10 facts that put MJ's GOAT status beyond reasonable doubt

#7 All-time leader in regular season and playoffs PER

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Like I said before, advanced stats love Jordan like they love no one else. In this case, PER is a measure of the efficiency of a player that gives volume a huge consideration, in a departure from normal metrics that almost exclusively use efficiency as the main variable in the calculation of Player Efficiency Rating.

In today's game, players have every kind of stat available to them in order to help improve their efficiency and affect games more positively. Players are handed their own scouting reports which account for the number of dribbles they take before making a shot, whether they moved left or right, whether they were in the pick-and-roll, what distance they were from the basket during the shot attempt et al.

And yet, MJ has a clear lead in regular season Player Efficiency Rating at 27.91, and playoff PER at 28.6. This is despite the fact that players in the modern era have the benefit of knowing their best spots, have the best schemes and can play off of other skilled players on their own team.