highest usage rate nba playoffs 35+ years old

James Johnson has the highest usage percentage by a player 35 or older in a single NBA playoff run, at 81.9 percent in 2023-24.

	NAME	USG%	Age	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	James Johnson J. Johnson	81.9	36	2023-24	IND	1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	56.8	0.0	0.0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1
2	Dana Barros D. Barros	47.5	36	2003-04	BOS	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2
3	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	45.3	42	2022-23	MIA	2	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-5
4	Fred Roberts F. Roberts	44.6	35	1995-96	LAL	1	3.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	38.4	37	2000-01	UTA	5	39.8	27.6	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	9.8	24.2	40.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	7.8	9.8	79.6	48.4	1.8	7.0	3.8	199	138	44	17	5	4	19	13	-6
6	Patty Mills P. Mills	35.0	36	2024-25	LAC	1	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	+6
7	Dan Issel D. Issel	34.4	35	1983-84	DEN	5	30.6	27.4	8.0	1.6	1.2	1.2	10.4	20.4	51.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	6.4	7.8	82.1	57.5	2.0	6.0	3.0	153	137	40	8	6	6	15	15
8	Marcus Camby M. Camby	32.3	38	2012-13	NYK	3	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	-8
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	32.2	36	1999-00	UTA	10	38.6	27.2	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	10.3	19.8	52.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	6.4	7.9	81.0	58.4	1.9	7.0	2.7	386	272	89	31	7	7	27	31	-21
10	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	32.0	36	2001-02	LAL	2	2.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	50.0	79.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	-6
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31.5	35	1997-98	HOU	5	38.0	20.4	10.8	2.4	1.0	3.2	7.8	19.8	39.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.8	6.6	72.7	44.9	1.8	9.0	2.6	190	102	54	12	5	16	13	18	-42
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	31.3	36	2017-18	MIA	5	25.4	16.6	4.2	3.6	1.4	0.2	6.2	14.0	44.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	4.2	5.2	80.8	51.0	0.6	3.6	2.2	127	83	21	18	7	1	11	11	+5
13	LeBron James L. James	30.3	35	2019-20	LAL	21	36.3	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	10.2	18.2	56.0	2.1	5.7	37.0	5.1	7.1	72.0	64.7	1.3	9.4	4.0	762	580	226	184	26	18	84	40	+165
14	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	30.3	39	1998-99	ORL	1	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	30.2	35	2012-13	BOS	6	42.5	19.2	5.7	5.3	0.8	0.5	6.5	17.7	36.8	1.8	6.8	26.8	4.3	4.8	89.7	48.4	0.7	5.0	5.3	255	115	34	32	5	3	32	21	-34
16	Tony Parker T. Parker	30.2	35	2017-18	SAS	5	13.4	6.6	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0	2.8	7.4	37.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	71.4	41.2	0.0	0.8	0.8	67	33	4	6	2	0	4	2	-36
17	Alex English A. English	30.1	35	1988-89	DEN	3	36.0	26.0	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	10.7	20.7	51.6	0.0	0.0		4.7	5.3	87.5	56.5	2.7	1.7	4.7	108	78	13	11	1	0	14	6
18	Reggie Miller R. Miller	30.0	35	2000-01	IND	4	44.3	31.3	5.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	10.3	22.5	45.6	3.8	8.8	42.9	7.0	7.5	93.3	60.6	1.8	3.3	2.8	177	125	20	10	3	2	11	3	-9
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	29.9	35	1998-99	UTA	11	41.0	21.8	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	7.8	18.7	41.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.2	7.8	79.1	49.2	3.3	8.0	3.6	451	240	124	52	13	8	40	37	+34
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29.8	38	1985-86	LAL	14	34.9	25.9	5.9	3.5	1.1	1.7	11.2	20.1	55.7	0.0	0.0		3.4	4.4	78.7	58.6	1.9	4.1	3.0	489	362	83	49	15	24	42	54
21	LeBron James L. James	29.8	36	2020-21	LAL	6	37.3	23.3	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.0	47.4	3.0	8.0	37.5	2.3	3.8	60.9	56.4	1.2	6.0	4.2	224	140	43	48	9	2	25	7	+10
22	Chris Dudley C. Dudley	29.7	36	2001-02	POR	2	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	-5
23	LeBron James L. James	29.5	41	2025-26	LAL	10	38.4	23.2	6.7	7.3	1.3	0.3	8.4	18.3	45.9	1.7	5.2	32.7	4.7	6.3	74.6	55.0	0.4	6.3	3.8	384	232	67	73	13	3	38	16	-36
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	29.3	35	1989-90	DEN	3	23.3	14.0	3.0	2.0	0.3	0.0	6.0	15.0	40.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	44.1	1.3	1.7	1.7	70	42	9	6	1	0	5	4
25	LeBron James L. James	29.0	39	2023-24	LAL	5	40.8	27.8	6.8	8.8	2.4	1.0	11.2	19.8	56.6	2.0	5.2	38.5	3.4	4.6	73.9	63.7	0.8	6.0	3.8	204	139	34	44	12	5	19	11	-11

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Team Rankings

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118.8

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-7.9

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35.6

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards	17	65	.207	43.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	IND	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DAL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	BKN	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	IND	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

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Pistons

60 - 22

133

Final

121

Pacers

19 - 63

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

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3.4

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TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

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25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

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USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

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33.4

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

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61-44

50-37-1

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41-59

36-48

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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
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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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