highest usage rate for a player who won a championship that season

Ashley Shields has the highest usage percentage with more than 0 championships in a season, at 37.5 percent in 2008.

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NAMEUSG%ChampsSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Ashley Shields
A. Shields
37.5
1
2008
TOT
10
5.6
2.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.8
2.9
27.6
0.3
1.1
27.3
0.5
0.8
62.5
36.9
0.0
0.3
0.7
56
24
3
3
2
0
7
6
-39
2Cheyenne Parker-Tyus
C. Parker-Tyus
37.0
1
2025
2
7.0
8.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.0
62.5
0.5
1.0
50.0
2.5
3.0
83.3
75.2
0.0
1.0
0.5
14
16
2
0
0
0
1
2
+1
3Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
36.2
1
1997
28
35.0
22.2
3.9
4.7
2.1
0.2
6.8
14.6
46.8
2.4
5.7
41.9
6.1
7.1
86.4
62.7
1.2
2.8
3.9
981
621
110
131
58
6
110
69
+161
4Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
36.0
1
1998
30
35.0
22.7
3.7
4.4
1.6
0.4
6.8
15.2
44.6
2.1
5.3
40.0
7.0
8.2
85.4
60.4
0.8
2.8
3.2
1,051
680
110
131
48
11
95
65
+345
5Lisa Leslie
L. Leslie
35.4
1
2001
31
33.4
19.5
9.6
2.4
1.1
2.3
7.1
15.1
47.3
0.7
1.9
36.7
4.6
6.2
73.6
54.9
2.8
6.8
3.2
1,035
606
298
73
34
71
98
132
+309
6Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
35.3
1
1999
31
35.5
22.1
2.8
5.2
1.4
0.4
6.8
14.8
46.3
1.9
5.6
33.5
6.6
7.4
89.1
61.4
0.5
2.3
3.4
1,101
686
87
162
43
11
104
61
+316
7Amaya Valdemoro
A. Valdemoro
34.9
1
1999
17
5.4
2.4
0.8
0.5
0.6
0.0
0.8
2.1
37.1
0.1
0.3
40.0
0.7
0.9
75.0
47.6
0.2
0.5
0.7
91
40
13
9
11
0
12
16
-17
8Sheila Lambert
S. Lambert
34.9
1
2003
27
6.9
3.2
1.0
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.9
2.4
36.4
0.3
0.6
43.8
1.2
1.5
78.0
51.8
0.4
0.7
1.1
187
87
28
14
5
0
29
15
-57
9Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
34.5
1
2000
31
35.2
20.7
6.3
3.8
2.8
1.1
7.9
15.6
50.6
1.1
2.9
37.4
3.8
4.7
82.1
58.7
1.3
5.0
2.6
1,091
643
195
119
87
33
82
67
+399
10DeMya Walker
D. Walker
34.2
1
2005
22
27.0
14.1
5.3
2.2
1.3
0.6
5.7
10.6
53.4
0.0
0.0
100.0
2.7
4.2
64.5
56.6
2.1
3.2
3.1
594
311
117
48
28
13
69
66
+139
11Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
33.6
1
1999
32
34.4
18.3
6.3
4.0
2.4
1.4
7.1
15.3
46.2
1.0
3.1
33.7
3.1
3.8
82.0
53.9
1.5
4.8
2.6
1,100
585
202
127
76
46
83
57
+293
12Swin Cash
S. Cash
33.3
1
2003
33
33.2
16.6
5.8
3.6
1.3
0.7
5.9
13.0
45.3
0.4
1.2
30.0
4.4
6.5
68.2
52.3
2.0
3.9
3.3
1,097
548
193
119
43
23
108
76
+168
13Lauren Jackson
L. Jackson
33.2
1
2004
31
34.5
20.5
6.7
1.6
1.0
2.0
7.1
14.8
47.8
1.7
3.7
45.2
4.6
5.6
81.1
59.0
2.1
4.6
2.2
1,068
634
207
51
31
62
67
93
+219
14Lauren Jackson
L. Jackson
32.9
1
2010
32
31.0
20.5
8.3
1.2
0.9
1.2
6.9
14.9
46.2
1.7
4.9
34.6
5.1
5.6
91.0
59.2
2.8
5.5
1.4
993
656
264
38
30
38
46
91
+295
15Erika de Souza
E. de Souza
32.8
1
2002
11
3.8
1.1
1.3
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.5
1.3
35.7
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.9
20.0
32.6
0.7
0.5
0.5
42
12
14
2
3
0
6
14
-32
16Kara Braxton
K. Braxton
32.4
1
2006
34
10.6
4.3
3.4
0.8
0.3
0.3
1.7
4.2
40.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.9
1.4
62.5
44.5
1.2
2.2
1.6
360
146
117
26
11
11
53
83
-11
17Kara Braxton
K. Braxton
32.0
1
2008
33
17.9
8.9
5.1
0.8
0.4
0.7
3.2
7.8
41.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.5
3.3
74.3
48.2
1.5
3.6
1.6
590
295
168
27
14
24
54
84
-5
18Lisa Leslie
L. Leslie
31.8
1
2002
31
34.2
16.9
10.4
2.7
1.5
2.9
6.1
13.1
46.6
0.4
1.2
32.4
4.3
5.9
72.7
53.7
2.5
7.9
3.5
1,060
523
322
83
46
90
108
123
+263
19A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
31.4
1
2025
40
31.2
23.4
10.2
3.1
1.6
2.3
8.3
16.5
50.5
0.6
1.5
42.4
6.2
7.3
85.5
59.6
2.3
7.9
2.2
1,247
937
407
122
64
92
87
75
+292
20Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
31.2
1
2012
34
30.5
17.4
7.6
3.1
2.1
0.9
5.9
13.6
43.2
1.5
3.9
37.9
4.1
4.8
86.4
55.2
1.8
5.8
1.7
1,036
590
258
107
70
29
59
84
+177
21Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
31.0
1
2000
31
35.0
17.7
2.7
5.0
1.3
0.2
5.8
12.6
45.9
1.4
3.9
35.5
4.7
5.4
87.5
59.0
0.5
2.2
3.2
1,086
550
85
156
39
6
99
61
+364
22Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
31.0
1
1998
29
32.3
15.6
5.1
2.1
2.5
0.5
6.0
14.0
42.7
1.2
3.4
36.0
2.4
3.0
82.6
51.1
1.3
3.8
2.0
937
453
149
62
72
14
58
42
+315
23Kara Wolters
K. Wolters
30.9
1
1999
10
4.0
1.6
1.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.3
1.3
23.1
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.2
83.3
43.8
0.5
0.7
0.3
40
16
12
2
1
0
3
11
-14
24Cappie Pondexter
C. Pondexter
30.7
1
2009
34
31.6
19.1
4.2
5.0
0.9
0.4
6.9
15.1
46.0
1.3
3.5
35.8
3.9
4.4
88.1
55.9
0.9
3.3
2.5
1,075
648
144
171
31
12
86
99
+134
25Yolanda Griffith
Y. Griffith
30.7
1
2005
34
28.4
13.8
6.6
1.5
1.2
0.9
5.1
10.5
48.5
0.0
0.0
3.6
5.1
70.7
54.1
2.6
4.0
2.0
964
469
223
52
42
31
68
98
+210
StatMuse has season-level data for championships and usage percentage going back to the 1997 season.

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