Before 2021-22, Luka Dončić had the highest usage percentage, at 34.2 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest career usage rate with a minimum of 1000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player until 2021

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	34.2	199	33.3	25.7	8.4	7.7	1.0	0.4	8.7	19.1	45.7	2.7	8.1	33.1	5.6	7.6	73.5	57.3	1.1	7.3	4.0	6,627	5,115	1,663	1,534	203	75	788	442	+299
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	33.7	260	30.6	24.8	11.3	3.1	0.8	1.7	8.2	16.9	48.7	1.1	3.5	32.9	7.3	9.0	80.8	59.6	2.4	8.9	3.4	7,945	6,456	2,936	796	208	443	895	829	+1489
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	32.5	943	34.7	23.2	7.4	8.5	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.7	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.6	7.0	79.0	52.8	1.7	5.7	4.1	32,747	21,857	6,961	8,061	1,624	293	3,893	2,451	+3191
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	Trae Young T. Young	31.8	204	33.1	24.1	3.9	8.9	0.9	0.2	7.6	17.7	43.1	2.4	7.1	34.3	6.4	7.4	86.1	57.4	0.7	3.3	4.2	6,747	4,921	801	1,807	190	35	858	355	-297
7	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
8	LeBron James L. James	31.5	1,310	38.2	27.0	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.7	9.8	19.5	50.4	1.5	4.4	34.5	5.8	7.9	73.3	58.6	1.2	6.3	3.5	50,056	35,367	9,751	9,696	2,063	982	4,592	2,395	+7126
9	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	31.4	606	31.0	20.4	10.6	3.1	1.4	1.2	7.3	15.8	46.0	0.6	1.9	33.4	5.2	7.1	73.7	53.9	2.7	7.9	3.4	18,791	12,372	6,394	1,908	839	721	2,064	2,282	-592
10	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
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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31.1	278	33.7	23.4	4.1	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.4	19.2	43.9	2.6	7.2	36.2	4.0	4.8	82.9	55.0	0.8	3.4	2.7	9,371	6,501	1,151	1,184	346	87	764	710	+1128
13	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
14	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
15	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	877	34.4	25.1	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.4	2.8	7.7	36.3	7.5	8.7	85.8	61.1	0.8	4.7	3.7	30,198	22,045	4,794	5,730	1,367	476	3,255	2,303	+3525
16	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
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30.1	884	36.7	27.0	7.1	4.2	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.6	49.4	1.9	4.9	38.4	6.7	7.6	88.3	61.5	0.7	6.3	3.1	32,462	23,883	6,239	3,681	973	986	2,773	1,688	+3954
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30.0	1,191	35.0	23.0	6.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	8.2	18.4	44.7	1.3	3.8	35.3	5.2	6.4	81.4	54.2	1.6	4.7	2.5	41,721	27,370	7,520	3,354	1,176	592	2,993	3,377	+1616
19	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	29.8	85	31.7	25.7	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.6	9.9	16.4	60.4	0.2	0.6	33.3	5.7	8.3	68.3	64.0	2.7	4.2	2.7	2,694	2,187	591	276	73	48	226	177	+151
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	29.7	409	33.6	23.0	3.7	4.6	0.8	0.2	8.0	17.5	45.5	1.9	5.5	35.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	57.1	0.5	3.2	3.3	13,727	9,395	1,523	1,899	321	102	1,330	1,229	-827
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29.4	582	33.9	22.8	3.8	5.7	1.3	0.4	8.4	17.9	47.0	2.2	5.6	39.1	3.8	4.4	88.1	57.6	0.8	3.0	2.6	19,713	13,293	2,212	3,337	775	224	1,524	1,311	+1218
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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