nba players with the highest usage rates in a single nba finals run at least 30 mpg

Michael Jordan has the highest usage percentage with 30.0+ minutes per game in an NBA Finals in 1997-98, at 40.7 percent.

	NAME	USG%	MPG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40.7	41.7	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	33.5	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
2	LeBron James L. James	40.6	45.7	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	53	8	3	21	19	-25
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38.9	45.7	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.0	8.5	6.3	1.7	0.7	16.8	33.2	50.8	1.7	4.2	40.0	5.7	8.2	69.4	55.8	2.5	6.0	2.7	274	246	51	38	10	4	16	20
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38.6	38.8	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	29.2	8.8	5.6	2.6	0.0	11.8	25.0	47.2	2.2	9.0	24.4	3.4	5.8	58.6	53.0	0.0	8.8	4.6	194	146	44	28	13	0	23	14	+7
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37.9	42.7	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	32.3	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
6	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	37.9	39.2	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	5	32.6	4.2	4.6	2.0	0.0	11.2	26.6	42.1	2.8	7.2	38.9	7.4	8.6	86.0	53.6	1.2	3.0	3.8	196	163	21	23	10	0	19	11	+8
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37.5	43.8	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	32.4	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37.4	47.4	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	35.6	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	36.6	43.5	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
10	LeBron James L. James	36.2	42.6	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	22.0	7.0	6.8	1.0	0.5	8.0	22.5	35.6	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	7.3	69.0	42.8	1.0	6.0	5.8	170	88	28	27	4	2	23	8	-4
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36.0	41.5	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	36.3	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35.7	42.3	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	35.8	4.8	6.5	1.7	0.3	13.5	25.7	52.6	2.0	4.7	42.9	6.8	7.7	89.1	61.7	1.0	3.8	4.0	254	215	29	39	10	2	24	21
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35.6	41.2	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34.9	44.8	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	32.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	51.4	2.8	8.8	2.8	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18
15	Gus Williams G. Williams	34.6	36.6	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	29.0	3.6	3.6	1.0	0.6	11.4	22.8	50.0				6.2	9.8	63.3	53.5	2.0	1.6	3.0	183	145	18	18	5	3	15	8
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34.6	38.2	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.9	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	212	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34.5	45.5	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	38.0	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	273	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33.5	45.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
19	LeBron James L. James	33.4	41.7	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	33.3	40.2	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	6	28.2	3.5	4.0	0.8	0.3	10.8	23.8	45.5	1.8	6.8	26.8	4.7	5.3	87.5	53.8	1.0	2.5	3.2	241	169	21	24	5	2	19	23	+12
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	33.1	40.5	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	6	25.0	10.5	3.8	1.0	1.2	10.0	19.8	50.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.0	6.3	78.9	55.3	3.5	7.0	3.8	243	150	63	23	6	7	23	19	-23
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	33.1	40.4	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	26.0	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	242	156	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40
23	LeBron James L. James	32.9	37.8	2013-14	NBA Finals	MIA	5	28.2	7.8	4.0	2.0	0.4	10.4	18.2	57.1	2.8	5.4	51.9	4.6	5.8	79.3	67.9	1.4	6.4	3.8	189	141	39	20	10	2	19	10	-47
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	32.9	40.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	23.8	10.3	3.5	1.7	0.3	9.0	20.3	44.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	9.7	60.3	48.5	3.2	7.2	2.3	245	143	62	21	10	2	14	19	+12
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32.8	37.5	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	31.2	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	187	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35

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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
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Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
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