Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Mike Bantom committed the most turnovers in a game with 16 turnovers against the Washington Bullets on January 2, 1982.
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most turnovers in a regular-season game by one player NBA 1980s| NAME | TOV | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Bantom | 16 | 1/2/1982 | vs | 37 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31.8 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 44.7 | 5 | |||||
| 2 |  | C. Mullin | 13 | 3/31/1988 | @ | 43 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 71.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 |  | S. Floyd | 12 | 10/25/1985 | vs | 35 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 57.2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 4 |  | M. Malone | 12 | 2/6/1981 | @ | 44 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 52.8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | ||||
| 5 |  | M. Lucas | 12 | 11/25/1979 | vs | 41 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 58.6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 6 |  | C. Morris | 11 | 3/9/1989 | @ | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 47.4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 7 |  | K. Edwards | 11 | 1/3/1989 | @ | 37 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 8 |  | R. Harper | 11 | 2/22/1987 | @ | 38 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 55.3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 9 |  | M. Johnson | 11 | 2/11/1986 | @ | 32 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 54.7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 10 | | J. Barry Carroll | 11 | 10/25/1985 | vs | 38 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 49.1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 11 |  | I. Thomas | 11 | 4/10/1985 | vs | 43 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 44.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 12 | | H. Williams | 11 | 2/12/1985 | vs | 41 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 67.8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 13 |  | R. Sampson | 11 | 2/10/1984 | @ | 39 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 38.1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 14 |  | A. Gilmore | 11 | 4/16/1983 | @ | 31 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 100.3 | 5 | ||||||
| 15 | | M. Ray Richardson | 11 | 12/5/1982 | vs | 33 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 59.5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 16 |  | O. Woolridge | 11 | 11/3/1982 | @ | 31 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 72.4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 17 |  | M. Ray Richardson | 11 | 11/13/1981 | @ | 33 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 42.6 | 2 | |||||
| 18 | | M. Gminski | 11 | 11/21/1980 | vs | 37 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 51.8 | 4 | |||||||
| 19 | | M. Johnson | 11 | 10/21/1980 | @ | 40 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 50.8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 20 | | E. Jordan | 11 | 1/18/1980 | vs | 39 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 65.4 | 3 | |||||||
| 21 | | M. Malone | 11 | 11/27/1979 | @ | 43 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 64.7 | 8 | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 22 |  | G. Grant | 10 | 4/13/1989 | vs | 48 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 57.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 23 | | B. Cartwright | 10 | 12/16/1988 | vs | 36 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 69.1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 24 |  | P. Ewing | 10 | 4/23/1988 | @ | 40 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 54.8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| 25 |  | H. Olajuwon | 10 | 4/12/1988 | @ | 38 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 51.4 | 5 | 15 | 3 | |||
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