Tremont Waters had the highest usage percentage in the 2021 playoffs, at 51.4 percent.

Interpreted as:

highest usage rate by a player playoffs 2021

	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	Tremont Waters T. Waters	51.4	2020-21	BOS	3	2.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	37.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	6	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	+1
2	Ty-Shon Alexander T. Alexander	46.0	2020-21	PHX	1	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
3	Harry Giles III H. Giles III	45.5	2020-21	POR	1	4.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	+2
4	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	42.6	2020-21	LAC	7	8.3	7.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	2.7	6.0	45.2	0.6	1.4	40.0	1.6	2.0	78.6	55.0	0.9	1.1	0.7	58	53	14	5	2	3	5	13	-18
5	Cassius Winston C. Winston	42.3	2020-21	WAS	1	5.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	1.0	2.0	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	-2
6	Ersan Ilyasova E. Ilyasova	41.7	2020-21	UTA	1	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	69.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
7	Jarrell Brantley J. Brantley	41.7	2020-21	UTA	2	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	50.0	26.6	0.0	0.5	0.5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-3
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	40.4	2020-21	DAL	7	40.1	35.7	7.9	10.3	1.3	0.4	13.7	28.0	49.0	4.4	10.9	40.8	3.9	7.3	52.9	57.2	0.6	7.3	4.6	281	250	55	72	9	3	32	17	+7
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	37.9	2020-21	UTA	10	34.6	32.3	4.2	5.5	1.1	0.2	10.5	23.5	44.7	5.0	11.5	43.5	6.3	7.6	82.9	60.2	0.3	3.9	2.8	346	323	42	55	11	2	28	20	+19
10	Precious Achiuwa P. Achiuwa	35.4	2020-21	MIA	3	4.0	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	75.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.3	25.0	60.8	0.0	2.0	1.3	12	7	6	0	0	2	4	1	0
11	Trae Young T. Young	35.3	2020-21	ATL	16	37.7	28.8	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	9.4	22.4	41.8	2.8	9.0	31.3	7.3	8.4	86.6	55.1	0.4	2.4	4.0	603	461	45	152	20	0	64	35	-7
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	34.8	2020-21	DEN	10	34.5	29.8	11.6	5.0	0.6	0.9	11.6	22.8	50.9	2.0	5.3	37.7	4.6	5.5	83.6	59.1	3.7	7.9	2.4	345	298	116	50	6	9	24	23	-57
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34.4	2020-21	PHI	11	32.5	28.1	10.5	3.4	1.0	1.5	9.2	17.9	51.3	1.5	3.7	39.0	8.3	9.9	83.5	63.1	1.5	9.1	3.8	357	309	116	37	11	16	42	33	+121
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	34.4	2020-21	BKN	12	40.4	34.3	9.3	4.4	1.5	1.6	12.1	23.5	51.4	2.8	6.8	40.2	7.3	8.4	87.1	63.0	0.4	8.8	3.5	485	411	111	53	18	19	42	31	+34
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	34.1	2020-21	WAS	5	39.0	30.0	6.2	4.2	0.8	0.6	11.2	24.6	45.5	1.4	6.4	21.9	6.2	7.2	86.1	54.0	1.2	5.0	4.0	195	150	31	21	4	3	20	6	-61
16	Nassir Little N. Little	33.3	2020-21	POR	3	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	43.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	9	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	-1
17	Reggie Perry R. Perry	33.3	2020-21	BKN	5	4.4	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.4	2.6	53.8	0.4	1.0	40.0	0.0	0.0		61.5	0.8	0.4	0.6	22	16	6	1	1	0	3	4	+9
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	33.2	2020-21	BOS	5	37.0	30.6	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	9.4	22.2	42.3	2.8	7.2	38.9	9.0	9.8	91.8	57.7	0.6	5.2	2.6	185	153	29	23	6	8	13	15	-58
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	31.8	2020-21	PHX	22	40.4	27.3	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	9.6	21.5	44.7	2.0	6.2	32.1	6.0	6.7	90.5	55.8	0.7	5.0	3.7	888	601	124	100	18	4	81	76	+112
20	Julius Randle J. Randle	31.8	2020-21	NYK	5	36.0	18.0	11.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	5.6	18.8	29.8	2.2	6.6	33.3	4.6	5.4	85.2	42.5	2.2	9.4	4.6	180	90	58	20	3	0	23	18	-42
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	31.6	2020-21	MIL	21	38.0	30.2	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	11.9	20.9	56.9	0.6	3.3	18.6	5.8	9.8	58.7	59.9	2.8	10.0	3.0	799	634	269	108	21	25	64	61	+130
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30.6	2020-21	POR	6	41.3	34.3	4.3	10.2	1.0	0.7	10.3	22.3	46.3	5.8	13.0	44.9	7.8	8.3	94.0	66.0	0.2	4.2	2.2	248	206	26	61	6	4	13	9	+27
23	Ja Morant J. Morant	30.6	2020-21	MEM	5	40.6	30.2	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	11.0	22.6	48.7	2.0	6.2	32.3	6.2	8.0	77.5	57.8	1.4	3.4	3.4	203	151	24	41	2	0	17	9	-50
24	Paul George P. George	30.4	2020-21	LAC	19	40.8	26.9	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	8.7	19.7	44.1	2.7	8.0	33.6	6.8	8.1	84.4	57.8	0.9	8.7	3.5	776	511	183	102	19	10	67	59	+73
25	Jordan Nwora J. Nwora	30.4	2020-21	MIL	5	6.2	3.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	3.6	22.2	0.4	1.6	25.0	1.0	1.4	71.4	35.6	1.0	0.8	0.2	31	15	9	1	0	1	1	1	+1