league average turnover percentage by position 1970s

Point guards had a turnover percentage of 18.6 between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons.

POSITIONTOV%GPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
18.6
6,472
25.4
10.5
2.3
4.5
1.3
0.2
4.2
9.1
46.1
2.1
2.7
77.8
51.0
0.7
1.7
2.3
164,517
67,654
15,053
28,978
8,679
1,134
14,597
15,092
2
Shooting Guard
14.3
7,573
24.2
12.5
2.5
2.8
1.0
0.3
5.1
10.8
47.0
2.3
2.8
80.3
51.6
0.9
1.6
2.0
183,260
94,333
18,788
21,138
7,767
2,036
14,803
16,598
3
Small Forward
15.2
7,703
23.9
11.3
4.6
2.2
0.9
0.4
4.5
9.5
48.0
2.2
2.9
76.1
52.5
1.6
3.0
1.9
184,243
86,832
35,515
16,920
7,247
2,817
14,412
18,813
4
Power Forward
16.5
7,036
24.0
10.2
6.4
1.6
0.8
0.7
4.1
8.5
47.9
2.1
2.9
70.6
52.1
2.1
4.3
1.9
168,832
71,961
44,957
11,228
5,477
4,915
13,143
20,241
5
Center
17.6
6,741
25.3
11.0
7.7
2.0
0.7
1.2
4.4
8.8
49.7
2.2
3.1
71.4
53.9
2.4
5.4
2.1
170,268
73,938
52,235
13,389
4,640
8,026
14,030
20,324
StatMuse has season-level data for turnover percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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EasternWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
6
30
24
.556
10.5
7
28
25
.528
12.0
8
29
27
.518
12.5
9
26
29
.473
15.0
10
26
30
.464
15.5
11
24
31
.436
17.0
12
23
30
.434
17.0
13
15
38
.283
25.0
14
15
40
.273
26.0
15
14
39
.264
26.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
16
.704
3.0
3
35
20
.636
6.5
4
33
20
.623
7.5
5
33
21
.611
8.0
6
34
22
.607
8.0
7
32
23
.582
9.5
8
29
26
.527
12.5
9
27
29
.482
15.0
10
26
28
.481
15.0
11
20
33
.377
20.5
12
19
35
.352
22.0
13
18
38
.321
24.0
14
15
41
.268
27.0
15
12
44
.214
30.0

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