highest single season usage rate nba player of all-time

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a usage percentage of 27.0 in 1977-78.

NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
27.0
1977-78
62
36.5
25.8
12.9
4.3
1.7
3.0
10.7
19.4
55.0
4.4
5.6
78.3
58.9
3.0
9.9
3.4
2,265
1,600
801
269
103
185
208
182
2Zaid Abdul-Aziz
Z. Abdul-Aziz
20.3
1977-78
TOT
16
9.9
3.9
3.1
0.6
0.2
0.2
1.4
3.8
38.3
1.1
1.4
73.9
44.9
1.2
1.9
0.7
158
63
50
10
3
3
11
29
3Tom Abernethy
T. Abernethy
14.9
1977-78
73
18.0
6.8
3.6
1.4
0.8
0.3
2.8
5.5
49.8
1.2
1.5
82.0
54.4
1.4
2.2
0.7
1,317
493
265
101
55
22
50
122
4Alvan Adams
A. Adams
24.5
1977-78
70
27.3
15.5
8.1
3.2
1.2
0.9
6.2
12.8
48.5
3.1
4.2
73.0
52.8
2.3
5.8
3.3
1,914
1,082
565
225
86
63
234
242
5Lucius Allen
L. Allen
20.6
1977-78
77
27.9
11.9
3.0
4.7
1.2
0.4
4.8
11.0
44.1
2.3
2.9
79.1
48.8
0.9
2.1
2.8
2,147
920
229
360
93
28
217
180
6Jim Ard
J. Ard
10.7
1977-78
TOT
15
8.3
1.3
2.4
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.1
47.1
0.2
0.3
60.0
49.5
0.6
1.8
0.9
125
19
36
8
0
0
14
19
7Tate Armstrong
T. Armstrong
19.8
1977-78
66
10.8
4.3
1.0
1.1
0.3
0.0
2.0
4.2
46.8
0.3
0.4
81.5
48.7
0.4
0.7
0.9
716
284
68
74
23
0
58
42
8Bird Averitt
B. Averitt
24.6
1977-78
TOT
55
19.7
9.0
1.5
3.6
0.7
0.2
3.6
8.8
40.9
1.8
2.6
70.9
45.4
0.3
1.2
2.6
1,085
496
83
196
39
9
143
123
9Dennis Awtrey
D. Awtrey
10.1
1977-78
81
20.0
3.6
3.7
2.0
0.2
0.3
1.4
3.3
42.4
0.9
1.3
63.3
47.0
1.2
2.5
1.6
1,623
293
302
163
19
25
127
153
10Gus Bailey
G. Bailey
16.9
1977-78
48
9.4
3.2
1.7
0.8
0.4
0.3
1.2
2.9
42.4
0.8
1.4
55.2
46.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
449
155
82
40
18
15
33
46
11Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
18.0
1977-78
76
12.3
4.9
3.5
0.8
0.4
0.2
1.9
4.4
42.5
1.2
1.5
77.2
48.4
1.3
2.2
0.8
936
372
266
62
30
13
64
90
12Mike Bantom
M. Bantom
19.2
1977-78
82
33.8
15.3
7.4
2.9
1.2
0.6
6.1
12.8
47.9
3.1
4.2
74.3
52.5
2.2
5.2
2.7
2,775
1,258
610
238
100
50
218
333
13Marvin Barnes
M. Barnes
21.1
1977-78
TOT
60
27.4
11.4
7.3
2.3
1.1
1.4
4.7
11.0
42.2
2.1
3.0
70.3
46.3
2.3
5.1
2.3
1,646
686
439
136
64
83
136
241
14Rick Barry
R. Barry
27.1
1977-78
82
36.9
23.1
5.5
5.4
1.9
0.5
9.3
20.6
45.1
4.6
5.0
92.4
50.9
0.9
4.6
2.7
3,024
1,898
449
446
158
45
224
188
15Tim Bassett
T. Bassett
12.7
1977-78
65
22.7
5.4
6.2
1.0
1.0
0.5
2.3
5.9
38.8
0.8
1.5
51.5
40.8
2.2
4.0
1.2
1,474
348
404
63
62
33
80
181
16Butch Beard
B. Beard
16.1
1977-78
79
25.1
9.4
3.3
4.3
1.5
0.0
3.9
7.8
50.2
1.6
2.0
80.6
54.4
1.0
2.4
1.9
1,979
745
264
339
117
3
154
201
17Ron Behagen
R. Behagen
24.1
1977-78
TOT
80
21.7
10.9
6.4
1.3
0.8
0.4
4.3
10.1
43.0
2.2
3.1
72.5
47.7
2.5
3.9
2.2
1,735
871
513
101
62
31
174
263
18Mel Bennett
M. Bennett
17.2
1977-78
31
9.2
2.4
3.0
0.7
0.4
0.2
0.7
2.6
28.4
0.9
1.5
62.2
36.7
1.6
1.4
1.0
285
74
93
22
11
7
30
54
19Kent Benson
K. Benson
19.2
1977-78
69
18.7
7.7
4.3
1.4
1.0
0.8
3.2
6.9
46.5
1.3
2.0
65.2
49.7
1.3
3.0
1.7
1,288
532
295
99
69
54
119
177
20Henry Bibby
H. Bibby
13.7
1977-78
82
30.7
9.1
3.1
5.7
1.1
0.1
3.5
8.0
43.4
2.1
2.7
78.1
49.2
0.8
2.3
1.9
2,518
743
251
464
91
6
153
207
21Bob Bigelow
B. Bigelow
21.1
1977-78
TOT
5
4.8
1.6
1.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
2.6
30.8
0.0
0.0
30.8
0.6
1.2
0.0
24
8
9
0
0
0
0
3
22Dave Bing
D. Bing
22.1
1977-78
80
28.2
13.6
2.7
3.8
1.0
0.2
5.3
11.8
44.9
3.1
3.7
82.4
50.8
1.0
1.7
2.7
2,256
1,088
212
300
79
18
216
247
23Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
25.0
1977-78
73
25.7
15.8
2.4
2.4
1.0
0.2
6.4
13.1
49.2
3.0
4.2
69.7
53.0
1.0
1.4
2.0
1,878
1,156
175
174
74
12
145
179
24Tom Boerwinkle
T. Boerwinkle
14.6
1977-78
22
10.3
2.5
2.7
2.0
0.1
0.2
1.0
2.3
46.0
0.5
0.6
76.9
50.3
0.6
2.0
1.2
227
56
59
44
3
4
26
36
25Phil Bond
P. Bond
15.3
1977-78
7
3.0
0.6
0.6
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.9
33.3
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.1
0.4
0.3
21
4
4
2
1
0
2
1
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