Here's some random numbers according to Sports-Reference's player efficiency rating. They didn't start listing it until 2011.
You'll notice that it caters to bigs, so I'll also break down by position.
Top 10 players
1. Udoka Azubuike - 2019 - 31.5 (only played 9 games)
2. Udoka Azubuike - 2020 - 31.3
3. Marcus Morris - 2011 - 29.3
4. Markieff Morris - 2011 - 29.1
5. Udoka Azubuike - 2018 - 28.9
6. Dedric Lawson - 2019 - 28.5
7. Joel Embiid - 2014 - 28.2
8. Thomas Robinson - 2011 - 27.5
9. Thomas Robinson - 2012 - 27.4
10. David McCormack - 2021 - 27.4
3 players from the 2011 squad in the top 8.
Bottom 10
1. Rakeese Passmore - 2025 - -0.2 (10th in mpg)
2. Nadiir Tharpe - 2012 - 2.1 (9th in mpg)
3. Bryce Thompson - 2021 - 5.7 (7th in mpg)
4. Anrio Adams - 2013 - 5.8 (10th in mpg)
5. Charlie Moore - 2019 - 5.9 (7th in mpg)
6. Zach Clemence - 2023 - 6.3 (10th in mpg)
7. Elmarko Jackson - 2024 - 6.6 (6th in mpg)
8. Bobby Pettiford - 2022 - 7.2 (11th in mpg)
8. Svi Mykhailiuk - 2015 - 7.2 (10th in mpg)
8. Justin Wesley - 2012 - 7.2 (8th in mpg)
Bottom 10 that were in the top 7 rotation
1. Bryce Thompson - 2021 - 5.7 (17.1 mpg)
2. Elmarko Jackson - 2024 - 6.6 (18.6 mpg)
3. Bobby Pettiford - 2023 - 7.3 (12.0 mpg)
4. Josef Yesufu - 2023 - 7.9 (12.7 mpg)
5. A.J. Storr - 2025 - 8.6 (15.7 mpg)
6. Quinten Grimes - 2019 - 8.7 (27.4 mpg)
7. Rylan Griffen - 2025 - 9.4 (20.2 mpg)
8. Nic Timberlake - 2024 - 10.5 (15.4 mpg)
9. Conner Teahan - 2012 - 10.6 (21.0 mpg)
10. Dajuan Harris - 2022 - 11.1 (29.0 mpg) - 2019 was #11
Top 5 Starting PG
1. Frank Mason - 2017 - 25.5
2. Devon Dotson - 2020 - 24.9
3. Devonte Graham - 2018 - 21.2
4. Tyshawn Taylor - 2012 - 19.8
5. Frank Mason - 2015 - 18.2
Bottom 5 PG
1. Dajuan Harris - 2022 - 11.1
2. Elijah Johnson - 2013 - 11.8
3. Dajuan Harris - 2024 - 12.0
4. Nadiir Tharpe - 2014 - 13.3
5. Dajuan Harris - 2025 - 14.5
Top 5 Starting Shooting Guard
1. Ben McLemore - 2013 - 23.2
2. Ochai Agbaji - 2022 - 20.8
3. Malik Newman - 2018 - 19.1
4. Gradey Dick - 2023 - 18.4
5. Devonte Graham - 2017 - 17.4
Bottom 5 Starting Shooting Guard
1. Elmarko Jackson - 2024 - 6.6
2. Quinten Grimes - 2019 - 8.7
3. Wayne Selden - 2015 - 11.9
4. Wayne Selden - 2014 - 12.3
5. Elijah Johnson - 2012 - 14.8
Top 5 Starting Small Forward
1. Andrew Wiggins - 2014 - 21.4
2. Kelly Oubre - 2015 - 21.1
3. Kevin McCullar - 2024 - 21.1
4. Christian Braun - 2022 - 19.6
5. Travis Releford - 2013 - 19.1
Bottom 5 Starting Small Forward
1. Rylan Griffen - 2025 - 9.4
2. Ochai Agbaji - 2020 - 13.1
3. Svi Mykhailiuk - 2017 - 14.1
4. Christian Braun - 2021 - 15.0
5. LeGerald Vick - 2018 - 15.1
Top 5 Starting Power Forward
1. Marcus Morris - 2011 - 29.3
2. Thomas Robinson - 2012 - 27.4
3. Josh Jackson - 2017 - 24.2
4. Perry Ellis - 2016 - 24.0
5. Perry Ellis - 2014 - 23.8
