highest usage rate in a career nba player

Luka Dončić has the highest career usage percentage, at 35.6 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest usage rate with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player in a career NBA player
NAMEUSG%MINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
35.6
17,274
494
35.0
29.0
8.5
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.7
20.8
46.8
3.1
8.9
35.0
6.4
8.5
75.4
59.0
0.9
7.6
4.0
14,320
4,221
4,074
620
224
1,960
1,137
+1250
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
35.1
15,380
483
31.8
27.6
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.1
1.2
3.5
33.8
8.3
10.0
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
13,348
5,219
1,779
431
772
1,639
1,436
+2618
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33.2
41,011
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
32,292
6,672
5,633
2,514
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
31.8
48,637
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
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
5Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
31.8
37,584
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
24,368
3,394
5,624
1,983
164
3,262
1,777
+799
6Trae Young
T. Young
31.7
16,901
493
34.3
25.2
3.5
9.8
1.0
0.2
8.0
18.4
43.2
2.6
7.5
35.1
6.6
7.6
87.3
57.9
0.6
2.8
4.2
12,413
1,702
4,837
515
75
2,077
861
-158
7Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
31.6
20,053
593
33.8
25.1
4.3
4.8
1.4
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.3
3.0
8.3
36.7
4.3
5.1
84.2
57.4
0.8
3.5
2.7
14,867
2,566
2,846
823
188
1,614
1,431
+2926
8Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
31.3
35,773
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
23,165
4,933
5,701
1,620
885
3,326
2,328
+2827
9LeBron James
L. James
31.3
60,309
1,600
37.7
26.9
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.5
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
43,008
11,947
11,854
2,387
1,172
5,586
2,833
+7345
10DeMarcus Cousins
D. Cousins
31.3
19,508
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
12,802
6,664
1,979
874
742
2,149
2,421
-553
11Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
31.0
42,764
1,292
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
27,038
8,978
10,277
2,026
415
5,018
3,288
+2645
12John Drew
J. Drew
30.7
14,500
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
10,399
2,917
803
645
95
1,402
1,831
13George Gervin
G. Gervin
30.7
23,831
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
18,813
3,153
1,976
836
566
2,137
2,045
14Ja Morant
J. Morant
30.6
10,370
327
31.7
22.4
4.6
7.4
1.0
0.3
8.1
17.3
46.6
1.3
4.3
31.1
4.9
6.4
77.3
55.7
0.9
3.7
3.4
7,331
1,513
2,428
335
92
1,108
555
+770
15Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
30.2
38,113
1,074
35.5
24.8
6.7
2.5
1.3
0.6
9.3
20.1
46.1
0.7
2.1
31.9
5.6
6.9
81.1
53.6
2.7
3.9
2.5
26,668
7,169
2,677
1,378
642
2,669
2,061
-392
16Devin Booker
D. Booker
30.1
24,615
717
34.3
24.5
4.0
5.3
0.9
0.3
8.5
18.4
46.3
2.1
5.9
35.1
5.3
6.1
87.2
58.0
0.6
3.4
3.0
17,540
2,890
3,792
616
202
2,179
2,090
+180
17Kevin Durant
K. Durant
29.9
43,179
1,176
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.4
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.2
3.2
31,945
8,114
5,149
1,217
1,321
3,723
2,244
+5016
18Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
29.8
29,109
889
32.7
24.0
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
15.9
55.4
0.6
2.2
28.6
5.8
8.4
69.2
61.3
1.9
8.0
3.0
21,377
8,831
4,456
988
1,086
2,686
2,609
+3130
19Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
29.7
14,966
429
34.9
24.5
5.3
4.1
1.3
0.6
8.6
19.0
45.2
3.0
8.0
36.9
4.3
5.4
80.2
57.3
0.7
4.6
2.9
10,513
2,272
1,775
569
273
1,233
856
+938
20Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
29.6
43,514
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
28,289
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
21Karl Malone
K. Malone
29.3
54,852
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
29.3
41,918
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
23Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
29.3
16,923
511
33.1
25.2
4.8
5.2
1.4
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.7
1.4
3.8
35.9
6.3
7.2
86.5
61.4
0.7
4.0
2.3
12,852
2,429
2,676
730
408
1,175
1,145
+1823
24James Harden
J. Harden
29.3
41,763
1,201
34.8
24.1
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.8
4.8
3.7
28,917
6,715
8,726
1,778
676
4,442
2,957
+4658
25Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
29.3
30,658
938
32.7
19.6
5.6
4.4
1.2
0.9
7.2
16.4
43.5
1.2
3.4
33.8
4.1
5.5
74.6
51.9
1.4
4.2
2.2
18,381
5,276
4,161
1,136
807
2,029
1,661
+1155
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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