highest nba player efficiency rating single season

Nikola Jokić has the best PER in a season, with a 32.9 rating in 2021-22.

Interpreted as:

highest NBA player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player single 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	31.9	2024-25	DEN	22	37.2	31.0	13.0	9.8	1.8	0.7	11.8	21.0	56.4	2.2	4.5	50.0	5.2	6.5	80.3	65.2	3.6	9.4	3.8	819	683	285	216	39	15	84	45	+186
5	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
6	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
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.8	2024-25	MIL	24	35.0	32.7	11.6	6.0	0.7	1.5	12.8	20.9	61.3	0.2	0.8	22.2	7.0	11.3	61.4	63.2	2.0	9.6	3.4	840	785	278	144	17	36	82	56	+10
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	LeBron James L. James	30.7	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
25	David Robinson D. Robinson	30.7	1993-94	SAS	80	40.5	29.8	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	10.5	20.7	50.7	0.1	0.4	34.5	8.7	11.6	74.9	57.7	3.0	7.7	3.2	3,241	2,383	855	381	139	265	253	228