Michael Jordan had the highest usage percentage in 1986-87, at 38.2 percent.

Interpreted as:

1987 highest usage rates with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player

	NAME	USG%	SEASON	TM	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	38.2	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	32.2	1986-87	ATL	79	37.6	29.0	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	10.5	22.6	46.3	0.4	1.3	29.2	7.7	9.4	81.8	54.3	2.7	3.6	2.7	2,969	2,294	494	261	117	51	215	149
3	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	31.4	1986-87	DAL	80	33.3	25.7	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	9.8	19.9	49.5	0.7	1.9	35.3	5.4	7.0	77.0	56.0	2.3	3.1	2.7	2,663	2,056	427	254	84	30	217	243
4	Alex English A. English	29.3	1986-87	DEN	82	37.6	28.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	2,345	344	422	73	21	214	216
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	29.2	1986-87	WAS	73	34.1	24.1	11.3	1.6	0.8	1.3	8.2	18.0	45.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.8	9.5	82.4	54.5	4.7	6.6	2.8	2,488	1,760	824	120	59	92	202	139
6	Walter Davis W. Davis	29.0	1986-87	PHX	79	33.5	23.6	3.1	4.6	1.2	0.1	9.9	19.2	51.4	0.3	1.0	25.9	3.6	4.2	86.2	56.2	1.1	1.9	2.9	2,646	1,867	244	364	96	5	226	184
7	Ron Harper R. Harper	28.9	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
8	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	27.8	1986-87	GSW	81	33.6	21.2	7.3	2.6	1.1	1.5	8.5	18.0	47.2	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.3	78.7	52.1	2.1	5.1	2.8	2,724	1,720	589	214	92	123	226	255
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	27.7	1986-87	NYK	63	35.0	21.5	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	8.4	16.7	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	6.6	71.3	54.9	2.5	6.3	3.6	2,206	1,356	555	104	89	147	229	248
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	27.5	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
11	Jeff Malone J. Malone	27.3	1986-87	WAS	80	34.5	22.0	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.2	8.6	18.9	45.7	0.1	0.3	15.4	4.7	5.3	88.5	51.8	0.6	2.1	2.3	2,763	1,758	218	298	75	13	182	154
12	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	26.8	1986-87	LAC	74	28.7	17.1	2.2	2.6	1.4	0.2	6.7	15.3	43.7	0.5	1.7	27.6	3.2	3.9	82.8	50.2	0.9	1.3	2.3	2,126	1,262	162	196	100	16	168	201
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	26.7	1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	140	254	228	294
14	John Long J. Long	26.4	1986-87	IND	80	28.3	15.2	2.7	3.2	1.2	0.1	6.1	14.6	41.9	0.2	0.8	28.4	2.7	3.1	89.0	47.6	0.9	1.8	1.9	2,265	1,218	217	258	96	8	153	167
15	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	26.3	1986-87	SAC	81	30.3	18.7	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.2	7.5	16.2	46.3	0.5	1.5	31.4	3.3	4.0	82.9	52.3	1.8	2.6	2.0	2,457	1,516	353	251	42	19	163	218
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26.3	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	26.3	1986-87	UTA	82	34.8	21.7	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	8.9	17.3	51.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	6.6	59.8	53.6	3.4	7.0	2.9	2,857	1,779	855	158	104	60	237	323
18	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	26.1	1986-87	MIL	82	33.8	20.8	8.5	2.8	1.6	1.0	8.9	17.4	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	66.2	53.6	2.6	5.9	2.1	2,770	1,707	700	229	129	81	172	296
19	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	25.9	1986-87	SEA	82	37.0	23.0	8.6	2.5	1.4	0.6	9.8	19.3	50.9	0.0	0.2	21.4	3.4	4.8	69.6	53.8	4.1	4.5	2.9	3,031	1,890	705	207	115	52	234	300
20	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	25.9	1986-87	SEA	82	36.8	23.3	6.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	8.0	17.6	45.6	0.7	1.8	37.2	6.5	7.7	84.9	55.4	2.0	4.7	3.3	3,018	1,909	545	245	81	50	268	307
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25.9	1986-87	DET	81	37.2	20.6	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.2	1.2	19.4	4.9	6.4	76.8	52.8	1.0	2.9	4.2	3,013	1,671	319	813	153	20	343	251
22	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	25.8	1986-87	DET	78	27.8	15.7	3.3	3.8	1.2	0.2	6.8	14.8	46.2	0.1	0.2	28.6	2.0	2.6	78.6	49.4	1.6	1.7	1.7	2,166	1,228	257	300	92	16	133	159
23	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	25.3	1986-87	SEA	82	37.5	24.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	9.6	18.5	51.6	1.0	2.9	35.8	4.7	6.0	78.7	58.8	2.3	3.2	2.9	3,073	2,041	447	238	104	32	238	267
24	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	25.2	1986-87	NYK	80	34.5	19.1	3.7	4.4	1.1	0.2	7.9	16.3	48.6	0.3	0.9	35.1	2.9	4.2	70.1	52.7	1.5	2.2	2.7	2,758	1,527	294	354	88	18	214	165
25	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	24.9	1986-87	POR	79	38.3	26.9	3.2	2.8	0.7	0.2	10.2	19.6	52.3	0.5	1.0	48.1	5.9	6.7	88.6	59.7	1.1	2.1	1.8	3,029	2,122	251	220	52	17	139	137