highest turnover average in an nba season

James Harden has the most turnovers per game in a season with 5.7 per game in 2016-17.

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highest turnover with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player average in an NBA season

	NAME	TPG	SEASON	TM	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	James Harden J. Harden	5.7	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	2,947	2,356	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5.4	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
3	James Harden J. Harden	5.0	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
4	Trae Young T. Young	4.8	2019-20	ATL	60	35.3	29.6	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	9.1	20.8	43.7	3.4	9.5	36.1	8.0	9.3	86.0	59.5	0.5	3.7	2,120	1,778	255	560	65	8	289	104	-228
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4.8	2020-21	WAS	65	36.4	22.2	11.5	11.7	1.4	0.4	8.4	19.0	43.9	1.3	4.2	31.5	4.2	6.4	65.6	50.9	1.7	9.9	2,369	1,445	750	763	89	23	312	190	-87
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4.8	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	25.4	10.1	10.3	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	4.7	1986-87	PHI	68	40.3	23.0	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	8.2	13.8	59.4	0.3	1.5	20.2	6.3	8.3	76.1	66.0	5.7	8.9	2,740	1,564	994	331	119	104	322	252
8	Trae Young T. Young	4.7	2024-25	ATL	76	36.0	24.2	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	7.4	18.1	41.1	2.9	8.4	34.0	6.5	7.4	87.5	56.7	0.5	2.6	2,739	1,841	236	880	91	12	355	145	+34
9	Ray Williams R. Williams	4.7	1982-83	KCK	72	30.1	15.4	4.5	7.9	1.7	0.4	5.8	14.8	39.2	0.2	1.0	20.3	3.6	4.6	76.9	45.7	1.3	3.3	2,170	1,109	327	569	120	26	335	248
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4.6	2004-05	PHI	75	42.3	30.7	4.0	7.9	2.4	0.1	10.3	24.2	42.4	1.4	4.5	30.8	8.7	10.5	83.5	53.2	0.7	3.3	3,174	2,302	299	596	180	9	344	140	+12
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4.6	1983-84	LAL	67	38.3	17.6	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	6.6	11.6	56.5	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.3	5.3	81.0	62.8	1.5	5.9	2,567	1,178	491	875	150	49	306	169
12	James Harden J. Harden	4.6	2015-16	HOU	82	38.1	29.0	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
13	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	4.6	1983-84	WAS	75	41.1	22.2	12.3	3.9	0.9	1.0	8.0	13.8	57.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.2	8.5	73.3	63.3	3.5	8.8	3,082	1,665	922	296	68	72	342	285
14	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	4.6	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4				6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
15	James Harden J. Harden	4.5	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	34.3	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4.5	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4.5	2019-20	HOU	57	35.9	27.2	7.9	7.0	1.6	0.4	10.6	22.5	47.2	1.0	3.7	25.8	5.1	6.7	76.3	53.6	1.8	6.2	2,049	1,553	451	401	93	20	255	200	+125
18	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	4.5	1977-78	CHI	82	37.4	22.9	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	8.6	15.4	55.9				5.7	8.2	70.4	60.4	3.9	9.2	3,067	1,879	1,071	263	42	181	366	261
19	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	4.5	1977-78	IND	79	38.2	18.2	4.1	7.4	2.2	0.3	7.0	15.5	45.3				4.2	5.1	82.5	51.4	1.2	3.0	3,019	1,436	327	584	170	23	352	308
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4.5	2025-26	LAL	33	36.3	33.3	7.5	8.6	1.5	0.5	10.5	22.5	46.4	3.5	10.2	33.7	9.0	11.5	78.3	60.5	0.9	6.6	1,198	1,100	249	285	51	18	147	90	+30
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	4.5	2018-19	OKC	73	36.0	22.9	11.1	10.7	1.9	0.5	8.6	20.2	42.8	1.6	5.6	29.0	4.1	6.2	65.6	50.1	1.5	9.6	2,630	1,675	807	784	142	33	325	245	+292
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4.4	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
23	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	4.4	2024-25	DET	70	35.0	26.1	6.1	9.1	1.0	0.8	9.8	20.8	46.9	2.1	6.0	35.6	4.5	5.3	84.6	56.5	0.8	5.3	2,452	1,830	425	638	71	53	309	195	+175
24	Kevin Porter K. Porter	4.4	1977-78	TOT	82	34.3	15.0	2.6	10.2	1.5	0.2	6.0	12.9	46.9				3.0	3.9	76.3	51.6	0.6	2.0	2,813	1,234	214	837	123	15	360	283
25	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4.4	1977-78	NYK	79	40.3	26.5	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	10.3	19.8	52.0				5.9	8.2	72.7	56.7	3.0	9.8	3,182	2,097	1,010	298	105	126	346	297

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