Bottom 5 Starting Power Forward
1. Ochai Agbaji - 2019 - 13.0
2. K.J. Adams - 2025 - 16.7
3. Svi Mykhailiuk - 2018 - 16.9
4. K.J. Adams - 2024 - 17.2
5. Jalen Wilson - 2021 - 18.0
Top 5 Starting Center
1. Udoka Azubuike - 2020 - 31.3
2. Markieff Morris - 2011 - 29.1
3. Udoka Azubuike - 2018 - 28.9
4. Dedric Lawson - 2019 - 28.5
5. Joel Embiid - 2014 - 28.2
Bottom 5 Starting Center
1. Jamari Traylor - 2015 - 12.7
2. Landon Lucas - 2017 - 18.2
3. K.J. Adams - 2023 - 18.9
4. Landon Lucas - 2016 - 20.4
5. David McCormack - 2022 - 24.6
Average PER of starting 5
2020 - 21.94 (Dotson, Garrett, Agbaji, McCormack, Azubuike)
2011 - 21.14 (Taylor, Reed, Morningstar, Morris, Morris)
2012 - 20.54 (Taylor, Johnson, Releford, Robinson, Withey)
2013 - 20.52 (Johnson, McLemore, Releford, Young, Withey)
2018 - 20.24 (Graham, Newman, Vick, Mykhailiuk, Azubuike)
2017 - 19.88 (Mason, Graham, Mykhailiuk, Jackson, Lucas)
2014 - 19.80 (Tharpe, Selden, Wiggins, Ellis, Embiid)
2016 - 19.44 (Mason, Graham, Selden, Ellis, Lucas)
2022 - 18.90 (Harris, Agbaji, Braun, Wilson, McCormack)
2021 - 18.86 (Garrett, Agbaji, Braun, Wilson, McCormack)
2024 - 18.66 (Harris, Furphy, McCullar, Adams, Dickinson)
2023 - 18.36 (Harris, Dick, McCullar, Wilson, Adams)
2015 - 17.10 (Mason, Selden, Oubre, Ellis, Traylor)
2019 - 16.76 (Dotson, Grimes, Vick, Agbaji, Lawson)
2025 - 16.48 (Harris, Mayo, Griffen, Adams, Dickinson)
The last 5 years are in the bottom 7 of the last 15.
You'll notice that it caters to bigs, so I'll also break down by position.
Top 10 players
1. Udoka Azubuike - 2019 - 31.5 (only played 9 games)
2. Udoka Azubuike - 2020 - 31.3
3. Marcus Morris - 2011 - 29.3
4. Markieff Morris - 2011 - 29.1
5. Udoka Azubuike - 2018 - 28.9
6. Dedric Lawson - 2019 - 28.5
7. Joel Embiid - 2014 - 28.2
8. Thomas Robinson - 2011 - 27.5
9. Thomas Robinson - 2012 - 27.4
10. David McCormack - 2021 - 27.4
3 players from the 2011 squad in the top 8.
Bottom 10
1. Rakeese Passmore - 2025 - -0.2 (10th in mpg)
2. Nadiir Tharpe - 2012 - 2.1 (9th in mpg)
3. Bryce Thompson - 2021 - 5.7 (7th in mpg)
4. Anrio Adams - 2013 - 5.8 (10th in mpg)
5. Charlie Moore - 2019 - 5.9 (7th in mpg)
6. Zach Clemence - 2023 - 6.3 (10th in mpg)
7. Elmarko Jackson - 2024 - 6.6 (6th in mpg)
8. Bobby Pettiford - 2022 - 7.2 (11th in mpg)
8. Svi Mykhailiuk - 2015 - 7.2 (10th in mpg)
8. Justin Wesley - 2012 - 7.2 (8th in mpg)
Bottom 10 that were in the top 7 rotation
1. Bryce Thompson - 2021 - 5.7 (17.1 mpg)
2. Elmarko Jackson - 2024 - 6.6 (18.6 mpg)
3. Bobby Pettiford - 2023 - 7.3 (12.0 mpg)
4. Josef Yesufu - 2023 - 7.9 (12.7 mpg)
5. A.J. Storr - 2025 - 8.6 (15.7 mpg)
6. Quinten Grimes - 2019 - 8.7 (27.4 mpg)
7. Rylan Griffen - 2025 - 9.4 (20.2 mpg)
8. Nic Timberlake - 2024 - 10.5 (15.4 mpg)
9. Conner Teahan - 2012 - 10.6 (21.0 mpg)
