80s usage leaders

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

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NAMEUSG%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael 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
2Freeman 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
3George 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
4Mark 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
5John 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
6Dominique 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
7World 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
8Quintin 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
9Karl 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
10Ledell 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
11Alex 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
12Bernard 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
13Terry 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
14Rex 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
15Walter 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
16Julius 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
17Darrell 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
18Adrian 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
19Moses 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
20Larry 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
21Xavier 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
22David 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
23Cliff 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
24Mitch 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
25Hakeem 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
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20
62
.244
40.0
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19
63
.232
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17
65
.207
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64
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.780
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62
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.756
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3
54
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.659
10.0
4
53
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.646
11.0
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52
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45
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