Russell Westbrook has the highest usage percentage by an MVP in a season, at 41.5 percent in 2016-17.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate for a mvp in a regular season by a player

NAME	USG%	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Russell Westbrook	41.5	1	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
Giannis Antetokounmpo	37.3	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682
Joel Embiid	36.8	1	2022-23	PHI	66	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4	11.0	20.1	54.8	1.0	3.0	33.0	10.0	11.7	85.7	2,284	2,183	670	274	66	112	226	205	+424
James Harden	35.9	1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
Allen Iverson	35.9	1	2000-01	PHI	71	42.0	31.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	10.7	25.5	42.0	1.4	4.3	32.0	8.2	10.1	81.4	2,979	2,207	273	325	178	20	237	147	+368
Michael Jordan	33.9	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
LeBron James	33.7	1	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
Michael Jordan	33.6	1	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
LeBron James	33.3	1	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
Michael Jordan	33.3	1	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
Kevin Durant	32.9	1	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	3,122	2,593	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
Michael Jordan	32.8	1	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
Stephen Curry	32.6	1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
Karl Malone	32.6	1	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
Derrick Rose	32.1	1	2010-11	CHI	81	37.4	25.0	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	8.8	19.7	44.5	1.6	4.8	33.2	5.9	6.9	85.8	3,026	2,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
Giannis Antetokounmpo	32.0	1	2018-19	MIL	72	32.8	27.7	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	10.0	17.3	57.8	0.7	2.8	25.6	6.9	9.5	72.9	2,358	1,994	898	424	92	110	268	232	+654
LeBron James	31.9	1	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	3.4	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
Nikola Jokic	31.8	1	2021-22	DEN	74	33.5	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	3.8	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	2,476	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
Michael Jordan	31.6	1	1991-92	CHI	80	38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	11.8	22.7	51.9	0.3	1.3	27.0	6.1	7.4	83.2	3,102	2,404	511	489	182	75	200	201
Kobe Bryant	31.3	1	2007-08	LAL	82	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	3.1	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	3,192	2,323	517	441	151	40	257	227	+598
Shaquille O'Neal	31.1	1	1999-00	LAL	79	40.0	29.7	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	12.1	21.1	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.4	52.4	3,163	2,344	1,078	299	36	239	223	255	+706
Karl Malone	30.4	1	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	23.8	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
LeBron James	30.1	1	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
David Robinson	29.8	1	1994-95	SAS	81	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	10.5	77.4	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230
Moses Malone	29.7	1	1981-82	HOU	81	42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	3.6	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.8	10.2	76.2	3,398	2,520	1,188	142	76	125	294	208