0.4	23.1	3.8	4.8	78.8	53.9	2.6	4.2	3.0	1,182	561	223	104	38	16	99	94	-7
10	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	21.4	2005	PHX	29	29.4	13.2	4.1	3.2	1.3	0.4	4.2	9.0	46.4	1.3	3.2	40.4	3.5	4.1	86.4	61.0	1.3	2.8	2.7	852	382	120	94	38	11	77	86	+50
11	Michelle Snow M. Snow	21.3	2005	HOU	33	29.2	12.0	6.8	1.2	0.6	1.2	4.6	8.4	55.1	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.9	70.8	59.4	2.1	4.8	2.0	964	396	225	40	20	38	65	120	+20
12	Ann Wauters A. Wauters	20.7	2005	NYL	28	31.3	13.7	6.6	1.5	0.6	0.8	5.4	10.0	54.1	0.1	0.1	100.0	2.8	3.8	75.2	58.9	1.7	4.9	2.5	877	383	184	41	18	23	71	91	+31
13	Becky Hammon B. Hammon	20.5	2005	NYL	34	34.6	13.9	3.4	4.3	1.8	0.1	4.3	9.9	43.2	1.9	5.2	36.5	3.5	3.9	90.1	60.1	0.6	2.8	3.1	1,178	473	114	146	60	2	107	77	+88
14	Margo Dydek M. Dydek	20.5	2005	CON	31	21.6	7.3	6.3	1.2	0.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	53.7	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.6	2.1	76.9	59.0	0.9	5.4	1.5	671	225	195	38	8	71	47	62	+185
15	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	19.9	2005	CON	34	30.8	12.1	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.1	4.0	8.5	46.6	0.5	1.4	34.8	3.7	4.6	80.1	57.3	0.9	2.9	2.6	1,046	411	128	172	42	2	89	90	+257
16	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	19.9	2005	PHX	33	32.8	16.0	4.2	4.5	1.2	0.8	5.3	12.9	41.0	1.7	5.4	31.3	3.7	4.6	80.1	53.4	0.7	3.5	3.4	1,084	527	138	150	38	28	112	111	+19
17	Nykesha Sales N. Sales	19.5	2005	CON	34	31.6	15.6	3.6	2.2	1.8	0.3	5.9	14.2	41.7	1.4	3.4	42.2	2.4	3.2	75.0	50.2	1.1	2.6	1.9	1,073	532	124	74	61	10	64	96	+239
18	Wendy Palmer W. Palmer	19.2	2005	SAN	34	26.0	9.6	5.7	1.0	0.6	0.2	3.7	7.1	51.7	0.7	1.6	42.9	1.5	2.1	74.3	59.8	1.6	4.1	1.2	883	326	193	33	20	7	42	74	-153
19	Sancho Lyttle S. Lyttle	19.1	2005	HOU	33	13.9	4.2	3.8	0.5	0.6	0.1	1.8	3.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.2	55.0	59.0	1.1	2.7	0.7	459	140	125	17	20	3	23	45	+39
20	Katie Mattera K. Mattera	18.8	2005	SAN	34	19.9	8.8	5.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	3.1	6.5	46.8	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.8	70.3	53.5	1.7	3.5	1.8	678	298	175	6	9	44	62	90	-157
21	Kamila Vodichkova K. Vodichkova	18.8	2005	PHX	28	29.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	1.0	0.8	4.5	9.2	49.4	0.1	0.3	42.9	1.7	2.6	66.7	52.8	2.1	4.9	2.1	819	305	196	63	28	22	58	86	+102
22	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	18.4	2005	NYL	34	30.1	10.4	3.5	2.7	0.7	0.1	3.8	8.0	47.4	0.9	2.5	35.7	1.9	2.5	77.4	57.1	1.1	2.4	1.3	1,022	353	118	92	23	2	44	56	+78
23	Deanna Nolan D. Nolan	18.4	2005	DET	33	36.7	15.9	4.7	3.7	1.7	0.4	5.6	14.0	39.8	0.8	2.7	31.1	3.9	4.8	80.0	49.2	0.9	3.8	3.0	1,212	524	156	121	55	14	100	64	+38
24	Elena Baranova E. Baranova	18.1	2005	NYL	33	28.8	8.7	6.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	3.2	7.2	44.1	1.0	2.6	38.8	1.4	1.7	85.5	55.3	1.2	5.7	1.8	950	288	227	59	25	46	59	79	+64
25	Katie Douglas K. Douglas	17.6	2005	CON	32	31.2	11.0	4.1	2.9	1.5	0.1	3.7	9.0	41.3	1.0	3.4	28.2	2.6	3.3	77.4	52.4	1.4	2.7	1.7	998	351	130	94	48	4	54	57	+165