Paul Westphal had the highest usage percentage in 1977-78, at 30.9 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by player 1978

	NAME	USG%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	30.9	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6	5.0	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
2	John Drew J. Drew	30.9	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	23.2	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	8.5	17.7	48.0	6.2	8.2	76.0	54.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	2,203	1,623	511	141	119	27	210	247
3	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	30.2	1977-78	NOJ	50	40.8	27.0	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	11.1	25.1	44.4	4.8	5.5	87.0	49.2	1.0	2.6	5.0	2,041	1,352	178	335	101	8	248	116
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	29.5	1977-78	SAS	82	34.8	27.2	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	10.5	19.6	53.6	6.1	7.4	83.0	59.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	2,857	2,232	420	302	136	110	306	255
5	Walter Davis W. Davis	28.5	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4	52.6	4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
6	John Williamson J. Williamson	28.0	1977-78	TOT	75	36.4	23.7	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.1	9.6	22.0	43.8	4.4	5.2	84.7	48.8	0.9	2.1	3.0	2,731	1,777	227	214	94	10	228	236
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	27.9	1977-78	HOU	76	38.2	25.6	2.2	3.4	1.5	0.0	11.2	22.9	49.1	3.2	3.5	91.8	52.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	2,900	1,949	164	259	112	3	173	241
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	27.4	1977-78	PHI	78	32.5	20.3	10.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	16.3	46.3	5.3	7.4	71.6	52.1	3.6	6.8	4.0	2,533	1,587	810	294	137	27	312	287
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	27.1	1977-78	GSW	82	36.9	23.1	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	9.3	20.6	45.1	4.6	5.0	92.4	50.9	0.9	4.6	2.7	3,024	1,898	449	446	158	45	224	188
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27.0	1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	25.8	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	10.7	19.4	55.0	4.4	5.6	78.3	58.9	3.0	9.9	3.4	2,265	1,600	801	269	103	185	208	182
11	Randy Smith R. Smith	26.8	1977-78	BUF	82	40.4	24.6	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	5.4	6.8	80.0	52.1	1.3	2.4	3.5	3,314	2,021	310	458	172	11	286	224
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	26.8	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	27.2	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1	6.5	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	26.0	1977-78	NYK	79	40.3	26.5	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	10.3	19.8	52.0	5.9	8.2	72.7	56.7	3.0	9.8	4.4	3,182	2,097	1,010	298	105	126	346	297
14	Bernard King B. King	26.0	1977-78	NJN	79	39.1	24.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	10.1	21.1	47.9	4.0	5.8	67.7	51.1	3.4	6.2	3.9	3,092	1,909	751	193	122	36	311	302
15	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	25.7	1977-78	DET	63	36.7	24.5	11.3	3.4	1.3	1.5	9.9	18.4	53.7	4.7	6.1	77.2	58.0	3.1	8.2	3.6	2,311	1,542	715	216	82	93	225	185
16	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	25.2	1977-78	WAS	81	26.2	15.5	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	6.2	13.9	44.8	3.0	3.8	78.9	49.6	1.5	2.0	2.0	2,121	1,253	290	155	61	17	159	203
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	25.2	1977-78	PHI	74	32.8	20.6	6.5	3.8	1.8	1.3	8.3	16.4	50.2	4.1	4.9	84.5	55.5	2.4	4.1	3.2	2,429	1,528	481	279	135	97	238	207
18	Brian Winters B. Winters	25.2	1977-78	MIL	80	34.4	19.9	3.1	4.9	1.6	0.3	8.4	18.2	46.3	3.1	3.7	84.0	50.3	1.1	2.0	3.0	2,751	1,594	250	393	124	27	236	239
19	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	25.2	1977-78	CHI	82	37.4	22.9	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	8.6	15.4	55.9	5.7	8.2	70.4	60.4	3.9	9.2	4.5	3,067	1,879	1,071	263	42	181	366	261
20	Ron Boone R. Boone	25.0	1977-78	KCK	82	32.4	17.7	3.3	3.8	1.3	0.1	6.9	15.5	44.3	3.9	4.6	85.4	50.4	1.4	1.9	3.7	2,653	1,448	269	311	105	11	303	233
21	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	24.9	1977-78	SAS	81	35.4	20.6	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	8.6	17.6	48.9	3.4	4.0	85.4	53.3	3.0	6.5	3.4	2,869	1,672	773	268	115	24	279	209
22	Campy Russell C. Russell	24.8	1977-78	CLE	72	35.0	19.4	6.4	3.9	1.2	0.2	7.3	16.2	44.8	4.9	6.5	75.1	50.9	2.1	4.2	2.9	2,520	1,398	458	278	88	12	206	193
23	Eric Money E. Money	24.8	1977-78	DET	76	33.6	18.6	2.8	4.7	1.6	0.2	7.9	15.8	50.0	2.8	3.9	71.8	53.1	1.2	1.6	4.2	2,557	1,414	209	356	123	12	322	237
24	Gus Williams G. Williams	24.4	1977-78	SEA	79	32.6	18.1	3.2	3.7	2.3	0.5	7.6	16.9	45.1	2.9	3.5	81.7	49.1	1.1	2.2	2.4	2,572	1,431	256	294	185	41	189	198
25	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	24.3	1977-78	POR	68	31.2	16.4	9.1	2.5	0.9	0.8	6.7	14.5	45.8	3.0	4.0	76.7	50.2	2.7	6.4	2.8	2,119	1,113	621	173	61	56	192	221