Michael Jordan had the highest usage percentage in 1997-98, at 33.6 percent.

Interpreted as:

usage% with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games leaders 1997-98

	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	33.6	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32.7	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	28.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193	+649
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	31.7	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	27.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	29.5	1997-98	SAS	73	33.7	21.6	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	7.5	14.6	51.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.6	9.0	73.5	58.1	3.3	7.3	2.8	2,457	1,574	775	199	64	192	202	204	+356
5	Rik Smits R. Smits	29.3	1997-98	IND	73	28.6	16.7	6.9	1.4	0.5	1.2	7.0	14.2	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.3	53.2	1.7	5.2	1.8	2,085	1,216	505	101	40	88	134	243	+434
6	Antoine Walker A. Walker	29.2	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	22.4	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	142	60	292	262	-267
7	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	29.0	1997-98	MIL	56	41.0	23.4	5.5	2.8	1.2	0.6	9.5	20.3	47.0	0.4	1.2	38.5	3.8	4.8	80.8	52.2	1.5	4.0	3.6	2,294	1,308	307	158	69	34	200	164	+56
8	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	28.3	1997-98	VAN	82	36.0	22.3	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	1,829	581	213	89	76	257	201	-433
9	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	27.9	1997-98	CLE	80	34.6	18.0	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	6.5	14.6	44.5	0.0	0.1	25.0	5.1	7.0	72.7	51.2	2.7	6.6	3.4	2,769	1,442	745	197	108	90	271	310	+255
10	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	27.8	1997-98	SAC	70	36.7	23.2	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.4	44.5	1.9	4.8	38.9	5.8	6.7	86.4	56.9	0.7	2.6	2.6	2,569	1,623	229	279	88	15	181	154	-132
11	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	27.4	1997-98	NJN	75	34.7	19.6	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.1	0.2	1.1	18.8	5.8	6.8	86.0	53.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	2,606	1,471	228	603	121	20	269	262	+133
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	27.2	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27.2	1997-98	LAL	79	26.0	15.4	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.5	4.9	11.6	42.8	0.9	2.8	34.1	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	1.0	2.1	2.0	2,056	1,220	242	199	74	40	157	180	+264
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	26.9	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
15	Allan Houston A. Houston	26.8	1997-98	NYK	82	34.7	18.4	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	7.0	15.6	44.7	1.0	2.6	38.5	3.5	4.1	85.1	53.0	0.5	2.8	2.4	2,848	1,509	274	212	63	24	200	207	+131
16	Chris Webber C. Webber	26.5	1997-98	WAS	71	39.6	21.9	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	18.9	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	1,555	674	273	111	124	185	269	+45
17	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	26.2	1997-98	POR	74	37.6	19.7	4.7	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.4	17.6	42.3	1.8	5.7	32.1	3.0	3.6	82.8	51.4	1.3	3.3	2.5	2,786	1,458	346	231	55	19	187	188	+92
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	26.0	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
19	Michael Finley M. Finley	25.7	1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	132	30	219	163	-410
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	25.7	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	6.5	15.1	42.7	1.5	4.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	80.1	53.1	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,473	1,287	346	382	126	42	189	193	+69
21	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	25.7	1997-98	MIA	81	37.4	18.9	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	6.9	16.0	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	1,528	299	672	136	16	224	200	+454
22	John Starks J. Starks	25.6	1997-98	NYK	82	26.7	12.9	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.1	4.5	11.5	39.3	1.6	4.9	32.7	2.3	2.9	78.7	50.4	0.6	2.2	1.7	2,188	1,059	230	219	78	5	143	205	+91
23	Joe Smith J. Smith	25.5	1997-98	TOT	79	29.7	14.6	6.0	1.2	0.8	0.6	5.9	13.5	43.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.9	3.7	77.5	48.2	2.5	3.4	2.0	2,344	1,155	471	94	62	51	158	263	-419
24	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	25.2	1997-98	TOT	79	32.2	15.8	3.4	3.1	1.1	0.7	5.4	12.3	43.5	0.6	2.5	24.1	4.5	5.7	78.7	53.2	1.3	2.0	2.8	2,545	1,249	266	241	89	59	224	175	-19
25	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	25.2	1997-98	NJN	62	37.5	19.7	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.2	16.9	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	4.2	4.9	84.6	51.6	2.3	4.3	2.6	2,325	1,219	408	106	64	25	164	216	+145