Before 2020-21, Joel Embiid had the highest usage percentage, at 33.4 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest career usage rate with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player until 2020

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.4	209	30.4	23.9	11.5	3.1	0.8	1.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.1	3.6	31.9	6.8	8.6	79.3	58.5	2.4	9.1	3.5	6,360	5,005	2,397	651	158	374	736	706	+1084
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33.3	133	32.8	24.7	8.5	7.3	1.0	0.3	8.2	18.4	44.5	2.5	7.9	32.1	5.8	7.9	73.7	56.6	1.2	7.3	3.8	4,365	3,285	1,136	967	139	39	507	290	+135
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.2	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32.6	878	34.6	23.2	7.1	8.3	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.7	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.7	7.1	79.9	53.0	1.7	5.4	4.1	30,378	20,412	6,211	7,298	1,535	270	3,581	2,261	+3278
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31.8	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	31.8	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
7	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	31.7	565	32.0	21.2	10.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	7.6	16.5	46.1	0.6	1.8	33.2	5.5	7.4	73.7	53.9	2.8	8.1	3.5	18,078	12,006	6,131	1,832	805	697	2,000	2,175	-531
8	LeBron James L. James	31.5	1,265	38.4	27.1	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.5	4.3	34.4	5.9	8.0	73.4	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	48,552	34,241	9,405	9,346	2,015	957	4,424	2,325	+6839
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31.3	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,773	23,165	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
10	Trae Young T. Young	31.3	141	32.8	23.6	3.9	8.6	1.0	0.2	7.6	17.8	42.8	2.6	7.4	34.4	5.8	6.9	84.7	56.7	0.7	3.3	4.2	4,623	3,327	556	1,213	137	23	597	244	-564
11	Freeman Williams F. Williams	31.3	323	20.5	14.7	1.6	1.6	0.8	0.1	6.1	13.0	46.7	0.5	1.5	33.1	2.1	2.6	82.4	51.9	0.8	0.8	1.8	6,606	4,738	510	516	247	18	568	533
12	John Drew J. Drew	30.7	510	28.4	20.4	5.7	1.6	1.3	0.2	7.2	15.4	46.9	0.0	0.2	17.5	5.9	7.8	75.8	54.1	2.4	3.3	2.7	14,500	10,399	2,917	803	645	95	1,402	1,831
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	30.7	709	33.6	26.5	4.4	2.8	1.2	0.8	10.3	20.3	50.8	0.1	0.5	29.7	5.8	6.8	84.5	56.8	1.5	3.0	3.0	23,831	18,813	3,153	1,976	836	566	2,137	2,045
14	James Harden J. Harden	30.6	833	34.3	25.2	5.3	6.3	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.3	2.8	7.7	36.3	7.6	8.8	85.8	61.1	0.8	4.6	3.7	28,589	20,962	4,446	5,255	1,314	443	3,078	2,204	+3423
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	30.5	225	33.8	22.7	4.1	4.0	1.3	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9	2.4	6.9	35.5	3.7	4.5	82.4	54.5	0.7	3.3	2.7	7,600	5,100	916	907	294	72	617	593	+841
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30.3	1,122	35.7	23.6	6.5	2.9	1.0	0.5	8.4	18.8	44.8	1.3	3.7	34.9	5.4	6.6	81.2	54.1	1.7	4.8	2.6	40,031	26,446	7,306	3,250	1,130	554	2,932	3,233	+1639
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	30.2	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.0	849	36.9	27.0	7.1	4.1	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.7	49.3	1.8	4.9	38.1	6.8	7.7	88.3	61.3	0.7	6.3	3.1	31,305	22,940	5,992	3,486	948	941	2,653	1,618	+3678
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	29.3	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.3	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29.3	528	33.8	22.4	3.7	5.7	1.3	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.6	2.1	5.4	39.0	3.8	4.4	87.7	57.2	0.8	2.9	2.6	17,827	11,842	1,955	3,013	699	187	1,394	1,171	+989
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	29.3	938	32.7	19.6	5.6	4.4	1.2	0.9	7.2	16.4	43.5	1.2	3.4	33.8	4.1	5.5	74.6	51.9	1.4	4.2	2.2	30,658	18,381	5,276	4,161	1,136	807	2,029	1,661	+1155
23	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	29.3	142	34.0	21.5	2.7	4.7	1.3	0.2	8.7	19.9	43.7	0.2	0.3	66.7	4.0	4.6	85.7	48.8	0.7	2.0	3.7	4,829	3,046	377	661	185	32	530	299
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	29.2	342	33.5	22.5	3.6	4.7	0.8	0.3	7.7	17.2	44.8	2.0	5.5	35.4	5.1	5.8	87.1	56.8	0.5	3.1	3.3	11,457	7,683	1,242	1,610	268	86	1,123	1,048	-1158
25	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	29.1	923	30.0	20.0	5.0	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.8	16.1	48.4	0.4	1.4	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	54.2	1.8	3.1	2.5	27,730	18,458	4,578	2,871	687	296	2,306	2,599