Kobe Bryant had the highest usage percentage in 2005-06, at 38.7 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player NBA 2006

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38.7	2005-06	LAL	80	41.0	35.4	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	12.2	27.2	45.0	2.3	6.5	34.7	8.7	10.2	85.0	55.9	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,277	2,832	425	360	147	30	250	233	+320
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	35.7	2005-06	PHI	72	43.1	33.0	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	11.3	25.3	44.7	1.0	3.1	32.3	9.4	11.5	81.4	54.3	0.6	2.6	3.4	3,103	2,377	232	532	140	10	248	121	-3
3	LeBron James L. James	33.5	2005-06	CLE	79	42.5	31.4	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	11.1	23.1	48.0	1.6	4.8	33.5	7.6	10.3	73.8	56.8	0.9	6.1	3.3	3,361	2,478	556	521	123	66	260	181	+275
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	32.3	2005-06	MIA	75	38.6	27.2	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	9.3	18.8	49.5	0.2	1.0	17.1	8.4	10.7	78.3	57.7	1.4	4.3	3.6	2,892	2,040	430	503	146	58	268	217	+485
5	Vince Carter V. Carter	32.3	2005-06	NJN	79	36.8	24.2	5.8	4.3	1.2	0.7	8.3	19.2	43.0	1.6	4.6	34.1	6.1	7.6	79.9	53.6	1.7	4.1	2.7	2,906	1,911	462	338	94	53	213	235	+330
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	31.9	2005-06	DEN	80	36.8	26.5	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	9.5	19.7	48.1	0.5	1.9	24.3	7.2	8.9	80.8	56.3	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,941	2,122	394	216	88	42	218	229	+4
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31.0	2005-06	BOS	79	39.0	26.8	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	8.7	18.5	47.1	1.4	4.0	35.4	7.9	10.3	77.2	58.2	1.0	5.7	3.5	3,084	2,116	530	375	107	34	273	223	-59
8	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	30.4	2005-06	WAS	80	42.3	29.3	3.5	6.1	2.0	0.3	9.3	20.9	44.7	2.5	6.8	36.9	8.2	10.0	82.0	58.1	0.7	2.8	3.7	3,384	2,346	280	484	161	25	297	286	+204
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30.0	2005-06	DAL	81	38.1	26.6	9.0	2.8	0.7	1.0	9.3	19.3	48.0	1.4	3.3	40.6	6.7	7.4	90.1	58.9	1.4	7.6	1.9	3,089	2,151	728	226	58	83	156	164	+509
10	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	28.8	2005-06	POR	74	34.4	18.0	8.0	1.9	0.8	0.2	7.2	16.6	43.6	0.2	0.7	29.1	3.3	4.6	71.4	48.3	2.6	5.4	2.2	2,545	1,333	592	144	57	14	165	185	-439
11	Michael Redd M. Redd	28.2	2005-06	MIL	80	39.1	25.4	4.3	2.9	1.2	0.1	8.5	19.0	45.0	2.0	5.2	39.5	6.3	7.1	87.7	57.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	3,130	2,028	342	229	95	5	170	157	+83
12	Chris Webber C. Webber	27.8	2005-06	PHI	75	38.6	20.2	9.9	3.4	1.4	0.8	8.2	19.0	43.4	0.3	1.0	27.3	3.5	4.6	75.6	48.2	2.5	7.4	2.4	2,893	1,518	741	256	103	62	182	219	-132
13	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	27.7	2005-06	GSW	75	38.4	23.2	5.8	3.1	1.3	0.5	8.5	19.2	44.6	2.4	6.4	38.4	3.7	5.5	67.3	53.8	1.4	4.4	2.2	2,877	1,741	438	232	97	37	167	206	+41
14	Elton Brand E. Brand	27.6	2005-06	LAC	79	39.2	24.7	10.0	2.6	1.0	2.5	9.6	18.2	52.7	0.0	0.0	33.3	5.6	7.2	77.5	58.0	3.0	7.0	2.2	3,099	1,953	790	208	81	201	173	227	+187
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	27.6	2005-06	SAS	80	34.8	18.6	11.0	3.2	0.9	2.0	7.2	14.8	48.4	0.0	0.1	40.0	4.2	6.7	62.9	52.3	2.9	8.1	2.5	2,784	1,485	881	253	70	162	198	219	+519
16	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	27.4	2005-06	DET	80	35.3	20.1	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	8.1	16.5	49.1	0.7	1.5	45.8	3.2	3.8	84.5	55.3	1.1	2.2	2.2	2,825	1,609	256	275	52	16	173	207	+519
17	Ray Allen R. Allen	27.4	2005-06	SEA	78	38.7	25.1	4.3	3.7	1.3	0.2	8.7	19.2	45.4	3.4	8.4	41.2	4.2	4.6	90.3	59.0	0.9	3.3	2.4	3,022	1,955	332	286	105	16	188	151	-52
18	Tony Parker T. Parker	27.1	2005-06	SAS	80	33.9	18.9	3.3	5.8	1.0	0.1	7.8	14.2	54.8	0.1	0.5	30.6	3.2	4.5	70.7	58.4	0.5	2.8	3.1	2,715	1,510	261	460	83	4	249	161	+510
19	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	26.4	2005-06	CHI	80	31.0	16.9	2.7	3.0	0.9	0.1	6.1	14.4	42.2	2.1	4.8	43.5	2.6	3.4	78.7	53.1	0.5	2.2	2.3	2,482	1,349	219	240	75	5	180	238	+82
20	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	26.2	2005-06	MEM	80	39.2	20.4	8.9	4.6	0.6	1.9	7.5	14.9	50.3	0.0	0.2	25.0	5.3	7.7	68.9	55.5	2.4	6.5	2.9	3,135	1,628	713	371	46	153	235	184	+301
21	Al Harrington A. Harrington	25.7	2005-06	ATL	76	36.6	18.6	6.9	3.1	1.1	0.2	7.3	16.1	45.2	0.9	2.5	34.6	3.2	4.6	69.4	51.3	1.7	5.1	2.6	2,782	1,411	523	238	85	14	195	301	-333
22	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	25.5	2005-06	SAC	82	38.6	21.1	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	7.3	16.9	43.2	2.3	6.1	38.6	4.2	4.9	84.9	55.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	3,167	1,728	240	444	82	10	199	169	+141
23	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	25.4	2005-06	MIN	76	38.9	21.8	12.7	4.1	1.4	1.4	8.2	15.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	26.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	58.9	2.8	9.9	2.4	2,957	1,656	966	308	104	107	180	206	+38
24	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	25.1	2005-06	TOR	70	39.3	22.5	9.2	2.6	0.7	1.1	7.8	15.5	50.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.8	8.3	81.6	58.5	2.9	6.3	2.2	2,751	1,572	647	181	50	79	157	209	-54
25	Mike James M. James	25.1	2005-06	TOR	79	37.0	20.3	3.3	5.8	0.9	0.0	7.3	15.5	46.9	2.1	4.8	44.2	3.6	4.3	83.7	58.3	0.6	2.7	2.6	2,925	1,604	262	460	72	3	206	214	-137