lebron james highest usage rate in playoffs

LeBron James had his highest usage percentage in a single NBA playoff run in 2014-15, at 37.6 percent.

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LeBron James highest usage rate in a season in playoffs

	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	LeBron James L. James	37.6	2014-15	CLE	20	42.2	30.1	11.3	8.5	1.7	1.1	11.4	27.2	41.7	1.3	5.5	22.7	6.1	8.4	73.1	48.7	1.9	9.5	4.1	844	601	226	169	33	21	82	58	+79
2	LeBron James L. James	36.2	2008-09	CLE	14	41.4	35.3	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	11.4	22.3	51.0	1.9	5.8	33.3	10.6	14.2	74.9	61.8	1.4	7.8	2.7	580	494	128	102	23	12	38	30	+122
3	LeBron James L. James	34.9	2017-18	CLE	22	41.9	34.0	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	12.5	23.2	53.9	1.8	5.2	34.2	7.2	9.7	74.6	61.9	1.4	7.7	4.3	922	748	200	198	30	23	94	52	-22
4	LeBron James L. James	34.6	2007-08	CLE	13	42.5	28.2	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	8.7	21.2	41.1	1.4	5.4	25.7	9.4	12.8	73.1	52.5	1.2	6.6	4.2	552	366	102	99	23	17	54	33	+66
5	LeBron James L. James	33.4	2005-06	CLE	13	46.5	30.8	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	11.2	23.6	47.6	1.6	4.8	33.3	6.7	9.1	73.7	55.7	1.7	6.4	5.0	604	400	105	76	18	9	65	44	-49
6	LeBron James L. James	33.3	2011-12	MIA	23	42.7	30.3	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	10.9	21.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	25.9	7.5	10.2	73.9	57.6	2.3	7.4	3.5	983	697	224	129	43	16	81	47	+199
7	LeBron James L. James	31.5	2016-17	CLE	18	41.3	32.8	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	12.1	21.3	56.5	2.4	5.9	41.1	6.3	9.0	69.8	64.9	1.1	8.1	4.0	744	591	164	141	35	23	72	43	+195
8	LeBron James L. James	31.4	2013-14	MIA	20	38.2	27.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	9.6	17.0	56.5	1.8	4.3	40.7	6.5	8.0	80.6	66.8	0.7	6.4	3.1	763	548	141	95	36	11	61	46	+60
9	LeBron James L. James	30.8	2009-10	CLE	11	41.8	29.1	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	9.6	19.2	50.2	1.8	4.5	40.0	8.0	10.9	73.3	60.7	1.4	7.9	3.8	460	320	102	84	19	20	42	23	+44
10	LeBron James L. James	30.7	2015-16	CLE	21	39.1	26.3	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	10.4	19.9	52.5	1.5	4.5	34.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	58.5	2.0	7.5	3.6	822	552	200	160	49	27	75	54	+209
11	LeBron James L. James	30.3	2019-20	LAL	21	36.3	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	10.2	18.2	56.0	2.1	5.7	37.0	5.1	7.1	72.0	64.7	1.3	9.4	4.0	762	580	226	184	26	18	84	40	+165
12	LeBron James L. James	29.8	2020-21	LAL	6	37.3	23.3	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.0	47.4	3.0	8.0	37.5	2.3	3.8	60.9	56.4	1.2	6.0	4.2	224	140	43	48	9	2	25	7	+10
13	LeBron James L. James	29.6	2006-07	CLE	20	44.7	25.1	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	8.3	20.0	41.6	1.1	3.8	28.0	7.4	9.8	75.5	51.6	1.3	6.8	3.3	893	501	161	159	34	10	66	40	+71
14	LeBron James L. James	29.2	2012-13	MIA	23	41.7	25.9	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	9.2	18.8	49.1	1.6	4.2	37.5	5.9	7.6	77.7	58.5	1.6	6.8	3.0	960	596	193	152	41	18	70	43	+132
15	LeBron James L. James	29.0	2023-24	LAL	5	40.8	27.8	6.8	8.8	2.4	1.0	11.2	19.8	56.6	2.0	5.2	38.5	3.4	4.6	73.9	63.7	0.8	6.0	3.8	204	139	34	44	12	5	19	11	-11
16	LeBron James L. James	27.0	2024-25	LAL	5	40.8	25.4	9.0	5.6	2.0	1.8	8.6	17.6	48.9	2.0	5.6	35.7	6.2	8.0	77.5	60.1	2.4	6.6	2.6	204	127	45	28	10	9	13	8	-41
17	LeBron James L. James	26.8	2010-11	MIA	21	43.9	23.7	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	8.3	17.8	46.6	1.4	4.0	35.3	5.7	7.4	76.3	56.3	1.6	6.8	3.1	922	497	176	123	35	25	66	56	+29
18	LeBron James L. James	26.6	2022-23	LAL	16	38.7	24.5	9.9	6.5	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.4	49.8	1.8	6.6	26.4	4.4	5.8	76.1	58.4	1.6	8.3	2.5	619	392	158	104	17	18	40	28	+12

StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1978 playoffs.

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Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 2/20	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sun 2/22	CLE	@	OKC	1:00 PM
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1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
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4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
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6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
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11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0