highest usage rate in nba history

Luka Dončić has the highest career usage percentage, at 35.5 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest usage rate with a minimum of 10000 minutes played by a player in NBA history
NAMEUSG%MINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
35.5
16,581
474
35.0
28.9
8.6
8.2
1.3
0.5
9.7
20.8
46.7
3.1
8.8
34.8
6.3
8.4
75.4
58.9
0.9
7.7
4.0
13,683
4,077
3,909
593
217
1,884
1,089
+1272
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
35.2
14,833
467
31.8
27.5
10.9
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.1
50.0
1.2
3.5
33.5
8.3
10.0
82.8
61.2
2.2
8.7
3.4
12,862
5,085
1,708
421
758
1,585
1,404
+2516
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
31.5
19,326
571
33.8
25.0
4.3
4.7
1.4
0.3
8.8
19.6
45.2
3.1
8.3
36.8
4.2
5.1
84.1
57.3
0.8
3.5
2.7
14,270
2,472
2,707
788
183
1,548
1,382
+2783
8LeBron James
L. James
31.4
59,535
1,577
37.8
26.9
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.9
19.5
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.6
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
42,488
11,804
11,682
2,360
1,160
5,510
2,802
+7334
9Dwyane 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
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
42,152
1,271
33.2
21.0
7.0
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.6
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.7
4.8
6.2
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
26,694
8,900
10,163
2,002
410
4,942
3,244
+2798
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
10,280
324
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
55.6
0.9
3.7
3.4
7,268
1,503
2,392
331
89
1,098
548
+764
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
24,175
703
34.4
24.5
4.0
5.3
0.9
0.3
8.5
18.4
46.4
2.1
6.0
35.2
5.3
6.1
87.2
58.1
0.6
3.4
3.0
17,217
2,844
3,712
607
202
2,137
2,060
+118
17Kevin Durant
K. Durant
29.9
42,279
1,152
36.7
27.2
6.9
4.4
1.0
1.1
9.4
18.7
50.2
2.0
5.0
39.1
6.5
7.3
88.2
62.1
0.7
6.3
3.2
31,308
7,972
5,039
1,195
1,300
3,646
2,200
+4968
18Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
29.8
28,807
879
32.8
24.0
9.9
5.0
1.1
1.2
8.8
15.9
55.3
0.6
2.2
28.6
5.8
8.3
69.2
61.2
1.9
8.0
3.0
21,116
8,729
4,403
979
1,081
2,652
2,586
+3122
19Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
29.6
14,206
408
34.8
24.2
5.3
4.2
1.3
0.6
8.5
18.9
45.0
2.9
8.0
36.7
4.3
5.3
80.4
57.1
0.7
4.5
2.9
9,883
2,153
1,698
541
256
1,175
819
+820
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
23James Harden
J. Harden
29.3
41,109
1,182
34.8
24.1
5.6
7.2
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.3
7.1
8.2
86.2
60.8
0.8
4.9
3.7
28,491
6,624
8,560
1,753
665
4,372
2,920
+4638
24Tracy 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
25Stephen Curry
S. Curry
29.2
35,773
1,051
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
1.5
0.3
8.5
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
26,103
4,918
6,647
1,583
277
3,265
2,362
+6214
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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11
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12
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13.5
13
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.323
13.5
14
8
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.250
16.0
15
6
28
.176
19.0
WesternWLPCTGB
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5
.853
2
24
9
.727
4.5
3
23
10
.697
5.5
4
21
10
.677
6.5
5
20
11
.645
7.5
6
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.618
8.0
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.576
9.5
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11.0
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13.5
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16.5
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