highest career turnovers average by small forward

LeBron James has averaged the most career turnovers per game by a small forward with 3.5 per game.

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	NAME	TPG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	3.5	1,346	37.6	27.2	7.6	7.6	1.5	0.8	9.9	19.7	50.5	1.7	4.8	34.6	5.6	7.6	73.6	59.0	1.1	6.4	50,660	36,549	10,183	10,169	1,990	1,010	4,714	2,411	+6233
2	Bernard King B. King	3.2	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	29,417	19,655	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3.2	981	36.9	27.8	7.2	4.5	1.1	1.1	9.5	18.9	50.6	2.0	5.1	39.1	6.7	7.6	88.5	62.6	0.7	6.6	36,203	27,300	7,106	4,453	1,045	1,121	3,131	1,911	+5423
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.2	792	38.5	24.9	10.1	6.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.0	0.7	1.8	37.1	4.6	5.2	88.4	56.7	2.1	8.0	30,504	19,719	8,031	4,958	1,406	664	2,504	2,079
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	3.1	620	34.4	23.0	6.9	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.1	17.7	51.3	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.3	56.3	2.6	4.3	21,345	14,249	4,272	2,479	1,160	1,004	1,951	1,702
6	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	3.1	688	36.8	20.7	6.1	2.7	1.2	0.6	8.1	17.6	45.9	0.9	2.6	34.0	3.6	4.4	82.0	52.9	1.5	4.6	25,346	14,234	4,189	1,879	826	389	2,147	1,847	+10
7	Paul George P. George	2.9	692	35.5	22.7	6.6	4.0	1.8	0.4	7.7	17.6	44.0	2.8	7.4	38.5	4.4	5.1	85.8	57.2	0.9	5.8	24,540	15,725	4,599	2,783	1,226	297	2,005	1,886	+2969
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2.9	878	35.7	24.6	5.5	3.1	1.0	0.2	8.7	16.0	54.2	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.8	81.8	61.8	2.2	3.3	31,335	21,613	4,868	2,686	853	135	2,503	2,335
9	John Drew J. Drew	2.8	410	29.9	21.1	6.1	1.5	1.3	0.2	7.5	15.9	47.0	0.0	0.1	12.9	6.2	8.2	75.5	54.2	2.6	3.5	12,240	8,661	2,497	633	535	91	1,168	1,558
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.8	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
11	Juwan Howard J. Howard	2.8	452	36.1	17.1	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.3	7.0	14.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	11.8	3.1	4.2	72.9	51.9	2.2	4.8	16,336	7,722	3,145	1,424	410	141	1,246	1,489	-377
12	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	2.7	911	35.1	23.2	6.2	3.0	1.0	0.5	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.3	33.7	5.5	6.8	80.8	54.3	1.7	4.6	31,957	21,177	5,691	2,717	934	447	2,419	2,602	+844
13	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	2.6	611	37.3	19.1	5.4	4.0	1.0	0.2	7.0	16.7	41.8	1.3	3.6	34.5	3.8	5.0	76.6	50.4	1.1	4.2	22,762	11,644	3,271	2,414	632	109	1,585	1,533	+1003
14	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.6	802	34.7	19.5	4.6	3.8	1.7	0.6	7.4	14.3	51.2	0.9	2.4	38.9	3.9	4.5	86.7	59.8	1.2	3.4	27,813	15,659	3,662	3,047	1,334	481	2,058	1,643	+243
15	Alex English A. English	2.6	1,051	34.1	23.3	5.7	4.0	1.0	0.7	9.7	19.1	50.6	0.0	0.1	21.7	3.9	4.7	83.6	55.0	2.4	3.2	35,863	24,513	5,975	4,197	1,009	760	2,684	2,771
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2.5	474	31.5	21.8	5.7	3.4	1.0	0.4	8.2	17.0	48.0	2.0	5.6	35.2	3.5	4.6	75.8	57.3	1.0	4.6	14,944	10,353	2,685	1,627	481	178	1,190	1,176	+1809
17	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	2.5	923	30.0	20.0	5.0	3.1	0.7	0.3	7.8	16.1	48.4	0.4	1.4	31.2	4.0	5.4	74.1	54.2	1.8	3.1	27,730	18,458	4,578	2,871	687	296	2,306	2,599
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2.5	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	1,378	642	2,669	2,061	-392
19	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	2.5	658	30.4	17.9	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	6.5	13.8	47.3	0.2	0.6	35.0	4.6	5.5	84.8	55.2	1.4	2.6	19,983	11,774	2,586	1,985	644	133	1,629	1,566
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2.4	980	33.2	18.6	5.3	3.4	1.2	0.5	6.1	13.5	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.8	6.0	80.5	57.6	0.8	4.6	32,545	18,186	5,236	3,316	1,194	501	2,395	2,633	+2898
21	Grant Hill G. Hill	2.4	961	34.1	16.9	6.2	4.3	1.2	0.6	6.2	13.0	48.2	0.2	0.7	31.7	4.1	5.4	76.9	55.0	1.2	5.0	32,767	16,203	5,932	4,114	1,187	551	2,315	2,231	+1865
22	Albert King A. King	2.4	416	25.1	13.5	4.6	2.4	0.9	0.4	5.7	12.0	47.1	0.1	0.3	24.2	2.1	2.7	79.5	51.2	1.6	3.0	10,452	5,626	1,906	983	386	171	984	1,296
23	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	2.4	549	30.4	14.2	3.7	3.1	1.2	0.3	5.0	12.1	41.1	1.4	4.3	33.3	2.8	3.4	80.5	52.0	0.8	2.9	16,700	7,794	2,025	1,685	668	173	1,294	1,288	+99
24	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	2.3	513	37.5	16.9	3.9	3.5	1.2	0.3	6.3	15.2	41.6	1.1	3.1	34.3	3.2	3.9	81.9	49.9	0.7	3.2	19,261	8,680	1,999	1,802	598	130	1,203	928	+284
25	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	2.3	616	34.2	20.1	7.1	3.6	1.3	0.8	8.3	16.0	51.9	0.0	0.2	16.9	3.4	4.7	73.6	55.6	2.7	4.4	21,089	12,367	4,401	2,219	781	475	1,444	1,552

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2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	GB
7	Hornets	0.5
8	Bulls	0.5
9	Cavaliers	0.5
10	Pacers	0.5
11	Heat	0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5