most turnovers per game 1981 season

Moses Malone had the most turnovers per game in 1980-81 with 3.9 per game.

Interpreted as:
most turnovers per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 1981 season
NAMETPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Moses Malone
M. Malone
3.9
1980-81
80
40.6
27.8
14.8
1.8
1.0
1.9
10.1
19.3
52.2
0.0
0.0
33.3
7.6
10.1
75.7
58.5
5.9
8.8
3,245
2,222
1,180
141
83
150
308
223
2Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
3.8
1980-81
79
40.2
16.4
6.9
7.9
2.9
0.4
6.6
14.1
46.9
0.3
1.3
22.5
2.8
4.3
66.3
51.1
2.2
4.7
3,175
1,293
545
627
232
35
302
258
3Phil Ford
P. Ford
3.7
1980-81
66
34.7
17.5
1.9
8.8
1.5
0.1
6.4
13.4
47.8
0.2
0.5
30.6
4.5
5.4
83.1
55.3
0.4
1.5
2,287
1,153
128
580
99
6
241
190
4Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
3.6
1980-81
79
37.5
17.1
2.9
8.8
1.8
0.1
7.3
15.3
47.6
0.0
0.2
16.7
2.5
3.2
77.8
51.1
0.8
2.1
2,962
1,350
232
696
146
11
285
226
5Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
3.5
1980-81
80
42.7
30.7
6.4
4.0
1.4
0.2
11.4
20.3
55.9
0.0
0.1
28.6
7.9
9.8
80.6
62.2
2.4
4.0
3,417
2,452
509
322
109
18
282
245
6Larry Bird
L. Bird
3.5
1980-81
82
39.5
21.2
10.9
5.5
2.0
0.8
8.8
18.3
47.8
0.2
0.9
27.0
3.5
4.0
86.3
52.8
2.3
8.6
3,239
1,741
895
451
161
63
289
239
7Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
3.3
1980-81
80
35.3
13.8
2.2
7.7
0.9
0.2
4.8
9.6
49.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.3
5.2
81.6
58.2
0.5
1.8
2,820
1,106
176
618
75
18
265
201
8Wes Matthews
W. Matthews
3.3
1980-81
TOT
79
28.7
12.4
1.8
5.2
1.4
0.2
4.9
9.9
49.4
0.1
0.3
23.8
2.6
3.2
80.2
54.9
0.6
1.2
2,266
977
139
411
107
17
261
242
9Bernard King
B. King
3.3
1980-81
81
36.0
21.9
6.8
3.5
0.9
0.4
9.0
15.4
58.8
0.0
0.1
33.3
3.8
5.4
70.3
61.7
2.2
4.6
2,914
1,771
551
287
72
34
265
304
10David Thompson
D. Thompson
3.2
1980-81
77
34.0
25.5
3.7
3.0
0.7
0.8
9.5
18.8
50.6
0.1
0.5
25.6
6.4
8.0
79.5
57.1
1.4
2.3
2,620
1,967
287
231
53
60
250
231
11Julius Erving
J. Erving
3.2
1980-81
82
35.0
24.6
8.0
4.4
2.1
1.8
9.7
18.6
52.1
0.0
0.2
22.2
5.1
6.5
78.7
57.2
3.0
5.0
2,874
2,014
657
364
173
147
266
233
12Kent Benson
K. Benson
3.2
1980-81
59
33.2
15.7
6.8
2.9
1.2
1.1
6.2
13.1
47.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.3
4.3
77.2
52.4
2.1
4.7
1,956
924
400
172
72
67
190
184
13George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
3.2
1980-81
69
26.7
13.1
7.7
3.0
1.4
0.4
5.0
11.1
45.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.0
5.6
53.8
48.2
2.4
5.3
1,845
903
528
210
99
28
221
242
14Reggie Theus
R. Theus
3.2
1980-81
82
34.4
18.9
3.5
5.2
1.5
0.2
6.6
13.4
49.5
0.2
1.1
20.0
5.4
6.7
80.9
57.8
1.5
2.0
2,820
1,549
287
426
122
20
259
258
15Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
3.1
1980-81
79
36.8
21.4
2.8
3.8
1.1
0.1
8.0
16.1
49.7
0.1
0.4
33.3
5.2
5.9
88.8
57.1
1.0
1.8
2,911
1,688
219
299
87
9
248
237
16Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
3.1
1980-81
80
37.2
26.2
10.3
3.4
0.7
2.9
10.5
18.2
57.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
6.9
76.6
61.6
2.5
7.8
2,976
2,095
821
272
59
228
249
244
17Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3.1
1980-81
81
31.8
13.4
1.5
9.1
1.4
0.1
5.5
10.6
51.9
0.0
0.1
25.0
2.4
3.0
77.3
56.1
0.4
1.1
2,577
1,086
124
734
110
10
251
257
18George Gervin
G. Gervin
3.1
1980-81
82
33.7
27.1
5.1
3.2
1.1
0.7
10.4
21.1
49.2
0.1
0.4
25.7
6.2
7.6
82.6
55.5
1.5
3.6
2,765
2,221
419
260
94
56
251
212
19Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
3.1
1980-81
79
35.3
17.0
8.7
3.6
0.8
2.2
7.2
14.6
49.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
4.1
64.1
52.0
2.8
5.9
2,790
1,345
686
284
62
170
241
260
20Truck Robinson
T. Robinson
3.0
1980-81
82
37.7
18.8
9.6
2.5
0.8
0.5
7.9
15.6
50.5
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.8
62.9
53.1
2.6
7.0
3,088
1,543
789
206
68
38
250
220
21Alvan Adams
A. Adams
3.0
1980-81
75
27.4
14.9
7.3
4.6
1.4
0.9
6.1
11.6
52.6
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.5
76.8
56.7
2.1
5.2
2,054
1,115
546
344
106
69
226
226
22World B. Free
W. B. Free
3.0
1980-81
65
36.5
24.1
2.4
5.6
1.3
0.2
7.9
17.8
44.6
0.1
0.5
16.1
8.1
10.0
81.4
54.2
0.7
1.7
2,370
1,565
159
361
85
11
195
183
23Alex English
A. English
3.0
1980-81
81
38.2
23.8
8.0
3.6
1.3
1.2
9.5
19.2
49.4
0.0
0.1
60.0
4.8
5.7
85.0
54.9
3.4
4.6
3,093
1,929
646
290
106
100
241
255
24Ray Williams
R. Williams
3.0
1980-81
79
34.7
19.7
4.1
5.5
2.3
0.5
7.8
16.9
46.1
0.2
0.9
23.5
3.9
4.8
81.7
51.9
1.5
2.5
2,742
1,560
321
432
185
37
235
270
25Joe Barry Carroll
J. Barry Carroll
3.0
1980-81
82
35.6
18.9
9.3
1.4
0.6
1.5
7.5
15.3
49.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.8
5.4
71.6
53.4
3.3
5.9
2,919
1,547
759
117
50
121
243
313
StatMuse has season-level data for turnovers per game going back to the 1977-78 season.

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22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
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6
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46
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.561
14.0
7
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45
37
.549
15.0
8
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45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
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32
50
.390
28.0
12
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31
51
.378
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20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
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17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
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22
60
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22
60
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