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High leverage

High leverage possessions are those where the outcome has an above-average impact on which team wins the game, based on the score, time remaining, and relative team strength. Learn more

Minimum 150 high leverage minutes

Offensive ratingDefensive ratingNet ratingTrue shooting %Effective field goal %Offensive rebound %Defensive rebound %Assist %Assist ratioAssist to turnover ratioSteal %Block %Usage %Turnover ratio

Offensive ratingDefensive ratingNet ratingTrue shooting %Effective field goal %Offensive rebound %Defensive rebound %Assist %Assist ratioAssist to turnover ratioSteal %Block %Usage %Turnover ratio

Usage %

Estimated share of team plays used while on court

	#	Player		GP	HL Min	USG%
	1		LeBron James CLE	63	253	40.6%
	2		Russell Westbrook OKC	57	314	39.2%
	3		Kyrie Irving BOS	43	154	39.0%
	4		Lou Williams LAC	53	247	37.3%
	5		LaMarcus Aldridge SAS	46	152	36.3%
	6		Damian Lillard POR	44	206	36.2%
	7		DeMar DeRozan TOR	51	194	35.7%
	8		CJ McCollum POR	51	193	34.9%
	9		Victor Oladipo IND	50	257	34.4%
	10		Donovan Mitchell UTA	39	202	33.9%
	11		Anthony Davis NOP	49	216	33.7%
	12		Kemba Walker CHA	52	237	33.5%
	13		Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL	48	195	32.9%
	14		Joel Embiid PHI	42	196	32.5%
	15		Bradley Beal WAS	55	305	31.8%
	16		Tyreke Evans MEM	39	156	31.2%
	17		Marc Gasol MEM	50	169	28.2%
	18		Eric Bledsoe PHX/MIL	48	186	27.8%
	19		Jrue Holiday NOP	55	252	26.9%
	20		Blake Griffin LAC/DET	35	150	26.7%
	21		Khris Middleton MIL	56	231	26.6%
	22		Jordan Clarkson LAL/CLE	49	216	26.1%
	23		Goran Dragic MIA	54	234	26.0%
	24		Spencer Dinwiddie BKN	51	273	25.6%
	25		Jeremy Lamb CHA	49	191	25.3%
	26		Dwyane Wade CLE/MIA	46	221	25.1%
	27		J.J. Barea DAL	43	155	24.6%
	28		Andre Drummond DET	45	156	24.5%
	29		Ben Simmons PHI	51	199	24.2%
	30		Paul George OKC	52	288	24.2%
	31		Harrison Barnes DAL	53	213	24.1%
	32		Buddy Hield SAC	43	197	24.1%
	33		T.J. Warren PHX	36	157	23.9%
	34		Kyle Kuzma LAL	50	207	23.5%
	35		Kelly Olynyk MIA	51	246	23.3%
	36		Jayson Tatum BOS	55	186	23.0%
	37		Will Barton DEN	50	210	23.0%
	38		Lance Stephenson IND	49	195	22.8%
	39		Kyle Lowry TOR	46	177	22.6%
	40		Nikola Mirotic CHI/NOP	33	160	22.2%
	41		Rondae Hollis-Jefferson BKN	42	184	22.1%
	42		Raymond Felton OKC	54	177	21.6%
	43		Julius Randle LAL	48	201	21.6%
	44		Carmelo Anthony OKC	55	243	21.2%
	45		Caris LeVert BKN	48	261	20.8%
	46		Tobias Harris DET/LAC	47	182	20.8%
	47		Andrew Wiggins MIN	50	197	20.7%
	48		JJ Redick PHI	42	189	20.7%
	49		Marco Belinelli ATL/PHI	45	164	20.6%
	50		James Johnson MIA	50	247	20.2%

Top usage % leaders

The current 2017-18 Season NBA leaders in high leverage usage % are LeBron James (40.6%, CLE), Russell Westbrook (39.2%, OKC), Kyrie Irving (39.0%, BOS), Lou Williams (37.3%, LAC), and LaMarcus Aldridge (36.3%, SAS).