Player Efficiency Rating Single Season Leaders and Records

Leaders are based on stats from the 1985-86 through 2016-17 seasons.
Not all leaderboards are available for seasons prior to 1992-93.

Since 2009-10

  • Minimum 20 MP/G and 75% of school games
Since 2009-10 Table
Rank Player PER Season School
1.John Brown 36.93 2015-16 High Point
2.Jameel Warney 36.40 2015-16 Stony Brook
3.Kelly Olynyk 36.16 2012-13 Gonzaga
4.Mike Muscala 35.73 2012-13 Bucknell
5.Alan Williams 35.72 2013-14 UC-Santa Barbara
6.Anthony Davis 35.13 2011-12 Kentucky
7.Thomas Walkup 34.80 2015-16 Stephen F. Austin
8.Kenneth Faried 34.74 2010-11 Morehead State
9.Mike Daum 34.55 2015-16 South Dakota State
10.Frank Kaminsky 34.43 2014-15 Wisconsin
11.DeMarcus Cousins 34.18 2009-10 Kentucky
12.Damian Lillard 33.98 2011-12 Weber State
13.Omar Samhan 33.77 2009-10 Saint Mary's (CA)
14.Javonte Green 33.45 2013-14 Radford
15.Javonte Green 33.42 2014-15 Radford
16.Noah Dahlman 33.14 2010-11 Wofford
17.Brice Johnson 33.04 2015-16 North Carolina
18.John Brown 32.84 2013-14 High Point
19.Doug McDermott 32.84 2012-13 Creighton
20.Javon McCrea 32.79 2010-11 Buffalo
21.Doug McDermott 32.77 2013-14 Creighton
22.Derrick Williams 32.75 2010-11 Arizona
23.Fred Hunter 32.51 2012-13 Nicholls State
24.DeQuan Hicks 32.48 2012-13 Northwestern State
25.C.J. McCollum 32.38 2011-12 Lehigh
26.De'Mon Brooks 32.30 2013-14 Davidson
27.Jordan Eglseder 32.21 2009-10 Northern Iowa
28.Doug McDermott 32.19 2011-12 Creighton
29.Kenneth Faried 32.13 2009-10 Morehead State
30.Nate Wolters 31.98 2012-13 South Dakota State
31.Javon McCrea 31.94 2012-13 Buffalo
32.John Brown 31.78 2012-13 High Point
33.D.J. Covington 31.74 2013-14 Virginia Military Institute
34.Jameel Warney 31.73 2014-15 Stony Brook
35.John Brown 31.64 2014-15 High Point
36.Andrew Nicholson 31.63 2011-12 St. Bonaventure
37.Erick Green 31.58 2012-13 Virginia Tech
38.Mike Muscala 31.54 2011-12 Bucknell
39.Pascal Siakam 31.51 2015-16 New Mexico State
40.Martin Breunig 31.44 2015-16 Montana
41.Frank Hassell 31.42 2010-11 Old Dominion
42.Charles Jenkins 31.38 2010-11 Hofstra
43.Karl-Anthony Towns 31.38 2014-15 Kentucky
44.T.J. Warren 31.33 2013-14 North Carolina State
45.Cody Zeller 31.30 2011-12 Indiana
46.DeSean Murray 31.24 2015-16 Presbyterian
47.Malcolm Miller 31.17 2012-13 Southern
48.Arsalan Kazemi 31.15 2010-11 Rice
49.Jakob Poeltl 31.13 2015-16 Utah
50.Reggie Hamilton 31.11 2011-12 Oakland
51.Thomas Coleman 31.10 2010-11 North Carolina A&T
52.Alan Williams 31.03 2012-13 UC-Santa Barbara
53.A.J. Hammons 30.99 2015-16 Purdue
54.Jimmer Fredette 30.94 2010-11 Brigham Young
55.Seth Tuttle 30.92 2014-15 Northern Iowa
56.De'Mon Brooks 30.89 2011-12 Davidson
57.Artsiom Parakhouski 30.79 2009-10 Radford
58.Kyle Wiltjer 30.74 2014-15 Gonzaga
59.Javon McCrea 30.73 2013-14 Buffalo
60.Jahlil Okafor 30.73 2014-15 Duke
61.Marqus Blakely 30.71 2009-10 Vermont
62.Chris Horton 30.69 2015-16 Austin Peay
63.Mike Scott 30.67 2011-12 Virginia
64.Jimmer Fredette 30.49 2009-10 Brigham Young
65.Taylor Smith 30.47 2012-13 Stephen F. Austin
66.Robert Glenn 30.36 2009-10 IUPUI
67.Richaun Holmes 30.35 2014-15 Bowling Green State
68.Troy Huff 30.27 2013-14 North Dakota
69.Jared Sullinger 30.27 2010-11 Ohio State
70.Jared Sullinger 30.25 2011-12 Ohio State
71.Derrick Marks 30.24 2014-15 Boise State
72.Robert Covington 30.23 2011-12 Tennessee State
73.Keith Benson 30.15 2009-10 Oakland
74.Kyle Barone 30.11 2012-13 Idaho
75.Corey Hawkins 30.09 2014-15 UC-Davis
76.Cameron Payne 30.05 2014-15 Murray State
77.Evan Turner 30.02 2009-10 Ohio State
78.Norris Cole 30.01 2010-11 Cleveland State
79.Shawn Long 29.95 2015-16 Louisiana-Lafayette
80.Kemba Walker 29.92 2010-11 Connecticut
81.Ricardo Ratliffe 29.91 2011-12 Missouri
82.Tai Wesley 29.86 2009-10 Utah State
83.Tyler Zeller 29.86 2011-12 North Carolina
84.Cody Zeller 29.83 2012-13 Indiana
85.Antonio Campbell 29.81 2015-16 Ohio
86.Zeke Marshall 29.76 2012-13 Akron
87.Shawn Long 29.75 2013-14 Louisiana-Lafayette
88.Ken Horton 29.74 2010-11 Central Connecticut State
89.Corey Walden 29.74 2014-15 Eastern Kentucky
90.Noah Dahlman 29.73 2009-10 Wofford
91.Denzel Valentine 29.69 2015-16 Michigan State
92.Denzel Bowles 29.67 2009-10 James Madison
93.Chris Cokley 29.56 2015-16 Alabama-Birmingham
94.Alan Williams 29.54 2014-15 UC-Santa Barbara
95.Bobby Portis 29.52 2014-15 Arkansas
96.JaMychal Green 29.52 2010-11 Alabama
97.Davante Gardner 29.50 2012-13 Marquette
98.Denzel Livingston 29.50 2013-14 Incarnate Word
99.Zeek Woodley 29.49 2014-15 Northwestern State
100.Larry Sanders 29.46 2009-10 Virginia Commonwealth

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