highest usage rate by a center in a finals

Chuck Nevitt has the highest usage percentage by a center in an NBA Finals, at 87.1 percent.

NAME USG% SEASON SERIES 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 Chuck Nevitt
C. Nevitt
87.1
1987-88
NBA Finals
DET DET
1
1.0
2.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2 Mark McNamara
M. McNamara
74.8
1982-83
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
1
1.0
4.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
3 Zaza Pachulia
Z. Pachulia
50.1
2017-18
NBA Finals
GSW GSW
2
3.1
4.0
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.5
1.5
33.3
0.0
0.0
3.0
3.0
100.0
70.9
0.5
1.0
0.5
6
8
3
0
0
1
1
0
-4
4 Marreese Speights
M. Speights
45.5
2014-15
NBA Finals
GSW GSW
3
5.3
3.0
1.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
1.3
4.3
30.8
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.7
50.0
32.4
1.0
0.7
0.3
16
9
5
1
1
0
1
3
+9
5 Kendrick Perkins
K. Perkins
40.8
2014-15
NBA Finals
CLE CLE
1
3.1
2.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
34.7
0.0
1.0
0.0
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
-2
6 Darko Milicic
D. Milicic
36.8
2003-04
NBA Finals
DET DET
3
1.7
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.3
5
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
-7
7 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
36.0
2001-02
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
4
41.5
36.3
12.3
3.8
0.5
2.8
12.5
21.0
59.5
0.0
0.0
11.3
17.0
66.2
63.6
3.3
9.0
3.5
166
145
49
15
2
11
14
7
+45
8 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
34.9
1994-95
NBA Finals
HOU HOU
4
44.8
32.8
11.5
5.5
2.0
2.0
14.0
29.0
48.3
0.3
0.3
100.0
4.5
6.5
69.2
51.4
2.8
8.8
2.8
179
131
46
22
8
8
11
18
9 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
34.5
1999-00
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
45.5
38.0
16.7
2.3
1.0
2.7
16.0
26.2
61.1
0.0
0.0
6.0
15.5
38.7
57.6
5.7
11.0
2.2
273
228
100
14
6
16
13
20
+8
10 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
33.5
2000-01
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
45.0
33.0
15.8
4.8
0.4
3.4
12.6
22.0
57.3
0.0
0.0
7.8
15.2
51.3
57.5
6.2
9.6
4.0
225
165
79
24
2
17
20
20
+40
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
32.0
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
40.6
33.4
13.6
3.2
0.6
4.6
14.6
26.6
54.9
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.8
57.8
3.2
10.4
4.2
203
167
68
16
3
23
21
20
12 Chris Mihm
C. Mihm
31.6
2007-08
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
1
2.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
-6
13 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
30.8
1993-94
NBA Finals
HOU HOU
7
43.1
26.9
9.1
3.6
1.6
3.9
10.7
21.4
50.0
0.1
0.1
100.0
5.3
6.1
86.0
55.6
1.9
7.3
3.6
302
188
64
25
11
27
25
26
14 Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
30.0
2022-23
NBA Finals
DEN DEN
5
41.1
30.2
14.0
7.2
0.8
1.4
11.2
19.2
58.3
1.6
3.8
42.1
6.2
7.4
83.8
67.2
1.8
12.2
3.4
205
151
70
36
4
7
17
17
+39
15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
29.9
1983-84
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
7
38.9
26.6
8.1
4.4
1.7
2.1
10.7
22.3
48.1
0.0
0.0
5.1
7.6
67.9
51.9
3.3
4.9
3.0
272
186
57
31
12
15
21
27
16 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
29.3
2006-07
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
4
37.3
18.3
11.5
3.8
1.3
2.3
7.3
16.3
44.6
0.0
0.0
3.8
6.0
62.5
48.3
4.0
7.5
2.8
149
73
46
15
5
9
11
13
+24
17 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
29.2
1982-83
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
2
21.0
11.0
7.0
0.5
2.5
1.0
4.5
11.0
40.9
1.0
2.0
50.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
48.1
1.5
5.5
3.5
42
22
14
1
5
2
7
8
18 Marreese Speights
M. Speights
28.9
2015-16
NBA Finals
GSW GSW
7
4.7
2.0
1.3
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.6
2.6
22.2
0.6
1.4
40.0
0.3
0.3
100.0
37.1
0.4
0.9
0.3
33
14
9
2
1
2
2
6
+6
19 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
28.8
1993-94
NBA Finals
NYK NYK
7
44.0
18.9
12.4
1.7
1.3
4.3
8.3
22.9
36.3
0.1
0.7
20.0
2.1
3.0
71.4
39.0
4.6
7.9
3.1
308
132
87
12
9
30
22
29
20 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28.4
2003-04
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
42.6
26.6
10.8
1.6
0.4
0.6
10.6
16.8
63.1
0.0
0.0
5.4
11.0
49.1
61.5
3.0
7.8
2.8
213
133
54
8
2
3
14
22
-31
21 Rik Smits
R. Smits
28.1
1999-00
NBA Finals
IND IND
6
19.3
10.0
4.0
0.5
0.5
1.2
4.5
9.7
46.6
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
49.5
1.3
2.7
1.3
116
60
24
3
3
7
8
29
+4
22 Kevin Willis
K. Willis
27.5
2002-03
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
5
4.4
1.6
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.6
1.8
33.3
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
100.0
40.5
1.4
0.4
0.6
22
8
9
0
0
1
3
4
+8
23 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
27.4
1994-95
NBA Finals
ORL ORL
4
45.0
28.0
12.5
6.3
0.3
2.5
11.0
18.5
59.5
0.0
0.0
6.0
10.5
57.1
60.6
2.8
9.8
5.3
180
112
50
25
1
10
21
18
24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27.1
1984-85
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
35.5
25.7
9.0
5.2
1.0
1.5
11.2
18.5
60.4
0.0
0.0
3.3
4.3
76.9
62.9
2.8
6.2
2.8
213
154
54
31
6
9
17
27
25 Leon Powe
L. Powe
27.0
2007-08
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
6
8.9
6.2
3.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
3.3
55.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.5
71.4
63.3
1.2
2.0
0.3
53
37
19
0
0
0
2
13
-2
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
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Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
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3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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50
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21
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32
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44
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.537
20.0