Priest Lauderdale had the highest usage percentage in the 1997 playoffs, at 42.3 percent in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate by a player in the 1997 playoffs

	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	Priest Lauderdale P. Lauderdale	42.3	1996-97	ATL	3	2.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	7	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	-10
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35.5	1996-97	CHI	19	42.3	31.1	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	11.9	26.2	45.6	0.7	3.5	19.4	6.5	7.8	83.1	52.4	2.2	5.7	2.6	804	590	150	91	30	17	49	46	+136
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35.5	1996-97	LAL	9	36.2	26.9	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	9.9	19.2	51.4	0.0	0.0		7.1	11.7	61.0	55.2	4.2	6.3	2.4	326	242	95	29	5	17	22	37	+32
4	Grant Hill G. Hill	35.2	1996-97	DET	5	40.6	23.6	6.8	5.4	0.8	1.0	9.0	20.6	43.7	0.0	0.0		5.6	7.8	71.8	49.1	2.6	4.2	3.8	203	118	34	27	4	5	19	14	-15
5	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	33.8	1996-97	POR	2	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	33.4	1996-97	UTA	20	40.8	26.0	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.4	21.5	43.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	7.2	10.0	72.0	50.1	3.0	8.4	2.7	816	519	228	57	27	15	54	59	+102
7	Mark Strickland M. Strickland	32.7	1996-97	MIA	4	4.0	2.0	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0	45.0	0.0	0.8	0.5	16	8	3	1	1	0	2	0	-5
8	Steve Nash S. Nash	32.7	1996-97	PHX	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.3	22.2	0.3	1.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		27.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	15	5	1	1	1	1	2	5	-21
9	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	32.4	1996-97	ORL	5	44.0	31.0	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	10.4	22.2	46.8	2.2	6.0	36.7	8.0	10.8	74.1	57.5	1.4	4.6	1.8	220	155	30	17	12	7	9	14	-27
10	Jerome Williams J. Williams	31.2	1996-97	DET	1	5.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	5	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	+6
11	Gary Trent G. Trent	31.2	1996-97	POR	4	15.3	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	3.3	7.3	44.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.5	2.8	54.5	47.3	1.3	1.8	1.5	61	32	12	4	0	1	6	11	-12
12	Shane Heal S. Heal	30.4	1996-97	MIN	2	1.5	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		150.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2
13	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	30.4	1996-97	MIN	3	39.0	21.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	8.7	21.7	40.0	2.0	6.7	30.0	2.0	3.3	60.0	46.1	0.7	3.3	3.0	117	64	12	23	2	0	9	9	-41
14	Amal McCaskill A. McCaskill	30.2	1996-97	ORL	2	3.5	2.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	33.3	57.9	0.0	1.5	0.0	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	+9
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	29.7	1996-97	LAL	9	14.8	8.2	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.2	2.3	6.1	38.2	0.7	2.6	26.1	2.9	3.3	86.7	54.3	0.1	1.1	1.6	133	74	11	11	3	2	14	23	+1
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	28.9	1996-97	NYK	9	39.7	22.6	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	9.8	18.6	52.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.7	64.3	54.7	2.9	7.7	3.0	357	203	95	17	3	22	27	30	+27
17	Stephen Howard S. Howard	28.2	1996-97	UTA	5	2.6	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.8	75.0	58.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	13	9	1	0	1	0	0	2	-11
18	Don Reid D. Reid	27.7	1996-97	DET	1	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		4.0	4.0	100.0	113.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	+4
19	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	27.1	1996-97	SEA	12	36.8	21.6	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.6	48.6	0.2	0.8	20.0	7.3	8.8	82.9	58.5	4.3	8.0	3.9	442	259	148	36	14	16	47	55	+25
20	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	26.9	1996-97	MIA	17	37.1	17.8	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	6.3	12.8	49.1	0.2	0.5	37.5	5.1	9.1	55.5	52.9	2.6	7.6	4.1	630	303	173	18	11	46	70	73	+44
21	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	26.8	1996-97	WAS	3	41.3	19.7	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	7.3	17.3	42.3	0.3	0.7	50.0	4.7	6.3	73.7	48.9	1.7	4.3	3.7	124	59	18	25	3	0	11	8	-20
22	Rich Manning R. Manning	26.5	1996-97	LAC	3	7.0	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	3.0	22.2	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.0	83.3	38.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	21	9	4	1	0	1	0	5	+3
23	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	26.1	1996-97	LAL	6	5.7	1.3	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.8	27.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.5	66.7	32.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	34	8	3	6	1	0	6	4	+13
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	26.1	1996-97	SEA	12	45.5	23.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	8.8	21.3	41.2	2.1	6.3	33.3	4.2	5.1	82.0	50.6	1.7	3.8	2.9	546	285	65	104	26	4	35	26	+52
25	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	25.9	1996-97	MIA	17	41.2	18.7	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	6.1	16.9	35.9	2.5	7.9	31.3	4.1	5.2	79.5	48.8	0.8	3.3	3.1	701	318	69	119	27	1	53	37	+34