highest usage rate for a player averaging 35 points

Ronnie Valentine has the highest career usage percentage when scoring 35+ points, at 37.1 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest usage rate for a player averaging 35 or more points
NAMEUSG%PTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Ronnie Valentine
R. Valentine
37.1
84
24
5.1
3.5
1.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
1.5
4.1
37.8
0.0
0.1
50.0
0.4
0.8
47.4
39.5
0.4
0.8
0.7
123
30
7
7
4
16
23
2Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
35.7
15,021
514
35.0
29.2
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.8
21.0
46.9
3.2
9.0
35.2
6.4
8.5
75.5
59.2
0.9
7.6
4.0
18,000
4,376
4,230
661
237
2,032
1,181
+1423
3Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
35.1
13,544
490
31.9
27.6
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.0
1.2
3.5
33.9
8.3
9.9
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
15,609
5,280
1,808
432
784
1,656
1,451
+2645
4Oliver Robinson
O. Robinson
35.0
101
35
4.2
2.9
0.5
0.6
0.1
0.1
1.0
2.8
36.1
0.0
0.3
9.1
0.9
1.3
66.7
43.2
0.2
0.3
0.4
147
17
21
4
2
13
18
5John Schweitz
J. Schweitz
34.3
57
22
5.3
2.6
1.0
0.8
0.0
0.0
1.1
3.4
33.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.5
70.0
35.9
0.3
0.7
0.7
117
22
18
0
1
16
14
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33.2
32,292
1,072
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
41,011
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
7Marcus Webb
M. Webb
33.0
39
9
5.7
4.3
1.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
1.4
2.8
52.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.4
2.3
61.9
57.0
0.6
0.6
0.6
51
10
2
1
2
5
11
8Lanard Copeland
L. Copeland
32.7
90
33
4.8
2.7
0.5
0.4
0.1
0.0
1.2
2.8
41.8
0.0
0.2
14.3
0.4
0.5
81.3
45.9
0.2
0.4
0.7
158
17
14
3
1
23
17
9Dontae' Jones
D. Jones
32.6
44
15
6.1
2.9
0.6
0.3
0.1
0.2
1.3
3.8
33.3
0.4
1.5
26.1
0.0
0.0
38.6
0.2
0.4
0.7
91
9
5
2
3
11
12
-2
10Sherell Ford
S. Ford
32.3
90
28
5.0
3.2
0.9
0.2
0.3
0.0
1.1
2.9
37.5
0.1
0.9
16.0
0.9
1.2
76.5
47.4
0.4
0.4
0.2
139
24
5
8
1
6
27
11Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
31.8
33,643
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,637
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
12Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
31.8
24,368
914
41.1
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
37,584
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
13Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
31.7
4,238
181
30.4
23.4
11.0
3.5
1.1
3.5
8.4
17.3
48.4
2.2
6.3
34.2
4.5
5.6
81.7
59.4
2.1
9.0
3.1
5,499
1,997
642
206
627
564
414
+642
14Trae Young
T. Young
31.7
12,489
498
34.1
25.1
3.4
9.8
1.0
0.2
7.9
18.3
43.3
2.6
7.4
35.2
6.6
7.6
87.2
58.0
0.6
2.8
4.2
17,005
1,717
4,868
518
76
2,090
874
-187
15Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
31.5
15,272
609
33.8
25.1
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.3
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.4
57.5
0.8
3.5
2.7
20,586
2,640
2,928
844
193
1,645
1,463
+2960
16Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
31.3
23,165
1,054
33.9
22.0
4.7
5.4
1.5
0.8
8.0
16.7
48.0
0.5
1.8
29.3
5.4
7.1
76.5
55.4
1.2
3.5
3.2
35,773
4,933
5,701
1,620
885
3,326
2,328
+2827
17DeMarcus Cousins
D. Cousins
31.3
12,802
654
29.8
19.6
10.2
3.0
1.3
1.1
7.0
15.2
46.0
0.7
2.0
33.1
5.0
6.7
73.7
53.9
2.6
7.6
3.3
19,508
6,664
1,979
874
742
2,149
2,421
-553
18LeBron James
L. James
31.3
43,440
1,622
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
61,031
12,095
12,016
2,417
1,185
5,650
2,862
+7508
19Freeman Williams
F. Williams
31.3
4,738
323
20.5
14.7
1.6
1.6
0.8
0.1
6.1
13.0
46.7
0.5
1.5
33.1
2.1
2.6
82.4
51.9
0.8
0.8
1.8
6,606
510
516
247
18
568
533
20Richard Petruska
R. Petruska
31.2
53
22
4.2
2.4
1.4
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.9
2.1
43.5
0.3
0.7
46.7
0.3
0.4
75.0
53.5
0.4
1.0
0.7
92
31
1
2
3
15
15
21Fennis Dembo
F. Dembo
31.0
36
31
2.4
1.2
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.4
33.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.3
80.0
38.8
0.3
0.5
0.2
74
23
5
1
0
7
15
22Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
30.9
27,176
1,301
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
43,025
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
23Sean Green
S. Green
30.8
352
84
8.0
4.2
1.0
0.5
0.4
0.2
1.8
4.7
38.6
0.2
0.7
24.6
0.4
0.6
62.0
42.1
0.4
0.6
0.8
671
85
45
33
13
63
63
24John Drew
J. Drew
30.7
10,399
510
28.4
20.4
5.7
1.6
1.3
0.2
7.2
15.4
46.9
0.0
0.2
17.5
5.9
7.8
75.8
54.1
2.4
3.3
2.7
14,500
2,917
803
645
95
1,402
1,831
25George Gervin
G. Gervin
30.7
18,813
709
33.6
26.5
4.4
2.8
1.2
0.8
10.3
20.3
50.8
0.1
0.5
29.7
5.8
6.8
84.5
56.8
1.5
3.0
3.0
23,831
3,153
1,976
836
566
2,137
2,045
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2
62
20
.756
2.0
3
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54
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.659
10.0
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.646
11.0
5
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.634
12.0
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1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
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45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
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31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
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22
60
.268
42.0
15
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22
60
.268
42.0