Michael Jordan had the highest usage percentage in 1988-89, at 32.0 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player 1989

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.0	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	30.3	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	29.1	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	2,326	853	219	144	70	285	286
3	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	29.8	1988-89	SEA	82	29.1	20.5	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.5	8.3	16.9	48.9	0.1	0.4	30.6	3.8	5.2	73.2	53.3	2.2	3.1	2.6	2,385	1,677	433	134	84	40	210	231
4	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	29.7	1988-89	CHA	71	32.4	22.6	3.8	3.2	1.2	0.2	8.0	17.1	46.7	0.4	1.2	35.7	6.2	7.2	86.6	55.8	1.1	2.6	3.3	2,302	1,606	267	224	88	16	236	196
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	29.5	1988-89	ATL	80	37.5	26.2	6.9	2.6	1.5	0.7	10.2	22.0	46.4	0.4	1.3	27.6	5.5	6.6	84.4	52.8	3.2	3.7	2.3	2,997	2,099	553	211	117	52	181	138
6	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	28.9	1988-89	MIL	80	35.3	22.9	8.1	2.5	1.3	0.9	9.1	19.5	46.7	0.1	0.2	46.7	4.5	5.8	78.7	51.8	3.5	4.6	2.5	2,824	1,829	650	198	106	72	201	265
7	Alex English A. English	28.8	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	26.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	53.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	2,990	2,175	326	383	66	12	198	174
8	Jeff Malone J. Malone	28.6	1988-89	WAS	76	31.8	21.7	2.4	2.9	0.5	0.2	8.9	18.6	48.0	0.0	0.3	5.3	3.9	4.5	87.1	52.9	0.7	1.6	2.2	2,418	1,651	179	219	39	14	165	155
9	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	28.4	1988-89	PHX	70	29.2	21.5	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.1	8.7	17.5	49.7	1.0	2.5	41.3	3.1	3.6	86.8	56.4	1.3	3.1	1.7	2,043	1,504	306	162	47	7	122	198
10	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	28.2	1988-89	PHX	81	37.1	25.7	8.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	9.6	20.3	47.1	0.3	1.1	32.6	6.3	7.4	85.1	54.7	1.8	6.7	2.9	3,002	2,085	684	231	87	55	231	271
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	28.1	1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	2,034	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
12	Bernard King B. King	28.1	1988-89	WAS	81	31.6	20.7	4.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	8.1	16.9	47.7	0.1	0.4	16.7	4.5	5.4	81.9	53.5	1.6	3.1	2.8	2,559	1,674	384	294	64	13	227	219
13	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	27.4	1988-89	TOT	80	32.5	18.9	4.8	3.5	0.6	0.5	7.3	15.9	46.1	0.6	2.2	29.3	3.6	4.9	73.3	52.4	1.8	3.0	2.6	2,597	1,511	386	278	45	36	208	229
14	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	27.2	1988-89	CHA	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
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	27.2	1988-89	POR	78	39.3	27.2	7.9	5.8	2.7	0.7	10.6	21.4	49.6	0.3	1.3	26.0	5.6	7.0	79.9	55.5	3.7	4.2	3.2	3,064	2,123	615	450	213	54	250	269
16	Robert Reid R. Reid	26.9	1988-89	CHA	82	26.2	14.7	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.8	0.2	0.6	32.7	1.9	2.4	77.6	46.4	1.0	2.7	1.3	2,152	1,207	302	153	53	20	106	235
17	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	26.6	1988-89	SEA	82	38.9	27.5	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	10.5	20.9	50.1	2.0	4.1	47.8	4.6	5.6	81.6	58.9	1.9	2.3	2.7	3,190	2,253	342	164	108	22	218	197
18	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	26.5	1988-89	GSW	82	37.7	26.5	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	10.1	19.9	50.9	0.3	1.2	23.0	6.0	6.7	89.2	58.1	1.9	4.0	3.6	3,093	2,176	483	415	176	39	296	178
19	Chuck Person C. Person	26.4	1988-89	IND	80	37.7	21.6	6.5	3.6	1.0	0.2	8.9	18.2	48.9	0.8	2.6	30.7	3.0	3.8	79.2	54.4	1.8	4.7	3.9	3,012	1,728	516	289	83	18	308	280
20	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	26.1	1988-89	GSW	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
21	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	25.5	1988-89	UTA	82	33.9	19.5	5.5	1.7	0.6	1.1	7.5	15.5	48.3	0.0	0.1	40.0	4.4	5.4	82.5	54.4	1.4	4.0	2.5	2,777	1,595	447	138	48	91	208	185
22	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	25.2	1988-89	MIL	75	27.7	17.6	2.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	7.0	13.6	51.8	0.1	0.5	22.2	3.4	4.0	85.9	57.3	1.1	1.5	1.5	2,078	1,317	197	156	77	19	112	193
23	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	25.2	1988-89	DET	82	25.3	13.8	3.1	3.0	0.9	0.2	5.6	12.1	46.4	0.2	0.5	29.5	2.4	3.2	73.4	50.8	1.3	1.8	1.3	2,073	1,130	255	242	74	17	105	155
24	Kevin Edwards K. Edwards	24.9	1988-89	MIA	79	29.7	13.8	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.3	5.9	14.0	42.5	0.1	0.5	27.0	1.8	2.4	74.6	46.0	1.1	2.2	3.1	2,349	1,094	262	349	139	27	246	154
25	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24.6	1988-89	DET	80	36.6	18.2	3.4	8.3	1.7	0.3	7.1	15.3	46.4	0.4	1.5	27.3	3.6	4.4	81.8	52.8	0.6	2.8	3.7	2,924	1,458	273	663	133	20	298	209