highest turnover per game in nba history

Trae Young has averaged the most career turnovers per game with 4.2 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	Trae Young T. Young	4.2	498	34.1	25.1	3.4	9.8	1.0	0.2	7.9	18.3	43.3	2.6	7.4	35.2	6.6	7.6	87.2	58.0	0.6	2.8	17,005	12,489	1,717	4,868	518	76	2,090	874	-187
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4.0	514	35.0	29.2	8.5	8.2	1.3	0.5	9.8	21.0	46.9	3.2	9.0	35.2	6.4	8.5	75.5	59.2	0.9	7.6	18,000	15,021	4,376	4,230	661	237	2,032	1,181	+1423
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3.9	1,301	33.1	20.9	6.9	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.8	4.7	6.1	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	43,025	27,176	9,025	10,351	2,038	418	5,038	3,304	+2583
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3.9	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3.8	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
6	John Wall J. Wall	3.7	647	34.9	18.7	4.2	8.9	1.6	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	22,588	12,088	2,704	5,735	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125
7	James Harden J. Harden	3.7	1,221	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.4	7.1	8.2	86.3	60.8	0.7	4.8	42,449	29,339	6,809	8,873	1,794	683	4,505	2,994	+4709
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	3.6	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
9	Steve Francis S. Francis	3.5	576	37.6	18.1	5.6	6.0	1.5	0.4	6.2	14.4	42.9	1.0	2.9	34.1	4.8	6.1	79.7	53.3	1.7	3.9	21,632	10,446	3,215	3,473	846	223	2,030	1,813	+51
10	LeBron James L. James	3.5	1,623	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.8	19.4	50.7	1.6	4.7	34.8	5.5	7.4	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	61,065	43,454	12,104	12,023	2,418	1,186	5,651	2,866	+7506
11	Reggie Theus R. Theus	3.4	1,026	33.7	18.5	3.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.6	47.1	0.3	1.0	25.2	4.5	5.5	82.6	54.5	1.2	2.1	34,603	19,015	3,349	6,453	1,206	236	3,493	3,008
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3.4	491	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.2	9.9	83.0	61.2	2.2	8.6	15,640	13,557	5,291	1,814	434	787	1,660	1,454	+2659
13	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.3	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	2.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
14	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	3.3	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-554
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	3.2	655	28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.3	6.0	13.4	45.1	0.2	0.8	23.7	3.3	4.1	80.2	50.9	1.2	2.4	18,462	10,158	2,370	3,779	1,198	208	2,099	2,165
16	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
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3.2	1,201	36.7	27.1	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	9.4	18.6	50.3	2.0	5.1	39.2	6.4	7.3	88.2	62.2	0.7	6.2	44,076	32,597	8,254	5,280	1,235	1,344	3,799	2,279	+5073
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	3.2	552	35.1	20.7	3.9	5.3	1.6	0.2	6.7	16.0	42.1	2.0	5.6	35.1	5.2	6.5	80.3	54.7	0.8	3.1	19,351	11,402	2,168	2,909	884	134	1,744	1,683	+24
19	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3.2	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	35,773	23,165	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3.1	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.1	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
22	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
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	3.1	1,069	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.2	4.0	4.3	91.2	62.6	0.6	4.0	36,303	26,528	4,973	6,743	1,602	282	3,308	2,385	+6266
24	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	3.1	768	35.5	15.7	2.6	8.3	1.5	0.1	6.8	14.1	48.3	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.0	2.6	77.2	51.7	0.6	2.0	27,250	12,065	1,991	6,386	1,187	71	2,368	1,983
25	Julius Erving J. Erving	3.1	754	34.1	22.0	6.5	3.9	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.7	55.9	2.5	4.0	25,737	16,594	4,906	2,918	1,349	1,180	2,323	2,035

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2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	L	PCT	GB
3	Knicks	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0		0.5
6	Nets	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:30 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	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