highest turnover season for a finals mvp

LeBron James has the most turnovers by a Finals MVP in an NBA Finals with 31 turnovers.

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highest turnover season for a finals mvp by a player

	NAME	TOV	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	31	1	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	16	+26
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	1	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	17
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	1	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	+8
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	1	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	15	2	23
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25	1	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	43.1	26.9	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.9	10.7	21.4	50.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.3	6.1	86.0	55.6	1.9	7.3	3.6	302	188	64	25	11	27	26
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	1	1989-90	NBA Finals	DET	5	38.4	27.6	5.2	7.0	1.6	0.4	10.4	19.2	54.2	2.2	3.2	68.8	4.6	6.2	74.2	62.9	1.6	3.6	5.0	192	138	26	35	8	2	19
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	25	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	305	192	98	25	15	8	24
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24	1	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	38.2	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.9	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	212	32	39	13	11	22	+8
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24	1	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.3	35.8	4.8	6.5	1.7	0.3	13.5	25.7	52.6	2.0	4.7	42.9	6.8	7.7	89.1	61.7	1.0	3.8	4.0	254	215	29	39	10	2	21
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	23	1	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	43.8	24.2	17.0	5.3	1.0	5.3	9.0	18.2	49.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.2	9.0	68.5	54.6	3.8	13.2	3.8	263	145	102	32	6	32	16	+42
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	22	1	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	38.8	21.8	4.5	6.3	1.2	0.3	6.3	14.7	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.3	8.8	83.0	58.8	0.5	4.0	3.7	233	131	27	38	7	2	24	+52
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	22	1	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	+22
13	LeBron James L. James	21	1	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	29.8	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	179	71	51	7	3	13	+36
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	20	1	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	165	79	24	2	17	20	+40
15	LeBron James L. James	19	1	2011-12	NBA Finals	MIA	5	44.1	28.6	10.2	7.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	21.6	47.2	0.6	3.2	18.8	7.6	9.2	82.6	55.8	3.0	7.2	3.8	220	143	51	37	8	2	10	+31
16	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	19	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	37.8	17.7	9.5	2.8	0.2	1.0	7.0	12.3	56.8	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.8	75.9	61.1	5.7	3.8	3.2	227	106	57	17	1	6	21
17	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	18	1	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	28.5	9.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	243	171	59	25	12	7	15	+15
18	LeBron James L. James	18	1	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	0.9	9.6	21.4	44.7	1.7	4.9	35.3	4.4	5.6	79.5	52.9	2.4	8.4	2.6	301	177	76	49	16	6	10	0
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	1	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.0	27.3	5.3	4.2	1.7	0.2	8.5	20.5	41.5	1.0	3.2	31.6	9.3	11.2	83.6	53.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	252	164	32	25	10	1	17
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	1	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	2.8	1.4	12.6	22.6	55.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	61.2	1.6	5.0	3.6	220	156	33	57	14	7	18
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	1	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.0	22.0	7.4	4.4	0.7	0.6	8.4	17.1	49.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.1	7.0	73.5	54.4	2.7	4.7	2.6	266	154	52	31	5	4	18
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17	1	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	41.1	30.2	14.0	7.2	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	+39
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	17	1	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.4	26.0	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	242	156	58	12	4	4	15	+40
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	17	1	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	7	40.7	20.6	14.1	2.1	0.4	2.1	7.7	18.4	41.9	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.7	66.7	47.1	4.7	9.4	2.4	285	144	99	15	3	15	16	-8
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	17	1	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	5	45.8	27.4	14.0	2.4	1.0	2.2	10.2	19.0	53.7	0.0	0.4	0.0	7.0	8.8	79.5	59.9	2.8	11.2	3.4	229	137	70	12	5	11	12	+24

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