Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson committed the most turnovers with 2,800 turnovers.

Interpreted as:

most turnovers by a player NBA 1980s

	NAME	TOV	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,800	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	1,685
2	Reggie Theus R. Theus	2,712	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,313
3	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,659	778	37.3	24.5	13.2	1.5	0.9	1.4	8.4	17.2	49.1	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.7	9.9	77.5	57.0	5.4	7.8	3.4	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	1,898
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2,437	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,105
5	Alex English A. English	2,294	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	848	634	2,286
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	2,261	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	1,906
7	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,039	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	2,206	647	92	1,833
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,037	787	32.6	20.6	7.6	2.8	0.7	2.0	8.5	14.9	57.2	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.6	4.9	74.3	60.6	2.0	5.6	2.6	25,675	16,246	5,980	2,220	584	1,594	2,258
9	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1,976	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	2,265
10	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,924	786	32.9	17.9	10.4	1.8	0.8	1.7	7.3	13.4	54.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.4	72.3	58.3	3.3	7.2	2.4	25,841	14,043	8,195	1,419	660	1,346	2,424
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1,886	605	35.2	15.8	2.5	8.4	1.4	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.4	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.1	2.7	77.7	51.0	0.6	1.9	3.1	21,326	9,554	1,521	5,096	848	47	1,474
12	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,878	795	34.7	16.8	10.3	3.4	1.1	1.0	6.2	13.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	31.3	4.2	5.0	85.6	54.6	2.4	7.9	2.4	27,557	13,342	8,192	2,721	871	829	2,822
13	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	1,814	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	2,252	518	231	1,819
14	Buck Williams B. Williams	1,811	635	36.4	16.4	11.9	1.5	0.9	1.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	3.9	6.0	64.9	58.6	4.1	7.9	2.9	23,100	10,440	7,576	976	599	696	2,244
15	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1,810	618	34.0	18.9	8.0	1.9	1.0	1.6	7.6	15.8	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	4.9	74.4	52.4	2.5	5.5	2.9	21,021	11,657	4,937	1,156	639	999	2,002
16	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	1,808	634	34.0	20.3	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	1,500	564	406	2,418
17	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1,777	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	2.3	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	26,174	9,744	2,284	5,781	1,768	260	1,736
18	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	1,773	720	31.5	14.9	7.8	2.6	0.8	1.2	6.0	11.9	50.6	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.9	4.4	65.7	53.9	2.5	5.4	2.5	22,660	10,742	5,642	1,901	578	843	2,103
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,770	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,621
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,730	687	29.1	19.1	2.6	4.2	1.2	0.1	8.0	15.6	51.2	0.2	0.7	28.2	2.9	3.4	84.8	55.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	19,973	13,106	1,766	2,918	852	74	1,583
21	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	1,713	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,671
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1,681	689	26.1	12.5	6.2	3.9	1.3	0.7	5.2	10.2	50.4	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.2	2.7	81.1	54.8	1.8	4.4	2.4	17,991	8,644	4,288	2,655	877	479	2,192
23	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,671	663	30.9	15.4	9.0	1.6	0.5	1.8	5.6	8.9	62.7	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.3	5.9	71.9	67.0	2.6	6.4	2.5	20,476	10,233	5,977	1,041	334	1,207	2,179
24	Bernard King B. King	1,633	535	33.5	22.6	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.0	16.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	14.9	4.6	6.2	74.8	58.2	1.7	3.6	3.1	17,948	12,100	2,841	1,689	508	129	1,787
25	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1,599	558	31.9	15.7	3.2	6.6	1.5	0.3	5.6	12.3	46.0	0.5	1.6	33.3	3.9	4.7	83.0	54.8	0.8	2.4	2.9	17,806	8,769	1,777	3,660	817	146	1,360