most turnovers per game by a nba player in 1979

George McGinnis had the most turnovers per game in 1978-79 with 4.6 per game.

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most turnovers per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a NBA player in 1979

	NAME	TPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	4.6	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
2	Kevin Porter K. Porter	4.1	1978-79	DET	82	37.4	15.4	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	6.5	13.5	48.1	2.3	3.2	72.2	51.3	0.8	1.8	3,064	1,260	209	1,099	158	5	337	302
3	Phil Ford P. Ford	4.1	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5	4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	4.0	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	100	315	207
5	Moses Malone M. Malone	4.0	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	16.2	54.0	7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	3,390	2,031	1,444	147	79	119	326	223
6	Bernard King B. King	3.9	1978-79	NJN	82	34.9	21.6	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	8.7	16.6	52.2	4.3	7.5	56.4	54.2	3.1	5.1	2,859	1,769	669	295	118	39	323	326
7	World B. Free W. B. Free	3.8	1978-79	SDC	78	37.9	28.8	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	10.2	21.2	48.1	8.4	11.1	75.6	55.2	1.6	2.2	2,954	2,244	301	340	111	35	297	253
8	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	3.8	1978-79	CHI	82	31.6	15.4	7.6	4.6	1.1	0.7	6.0	13.5	44.9	3.3	4.0	83.0	50.6	2.4	5.3	2,594	1,265	627	380	88	59	312	286
9	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	3.8	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	23.7	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	9.2	16.0	57.5	5.3	7.2	73.9	61.9	3.6	9.1	3,265	1,940	1,043	274	50	156	310	280
10	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	3.8	1978-79	IND	81	34.9	17.3	3.7	5.6	1.7	0.3	6.8	14.7	46.3	3.7	4.2	88.2	52.3	1.5	2.3	2,825	1,404	301	450	138	23	304	315
11	Walter Davis W. Davis	3.7	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	23.6	4.7	4.3	1.9	0.3	9.7	17.2	56.1	4.3	5.2	83.1	60.6	1.4	3.3	2,437	1,868	373	339	147	26	293	250
12	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	3.7	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
13	Reggie Theus R. Theus	3.7	1978-79	CHI	82	33.6	16.3	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.2	6.5	13.6	48.0	3.2	4.2	76.1	52.6	1.1	1.7	2,753	1,338	228	429	93	18	303	270
14	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3.6	1978-79	PHX	77	30.7	17.8	9.2	4.7	1.4	0.8	7.4	13.9	53.0	3.0	3.8	79.9	57.0	2.9	6.3	2,364	1,369	705	360	110	63	279	246
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3.6	1978-79	TOT	60	37.2	24.8	8.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	9.9	18.8	52.9	4.9	7.5	65.6	56.1	2.2	6.5	2,231	1,487	520	168	74	67	217	189
16	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	3.6	1978-79	NOJ	80	33.8	15.7	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	5.5	10.9	50.6	4.7	5.7	81.4	58.5	3.8	9.0	2,705	1,253	1,026	285	126	166	288	309
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	3.6	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	29.6	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1	5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	2,888	2,365	400	219	137	91	286	275
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3.5	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	316	282	230
19	Ray Williams R. Williams	3.5	1978-79	NYK	81	29.3	17.3	3.6	6.2	1.6	0.2	7.1	15.5	45.7	3.1	3.9	80.2	50.2	1.3	2.3	2,370	1,401	291	504	128	19	285	274
20	Campy Russell C. Russell	3.5	1978-79	CLE	74	38.6	21.9	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	8.1	17.1	47.6	5.6	7.1	79.7	54.2	2.0	4.8	2,859	1,623	503	348	98	25	259	222
21	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	3.5	1978-79	POR	64	30.7	15.3	2.3	5.1	1.8	0.4	6.3	13.8	45.4	2.7	3.5	77.8	49.6	0.5	1.8	1,967	976	149	325	114	24	223	199
22	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	3.4	1978-79	BOS	80	37.1	19.0	9.9	2.9	1.2	0.9	5.9	10.1	58.4	7.2	9.0	80.2	67.6	3.4	6.5	2,969	1,518	791	228	98	74	273	266
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	3.4	1978-79	POR	69	35.7	20.4	10.4	3.1	1.0	1.2	8.2	17.5	47.0	3.9	5.0	78.3	51.7	2.8	7.6	2,462	1,406	716	215	66	81	233	254
24	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	3.4	1978-79	TOT	69	36.8	21.1	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	8.2	16.7	49.1	4.7	6.7	70.1	53.7	2.8	8.8	2,537	1,456	802	113	46	75	233	206
25	Eric Money E. Money	3.4	1978-79	TOT	70	28.3	15.1	2.3	4.7	1.2	0.2	6.3	12.8	49.7	2.4	3.4	71.7	53.0	1.0	1.3	1,979	1,058	162	331	87	12	235	202

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