Lauren Jackson had the best PER in 2009, with a 26.6 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest per with a minimum of 375 minutes played per 44 team games by a player in 2009

	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	26.6	2009	SEA	26	32.4	19.2	7.0	0.8	1.5	1.7	6.5	14.0	46.3	1.9	4.4	43.0	4.4	5.5	79.7	58.6	1.8	5.2	1.7	843	499	182	22	38	45	43	97	+135
2	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	24.3	2009	PHX	31	31.5	20.4	5.7	3.5	1.2	1.4	6.5	14.0	46.1	2.5	6.3	40.7	4.9	5.5	89.4	62.0	0.6	5.2	2.6	976	631	178	109	36	43	82	95	+139
3	Nicky Anosike N. Anosike	24.1	2009	MIN	30	29.9	13.2	7.4	2.7	2.7	0.9	4.3	8.8	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.5	6.5	69.6	56.5	2.4	5.0	2.0	896	396	222	81	81	28	61	88	-4
4	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	23.6	2009	IND	34	31.9	15.1	7.2	3.1	2.9	0.5	4.6	12.0	38.6	1.2	3.6	32.8	4.6	5.3	87.3	52.6	2.5	4.7	2.6	1,084	512	245	107	99	18	88	92	+171
5	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	23.4	2009	ATL	34	21.6	12.8	3.1	2.1	2.2	0.4	4.7	9.9	47.6	0.4	1.5	29.4	2.9	4.0	74.1	55.0	1.0	2.1	2.1	735	435	105	71	74	12	72	92	+54
6	Becky Hammon B. Hammon	23.2	2009	SAN	31	33.8	19.5	3.3	5.0	1.6	0.4	6.5	14.4	44.7	2.5	6.6	36.9	4.1	4.6	90.1	59.3	0.8	2.5	3.6	1,049	604	103	156	49	12	111	54	+5
7	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	22.9	2009	LAS	23	27.7	15.4	6.6	2.1	0.7	1.4	6.3	12.1	51.8	0.0	0.3	16.7	2.8	3.9	72.2	55.7	2.4	4.1	2.6	638	354	151	49	16	33	59	75	+37
8	Rebekkah Brunson R. Brunson	22.9	2009	SAC	27	24.6	12.3	7.0	0.3	1.5	0.6	4.6	9.4	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	3.9	78.3	54.9	2.5	4.6	1.7	665	331	190	9	40	16	45	57	-21
9	Janel McCarville J. McCarville	22.3	2009	NYL	32	26.5	12.3	5.5	2.8	1.3	1.4	4.7	9.4	50.2	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.8	3.3	84.1	56.5	2.0	3.5	2.7	848	393	175	88	41	44	86	79	+8
10	Kara Braxton K. Braxton	22.2	2009	DET	28	18.0	9.0	6.0	1.5	0.7	0.6	3.8	7.2	52.7	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.2	64.5	55.2	2.4	3.6	1.8	504	252	167	41	19	18	51	79	+16
11	Nicole Powell N. Powell	21.7	2009	SAC	34	30.4	16.7	5.9	2.3	1.4	0.2	5.8	14.0	41.6	2.3	6.2	36.3	2.8	2.8	97.9	54.7	1.5	4.4	2.5	1,035	567	200	77	49	8	84	62	-62
12	Sancho Lyttle S. Lyttle	21.6	2009	ATL	34	27.4	13.0	7.5	1.5	2.0	0.6	5.4	10.7	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.0	74.3	54.4	2.1	5.4	1.9	931	443	254	51	68	22	64	105	+135
13	Charde Houston C. Houston	21.5	2009	MIN	34	23.3	13.1	5.5	1.7	1.3	0.6	5.1	11.1	46.5	0.7	2.0	33.3	2.1	2.9	72.7	53.0	1.3	4.2	1.9	792	445	186	59	43	21	64	107	-93
14	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	21.3	2009	PHX	34	31.6	19.1	4.2	5.0	0.9	0.4	6.9	15.1	46.0	1.3	3.5	35.8	3.9	4.4	88.1	55.9	0.9	3.3	2.5	1,075	648	144	171	31	12	86	99	+134
15	Sophia Young-Malcolm S. Young-Malcolm	21.2	2009	SAN	33	33.7	18.2	6.5	1.6	1.3	0.5	6.6	14.6	45.4	0.5	1.7	30.9	4.4	5.7	76.7	53.1	2.1	4.4	1.9	1,113	600	215	54	44	16	62	67	-84
16	Jia Perkins J. Perkins	21	2009	CHI	34	27.4	13.2	3.4	2.9	2.1	0.2	4.6	11.1	41.7	0.9	2.3	38.5	3.1	3.6	84.6	51.9	0.8	2.6	1.6	931	450	116	100	73	6	55	78	-49
17	Candace Parker C. Parker	20.9	2009	LAS	25	32.6	13.1	9.8	2.6	0.6	2.1	5.2	10.8	48.5	0.2	1.0	20.8	2.4	3.2	76.3	53.7	2.4	7.4	2.2	815	328	244	64	15	53	55	53	+121
18	Katie Douglas K. Douglas	20.8	2009	IND	31	32.4	17.6	3.9	2.7	1.8	0.2	6.1	14.8	41.0	2.1	6.1	34.9	3.4	3.9	86.1	53.3	0.8	3.1	2.4	1,003	547	120	85	56	7	75	45	+172
19	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	20.2	2009	PHX	34	21.3	11.2	5.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	3.7	8.2	45.7	0.1	0.4	15.4	3.7	4.5	81.2	55.1	2.1	3.7	1.0	724	381	196	13	23	25	34	70	+36
20	Erika de Souza E. de Souza	20.2	2009	ATL	34	27.3	11.8	9.1	1.1	0.9	1.3	5.0	9.5	52.8	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.8	65.3	55.3	3.5	5.6	2.1	928	402	309	38	32	44	70	117	+87
21	Shameka Christon S. Christon	19.7	2009	NYL	32	31.7	16.1	4.9	1.8	0.9	0.8	4.8	12.0	40.2	2.4	6.4	38.2	4.0	4.6	86.5	57.4	0.9	4.0	1.8	1,014	514	156	56	28	27	56	102	0
22	Crystal Langhorne C. Langhorne	19.4	2009	WAS	34	29.8	12.0	7.9	0.9	1.0	0.4	4.8	8.4	57.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.5	68.9	60.6	3.0	4.9	2.2	1,013	408	268	29	34	13	76	74	+4
23	Courtney Paris C. Paris	19.4	2009	SAC	33	13.4	4.8	4.1	0.7	0.3	0.3	2.1	4.0	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	72.7	54.6	1.7	2.4	0.6	442	160	134	22	11	10	20	48	+23
24	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	19.2	2009	CON	34	29.4	12.3	4.6	4.6	1.3	0.1	4.1	9.6	43.0	0.6	2.4	26.5	3.4	3.8	89.1	54.4	1.2	3.4	1.9	1,000	419	156	156	43	5	63	87	+19
25	Candice Dupree C. Dupree	18.8	2009	CHI	34	34.9	15.7	7.9	2.2	1.0	1.2	6.0	14.0	42.9	0.7	1.8	38.7	3.0	3.8	78.5	50.1	2.2	5.6	2.4	1,186	534	268	75	35	41	81	54	-122