most turnovers per game for a player in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most turnovers per game with 3.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

most turnovers per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games for a player in the 80s

	NAME	TPG	GP	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	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	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
2	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	3.9	308	35.1	18.5	10.8	3.2	0.8	0.9	6.8	12.0	56.4	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	6.9	71.9	61.6	3.4	7.3	10,824	5,700	3,313	995	240	263	1,186	1,157
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3.8	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	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
4	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3.7	389	36.8	22.1	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426
5	Gary Grant G. Grant	3.6	71	27.1	11.9	3.4	7.1	2.0	0.1	5.1	11.7	43.5	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.7	2.3	73.5	46.9	1.1	2.2	1,924	846	238	506	144	9	258	170
6	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.5	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	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3.5	275	34.3	21.2	8.8	1.9	1.3	2.8	8.4	15.8	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	72.8	57.4	2.7	6.1	9,419	5,822	2,422	519	364	776	954	1,082
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	3.5	325	35.9	23.3	10.5	2.5	1.4	0.7	8.9	17.4	51.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	5.5	8.2	66.9	55.6	3.0	7.5	11,656	7,576	3,412	812	470	224	1,126	1,200
9	Reggie Theus R. Theus	3.4	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	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	3.4	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	29,039	19,082	10,269	1,191	730	1,107	2,659	1,898
11	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	3.4	79	34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.3	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	2.8	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
13	Ron Harper R. Harper	3.3	221	35.0	19.4	4.6	5.0	2.3	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.5	0.2	1.0	22.6	4.1	5.8	71.1	52.8	1.6	3.0	7,745	4,279	1,024	1,109	516	210	733	628
14	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	3.3	395	32.2	17.3	9.6	2.5	0.9	1.8	7.2	14.6	49.2	0.0	0.1	17.0	2.9	4.4	66.7	52.4	2.8	6.8	12,718	6,834	3,786	989	362	705	1,292	1,456
15	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	3.2	81	33.8	18.6	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.8	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	2,738	1,508	417	372	150	62	261	295
16	Ray Williams R. Williams	3.2	493	29.5	16.2	3.8	5.9	2.0	0.4	6.3	13.9	45.0	0.2	0.8	23.7	3.5	4.4	81.1	51.3	1.3	2.5	14,542	8,001	1,870	2,912	962	174	1,572	1,680
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.2	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	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
18	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	3.1	237	35.8	17.8	8.6	3.9	0.7	0.7	6.7	12.6	52.8	0.0	0.0	20.0	4.4	6.1	71.8	57.8	2.0	6.6	8,473	4,208	2,030	922	160	159	745	658
19	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	3.1	154	37.2	15.1	4.8	9.7	2.2	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.0	0.7	2.4	30.9	2.5	3.4	73.7	51.4	1.5	3.3	5,726	2,333	737	1,487	344	13	484	407
20	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	3.1	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	21,326	9,554	1,521	5,096	848	47	1,886	1,474
21	Kevin Edwards K. Edwards	3.1	79	29.7	13.8	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.3	5.9	14.0	42.5	0.1	0.5	27.0	1.8	2.4	74.6	46.0	1.1	2.2	2,349	1,094	262	349	139	27	246	154
22	Bernard King B. King	3.1	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	17,948	12,100	2,841	1,689	508	129	1,633	1,787
23	Kenny Smith K. Smith	3.0	142	37.4	15.8	2.6	7.4	1.4	0.1	6.2	13.2	46.8	0.4	1.2	34.7	3.0	4.0	76.6	52.8	0.6	1.9	5,315	2,244	364	1,055	194	15	433	313
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3.0	386	36.2	23.0	12.1	2.0	1.9	3.1	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.0	5.3	5.0	7.4	67.2	55.7	4.5	7.6	13,990	8,883	4,677	780	748	1,201	1,175	1,562
25	Chuck Person C. Person	3.0	241	36.4	19.1	7.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	8.0	16.9	47.3	0.7	2.2	32.9	2.5	3.3	74.5	52.2	2.0	5.2	8,775	4,610	1,729	893	246	42	729	856