Allen Iverson had the highest usage percentage in 1998-99, at 32.5 percent.

Interpreted as:

1999 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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32.5	1998-99	PHI	48	41.5	26.8	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	9.1	22.0	41.2	1.2	4.1	29.1	7.4	9.9	75.1	50.8	1.4	3.5	3.5	1,990	1,284	236	223	110	7	167	98	+185
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32.2	1998-99	LAL	49	34.8	26.3	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	10.4	18.1	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.2	54.0	58.4	3.8	6.9	2.5	1,705	1,289	525	114	36	82	122	155	+225
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	30.4	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
4	Grant Hill G. Hill	29.5	1998-99	DET	50	37.0	21.1	7.1	6.0	1.6	0.5	7.7	16.0	47.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.7	7.6	75.2	54.3	1.3	5.8	3.7	1,852	1,053	355	300	80	27	184	114	+191
5	Rik Smits R. Smits	28.9	1998-99	IND	49	25.9	14.9	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.1	6.3	12.9	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	2.7	81.8	52.7	1.5	4.1	1.5	1,271	728	275	52	18	52	75	159	+193
6	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	28.8	1998-99	VAN	50	40.4	23.0	7.5	3.4	1.4	1.1	7.7	17.9	43.2	0.2	0.7	30.6	7.4	8.8	84.1	53.0	2.3	5.2	3.7	2,021	1,152	374	172	69	55	186	137	-361
7	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	28.7	1998-99	CLE	42	35.1	20.5	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	6.6	13.7	48.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	7.3	9.3	78.9	57.8	3.1	6.1	3.0	1,475	862	388	101	48	45	127	159	+25
8	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	28.4	1998-99	NJN	42	37.5	21.8	8.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	7.7	17.9	42.8	0.4	1.3	30.2	6.1	7.1	85.9	51.9	2.7	5.8	3.2	1,576	916	358	65	43	53	133	134	-113
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	28.3	1998-99	NYK	38	34.2	17.3	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	6.5	14.9	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	6.1	70.6	49.1	1.9	8.0	2.6	1,300	657	377	43	30	100	99	105	+47
10	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	28.3	1998-99	MIL	47	33.6	18.4	5.9	2.1	1.0	0.9	7.4	16.1	45.9	0.7	1.7	39.2	3.0	3.4	87.0	52.3	1.6	4.3	2.3	1,579	865	276	100	46	41	106	114	+148
11	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	27.8	1998-99	MIN	47	37.9	20.8	10.4	4.3	1.7	1.8	8.8	19.1	46.0	0.1	0.3	28.6	3.1	4.4	70.4	49.3	3.5	6.9	2.9	1,780	977	489	202	78	83	135	152	+76
12	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	27.5	1998-99	CHI	44	37.6	18.8	7.0	5.3	1.1	0.3	7.2	17.0	42.0	0.9	3.1	28.5	3.6	4.9	74.0	49.0	1.5	5.6	2.8	1,654	828	310	235	49	11	121	82	-162
13	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	27.3	1998-99	DEN	50	38.7	21.2	10.7	1.6	1.5	2.3	8.3	17.6	47.1	0.0	0.2	11.1	4.6	6.8	68.0	51.5	3.4	7.4	2.8	1,937	1,061	537	82	73	115	138	175	-251
14	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	27.2	1998-99	TOT	49	38.7	21.3	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	7.7	18.0	42.8	1.3	4.0	33.5	4.5	5.7	79.9	51.9	0.8	2.1	3.3	1,895	1,044	142	437	59	8	164	125	+88
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27.2	1998-99	SAS	50	39.3	21.7	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	8.4	16.9	49.5	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.9	7.2	69.0	54.1	3.2	8.2	2.9	1,963	1,084	571	121	45	126	146	147	+371
16	Antoine Walker A. Walker	27.1	1998-99	BOS	42	36.9	18.7	8.5	3.1	1.5	0.7	7.2	17.5	41.2	1.5	4.2	36.9	2.7	4.8	55.9	47.6	2.5	6.0	2.8	1,549	784	359	130	63	28	119	142	-200
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	27.1	1998-99	SEA	50	40.2	21.7	4.9	8.7	2.2	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.4	1.7	5.6	29.5	4.0	5.5	72.1	51.9	1.2	3.6	3.1	2,008	1,084	244	436	109	12	154	115	+26
18	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	26.9	1998-99	MIA	46	38.1	20.1	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	7.0	13.8	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.2	65.2	56.3	3.6	7.4	3.0	1,753	924	507	74	34	180	139	161	+340
19	Maurice Taylor M. Taylor	26.7	1998-99	LAC	46	32.7	16.8	5.3	1.5	0.3	0.6	6.8	14.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.3	4.5	72.8	50.5	2.2	3.1	2.6	1,505	773	242	67	16	29	120	179	-322
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	26.6	1998-99	MIA	48	36.9	17.4	3.2	7.3	1.2	0.1	6.3	15.7	40.0	2.3	6.5	36.0	2.5	3.1	81.2	51.1	0.3	2.9	2.7	1,772	835	152	352	57	6	131	102	+235
21	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	26.5	1998-99	NYK	37	33.3	16.4	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	5.8	14.0	41.5	0.6	2.1	27.3	4.2	5.2	81.2	50.3	1.1	3.1	2.1	1,233	606	156	91	46	2	79	65	-50
22	Steve Smith S. Smith	26.4	1998-99	ATL	36	36.5	18.7	4.2	3.3	1.0	0.3	6.0	15.0	40.2	1.3	3.9	33.8	5.3	6.3	84.9	52.6	1.4	2.8	2.8	1,314	672	151	118	36	11	99	100	+234
23	Gary Trent G. Trent	25.9	1998-99	DAL	45	30.3	16.0	7.8	1.7	0.6	0.5	6.4	13.4	47.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.2	5.2	61.7	51.0	2.8	5.0	1.5	1,362	719	351	77	29	23	66	122	-41
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25.9	1998-99	HOU	50	35.7	18.9	9.6	1.8	1.6	2.5	7.5	14.5	51.4	0.1	0.3	30.8	3.9	5.4	71.7	55.9	2.1	7.4	2.8	1,784	945	478	88	82	123	139	160	+61
25	Lamond Murray L. Murray	25.7	1998-99	LAC	50	26.3	12.2	3.9	1.2	1.2	0.4	4.5	11.6	39.1	0.7	2.1	33.0	2.5	3.1	80.3	47.3	1.2	2.7	2.0	1,317	612	195	61	58	20	99	107	-303