Joel Embiid has the best career PER, with a 28.4 rating.

Interpreted as:

highest career per with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a NBA player

NAME	PER	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Joel Embiid	28.4	13,835	433	32.0	27.9	11.2	3.6	0.9	1.7	3.4	9.2	18.2	50.4	1.2	3.4	34.1	8.3	10.1	82.6	12,071	4,832	1,573	397	720	1,485	1,327	+2547
Nikola Jokic	28.1	21,071	675	31.2	20.9	10.7	6.9	1.2	0.7	2.9	8.1	14.5	55.7	1.0	2.9	35.0	3.8	4.6	82.7	14,139	7,249	4,667	822	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
Michael Jordan	27.9	41,011	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
LeBron James	27.1	56,598	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	40,474	11,185	11,009	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Anthony Davis	26.9	25,376	736	34.5	24.1	10.6	2.5	1.3	2.3	2.0	9.0	17.2	52.3	0.5	1.6	29.7	5.6	7.0	79.5	17,717	7,826	1,828	974	1,705	1,460	1,742	+904
Shaquille O'Neal	26.4	41,918	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
David Robinson	26.2	34,271	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	2.4	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
Wilt Chamberlain	26.2	47,859	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4				12.1	22.5	54.0				5.8	11.4	51.1	31,419	23,924	4,643				2,075
Luka Doncic	25.7	13,943	400	34.9	28.7	8.7	8.3	1.2	0.5	4.0	9.7	20.7	47.0	3.0	8.6	34.7	6.2	8.3	74.7	11,470	3,472	3,317	467	182	1,598	902	+892
Bob Pettit	25.5	30,690	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0				9.3	21.3	43.6				7.8	10.3	76.1	20,880	12,849	2,369				2,529
Giannis Antetokounmpo	25.4	25,945	792	32.8	23.4	9.8	4.9	1.1	1.2	3.0	8.5	15.6	54.5	0.7	2.3	28.6	5.7	8.1	70.2	18,502	7,732	3,855	903	986	2,380	2,376	+2682
Kevin Durant	25	38,972	1,061	36.7	27.3	7.0	4.4	1.1	1.1	3.2	9.4	18.7	50.1	1.9	4.9	38.7	6.6	7.5	88.4	28,924	7,454	4,645	1,123	1,196	3,363	2,033	+4774
Neil Johnston	24.9	18,298	516	35.5	19.4	11.3	2.5				6.4	14.4	44.4				6.6	8.6	76.8	10,023	5,856	1,269				1,681
Charles Barkley	24.6	39,330	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	3.1	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	24.6	57,446	1,560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	2.7	10.2	18.1	55.9	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	72.1	38,387	17,440	5,660	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,657
Tim Duncan	24.2	47,368	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	2.4	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
Magic Johnson	24.1	33,245	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
Chris Paul	24	43,316	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	2.3	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	22,288	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6111
Hassan Whiteside	24	12,645	511	24.7	12.6	10.8	0.6	0.5	2.2	1.5	5.3	9.0	58.6	0.0	0.1	30.8	2.1	3.5	60.5	6,450	5,523	326	271	1,143	756	1,341	+313
James Harden	23.9	37,222	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	25,885	6,017	7,629	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4263
Karl Malone	23.9	54,852	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
Karl-Anthony Towns	23.9	19,455	573	34.0	22.9	10.8	3.2	0.8	1.3	2.7	8.4	16.1	52.4	1.7	4.3	39.8	4.4	5.2	83.9	13,121	6,216	1,815	452	721	1,553	1,948	+900
Hakeem Olajuwon	23.6	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
Stephen Curry	23.6	32,724	956	34.2	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.2	3.1	8.5	17.9	47.3	3.9	9.2	42.6	3.9	4.3	91.0	23,668	4,509	6,119	1,473	235	2,987	2,215	+5878
Larry Bird	23.5	34,443	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279