Michael Jordan had the highest usage percentage in 1989-90, at 33.6 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by player 1990

	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	33.6	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	32.4	1989-90	UTA	82	38.1	31.0	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	11.1	19.8	56.2	0.2	0.5	37.2	8.5	11.1	76.2	62.6	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,122	2,540	911	226	121	50	304	259
3	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	30.4	1989-90	ATL	80	36.1	26.7	6.5	2.5	1.6	0.6	10.1	20.9	48.4	0.7	2.3	32.2	5.7	7.1	80.7	55.6	2.7	3.8	2.2	2,888	2,138	521	200	126	47	174	141
4	Jeff Malone J. Malone	29.5	1989-90	WAS	75	34.2	24.3	2.7	3.2	0.6	0.1	10.4	21.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.4	3.9	87.7	52.9	0.7	2.0	1.7	2,567	1,820	206	243	48	6	125	116
5	Bernard King B. King	29.3	1989-90	WAS	82	32.8	22.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	8.7	17.8	48.7	0.0	0.3	13.0	5.0	6.3	80.3	54.5	1.6	3.4	3.0	2,687	1,837	404	376	51	7	248	230
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	29.3	1989-90	NYK	82	38.6	28.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	11.2	20.4	55.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	6.1	7.9	77.5	59.9	2.9	8.0	3.4	3,165	2,347	893	182	78	327	278	325
7	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	29.0	1989-90	MIN	82	38.6	23.2	5.5	2.6	1.4	0.4	8.8	19.3	45.7	0.1	0.7	16.7	5.5	6.9	78.7	52.0	2.5	3.0	3.1	3,164	1,903	451	213	111	31	251	260
8	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	28.7	1989-90	PHX	81	37.6	27.2	7.0	2.3	1.1	0.6	10.0	20.0	50.1	0.3	1.1	27.9	6.9	8.0	86.1	57.9	1.5	5.6	2.7	3,046	2,201	571	190	88	47	218	260
9	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	28.4	1989-90	SAS	81	34.8	22.4	8.4	2.7	1.4	0.6	9.0	18.9	47.5	0.2	0.7	32.2	4.2	5.4	78.0	52.7	2.8	5.6	2.5	2,821	1,818	677	219	110	52	202	286
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	28.1	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	2.1	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	27.4	1989-90	BOS	75	39.3	24.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	2,944	1,820	712	562	106	61	243	173
12	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	26.9	1989-90	SEA	69	35.2	21.3	6.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	8.9	17.9	49.6	0.1	0.2	29.4	3.5	4.8	73.3	53.3	2.4	4.1	2.7	2,432	1,471	447	171	73	36	187	231
13	Reggie Theus R. Theus	26.6	1989-90	ORL	76	30.9	18.9	2.9	5.4	0.8	0.2	6.8	15.5	43.9	0.3	1.4	24.8	5.0	5.8	85.3	52.4	1.0	1.9	3.0	2,350	1,438	221	407	60	12	226	194
14	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.4	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	26.1	1989-90	DET	81	37.0	18.4	3.8	9.4	1.7	0.2	7.1	16.3	43.8	0.5	1.7	30.9	3.6	4.7	77.5	50.1	0.9	2.9	4.0	2,993	1,492	308	765	139	19	322	206
16	Alex English A. English	26.1	1989-90	DEN	80	27.6	17.9	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	7.9	16.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	40.0	2.0	2.3	88.0	52.2	1.5	2.1	1.2	2,211	1,433	286	225	51	23	93	130
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	25.5	1989-90	POR	73	36.8	23.3	6.9	5.9	2.0	0.7	9.2	18.6	49.4	0.4	1.5	28.3	4.6	5.9	77.4	55.1	2.8	4.1	2.6	2,683	1,703	507	432	145	51	191	222
18	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	25.4	1989-90	SEA	55	37.0	23.5	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.4	49.7	1.7	4.7	37.5	3.5	4.3	81.8	58.0	1.6	2.7	2.2	2,033	1,293	238	110	59	7	119	124
19	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	25.1	1989-90	SAC	79	37.2	22.3	7.5	1.4	0.7	0.7	9.2	17.5	52.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	4.9	78.3	56.5	2.3	5.2	1.9	2,937	1,758	595	108	54	54	153	251
20	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	25.0	1989-90	PHX	74	37.6	22.5	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	7.8	15.7	49.9	0.1	0.6	19.5	6.8	8.1	83.8	58.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	2,782	1,665	270	846	95	14	263	143
21	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	24.8	1989-90	GSW	78	36.3	25.1	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	8.7	16.3	53.6	1.1	3.0	37.2	6.5	7.3	88.9	64.3	1.7	4.3	3.1	2,830	1,956	463	319	123	45	239	142
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24.7	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	907	132	34	289	167
23	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	24.5	1989-90	ORL	74	33.3	19.4	7.6	1.0	0.5	0.2	7.4	15.6	47.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.6	6.6	70.2	52.5	3.7	3.9	2.4	2,462	1,435	563	72	36	17	181	201
24	Chuck Person C. Person	24.5	1989-90	IND	77	35.2	19.7	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	7.9	16.1	48.7	1.2	3.3	37.2	2.7	3.5	78.1	55.7	1.6	4.1	2.2	2,714	1,515	445	230	53	20	170	217
25	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	24.3	1989-90	DET	78	25.7	14.1	3.9	1.9	0.4	0.2	5.6	11.5	48.8	0.4	1.2	33.3	2.5	3.3	75.6	54.4	1.5	2.4	1.6	2,005	1,099	305	145	34	19	121	201