Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the highest usage percentage, at 33.7 percent.

Interpreted as:

1980s highest usage rate with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player

	NAME	USG%	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.7	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
2	Freeman Williams F. Williams	32.4	251	21.6	15.9	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.1	6.5	14.0	46.2	0.5	1.5	33.1	2.5	3.0	83.0	52.0	0.8	0.8	1.9	5,411	3,992	412	433	205	16	469	445
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	31.0	547	33.1	26.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	0.7	10.1	20.2	49.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	56.1	1.4	2.8	2.8	18,086	14,216	2,333	1,455	563	365	1,545	1,515
4	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	30.7	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,814	1,819
5	John Drew J. Drew	30.6	361	27.4	19.3	5.2	1.5	1.1	0.1	6.7	14.5	46.6	0.0	0.2	17.5	5.8	7.6	76.5	54.2	2.2	3.0	2.7	9,887	6,981	1,884	543	398	52	981	1,252
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	30.6	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	811	403	1,485	1,196
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	29.4	583	31.8	21.7	2.7	4.0	1.1	0.2	7.9	17.5	45.2	0.4	1.1	33.7	5.5	7.2	76.6	52.4	1.1	1.6	2.4	18,515	12,662	1,555	2,303	619	116	1,372	1,504
8	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	28.0	457	24.7	15.3	2.7	2.5	1.0	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.7	0.0	0.3	15.9	3.2	4.1	78.4	51.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	11,282	7,008	1,212	1,134	476	49	962	1,137
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	27.8	325	35.9	23.3	10.5	2.5	1.4	0.7	8.9	17.4	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.5	8.2	66.9	55.6	3.0	7.5	3.5	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	1,126	1,200
10	Ledell Eackles L. Eackles	27.7	80	18.2	11.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	4.0	9.2	43.4	0.1	0.5	22.5	3.4	4.3	78.6	51.9	1.3	1.0	1.6	1,459	917	180	123	41	5	128	156
11	Alex English A. English	27.7	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,294	2,286
12	Bernard King B. King	27.4	535	33.5	22.6	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.0	16.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	14.9	4.6	6.2	74.8	58.2	1.7	3.6	3.1	17,948	12,100	2,841	1,689	508	129	1,633	1,787
13	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	27.4	550	34.6	22.1	8.8	2.4	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.5	49.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.9	5.5	70.9	52.9	3.2	5.6	2.4	19,052	12,159	4,834	1,345	772	436	1,346	1,974
14	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	27.2	75	29.6	16.9	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
15	Walter Davis W. Davis	27.2	687	29.1	19.1	2.6	4.2	1.2	0.1	8.0	15.6	51.2	0.2	0.7	28.2	2.9	3.4	84.8	55.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	19,973	13,106	1,766	2,918	852	74	1,730	1,583
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	26.9	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
17	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	26.9	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	2.0	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	26.9	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	2,039	1,833
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	26.9	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	26.7	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
21	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	26.6	324	33.4	20.5	7.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	8.5	17.1	49.5	0.1	0.3	27.3	3.5	4.9	70.8	53.2	3.2	4.0	2.8	10,825	6,640	2,311	797	396	181	915	1,066
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	26.6	271	28.1	19.0	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.6	6.9	14.0	49.2	0.1	0.3	27.7	5.1	6.4	79.2	56.3	1.2	2.2	2.6	7,609	5,142	923	707	183	173	698	658
23	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	26.3	620	31.0	17.4	8.4	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.2	15.4	46.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.9	4.1	72.2	50.5	2.2	6.2	2.5	19,206	10,794	5,218	1,240	650	441	1,564	1,866
24	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	26.1	79	34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26.1	386	36.2	23.0	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	3.0	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562