highest usage rate seasons in nba history

LeBron James has a usage percentage of 31.3 in his career.

Interpreted as:
highest usage rate seasons by a player in NBA history
NAMEUSG%SEASGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
31.3
23
1,618
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
60,912
43,338
12,068
11,972
2,407
1,184
5,636
2,859
+7447
2Vince Carter
V. Carter
26.3
22
1,541
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
46,367
25,728
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
3Chris Paul
C. Paul
22.6
21
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
45,836
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
4Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
26.5
21
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
51,368
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
24.7
21
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
6Kevin Willis
K. Willis
21.3
21
1,424
26.9
12.1
8.4
0.9
0.7
0.5
5.0
10.2
48.7
0.0
0.1
21.1
2.1
3.0
71.3
52.5
2.9
5.5
1.8
38,362
17,253
11,901
1,328
958
751
2,520
4,172
-825
7Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
20.6
20
1,186
31.0
13.8
4.2
6.0
1.3
0.3
4.4
10.5
42.3
1.9
5.1
36.7
3.1
3.8
81.5
56.9
0.8
3.4
2.2
36,793
16,373
4,970
7,110
1,501
353
2,632
3,169
+2802
8Udonis Haslem
U. Haslem
15.1
20
879
24.7
7.5
6.6
0.8
0.5
0.3
3.0
6.2
48.9
0.0
0.1
12.7
1.4
1.9
75.6
53.3
1.8
4.8
0.9
21,720
6,586
5,791
733
424
252
810
2,069
+452
9Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
24.1
20
1,327
29.4
14.6
2.2
3.4
0.9
0.2
5.1
12.4
41.0
1.7
4.8
34.8
2.8
3.2
86.2
52.9
0.4
1.9
1.9
38,994
19,419
2,948
4,541
1,179
271
2,476
2,008
-1252
10Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
31.8
20
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,637
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
11Robert Parish
R. Parish
21.5
20
1,534
28.9
14.8
9.2
1.4
0.8
1.5
6.1
11.3
53.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
3.6
72.2
57.2
2.9
6.4
2.1
44,320
22,637
14,172
2,106
1,164
2,267
3,183
4,219
+105
12Mike Conley
M. Conley
20.5
19
1,223
30.7
13.6
2.9
5.5
1.3
0.2
4.8
11.0
43.6
1.6
4.2
38.6
2.5
3.0
82.6
55.6
0.5
2.4
1.8
37,521
16,687
3,542
6,775
1,633
255
2,209
2,346
+2700
13Al Horford
A. Horford
18.1
19
1,181
31.2
12.8
7.8
3.2
0.8
1.1
5.2
10.3
50.7
0.9
2.4
37.6
1.4
1.8
76.4
57.3
1.9
5.9
1.4
36,849
15,062
9,158
3,741
896
1,350
1,610
2,466
+3561
14Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
16.9
19
1,231
32.1
11.3
4.9
4.2
1.4
0.5
4.1
8.8
46.3
0.9
2.7
33.0
2.3
3.2
70.9
55.3
0.9
4.0
1.8
39,507
13,968
6,047
5,147
1,765
633
2,240
2,180
+3024
15Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
29.6
19
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
43,514
28,289
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
16Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
13.1
19
1,160
27.3
8.2
9.0
0.8
0.5
1.2
3.1
5.1
59.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.2
64.4
62.6
3.0
6.0
1.4
31,617
9,509
10,467
967
630
1,335
1,656
3,268
+321
17Jason Terry
J. Terry
21.2
19
1,410
29.8
13.4
2.3
3.8
1.1
0.2
4.9
11.1
44.4
1.6
4.3
38.0
2.0
2.3
84.5
55.4
0.4
2.0
1.7
42,034
18,881
3,274
5,415
1,603
275
2,415
2,577
+1718
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
26.8
19
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
45,880
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
26.9
19
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
20Juwan Howard
J. Howard
22.4
19
1,208
30.3
13.4
6.1
2.2
0.7
0.3
5.4
11.5
46.9
0.0
0.0
12.0
2.5
3.3
76.4
51.4
1.9
4.2
2.0
36,654
16,159
7,428
2,663
818
312
2,469
3,493
-1769
21Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
19.2
19
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
50,111
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
29.3
19
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
29.3
19
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
24Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
15.8
19
1,282
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
1.1
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
40,280
12,417
12,205
3,217
1,351
384
2,785
4,421
+171
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
18.9
19
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
47,764
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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.671
4.5
3
49
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.636
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48
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12.0
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.553
13.5
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Fri
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2
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.671
4.5
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49
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.636
7.0
4
48
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.623
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44
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.571
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.553
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.553
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30
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26.5
13
18
58
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Nets Nets - e
18
58
.237
37.5
15
17
59
.224
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
61
16
.792
2
Spurs Spurs - x
59
18
.766
2.0
3
50
27
.649
11.0
4
49
28
.636
12.0
5
47
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.618
13.5
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46
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.605
14.5
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.545
19.0
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21.5
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.506
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25.0
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