NBA Top 5 PER per Draft (1980-Present)

Can you name the NBA top 5 players per draft according to their PER?

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For players drafted from 2005 to 2013, there is a minimum games played limit of 60 games. For players drafted in 2004 or earlier, there is a minimum of 15,000 minutes played. The team in parentheses is the team the player was drafted by. As of 10/7/13.
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1980
20.0 (BOS) 
18.4 (DAL) 
16.5 (GSW) 
16.3 (NJN) 
15.0 (NYK) 
1981
19.9 (PHO) 
19.0 (DAL) 
18.1 (DET) 
16.8 (DAL) 
16.6 (CHI) 
1982
21.6 (UTA) 
18.3 (SDC) 
17.8 (POR) 
17.7 (DET) 
17.7 (LAL) 
1983
21.1 (POR) 
16.6 (ATL) 
16.0 (DAL) 
16.0 (DAL) 
15.5 (SDC) 
1984
27.9 (CHI) 
24.6 (PHI) 
23.6 (HOU) 
21.8 (UTA) 
17.0 (SAS) 
1985
23.9 (UTA) 
21.0 (NYK) 
18.8 (GSW) 
17.2 (DAL) 
17.2 (POR) 
1986
19.6 (DAL) 
18.9 (CLE) 
17.7 (PHO) 
16.0 (UTA) 
15.6 (CLE) 
1987
26.2 (SAS) 
20.7 (CLE) 
18.6 (SEA) 
18.4 (IND) 
16.4 (PHO) 
1988
18.0 (NYK) 
17.9 (IND) 
17.6 (GSW) 
16.9 (LAC) 
16.3 (LAC) 
1989
19.1 (SEA) 
18.6 (GSW) 
17.7 (LAL) 
16.8 (NJN) 
16.4 (SEA) 
1990
18.9 (SEA) 
18.0 (NJN) 
17.4 (CHI) 
15.9 (LAL) 
15.4 (DEN) 
1991
19.7 (CLE) 
17.2 (DEN) 
16.4 (NJN) 
16.3 (CHH) 
16.1 (MIA) 
1992
26.4 (ORL) 
21.2 (CHH) 
16.9 (MIN) 
15.9 (WSB) 
15.6 (PHI) 
1993
20.9 (ORL) 
19.5 (HOU) 
17.4 (GSW) 
16.3 (MIL) 
16.0 (PHI) 
1994
19.0 (DET) 
17.9 (DAL) 
17.5 (MIL) 
16.8 (MIN) 
16.7 (LAL) 
1995
22.9 (MIN) 
17.2 (LAC) 
17.0 (WSB) 
16.5 (PHI) 
16.0 (PHO) 
1996
23.4 (CHH) 
20.9 (PHI) 
20.0 (PHO) 
19.0 (VAN) 
18.6 (MIN) 
1997
24.7 (SAS) 
22.1 (TOR) 
19.0 (BOS) 
16.8 (PHI) 
15.3 (CLE) 
1998
23.5 (MIL) 
20.6 (BOS) 
20.3 (GSW) 
18.2 (TOR) 
17.1 (LAL) 
1999
21.6 (SAS) 
21.0 (CHI) 
19.4 (PHO) 
19.0 (UTA) 
18.4 (VAN) 
2000
19.5 (MIL) 
15.4 (CLE) 
15.1 (NJN) 
14.9 (ORL) 
14.4 (SAC) 
2001
21.6 (ATL) 
19.7 (POR) 
19.6 (GSW) 
19.1 (SAS) 
17.1 (DET) 
2002
23.0 (HOU) 
22.2 (PHO) 
20.2 (CLE) 
17.4 (NYK) 
16.6 (MEM) 
2003
27.7 (CLE) 
25.6 (MIA) 
20.8 (DEN) 
20.8 (TOR) 
19.0 (NOH) 
2004
22.2 (ORL) 
20.6 (BOS) 
18.4 (ATL) 
18.3 (SAC) 
17.1 (WAS) 
2005
25.6 (NOH) 
19.8 (LAL) 
19.3 (UTA) 
19.2 (NYK) 
17.5 (IND) 
2006
20.0 (MIN) 
19.7 (CHI) 
18.8 (UTA) 
17.2 (PHO) 
16.8 (DEN) 
2007
23.6 (SEA) 
19.7 (CHA) 
19.5 (POR) 
18.7 (SAS) 
18.4 (ATL) 
2008
22.1 (MEM) 
20.7 (SEA) 
20.3 (NJN) 
19.9 (CHI) 
18.6 (MIN) 
2009
22.5 (LAC) 
19.2 (GSW) 
19.2 (OKC) 
18.1 (MIN) 
17.0 (SAS) 
2010
19.8 (DET) 
19.3 (UTA) 
18.6 (SAC) 
17.7 (WAS) 
16.2 (NJN) 
2011
21.4 (CLE) 
19.6 (DEN) 
17.6 (SAC) 
17.3 (CHA) 
17.0 (PHI) 
2012
21.7 (NOH) 
21.6 (DET) 
18.2 (MIL) 
16.4 (POR) 
15.1 (ORL) 
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