Joel Embiid has the highest career usage percentage by a center, at 35.2 percent.

Interpreted as:

top centers all-time usage with a minimum of 10000 minutes played

	NAME	USG%	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	35.2	14,408	452	31.9	27.7	11.0	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.1	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	10.0	82.8	61.3	2.2	8.8	3.4	12,523	4,987	1,658	411	738	1,547	1,369	+2490
2	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	31.3	19,508	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	12,802	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-553
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.3	41,918	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
4	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	27.9	38,388	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	23,459	11,052	2,111	1,047	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27.2	23,639	745	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	36.0	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	8.3	2.9	16,210	8,141	5,383	949	536	2,177	1,996	+4071
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27.0	44,222	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
7	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	27.0	14,085	468	30.1	19.7	7.6	1.3	0.7	1.4	7.3	13.2	55.4	0.0	0.2	24.3	5.1	6.6	77.4	61.4	2.3	5.3	2.2	9,222	3,557	611	342	655	1,034	1,485	+1412
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	26.8	21,971	645	34.1	23.1	11.1	3.2	0.8	1.2	8.5	16.2	52.4	1.7	4.3	40.0	4.4	5.3	83.7	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	14,880	7,136	2,037	523	771	1,745	2,197	+1278
9	Yao Ming Y. Ming	26.7	15,818	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
10	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.1	34,271	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
11	Al Jefferson A. Jefferson	26.0	21,723	709	30.6	17.1	9.0	1.6	0.7	1.3	7.4	14.8	49.8	0.0	0.1	14.5	2.3	3.2	72.3	52.7	2.3	6.7	1.3	12,103	6,376	1,156	513	894	947	1,781	-1136
12	Rik Smits R. Smits	25.7	23,100	867	26.6	14.8	6.1	1.4	0.4	1.3	6.1	12.1	50.7	0.0	0.0	11.5	2.6	3.4	77.3	54.8	1.8	4.3	1.8	12,871	5,277	1,215	372	1,111	1,579	3,011	+737
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	25.5	22,128	726	30.5	16.3	9.7	2.9	0.7	1.9	6.4	12.7	50.7	0.0	0.1	12.7	3.4	4.8	71.3	55.0	2.4	7.4	2.0	11,807	7,071	2,133	496	1,370	1,453	1,471	+4069
14	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	25.5	25,273	801	31.6	17.5	8.7	1.2	0.5	2.8	6.3	11.8	52.9	0.0	0.1	24.7	5.0	7.1	69.5	58.4	2.7	6.0	2.7	14,029	6,939	928	406	2,282	2,152	2,728	+1695
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	25.5	42,565	1,247	34.1	21.1	12.1	1.4	0.8	1.2	7.3	14.8	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	8.5	77.2	57.0	5.0	7.1	3.1	26,326	15,140	1,707	1,022	1,552	3,804	2,801
16	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	24.5	30,502	972	31.4	17.2	10.5	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.7	49.7	0.9	2.7	34.8	1.6	2.1	77.0	54.9	2.5	8.0	1.7	16,719	10,170	2,812	821	844	1,669	2,357	-1468
17	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	24.4	15,374	442	34.8	18.8	8.4	1.8	0.9	1.1	6.8	13.6	50.3	0.3	0.9	32.3	4.8	5.9	80.4	57.8	2.3	6.1	1.9	8,294	3,693	816	378	497	856	1,091	+1033
18	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	24.4	20,834	628	33.2	18.3	7.8	1.8	1.0	1.6	7.4	15.4	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.8	74.5	52.3	2.5	5.3	2.9	11,479	4,915	1,151	637	1,016	1,800	2,017
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	24.3	31,097	929	33.5	21.3	8.4	3.1	0.8	2.3	8.8	15.3	57.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.7	5.0	74.6	60.5	2.1	6.3	2.7	19,749	7,806	2,920	763	2,095	2,527	2,670
20	Eddy Curry E. Curry	24.1	13,109	527	24.9	12.9	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.7	4.9	9.0	54.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.2	4.9	64.2	58.1	1.8	3.4	2.2	6,820	2,725	287	155	384	1,174	1,562	-1894
21	Dan Issel D. Issel	24.0	19,835	639	31.0	20.2	7.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	7.5	14.8	50.5	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.2	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.5	2.0	12,894	5,011	1,627	607	367	1,281	1,776
22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	23.3	22,965	843	27.2	13.0	7.3	1.1	0.5	1.6	5.0	10.5	47.6	0.0	0.1	31.0	3.0	3.8	78.0	53.4	2.9	4.4	1.8	10,976	6,191	955	421	1,327	1,509	2,776	+1104
23	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	23.0	14,346	590	24.3	11.8	8.8	2.5	0.9	1.1	4.6	9.3	50.1	0.2	0.8	28.5	2.3	3.5	66.7	54.8	2.5	6.3	2.1	6,991	5,219	1,468	536	647	1,261	1,856	+885
24	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	22.9	11,375	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	4.4	8.9	50.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.6	57.4	1.6	5.7	1.8	5,629	3,436	964	370	494	837	1,290	+1559
25	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22.6	13,001	431	30.2	17.1	7.5	2.9	1.0	1.1	6.8	12.6	53.6	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.5	4.7	75.0	58.1	2.2	5.3	2.6	7,357	3,217	1,229	443	469	1,112	1,314