highest usage rate 2020-21 centers

Nikola Jokić had the highest usage percentage by a center in 2020-21, at 29.6 percent.

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  • Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
  • Data note: Usage Percentage: player season data complete from 1977-78
NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
29.6
2020-21
72
34.5
26.4
10.8
8.3
1.3
0.7
10.2
18.0
56.6
1.3
3.3
38.8
4.8
5.5
86.8
64.7
2.8
8.0
3.1
2,487
1,898
780
599
95
48
222
192
+384
2Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
29.4
2020-21
TOT
70
33.5
23.4
11.7
3.8
0.9
0.7
9.5
19.9
47.7
2.5
6.3
40.0
1.9
2.2
84.0
56.0
2.1
9.6
1.8
2,348
1,639
817
269
65
48
126
137
-341
3Domantas Sabonis
D. Sabonis
24.0
2020-21
62
36.0
20.3
12.0
6.7
1.2
0.5
7.8
14.6
53.5
0.8
2.6
32.1
3.9
5.3
73.2
60.1
2.4
9.5
3.4
2,231
1,260
742
415
75
33
213
203
-91
4Clint Capela
C. Capela
19.9
2020-21
63
30.1
15.2
14.3
0.8
0.7
2.0
6.6
11.0
59.4
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.6
57.3
60.1
4.7
9.6
1.2
1,898
956
903
49
44
129
73
145
+251
5Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
19.7
2020-21
TOT
70
28.5
13.5
7.0
2.9
1.1
0.6
4.8
10.0
48.4
1.8
5.3
34.2
2.1
2.5
82.9
61.0
1.2
5.7
1.8
1,997
945
489
203
79
42
126
207
-100
6Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
18.2
2020-21
69
30.6
14.4
10.5
1.4
0.6
1.2
6.2
10.0
62.6
0.1
0.3
20.0
1.9
2.5
76.9
65.3
3.3
7.2
1.5
2,114
997
727
99
41
81
103
196
+274
7Enes Kanter Freedom
E. Kanter Freedom
17.4
2020-21
72
24.4
11.2
11.0
1.2
0.5
0.7
4.7
7.8
60.4
0.0
0.1
25.0
1.8
2.3
77.4
63.6
3.9
7.1
1.1
1,757
806
795
84
33
48
78
168
+155
8Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
16.9
2020-21
70
27.2
12.3
5.0
0.7
0.6
1.5
4.6
9.1
50.3
1.4
4.0
33.8
1.7
2.0
84.5
61.1
1.5
3.5
0.9
1,902
859
347
50
40
103
64
149
+312
9Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
16.8
2020-21
71
30.8
14.3
13.5
1.3
0.6
2.7
5.5
8.2
67.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.3
5.3
62.3
68.3
3.4
10.1
1.7
2,187
1,015
960
89
40
190
118
163
+728
10Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
16.5
2020-21
TOT
63
29.6
12.8
10.0
1.7
0.5
1.4
4.7
7.7
61.8
0.1
0.3
31.6
3.2
4.6
70.3
66.1
3.1
6.9
1.6
1,863
806
631
106
32
90
100
96
-203
11Jakob Poeltl
J. Poeltl
13.4
2020-21
69
26.7
8.6
7.9
1.9
0.7
1.8
3.8
6.2
61.6
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.8
50.8
61.2
3.2
4.8
1.2
1,845
593
547
134
47
123
83
172
+109

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PPG

25.8

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RPG

10.8

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APG

9.1

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Team Rankings

ORTG

116.3

10th

DRTG

115.5

21st

NETRTG

0.8

17th

3P%

35.2

13th

2026-27 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
8
6
3
.667
2.5
9
7
4
.636
2.5
10
Nuggets Nuggets
5
4
.556
3.5
11
4
7
.364
5.5
12
3
6
.333
5.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/11
@
8:00 PM
Sat
11/14
@
7:00 PM
Mon
11/16
@
9:00 PM
Wed
11/18
@
9:00 PM
Fri
11/20
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

5 - 4

100

Final

110

HOU Rockets

8 - 3

Mon 9 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

NBA 2026-27 Betting

NBA 2026-27 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
9
2
.818
2
8
2
.800
0.5
3
7
3
.700
1.5
4
7
5
.583
2.5
5
5
4
.556
3.0
6
5
5
.500
3.5
7
5
6
.455
4.0
8
4
6
.400
4.5
9
4
7
.364
5.0
10
4
7
.364
5.0
11
3
8
.273
6.0
12
2
7
.222
6.0
13
2
8
.200
6.5
14
1
8
.111
7.0
15
1
9
.100
7.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
10
2
.833
2
9
2
.818
0.5
3
8
2
.800
1.0
4
8
3
.727
1.5
5
8
3
.727
1.5
6
8
3
.727
1.5
7
7
3
.700
2.0
8
6
3
.667
2.5
9
7
4
.636
2.5
10
5
4
.556
3.5
11
4
7
.364
5.5
12
3
6
.333
5.5
13
2
7
.222
6.5
14
1
9
.100
8.0
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1
9
.100
8.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
10/20
@
113-121
Tue
10/20
@
106-100
Tue
10/20
@
116-104
Wed
10/21
@
132-125
Wed
10/21
@
116-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/10
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7:30 PM
Tue
11/10
@
8:00 PM
Tue
11/10
@
9:00 PM
Tue
11/10
@
9:00 PM
Tue
11/10
@
10:00 PM