most turnovers in first 8 playoff games of a single season

LeBron James had the most turnovers in a single NBA playoff run in his first 8 games with 41 turnovers in 2005-06.

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most turnovers by a player in first 8 playoff games of a single season

	NAME	TOV	SEASON	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	41	2005-06	CLE	8	45.9	33.3	7.9	5.6	1.0	0.5	12.1	24.0	50.5	2.1	5.5	38.6	6.9	9.1	75.3	59.3	1.9	6.0	5.1	367	266	63	45	8	4	32	-44
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	37	1982-83	SAS	8	39.1	26.5	6.9	3.3	1.0	0.3	10.3	17.6	58.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.0	6.6	90.6	64.5			4.6	313	212	55	26	8	2	29
3	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	36	2017-18	PHI	8	37.9	15.8	9.1	8.3	1.9	0.9	5.9	11.9	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	54.3	1.6	7.5	4.5	303	126	73	66	15	7	26	-13
4	Derrick Rose D. Rose	35	2008-09	CHI	7	44.8	19.7	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	8.4	17.1	49.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.0	52.7	1.7	4.6	5.0	313	138	44	45	4	5	25	-31
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	34	1992-93	CHA	8	40.4	24.0	9.6	1.1	0.8	3.1	8.3	16.5	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.5	9.6	77.9	57.9	2.9	6.8	4.3	323	192	77	9	6	25	33
6	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	34	1988-89	PHX	8	40.6	24.0	5.3	12.0	1.6	0.4	7.3	15.1	47.9	0.1	0.9	14.3	9.4	10.4	90.4	60.9	1.4	3.9	4.3	325	192	42	96	13	3	19
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	33	2003-04	MIA	8	38.4	16.3	4.4	5.4	1.3	0.1	6.5	15.0	43.3	0.4	0.9	42.9	2.9	3.8	76.7	48.8	1.4	3.0	4.1	307	130	35	43	10	1	27	+5
8	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	32	2024-25	DET	6	41.3	25.0	8.3	8.7	1.8	1.3	9.2	21.5	42.6	0.8	4.7	17.9	5.8	7.0	83.3	50.9	1.0	7.3	5.3	248	150	50	52	11	8	20	+9
9	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	32	2023-24	ORL	7	37.5	27.0	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	9.7	21.3	45.6	2.3	5.7	40.0	5.3	7.0	75.5	55.4	2.0	6.6	4.6	262	189	60	28	8	4	14	+20
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	31	2019-20	DAL	6	35.8	31.0	9.8	8.7	1.2	0.5	10.7	21.3	50.0	2.7	7.3	36.4	7.0	10.7	65.6	59.6	0.7	9.2	5.2	215	186	59	52	7	3	17	-38
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	2001-02	BOS	8	42.3	26.1	8.0	4.3	1.9	1.1	8.8	20.5	42.7	2.6	7.1	36.8	6.0	7.1	84.2	55.3	2.0	6.0	3.9	338	209	64	34	15	9	21	+48
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	30	2020-21	PHX	8	39.6	27.1	6.4	5.0	0.6	0.1	9.1	18.4	49.7	2.4	5.8	41.3	6.5	7.1	91.2	63.1	0.5	5.9	3.8	316	217	51	40	5	1	25	+58
13	Deron Williams D. Williams	30	2006-07	UTA	8	41.3	18.1	5.0	8.4	1.3	0.0	7.0	15.6	44.8	0.9	3.6	24.1	3.3	4.0	81.3	52.1	0.6	4.4	3.8	330	145	40	67	10	0	19	+23
14	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	30	2004-05	WAS	8	45.5	23.9	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	7.6	19.8	38.6	1.9	7.5	25.0	6.8	8.4	80.6	50.9	0.8	4.5	3.8	364	191	42	45	18	6	26	+17
15	Lamar Odom L. Odom	30	2003-04	MIA	8	39.5	15.8	7.8	3.6	1.0	1.0	5.9	13.9	42.3	0.6	2.4	26.3	3.4	4.8	71.1	49.3	2.4	5.4	3.8	316	126	62	29	8	8	36	+8
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	1982-83	LAL	8	40.9	17.9	7.9	11.3	2.8	0.9	7.3	14.0	51.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.4	4.0	84.4	56.7			3.8	327	143	63	90	22	7	25
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	29	2017-18	PHI	8	34.8	21.4	12.6	3.0	0.9	1.8	7.5	17.3	43.5	1.0	3.6	27.6	5.4	7.6	70.5	51.9	2.9	9.8	3.6	278	171	101	24	7	14	31	+45
18	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	28	2022-23	SAC	7	38.5	27.4	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	10.0	23.6	42.4	3.0	9.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	75.6	52.4	1.7	3.7	4.0	270	192	38	54	15	4	23	-20
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	28	2012-13	GSW	8	42.5	26.5	4.3	8.9	2.0	0.1	9.5	20.5	46.3	3.9	9.0	43.1	3.6	4.0	90.6	59.5	0.3	4.0	3.5	340	212	34	71	16	1	27	+68
20	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	28	1986-87	GSW	8	34.1	19.5	7.0	1.6	1.5	2.8	7.5	16.1	46.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.5	81.8	52.6	1.4	5.6	3.5	273	156	56	13	12	22	34
21	Ray Williams R. Williams	28	1983-84	NYK	8	28.9	12.1	4.0	7.9	1.4	0.0	4.6	13.0	35.6	0.3	1.0	25.0	2.6	3.5	75.0	41.7	0.8	3.3	3.5	231	97	32	63	11	0	31
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	28	1982-83	PHI	8	41.3	25.9	14.6	1.5	1.4	1.9	9.8	18.3	53.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.4	8.6	73.9	58.7	4.6	10.0	3.5	330	207	117	12	11	15	22
23	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	28	1982-83	POR	7	40.6	15.0	8.0	5.6	0.9	1.1	5.7	12.1	47.1	0.0	0.0		3.6	5.4	65.8	51.6	2.3	5.7	4.0	284	105	56	39	6	8	24
24	Stephon Castle S. Castle	27	2025-26	SAS	8	32.0	18.8	4.1	6.4	0.8	0.3	5.8	13.1	43.8	1.9	4.5	41.7	5.4	6.5	82.7	58.6	0.6	3.5	3.4	256	150	33	51	6	2	32	+55
25	Antoine Walker A. Walker	27	2001-02	BOS	8	43.9	21.6	8.0	2.9	1.0	0.4	8.3	19.4	42.6	3.0	7.1	42.1	2.1	2.5	85.0	52.8	1.4	6.6	3.4	351	173	64	23	8	3	21	+49

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