player with highest usage rate in one season before 1990

Before 1989-90, Michael Jordan had the highest usage percentage in a season, at 38.2 percent in 1986-87.

Interpreted as:

player with highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in one season before 1990

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38.2	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	35.2	1987-88	ATL	78	37.8	30.7	6.4	2.9	1.3	0.6	11.7	25.1	46.4	0.5	1.7	29.5	6.9	8.4	82.6	53.4	2.7	3.7	2.8	2,948	2,397	502	224	103	47	218	162
3	George Gervin G. Gervin	35.0	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2	1.7	3.2	2.7	2,817	2,551	392	187	77	45	210	215
4	Bernard King B. King	35.0	1984-85	NYK	55	37.5	32.9	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	12.6	23.7	53.0	0.0	0.2	10.0	7.7	10.0	77.2	58.5	2.1	3.7	3.7	2,063	1,809	317	204	71	15	204	191
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33.9	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
6	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	33.4	1983-84	DAL	79	36.7	29.5	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	11.7	22.3	52.4	0.2	0.7	26.8	5.9	7.9	74.9	57.2	2.0	3.9	3.6	2,900	2,330	469	358	80	22	285	246
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	32.9	1985-86	ATL	78	39.1	30.3	7.9	2.6	1.8	0.6	11.4	24.3	46.8	0.2	0.9	18.6	7.4	9.0	81.8	53.6	3.3	4.6	3.2	3,049	2,366	618	206	138	49	251	170
8	World B. Free W. B. Free	32.6	1979-80	SDC	68	38.0	30.2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.5	10.8	22.9	47.4	0.1	0.4	36.0	8.4	11.2	75.3	54.4	1.9	1.6	3.4	2,585	2,055	238	283	81	32	228	195
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	32.4	1984-85	ATL	81	37.3	27.4	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	10.5	23.3	45.1	0.3	1.0	30.9	6.0	7.4	80.6	51.4	2.8	4.1	2.8	3,023	2,217	557	200	135	54	225	170
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	32.3	1980-81	SAS	82	33.7	27.1	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	10.4	21.1	49.2	0.1	0.4	25.7	6.2	7.6	82.6	55.5	1.5	3.6	3.1	2,765	2,221	419	260	94	56	251	212
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	32.2	1986-87	ATL	79	37.6	29.0	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	10.5	22.6	46.3	0.4	1.3	29.2	7.7	9.4	81.8	54.3	2.7	3.6	2.7	2,969	2,294	494	261	117	51	215	149
12	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	32.2	1984-85	DAL	80	33.7	25.7	6.0	3.1	0.8	0.3	9.9	19.6	50.6	0.3	1.1	31.8	5.5	7.3	75.9	56.3	2.4	3.6	3.2	2,699	2,055	477	249	60	24	253	250
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32.0	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	31.7	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	254	208
15	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	31.6	1987-88	DAL	77	33.9	25.1	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.5	0.7	2.2	30.2	5.0	6.5	77.0	53.9	2.4	3.3	2.6	2,610	1,932	434	278	70	57	203	223
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	31.4	1986-87	DAL	80	33.3	25.7	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	9.8	19.9	49.5	0.7	1.9	35.3	5.4	7.0	77.0	56.0	2.3	3.1	2.7	2,663	2,056	427	254	84	30	217	243
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	31.2	1983-84	CLE	75	31.7	22.3	2.9	3.0	1.3	0.1	8.3	18.8	44.5	0.3	0.9	31.9	5.3	6.7	78.4	51.2	1.2	1.7	2.1	2,375	1,669	217	226	94	8	154	214
18	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	30.9	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6				5.0	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
19	John Drew J. Drew	30.9	1977-78	ATL	70	31.5	23.2	7.3	2.0	1.7	0.4	8.5	17.7	48.0				6.2	8.2	76.0	54.5	3.0	4.3	3.0	2,203	1,623	511	141	119	27	210	247
20	John Drew J. Drew	30.8	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	22.7	6.6	1.5	1.6	0.2	8.2	17.4	47.3				6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	1,795	522	119	128	16	211	332
21	John Drew J. Drew	30.7	1980-81	ATL	67	31.0	21.7	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	7.5	16.4	45.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	8.6	78.7	53.9	2.2	3.6	2.9	2,075	1,454	383	79	98	15	194	264
22	Freeman Williams F. Williams	30.6	1979-80	SDC	82	25.8	18.6	2.3	2.0	0.9	0.1	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.5	1.6	32.8	2.4	2.9	81.5	52.7	1.3	1.1	2.1	2,118	1,526	192	166	72	9	171	145
23	Alex English A. English	30.5	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	2,414	405	320	73	29	249	235
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	30.3	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	30.3	1988-89	UTA	80	39.1	29.1	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	10.1	19.5	51.9	0.1	0.2	31.3	8.8	11.5	76.6	59.2	3.2	7.4	3.6	3,126	2,326	853	219	144	70	285	286