nba highest usage players by center

Nikola Jokić has the highest usage percentage by a center this season, at 30.3 percent.

Interpreted as:
NBA highest usage with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games players by center this regular season
NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
30.3
2025-26
61
34.9
27.7
13.0
10.8
1.4
0.8
9.9
17.3
57.2
1.8
4.6
38.7
6.1
7.3
82.6
67.3
2.9
10.1
3.9
2,128
1,687
790
660
85
47
235
166
+508
2Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
26.6
2025-26
67
33.5
20.6
8.9
6.2
1.3
1.1
8.1
15.7
52.0
0.6
1.8
32.0
3.7
5.4
68.9
57.1
3.0
5.9
3.1
2,244
1,381
598
415
84
74
210
219
+175
3Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
25.9
2025-26
72
31.0
20.1
11.9
2.9
0.8
0.5
6.9
13.8
49.6
1.5
4.1
36.8
4.8
5.7
85.5
61.5
3.2
8.7
2.5
2,230
1,445
855
211
61
39
182
247
+360
4Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
25.3
2025-26
68
32.3
20.3
10.0
3.0
1.2
0.7
7.0
15.9
43.9
1.7
5.5
31.5
4.6
5.9
77.6
54.8
2.1
7.9
1.7
2,199
1,378
682
203
79
45
115
117
+291
5Naz Reid
N. Reid
22.0
2025-26
72
26.1
13.6
6.3
2.3
1.0
1.0
5.1
11.2
45.9
2.1
5.8
36.5
1.2
1.6
73.0
57.0
1.2
5.1
1.6
1,876
977
450
162
70
71
118
182
+161
6Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
21.7
2025-26
65
29.3
17.0
8.9
1.7
0.6
1.8
6.3
11.4
55.1
1.2
3.5
34.8
3.3
4.1
79.9
64.7
1.9
7.0
1.6
1,904
1,108
580
109
37
120
101
148
+586
7Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
19.7
2025-26
70
31.1
15.4
7.7
3.2
1.2
1.1
5.7
11.7
48.2
2.0
5.2
37.9
2.1
2.7
75.5
59.4
1.9
5.8
1.8
2,174
1,076
537
225
81
75
123
235
+70
8Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
17.5
2025-26
68
27.9
11.7
7.0
3.7
0.7
1.1
4.8
8.4
56.9
0.0
0.3
16.7
2.0
3.3
61.2
59.0
2.5
4.5
1.4
1,895
794
473
251
45
77
93
156
-496
9Donovan Clingan
D. Clingan
16.9
2025-26
72
27.2
12.1
11.6
2.1
0.6
1.7
4.6
8.9
52.0
1.0
3.1
33.0
1.8
2.7
67.3
60.1
4.5
7.1
1.3
1,961
870
837
152
42
122
92
169
+22
10Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
15.6
2025-26
72
29.5
11.8
7.5
2.0
0.8
0.6
4.2
8.2
51.3
1.0
3.0
31.9
2.4
3.0
79.8
61.8
2.1
5.4
1.3
2,126
851
542
144
59
45
93
247
+47
11Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
12.8
2025-26
72
31.4
11.1
11.5
1.7
0.8
1.7
4.5
6.5
69.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.2
4.1
52.7
67.3
3.9
7.5
1.4
2,260
801
827
121
56
120
99
190
+250
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

13.0

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.8

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

122.1

1st

DRTG

117.3

21st

NETRTG

4.8

7th

3P%

39.5

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
58
18
.763
2.0
3
50
26
.658
10.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
49
28
.636
11.5
5
47
29
.618
13.0
6
46
29
.613
13.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
4/4
@
3:00 PM
Mon
4/6
@
9:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
9:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

49 - 28

130

Final

117

UTA Jazz

21 - 56

Wed 1 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
55
21
.724
2
51
25
.671
4.0
3
49
28
.636
6.5
4
47
29
.618
8.0
5
44
33
.571
11.5
6
42
34
.553
13.0
7
42
34
.553
13.0
8
40
36
.526
15.0
9
40
36
.526
15.0
10
40
37
.519
15.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
30
46
.395
25.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
47
.382
26.0
13
18
58
.237
37.0
14
Nets Nets - e
18
58
.237
37.0
15
17
59
.224
38.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
60
16
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - x
58
18
.763
2.0
3
50
26
.658
10.0
4
49
28
.636
11.5
5
47
29
.618
13.0
6
46
29
.613
13.5
7
42
34
.553
18.0
8
39
37
.513
21.0
9
39
38
.506
21.5
10
36
40
.474
24.0
11
25
51
.329
35.0
12
25
51
.329
35.0
13
24
52
.316
36.0
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
56
.273
39.5
15
Kings Kings - e
20
57
.260
40.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
3/6
@
107-105
Fri
3/6
@
116-125
Fri
3/6
@
99-113
Fri
3/6
@
123-120
Fri
3/6
@
97-104

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
4/2
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/2
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/2
@
9:30 PM
Thu
4/2
@
10:00 PM
Thu
4/2
@
10:00 PM