Kobe Bryant had the highest usage percentage in 2011-12, at 35.6 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA player of 2012

	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	35.6	2011-12	LAL	58	38.5	27.9	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	9.9	23.0	43.0	1.5	4.9	30.3	6.6	7.8	84.5	52.7	1.1	4.3	3.5	2,232	1,616	313	264	69	18	204	105	+137
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32.7	2011-12	OKC	66	35.3	23.6	4.6	5.5	1.7	0.3	8.8	19.2	45.7	0.9	3.0	31.6	5.2	6.3	82.3	53.8	1.5	3.1	3.6	2,331	1,558	301	362	112	21	239	147	+366
3	LeBron James L. James	31.9	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
4	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	31.7	2011-12	NYK	55	34.1	22.6	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	8.0	18.6	43.0	1.2	3.7	33.5	5.4	6.7	80.4	52.5	1.6	4.7	2.6	1,876	1,245	344	200	62	24	144	156	+109
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	31.3	2011-12	OKC	66	38.6	28.0	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	9.7	19.7	49.6	2.0	5.2	38.7	6.5	7.6	86.0	61.0	0.6	7.4	3.8	2,546	1,850	527	231	88	77	248	133	+369
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31.2	2011-12	MIA	49	33.2	22.1	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	8.5	17.1	49.7	0.3	1.1	26.8	4.8	6.1	79.1	55.9	1.5	3.3	2.6	1,625	1,082	237	225	82	63	129	110	+344
7	Deron Williams D. Williams	30.1	2011-12	NJN	55	36.3	21.0	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	7.1	17.5	40.7	2.1	6.2	33.6	4.7	5.5	84.3	52.7	0.4	2.9	4.0	1,999	1,154	183	481	67	20	219	121	-176
8	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	29.6	2011-12	SAC	64	30.5	18.1	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	7.0	15.6	44.8	0.0	0.2	14.3	4.1	5.8	70.2	49.9	4.1	6.8	2.7	1,950	1,160	703	102	93	75	170	257	-174
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29.1	2011-12	DAL	62	33.5	21.6	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	7.6	16.7	45.7	1.3	3.4	36.8	5.1	5.7	89.6	56.4	0.7	6.0	1.9	2,079	1,342	418	136	42	30	117	129	+261
10	Kevin Love K. Love	28.7	2011-12	MIN	55	39.0	26.0	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	8.6	19.3	44.8	1.9	5.1	37.2	6.9	8.4	82.4	56.8	4.1	9.2	2.3	2,145	1,432	734	111	47	28	128	152	+27
11	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	28.7	2011-12	TOT	58	36.6	20.4	3.4	6.0	1.5	0.3	7.8	17.9	43.3	1.1	3.5	30.8	3.8	4.7	79.6	50.9	0.3	3.1	3.1	2,120	1,181	200	346	85	18	177	136	-29
12	Josh Smith J. Smith	28.4	2011-12	ATL	66	35.3	18.8	9.6	3.9	1.4	1.7	7.6	16.7	45.8	0.4	1.7	25.7	3.1	4.9	63.0	49.9	2.1	7.5	2.5	2,329	1,239	632	257	93	115	164	172	+274
13	Jordan Crawford J. Crawford	28.1	2011-12	WAS	64	27.4	14.7	2.6	3.0	0.9	0.1	5.5	13.6	40.0	1.2	4.3	28.9	2.5	3.2	79.3	48.8	0.7	1.9	2.2	1,753	938	168	190	59	5	141	111	-291
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28.0	2011-12	BOS	61	34.0	19.4	5.2	4.5	1.1	0.4	6.5	14.6	44.3	1.6	4.5	36.6	4.8	5.6	85.2	56.7	0.6	4.6	2.8	2,075	1,181	317	274	70	26	173	147	+192
15	Tony Parker T. Parker	27.7	2011-12	SAS	60	32.1	18.3	2.9	7.7	1.0	0.1	7.1	14.8	48.0	0.2	1.0	23.0	3.8	4.7	79.9	53.9	0.4	2.5	2.6	1,923	1,095	171	463	57	5	153	75	+421
16	Lou Williams L. Williams	27.3	2011-12	PHI	64	26.3	14.9	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	5.0	12.2	40.7	1.3	3.6	36.2	3.7	4.6	81.2	52.5	0.5	2.0	1.1	1,682	956	155	221	53	18	71	90	+229
17	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	26.9	2011-12	POR	55	36.3	21.7	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	8.8	17.1	51.2	0.0	0.2	18.2	4.1	5.0	81.4	56.0	2.7	5.3	2.0	1,994	1,191	442	134	51	45	111	153	+146
18	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	26.6	2011-12	POR	60	26.9	14.0	2.0	3.2	0.9	0.2	4.7	12.3	38.4	1.3	4.3	30.8	3.2	3.4	92.7	50.6	0.3	1.7	1.9	1,613	837	118	191	55	14	111	74	-13
19	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	26.4	2011-12	LAC	66	36.2	20.7	10.9	3.2	0.8	0.7	8.5	15.5	54.9	0.0	0.2	12.5	3.7	7.1	52.1	55.7	3.3	7.6	2.3	2,392	1,368	717	210	54	48	150	216	+334
20	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	26.2	2011-12	CLE	65	33.1	17.2	6.3	2.0	0.8	0.7	6.5	16.1	40.3	1.4	4.1	34.1	2.8	4.2	68.3	48.1	1.9	4.4	1.4	2,151	1,118	408	131	51	43	90	164	-300
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26.2	2011-12	SAS	58	28.2	15.4	9.0	2.3	0.7	1.5	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	69.5	53.1	1.9	7.1	1.7	1,634	895	520	132	38	88	97	98	+310
22	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	26.0	2011-12	MIL	66	35.3	19.1	3.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	7.1	17.0	41.8	2.0	5.9	33.2	2.9	3.6	80.8	51.4	0.7	2.7	2.2	2,331	1,260	226	365	104	22	146	114	-106
23	David Lee D. Lee	25.9	2011-12	GSW	57	37.2	20.1	9.6	2.8	0.9	0.4	8.1	16.2	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	78.2	54.9	3.0	6.6	2.6	2,121	1,147	545	162	54	22	149	179	-142
24	Danny Granger D. Granger	25.9	2011-12	IND	62	33.3	18.7	5.0	1.8	1.0	0.6	6.3	15.2	41.6	2.0	5.2	38.1	4.1	4.7	87.3	54.2	1.3	3.7	1.8	2,062	1,159	307	109	62	40	110	144	+296
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	25.8	2011-12	ORL	54	38.3	20.6	14.5	1.9	1.5	2.1	7.7	13.4	57.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	10.6	49.1	56.9	3.7	10.8	3.2	2,070	1,113	785	104	81	116	175	159	+179