most turnovers per game 1981 season minimum 10 games

Magic Johnson averaged the most turnovers per game with 10+ games played in 1980-81 with 3.9 per game.

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most turnovers per game by a player 1981 season minimum 10 games

	NAME	TPG	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3.9	37	1980-81	LAL	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	1,371	798	320	317	127	27	143	100
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	3.9	80	1980-81	HOU	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
3	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.8	79	1980-81	NYK	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
4	Phil Ford P. Ford	3.7	66	1980-81	KCK	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
5	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	3.6	79	1980-81	LAL	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
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	3.5	80	1980-81	UTA	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
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.5	82	1980-81	BOS	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
8	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	3.3	80	1980-81	BOS	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
9	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	3.3	79	1980-81	TOT	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
10	Bernard King B. King	3.3	81	1980-81	GSW	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
11	David Thompson D. Thompson	3.2	77	1980-81	DEN	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
12	Julius Erving J. Erving	3.2	82	1980-81	PHI	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
13	Kent Benson K. Benson	3.2	59	1980-81	DET	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
14	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	3.2	69	1980-81	IND	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
15	Reggie Theus R. Theus	3.2	82	1980-81	CHI	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
16	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	3.1	79	1980-81	NJN	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
17	Greg Kelser G. Kelser	3.1	25	1980-81	DET	26.2	12.3	4.8	1.8	1.4	1.2	4.8	11.4	42.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	4.2	64.2	46.4	2.1	2.7	654	308	120	45	34	29	78	89
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3.1	80	1980-81	LAL	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
19	Kevin Porter K. Porter	3.1	81	1980-81	WAS	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
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	3.1	82	1980-81	SAS	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
21	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	3.1	79	1980-81	POR	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
22	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	3.0	82	1980-81	PHX	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
23	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3.0	75	1980-81	PHX	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
24	World B. Free W. B. Free	3.0	65	1980-81	GSW	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
25	Alex English A. English	3.0	81	1980-81	DEN	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

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Magic Johnson averaged the most turnovers per game with 10+ games played in 1980-81 with 3.9 per game.

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