most turnovers per game from 1981-82 to 1985-86

Between the 1981-82 and 1985-86 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most turnovers per game with 3.9 per game.

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most turnovers per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1981-82 to 1985-86

	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	373	37.1	18.0	7.6	11.6	2.0	0.5	6.7	12.2	54.6	0.1	0.4	18.2	4.5	5.5	81.8	61.3	2.0	5.6	13,824	6,711	2,827	4,322	760	171	1,471	880
2	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	3.9	303	35.3	18.7	10.8	3.3	0.8	0.9	6.8	12.1	56.4	0.0	0.1	15.8	5.0	7.0	71.8	61.5	3.4	7.4	10,708	5,653	3,285	985	240	259	1,176	1,144
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3.9	393	36.7	20.8	3.8	10.3	2.3	0.3	7.9	17.1	46.2	0.3	1.1	29.1	4.6	6.2	74.9	52.4	1.2	2.6	14,412	8,156	1,502	4,066	911	124	1,523	1,428
4	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	3.7	243	35.6	20.7	10.9	2.8	1.0	2.0	8.6	17.1	50.5	0.0	0.1	12.0	3.4	5.2	66.1	53.4	3.2	7.7	8,643	5,020	2,645	670	250	494	905	953
5	Reggie Theus R. Theus	3.6	389	32.5	18.1	3.4	7.1	1.3	0.2	6.7	14.3	47.2	0.2	0.8	20.9	4.5	5.5	81.4	54.3	1.1	2.3	12,654	7,050	1,315	2,756	487	83	1,388	1,176
6	Moses Malone M. Malone	3.5	383	38.1	25.4	13.7	1.5	1.0	1.5	8.6	17.6	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.2	10.5	77.6	57.1	5.4	8.2	14,596	9,737	5,235	559	370	586	1,355	1,012
7	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3.5	162	32.7	17.0	10.7	2.9	1.7	1.3	6.3	11.3	56.0	0.1	0.5	22.2	4.3	6.0	70.4	61.0	3.8	6.8	5,299	2,751	1,729	467	268	205	559	634
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	3.4	81	30.6	14.9	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	5.0	48.1	50.4	2.1	6.7	2,475	1,203	718	236	105	44	279	295
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3.4	50	35.4	20.0	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	7.7	16.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.9	52.6	2.5	6.5	1,771	998	451	102	54	103	172	191
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.4	100	36.0	27.2	6.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	9.9	19.5	50.5	0.1	0.7	17.1	7.4	8.7	84.4	58.2	1.9	4.1	3,595	2,721	598	534	233	90	336	331
11	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	3.3	313	37.7	29.6	5.8	3.8	0.9	0.1	10.4	18.7	55.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	8.8	10.7	81.7	63.4	2.5	3.3	11,808	9,280	1,820	1,189	297	30	1,045	854
12	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	3.3	314	36.2	20.7	8.4	1.9	1.2	1.8	8.4	17.0	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	73.1	53.4	2.7	5.6	11,378	6,512	2,627	607	376	568	1,034	1,046
13	Ray Williams R. Williams	3.3	300	28.1	14.7	3.5	5.9	1.9	0.3	5.5	12.8	42.9	0.2	0.8	24.3	3.5	4.3	81.7	50.0	1.1	2.4	8,418	4,409	1,062	1,783	572	104	987	1,004
14	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.3	323	34.5	16.2	5.4	6.9	2.7	0.4	6.8	14.9	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.0	2.4	3.3	72.7	49.5	1.8	3.6	11,136	5,237	1,739	2,227	866	118	1,052	1,153
15	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	3.2	365	33.8	24.6	5.9	4.0	0.9	0.3	9.7	19.4	50.0	0.3	0.9	28.8	5.0	6.8	73.2	55.0	2.2	3.7	12,352	8,989	2,148	1,442	319	108	1,186	1,124
16	Andrew Toney A. Toney	3.2	312	29.7	18.4	2.4	4.5	0.9	0.3	7.0	13.8	50.9	0.3	0.9	35.0	4.0	5.0	80.9	57.5	0.6	1.8	9,260	5,730	734	1,396	281	81	1,013	994
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.1	397	38.3	25.1	10.5	6.3	1.8	0.9	9.9	19.7	50.4	0.5	1.3	35.9	4.8	5.5	87.5	56.8	2.3	8.1	15,207	9,946	4,150	2,513	730	355	1,245	1,028
18	Bernard King B. King	3.1	279	35.1	25.6	5.4	3.0	1.1	0.2	10.1	18.4	55.0	0.0	0.1	8.0	5.4	7.2	74.8	59.4	1.7	3.7	9,798	7,155	1,506	845	314	68	865	982
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	3.1	391	35.3	16.4	2.5	8.7	1.3	0.1	7.0	15.0	46.8	0.2	0.7	30.6	2.1	2.7	77.9	50.5	0.7	1.9	13,820	6,396	982	3,419	509	22	1,195	938
20	Alex English A. English	3.1	408	36.3	27.6	6.1	4.7	1.1	1.0	11.3	21.6	52.3	0.0	0.1	13.5	5.0	5.9	83.8	56.9	2.7	3.4	14,821	11,251	2,486	1,900	460	416	1,246	1,242
21	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	3.0	82	33.0	17.1	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	7.0	14.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.0	4.4	68.7	52.5	3.7	4.2	2,706	1,404	655	193	101	37	248	305
22	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	3.0	399	35.0	17.0	9.0	3.5	0.9	1.2	6.9	13.5	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.0	64.9	54.2	2.7	6.3	13,979	6,796	3,588	1,388	375	464	1,188	1,166
23	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	2.9	317	34.1	21.1	4.1	3.1	1.5	0.4	9.0	18.9	47.8	0.7	2.2	34.1	2.3	3.3	70.1	51.8	1.4	2.7	10,810	6,691	1,291	983	480	120	935	777
24	Buck Williams B. Williams	2.9	409	36.8	16.5	12.3	1.6	1.0	1.3	6.4	11.6	55.0	0.0	0.0	6.7	3.6	5.8	62.2	57.9	4.2	8.1	15,041	6,730	5,023	660	392	525	1,200	1,440
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.9	150	35.9	21.9	11.7	1.7	1.6	3.0	8.7	16.3	53.2	0.0	0.0		4.6	7.3	62.9	56.2	5.2	6.5	5,381	3,289	1,755	248	233	451	429	615

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