Lauri Markkanen had the most points per game / usage percentage in 2022-23, with 0.97.

Interpreted as:

2023 highest ppg per usage rate by a player

	NAME	PPG/USG%	PPG	USG%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	0.97	25.6	26.5	2022-23	UTA	66	34.4	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	8.7	17.3	49.9	3.0	7.7	39.1	5.3	6.0	87.5	64.0	2.0	6.7	1.9	2,272	1,691	570	123	42	38	127	137	+163
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	0.96	31.4	32.5	2022-23	OKC	68	35.5	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	10.4	20.3	51.0	0.9	2.5	34.5	9.8	10.9	90.5	62.6	0.9	4.0	2.8	2,416	2,135	329	371	112	65	192	192	+149
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.96	32.2	33.7	2022-23	POR	58	36.3	4.8	7.3	0.9	0.3	9.6	20.7	46.3	4.2	11.3	37.1	8.8	9.6	91.4	64.5	0.8	4.0	3.3	2,106	1,866	277	425	50	18	191	109	+105
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.95	29.4	31.0	2022-23	GSW	56	34.7	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	10.0	20.2	49.3	4.9	11.4	42.7	4.6	5.0	91.5	65.6	0.7	5.4	3.2	1,941	1,648	341	352	52	20	179	117	+268
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.95	29.1	30.6	2022-23	TOT	47	35.6	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	10.3	18.3	56.0	2.0	4.9	40.4	6.5	7.1	91.9	67.7	0.4	6.3	3.3	1,671	1,366	313	235	34	67	156	99	+258
6	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	0.94	27.1	28.9	2022-23	TOT	60	37.4	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	9.9	20.1	49.4	3.1	8.3	37.9	4.1	4.6	90.5	61.3	1.0	4.1	2.1	2,241	1,623	304	331	66	45	128	165	+222
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	0.92	30.1	32.6	2022-23	BOS	74	36.9	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	9.8	21.1	46.6	3.2	9.3	35.0	7.2	8.4	85.4	60.7	1.1	7.7	2.9	2,732	2,225	649	342	78	51	213	160	+470
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	0.92	25.9	28.3	2022-23	LAL	56	34.0	12.5	2.6	1.1	2.0	9.7	17.2	56.3	0.3	1.3	25.7	6.2	7.9	78.4	62.7	3.5	9.1	2.2	1,904	1,451	702	148	59	114	122	146	+205
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	0.9	24.5	27.1	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	0.9	22.9	25.3	2022-23	MIA	64	33.4	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.6	1.6	35.0	7.4	8.7	85.0	64.7	2.2	3.7	1.6	2,138	1,466	375	340	117	21	101	80	+47
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.9	33.1	36.8	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	65.5	1.7	8.4	3.4	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
12	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	0.9	19.1	21.3	2022-23	SAC	79	34.6	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	7.3	11.9	61.5	0.4	1.1	37.3	4.1	5.5	74.2	66.8	3.2	9.1	2.9	2,735	1,510	973	573	65	39	230	279	+212
13	Jerami Grant J. Grant	0.9	20.5	22.8	2022-23	POR	63	35.6	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	6.9	14.5	47.5	2.3	5.7	40.1	4.4	5.4	81.3	60.6	0.8	3.7	1.8	2,245	1,290	283	150	51	53	116	152	-35
14	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	0.89	24.2	27.1	2022-23	TOR	71	37.4	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	8.9	18.5	48.0	1.3	4.0	32.4	5.2	6.7	77.4	56.5	1.8	6.0	2.4	2,652	1,720	556	415	65	36	169	228	+123
15	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	0.89	20.1	22.6	2022-23	TOT	83	35.7	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	7.1	15.3	46.8	2.0	5.3	38.2	3.8	4.3	89.5	58.7	1.0	3.4	1.5	2,963	1,671	364	273	91	61	127	159	+36
16	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	0.89	24.5	27.7	2022-23	CHI	74	36.2	4.6	5.1	1.1	0.5	8.9	17.6	50.4	0.6	1.9	32.4	6.2	7.1	87.2	59.2	0.5	4.2	2.1	2,682	1,816	343	377	83	36	153	186	+67
17	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	0.88	15.0	17.0	2022-23	SAC	82	32.5	4.5	1.6	0.7	0.1	4.6	9.6	47.3	1.6	4.3	37.4	4.3	5.0	84.7	63.2	1.1	3.4	1.0	2,662	1,230	366	128	57	10	86	103	+255
18	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	0.88	24.0	27.2	2022-23	NYK	68	35.0	3.5	6.2	0.9	0.2	8.6	17.6	49.1	2.0	4.7	41.6	4.8	5.8	82.9	59.7	0.6	3.0	2.1	2,379	1,633	241	421	61	15	142	152	+152
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	0.88	23.8	27.0	2022-23	LAC	52	33.6	6.5	3.9	1.4	0.5	8.6	16.8	51.2	2.0	4.8	41.6	4.7	5.4	87.1	62.3	1.1	5.4	1.7	1,747	1,239	338	204	72	28	88	84	+220
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.88	28.3	32.1	2022-23	CLE	68	35.8	4.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	10.0	20.6	48.4	3.6	9.3	38.6	4.7	5.4	86.7	61.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	2,432	1,922	289	301	99	27	180	168	+338
21	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	0.88	24.8	28.2	2022-23	CHI	77	35.9	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	8.7	18.0	48.5	2.6	7.1	37.5	4.7	5.6	84.8	60.7	0.5	3.9	2.5	2,768	1,913	345	327	69	18	194	159	+18
22	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	0.88	14.5	16.6	2022-23	NOP	79	31.0	3.6	1.4	1.1	0.5	4.9	10.1	48.4	2.6	6.3	40.6	2.2	2.4	90.5	65.0	0.7	2.8	0.8	2,448	1,148	281	112	89	43	61	155	+38
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	0.87	27.8	31.7	2022-23	PHX	53	34.6	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.3	9.9	20.1	49.4	2.1	6.0	35.1	5.8	6.8	85.5	60.1	0.9	3.7	2.7	1,835	1,471	240	293	51	18	145	159	+247
24	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	0.87	14.3	16.4	2022-23	CLE	68	32.6	9.8	1.7	0.8	1.2	5.9	9.2	64.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	2.4	3.3	73.3	67.0	3.3	6.5	1.4	2,220	969	666	113	54	84	93	153	+345
25	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	0.87	20.7	23.8	2022-23	IND	56	33.6	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	7.4	15.0	49.0	2.9	7.2	40.0	3.1	3.6	87.1	62.4	0.6	3.1	2.5	1,883	1,160	205	585	91	25	141	69	-35