Look at the NBA's current league leaders in Player Efficiency Rating (PER) and you'll find one player towering over the rest of the league by about the same margin as he towers over the average human being:

  
    Rank
    Player
    PER
  

    1
    Anthony Davis-NOP
    37
  

    2
    Brandan Wright-DAL
    28.3
  

    3
    Stephen Curry-GSW
    27.4
  

    4
    DeMarcus Cousins-SAC
    27.2
  

    5
    Dirk Nowitzki-DAL
    26.2
  

    6
    LeBron James-CLE
    25.3
  

    7
    Chris Paul-LAC
    24.8
  

    8
    Tyson Chandler-DAL
    24.4
  

    9
    Derrick Favors-UTA
    24.4
  

    10
    Dwyane Wade-MIA
    23.8
  

    11
    Brandon Jennings-DET
    23.7
  

    12
    Damian Lillard-POR
    23.6
  

    13
    Gordon Hayward-UTA
    23.4
  

    14
    Kyle Lowry-TOR
    23.1
  

    15
    James Harden-HOU
    22.9
  

    16
    Klay Thompson-GSW
    22.8
  

    17
    Kyrie Irving-CLE
    22.7
  

    18
    Jimmy Butler-CHI
    22.6
  

    19
    Isaiah Thomas-PHO
    22.3
  

    20
    LaMarcus Aldridge-POR
    22.2
  

PER is a metric developed by John Hollinger who defined it this way: “The PER sums up all a player's positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments, and returns a per-minute rating of a player's performance.”

But without diving into the complex formula, all you need to know about Anthony Davis' current PER of 37 is that Michael Jordan owns the NBA record for career PER at 27.9. Jordan also owns the NBA career playoff record for PER at 28.6.

There are many great stories in the table above, but this is by far the most astonishing. Small sample size notwithstanding, what Anthony Davis has done thus far this season is play some of the best basketball that's ever been played. Just enjoy.

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