10. Dajuan Harris - 2022 - 11.1 (29.0 mpg) - 2019 was #11
Top 5 Starting PG
1. Frank Mason - 2017 - 25.5
2. Devon Dotson - 2020 - 24.9
3. Devonte Graham - 2018 - 21.2
4. Tyshawn Taylor - 2012 - 19.8
5. Frank Mason - 2015 - 18.2
Bottom 5 PG
1. Dajuan Harris - 2022 - 11.1
2. Elijah Johnson - 2013 - 11.8
3. Dajuan Harris - 2024 - 12.0
4. Nadiir Tharpe - 2014 - 13.3
5. Dajuan Harris - 2025 - 14.5
Top 5 Starting Shooting Guard
1. Ben McLemore - 2013 - 23.2
2. Ochai Agbaji - 2022 - 20.8
3. Malik Newman - 2018 - 19.1
4. Gradey Dick - 2023 - 18.4
5. Devonte Graham - 2017 - 17.4
Bottom 5 Starting Shooting Guard
1. Elmarko Jackson - 2024 - 6.6
2. Quinten Grimes - 2019 - 8.7
3. Wayne Selden - 2015 - 11.9
4. Wayne Selden - 2014 - 12.3
5. Elijah Johnson - 2012 - 14.8
Top 5 Starting Small Forward
1. Andrew Wiggins - 2014 - 21.4
2. Kelly Oubre - 2015 - 21.1
3. Kevin McCullar - 2024 - 21.1
4. Christian Braun - 2022 - 19.6
5. Travis Releford - 2013 - 19.1
Bottom 5 Starting Small Forward
1. Rylan Griffen - 2025 - 9.4
2. Ochai Agbaji - 2020 - 13.1
3. Svi Mykhailiuk - 2017 - 14.1
4. Christian Braun - 2021 - 15.0
5. LeGerald Vick - 2018 - 15.1
Top 5 Starting Power Forward
1. Marcus Morris - 2011 - 29.3
2. Thomas Robinson - 2012 - 27.4
3. Josh Jackson - 2017 - 24.2
4. Perry Ellis - 2016 - 24.0
5. Perry Ellis - 2014 - 23.8
Bottom 5 Starting Power Forward
1. Ochai Agbaji - 2019 - 13.0
2. K.J. Adams - 2025 - 16.7
3. Svi Mykhailiuk - 2018 - 16.9
4. K.J. Adams - 2024 - 17.2
5. Jalen Wilson - 2021 - 18.0
Top 5 Starting Center
1. Udoka Azubuike - 2020 - 31.3
2. Markieff Morris - 2011 - 29.1
3. Udoka Azubuike - 2018 - 28.9
4. Dedric Lawson - 2019 - 28.5
5. Joel Embiid - 2014 - 28.2
Bottom 5 Starting Center
1. Jamari Traylor - 2015 - 12.7
2. Landon Lucas - 2017 - 18.2
3. K.J. Adams - 2023 - 18.9
4. Landon Lucas - 2016 - 20.4
5. David McCormack - 2022 - 24.6
Average PER of starting 5
2020 - 21.94 (Dotson, Garrett, Agbaji, McCormack, Azubuike)
2011 - 21.14 (Taylor, Reed, Morningstar, Morris, Morris)
2012 - 20.54 (Taylor, Johnson, Releford, Robinson, Withey)
2013 - 20.52 (Johnson, McLemore, Releford, Young, Withey)
2018 - 20.24 (Graham, Newman, Vick, Mykhailiuk, Azubuike)
2017 - 19.88 (Mason, Graham, Mykhailiuk, Jackson, Lucas)
2014 - 19.80 (Tharpe, Selden, Wiggins, Ellis, Embiid)
2016 - 19.44 (Mason, Graham, Selden, Ellis, Lucas)
2022 - 18.90 (Harris, Agbaji, Braun, Wilson, McCormack)
2021 - 18.86 (Garrett, Agbaji, Braun, Wilson, McCormack)
2024 - 18.66 (Harris, Furphy, McCullar, Adams, Dickinson)
2023 - 18.36 (Harris, Dick, McCullar, Wilson, Adams)
2015 - 17.10 (Mason, Selden, Oubre, Ellis, Traylor)
2019 - 16.76 (Dotson, Grimes, Vick, Agbaji, Lawson)
2025 - 16.48 (Harris, Mayo, Griffen, Adams, Dickinson)
The last 5 years are in the bottom 7 of the last 15.
