2025-26 leaders

NBA usage rate leaders.

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Ranked league-wide among qualified players. Qualifying means at least 500 minutes.

Luka Dončić leads the NBA in usage rate for the 2025-26 season at 36.8%, through August 9, 2026. Giannis Antetokounmpo is second at 35.8%. This page ranks the top qualified players of 378 who met the minimum for this metric.

2025-26 NBA leaders in Usage rate

1	Luka Dončić	LAL	36.8%	100	2,289	64	G-F	61.6%	+3.80
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	35.8%	100	1,039	36	F	65.8%	+4.40
3	Jaylen Brown	BOS	35.1%	99	2,443	71	G-F	57.3%	+6.50
4	Joel Embiid	PHI	33.6%	99	1,201	38	F-C	60.5%	+5.80
5	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	32.6%	99	2,085	65	F	62.9%	+7.50
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	32.3%	99	2,259	68	G	66.5%	+16.30
7	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	31.6%	98	1,866	64	F-C	62.6%	+17.00
8	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	31.1%	98	2,342	70	G	61.3%	+7.20
9	Anthony Edwards	MIN	30.9%	98	2,137	61	G	61.7%	+3.50
10	Jalen Green	PHX	30.9%	98	828	32	G	51.6%	+0.70
11	Stephen Curry	GSW	30.8%	97	1,329	43	G	63.7%	+2.80
12	Devin Booker	PHX	30.7%	97	2,146	64	G	58.5%	+3.90
13	LaMelo Ball	CHA	30.6%	97	2,017	72	G	54.6%	+9.10
14	Ja Morant	MEM	30.5%	97	569	20	G	52.1%	-4.40
15	Jalen Brunson	NYK	29.6%	96	2,590	74	G	58.0%	+6.10
16	Cade Cunningham	DET	29.6%	96	2,172	64	G	56.4%	+11.40
17	Cam Thomas	MIL	29.5%	96	881	42	–	53.0%	-12.10
18	Shaedon Sharpe	POR	29.3%	95	1,471	50	G	54.6%	-1.30
19	Pascal Siakam	IND	29.2%	95	2,057	62	F	56.2%	-5.60
20	Michael Porter Jr.	BKN	29.2%	95	1,689	52	F	59.5%	-6.60
21	Jayson Tatum	BOS	29.0%	95	522	16	G-F	54.1%	+10.50
22	Nikola Jokić	DEN	28.9%	94	2,265	65	C	67.0%	+10.80
23	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	28.6%	94	2,661	70	G	58.8%	+1.50
24	Deni Avdija	POR	28.5%	94	2,199	66	F	60.0%	+0.30
25	Coby White	CHA	28.3%	94	1,250	50	G	59.5%	+3.20
26	James Harden	CLE	27.9%	93	2,439	70	G	61.0%	+1.80
27	Dillon Brooks	PHX	27.9%	93	1,702	56	G-F	54.0%	-1.10
28	Keyonte George	UTA	27.5%	93	1,786	54	G	60.9%	-8.60
29	Paolo Banchero	ORL	27.4%	93	2,502	72	F	56.6%	-0.20
30	Brandon Miller	CHA	27.2%	92	1,968	65	F	57.4%	+8.50
31	Anthony Davis	WAS	27.2%	92	626	20	F-C	55.1%	-4.60
32	Jamal Murray	DEN	26.9%	92	2,652	75	G	62.2%	+6.80
33	Lauri Markkanen	UTA	26.9%	92	1,443	42	F-C	60.8%	-1.50
34	Darius Garland	LAC	26.6%	91	1,344	45	G	58.2%	+2.60
35	Kristaps Porziņģis	GSW	26.5%	91	769	32	F-C	58.2%	+3.00
36	Brandon Ingram	TOR	26.4%	91	2,604	77	F	57.3%	+1.00
37	Jalen Johnson	ATL	26.4%	90	2,532	72	F	58.1%	+3.20
38	Cooper Flagg	DAL	26.4%	90	2,344	70	F	54.8%	-5.20
39	Kevin Durant	HOU	26.3%	90	2,840	78	F	64.1%	+5.50
40	LeBron James	LAL	26.2%	90	1,989	60	F	59.4%	+2.60
41	Norman Powell	MIA	26.2%	89	1,717	58	G	60.9%	+0.60
42	Jonas Valanciunas	DEN	26.0%	89	871	65	C	63.0%	-2.00
43	Alperen Sengun	HOU	25.9%	89	2,398	72	C	56.9%	+3.40
44	Tristan Vukcevic	WAS	25.9%	89	671	49	F	60.3%	-15.10
45	Julius Randle	MIN	25.8%	88	2,610	79	F-C	58.5%	+4.00
46	Austin Reaves	LAL	25.8%	88	1,762	51	G	64.1%	+5.00
47	Franz Wagner	ORL	25.6%	88	1,019	34	F	58.8%	+3.60
48	RJ Barrett	TOR	25.4%	88	1,726	57	G-F	58.5%	+4.90
49	Jaren Jackson Jr.	UTA	25.3%	87	1,455	48	F-C	57.6%	-2.00
50	Russell Westbrook	SAC	25.2%	87	1,853	64	G	52.8%	-12.10

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