most turnovers in a nba finals by a champion

LeBron James has the most turnovers with more than 0 championships in an NBA Finals with 31 turnovers.

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most turnovers in a NBA finals by a champion by a player

	NAME	TOV	Champs	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28	1	2014-15	NBA Finals	GSW	6	42.5	26.0	5.2	6.3	1.8	0.2	9.0	20.3	44.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	3.8	4.3	88.5	58.5	0.8	4.3	4.7	255	156	31	38	11	1	13	+52
4	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
5	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	26	1	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	35.5	10.3	4.2	2.7	1.2	0.3	3.8	10.2	37.7	1.7	4.7	35.7	1.0	2.0	50.0	46.8	0.7	3.5	4.3	213	62	25	16	7	2	16	+10
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	26	1	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	44.3	21.2	9.2	7.7	2.0	1.0	9.0	20.5	43.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.2	5.8	54.3	45.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	266	127	55	46	12	6	19
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	23	1	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	7	36.0	18.7	5.9	4.0	1.3	0.1	6.0	12.1	49.4	1.7	4.4	38.7	5.0	5.9	85.4	63.6	1.1	4.7	3.3	252	131	41	28	9	1	23	+28
14	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	23	1	2003-04	NBA Finals	DET	5	44.4	21.4	5.2	4.0	0.8	0.0	7.4	18.4	40.2	0.8	2.0	40.0	5.8	6.8	85.3	50.0	2.4	2.8	4.6	222	107	26	20	4	0	9	+41
15	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
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	23	1	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	40.7	20.8	8.3	7.7	1.5	0.7	7.5	15.5	48.4	0.3	1.5	22.2	5.5	7.0	78.6	56.1	2.8	5.5	3.8	244	125	50	46	9	4	21
17	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	23	1	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	40.6	20.4	7.0	4.1	1.0	1.0	8.4	18.7	45.0				3.6	5.4	65.8	48.4	1.9	5.1	3.3	284	143	49	29	7	7	30
18	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
19	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
20	Tony Parker T. Parker	22	1	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	7	38.1	13.9	2.4	3.4	0.3	0.1	6.3	13.7	45.8	0.3	2.0	14.3	1.0	2.3	43.8	47.1	0.3	2.1	3.1	267	97	17	24	2	1	24	-6
21	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	22	1	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.3	15.5	3.7	7.0	2.2	0.2	6.2	14.2	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	4.2	76.0	48.4	1.0	2.7	3.7	254	93	22	42	13	1	19
22	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
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	21	1	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	37.4	7.7	4.5	6.3	1.2	0.8	2.3	6.0	38.9	2.0	4.7	42.9	1.0	1.3	75.0	58.2	0.3	4.2	3.5	225	46	27	38	7	5	6	+42
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	21	1	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.8	20.0	8.3	3.5	1.7	1.8	6.7	15.8	42.1	2.0	5.3	37.5	4.7	6.0	77.8	54.1	2.0	6.3	3.5	257	120	50	21	10	11	17	+10
25	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	21	1	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	37.7	13.4	3.3	2.9	0.6	0.0	5.0	13.7	36.5	1.3	5.7	22.5	2.1	3.1	68.2	44.5	0.4	2.9	3.0	264	94	23	20	4	0	12

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LeBron James has the most turnovers with more than 0 championships in an NBA Finals with 31 turnovers.

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