most turnovers committed in under 5 minutes in a game in nba history

James Ray has committed the most turnovers in a game with fewer than 5 minutes played with 6 turnovers against the Washington Bullets on December 9, 1982.

Interpreted as:
most turnovers by a player committed in under 5 minutes in a regular-season game in NBA history
NAMETOVMINDATETMOPPPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBPF+/-
1James Ray
J. Ray
6
4
12/9/1982
DEN DEN
@
WAS WAS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2DeMarcus Cousins
D. Cousins
4
5
4/1/2022
DEN DEN
vs
MIN MIN
3
1
1
0
0
1
2
50.0
1
2
50.0
0
0
75.0
1
0
5
-10
3Derrick Jones Jr.
D. Jones Jr.
4
4
3/6/2019
MIA MIA
@
CHA CHA
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
50.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
41.0
2
1
0
-6
4Lou Amundson
L. Amundson
4
4
4/6/2016
NYK NYK
vs
CHA CHA
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
1
1
-4
5Solomon Jones
S. Jones
4
4
2/17/2012
NOH NOH
@
NYK NYK
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
-6
6Gerald Wallace
G. Wallace
4
2
3/1/2002
SAC SAC
@
GSW GSW
2
0
0
2
0
1
2
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
0
0
0
-8
7Priest Lauderdale
P. Lauderdale
4
4
12/3/1996
ATL ATL
vs
BOS BOS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
-9
8David Wesley
D. Wesley
4
3
1/13/1994
NJN NJN
@
CLE CLE
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
9Mark Macon
M. Macon
4
3
1/2/1994
DET DET
vs
MIA MIA
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
10Will Perdue
W. Perdue
4
4
11/15/1990
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
1
0
11Dennis Nutt
D. Nutt
4
2
3/11/1987
DAL DAL
vs
SEA SEA
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
100.0
113.6
0
0
2
12Kyle Macy
K. Macy
4
4
1/10/1987
IND IND
@
UTA UTA
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
13Mark McNamara
M. McNamara
4
4
12/28/1982
PHI PHI
@
HOU HOU
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
0
0
1
14Joe Bryant
J. Bryant
4
2
2/25/1979
PHI PHI
@
DEN DEN
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
100.0
113.6
0
1
0
15Bayard Forrest
B. Forrest
4
3
11/27/1977
PHX PHX
vs
DEN DEN
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
1
0
16Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
4
4
10/22/1977
BOS BOS
@
HOU HOU
3
1
0
1
0
0
3
3
100.0
113.6
1
17Bronny James
B. James
3
4
11/18/2025
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
3
0
2
0
0
1
1
100.0
1
1
100.0
0
0
150.0
0
0
1
-7
18Lamar Stevens
L. Stevens
3
3
3/17/2025
MEM MEM
@
SAC SAC
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
1
2
-7
19Dariq Whitehead
D. Whitehead
3
0
2/12/2025
BKN BKN
vs
PHI PHI
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
-6
20Lester Quinones
L. Quinones
3
3
11/30/2024
PHI PHI
@
DET DET
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
-6
21Kyle Anderson
K. Anderson
3
5
11/22/2024
GSW GSW
@
NOP NOP
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
69.4
1
0
0
-8
22Joshua Primo
J. Primo
3
5
12/16/2023
LAC LAC
vs
NYK NYK
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
50.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
50.0
0
0
0
-2
23Charles Bassey
C. Bassey
3
2
11/22/2023
SAS SAS
vs
LAC LAC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-7
24Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
3
4
3/17/2023
NOP NOP
@
HOU HOU
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
-17
25Leandro Bolmaro
L. Bolmaro
3
3
12/20/2022
UTA UTA
@
DET DET
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
3
-6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for turnovers going back to the 1984-85 season.

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