highest usage rate nba player 1985

Bernard King had the highest usage percentage in 1984-85, at 35.0 percent.

  • Regular season
  • Min. 2,000 Minutes Per 82 Team Games
NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bernard King
B. King
35.0
1984-85
55
37.5
32.9
5.8
3.7
1.3
0.3
12.6
23.7
53.0
0.0
0.2
10.0
7.7
10.0
77.2
58.5
2.1
3.7
3.7
2,063
1,809
317
204
71
15
204
191
2Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
32.4
1984-85
81
37.3
27.4
6.9
2.5
1.7
0.7
10.5
23.3
45.1
0.3
1.0
30.9
6.0
7.4
80.6
51.4
2.8
4.1
2.8
3,023
2,217
557
200
135
54
225
170
3Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
32.2
1984-85
80
33.7
25.7
6.0
3.1
0.8
0.3
9.9
19.6
50.6
0.3
1.1
31.8
5.5
7.3
75.9
56.3
2.4
3.6
3.2
2,699
2,055
477
249
60
24
253
250
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
29.7
1984-85
82
38.3
28.2
6.5
5.9
2.4
0.8
10.2
19.8
51.5
0.1
0.6
17.3
7.7
9.1
84.5
59.2
2.0
4.5
3.5
3,144
2,313
534
481
196
69
291
285
5George Gervin
G. Gervin
29.7
1984-85
72
29.0
21.2
3.3
2.5
0.9
0.7
8.3
16.4
50.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.5
5.3
84.4
56.4
1.1
2.2
2.8
2,091
1,524
234
178
66
48
198
208
6World B. Free
W. B. Free
29.4
1984-85
71
31.7
22.5
3.0
4.5
1.1
0.2
8.6
18.7
45.9
1.0
2.7
36.8
4.3
5.8
74.9
52.9
0.9
2.1
2.0
2,249
1,597
211
320
75
16
139
163
7Alex English
A. English
29.4
1984-85
81
36.1
27.9
5.7
4.2
1.2
0.6
11.6
22.4
51.8
0.0
0.1
20.0
4.7
5.7
82.9
56.1
2.5
3.1
3.1
2,924
2,262
458
344
101
46
251
259
8Purvis Short
P. Short
29.1
1984-85
78
39.5
28.0
5.1
3.0
1.5
0.3
10.5
22.8
46.0
0.6
1.9
31.3
6.4
7.9
81.7
53.3
2.0
3.1
3.1
3,081
2,186
398
234
116
27
241
255
9Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
28.8
1984-85
79
34.5
23.6
9.1
2.9
1.5
0.8
9.6
19.4
49.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.3
5.9
74.1
53.6
3.1
6.0
2.4
2,722
1,861
716
228
117
67
190
264
10Larry Bird
L. Bird
28.5
1984-85
80
39.5
28.7
10.5
6.6
1.6
1.2
11.5
22.0
52.2
0.7
1.6
42.7
5.0
5.7
88.2
58.5
2.1
8.5
3.1
3,161
2,295
842
531
129
98
248
208
11Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
28.3
1984-85
78
35.6
22.6
4.4
3.1
1.7
0.4
9.3
20.4
45.7
1.2
3.3
35.8
2.8
3.8
72.5
51.2
1.6
2.8
3.2
2,776
1,764
344
243
133
30
247
178
12Quintin Dailey
Q. Dailey
27.4
1984-85
79
26.6
16.0
2.6
2.4
0.9
0.1
6.6
14.1
47.3
0.1
0.4
23.3
2.6
3.2
81.7
51.7
0.7
1.9
1.9
2,101
1,262
208
191
71
5
154
192
13Moses Malone
M. Malone
26.6
1984-85
79
37.4
24.6
13.1
1.6
0.8
1.6
7.6
16.3
46.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
9.3
11.4
81.5
57.7
4.9
8.2
3.6
2,957
1,941
1,031
130
67
123
286
216
14Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
26.1
1984-85
82
34.8
22.2
5.1
1.8
0.7
0.3
9.5
19.0
49.7
0.1
0.3
21.7
3.3
4.2
77.7
53.3
1.8
3.3
1.8
2,853
1,824
417
151
61
27
144
219
15Julius Erving
J. Erving
26.1
1984-85
78
32.5
20.0
5.3
3.0
1.7
1.4
7.8
15.8
49.4
0.0
0.2
21.4
4.3
5.7
76.5
54.6
2.2
3.1
2.7
2,535
1,561
414
233
135
109
208
199
16Gus Williams
G. Williams
26.0
1984-85
79
37.5
20.0
2.5
7.7
2.3
0.4
8.1
18.8
43.0
0.6
2.2
29.0
3.2
4.4
72.5
48.2
0.9
1.6
2.7
2,960
1,578
195
608
178
32
213
159
17Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
25.9
1984-85
82
37.6
22.1
10.4
2.7
1.0
2.0
9.2
18.3
50.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.7
5.5
67.6
53.3
2.8
7.6
4.0
3,086
1,809
853
224
81
168
326
306
18Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
25.9
1984-85
81
36.1
21.5
7.1
2.6
0.9
0.7
7.8
16.1
48.3
0.1
0.3
27.3
5.9
7.0
83.2
56.0
2.0
5.1
3.2
2,923
1,739
579
209
70
57
260
312
19Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
25.5
1984-85
82
36.9
22.9
5.0
3.3
1.0
0.3
9.4
19.1
49.1
0.2
0.7
24.1
4.0
4.5
87.1
54.2
1.8
3.1
2.7
3,029
1,876
407
273
83
22
225
237
20Derek Smith
D. Smith
25.4
1984-85
80
34.5
22.1
5.3
2.7
1.0
0.7
8.5
15.9
53.7
0.0
0.2
15.8
5.0
6.3
79.4
59.2
2.2
3.2
2.9
2,762
1,767
427
216
77
52
230
317
21Herb Williams
H. Williams
25.1
1984-85
75
34.1
18.3
8.5
3.4
0.7
1.8
7.7
16.1
47.5
0.0
0.1
11.1
3.0
4.5
65.7
50.5
2.1
6.4
3.5
2,557
1,375
634
252
54
134
265
218
22Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
24.7
1984-85
82
35.0
19.5
2.5
5.0
1.6
0.5
7.4
16.7
44.5
0.5
1.7
29.4
4.1
5.1
81.0
51.4
0.8
1.7
3.1
2,873
1,598
202
406
134
41
251
226
23Jay Vincent
J. Vincent
24.5
1984-85
79
32.2
18.2
8.9
2.1
0.6
0.3
6.9
14.4
47.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.4
5.3
83.6
54.5
2.3
6.6
2.2
2,543
1,441
704
169
48
22
170
226
24Clark Kellogg
C. Kellogg
24.4
1984-85
77
31.8
18.6
9.4
3.2
1.1
0.3
7.3
14.4
50.5
0.1
0.2
50.0
3.9
5.1
76.0
55.7
2.9
6.5
3.0
2,449
1,432
724
244
86
26
231
247
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24.2
1984-85
79
33.3
22.0
7.9
3.2
0.8
2.1
9.2
15.3
59.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.0
73.2
62.8
2.1
5.8
2.5
2,630
1,735
622
249
63
162
197
238
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