nba player most career turnovers per game by a forward

LeBron James has averaged the most career turnovers per game by a forward with 3.5 per game.

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NBA player most career turnovers per game with a minimum of 400 games played by a forward

	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	LeBron James L. James	3.5	1,498	37.7	27.1	7.6	7.5	1.5	0.7	10.0	19.5	51.1	1.6	4.7	35.0	5.6	7.6	73.7	59.5	1.1	6.4	56,405	40,660	11,317	11,201	2,239	1,102	5,209	2,643	+7365
2	Bernard King B. King	3.2	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	9.0	17.3	51.8	0.0	0.2	17.2	4.5	6.2	73.0	56.1	1.9	3.8	29,417	19,655	5,060	2,863	866	230	2,791	2,885
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3.2	1,121	36.8	27.6	7.1	4.5	1.0	1.1	9.5	18.7	50.8	2.1	5.2	39.5	6.5	7.4	88.2	62.8	0.6	6.4	41,308	30,973	7,906	5,088	1,157	1,269	3,567	2,157	+5723
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	3.1	620	34.4	23.0	6.9	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.1	17.7	51.3	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.3	56.3	2.6	4.3	21,345	14,249	4,272	2,479	1,160	1,004	1,951	1,702
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3.1	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	1,648	888	3,376	3,287	+532
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.1	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
7	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	3.1	688	36.8	20.7	6.1	2.7	1.2	0.6	8.1	17.6	45.9	0.9	2.6	34.0	3.6	4.4	82.0	52.9	1.5	4.6	25,346	14,234	4,189	1,879	826	389	2,147	1,847	+10
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	3.1	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3.0	895	32.7	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	8.8	15.9	55.4	0.6	2.2	28.5	5.8	8.4	69.1	61.3	1.9	8.0	29,272	21,531	8,882	4,484	995	1,088	2,701	2,617	+3110
10	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	3.0	537	36.0	17.1	10.4	2.0	0.7	0.6	6.9	14.2	48.7	0.0	0.0	100.0	3.3	5.0	65.6	52.2	2.8	7.6	19,314	9,165	5,581	1,053	389	333	1,592	1,629
11	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	2.9	704	27.7	14.2	6.8	3.3	1.2	0.7	5.2	11.6	44.7	0.1	0.3	16.5	3.7	4.6	80.5	51.8	2.3	4.5	19,477	9,966	4,785	2,332	819	491	2,050	2,437
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2.9	666	37.9	22.1	12.0	3.1	0.8	2.5	8.4	16.7	50.5	0.0	0.2	20.4	5.2	7.5	68.5	55.1	3.2	8.8	25,240	14,689	8,020	2,092	529	1,650	1,928	1,833	+4841
13	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2.9	878	35.7	24.6	5.5	3.1	1.0	0.2	8.7	16.0	54.2	0.0	0.1	17.1	7.2	8.8	81.8	61.8	2.2	3.3	31,335	21,613	4,868	2,686	853	135	2,503	2,335
14	John Drew J. Drew	2.8	410	29.9	21.1	6.1	1.5	1.3	0.2	7.5	15.9	47.0	0.0	0.1	12.9	6.2	8.2	75.5	54.2	2.6	3.5	12,240	8,661	2,497	633	535	91	1,168	1,558
15	Chris Webber C. Webber	2.8	675	37.7	21.1	10.0	4.4	1.5	1.3	8.8	18.7	47.2	0.3	1.0	30.0	3.2	4.7	66.9	50.8	2.6	7.3	25,474	14,259	6,724	2,963	989	906	1,911	2,167	+1526
16	Julius Randle J. Randle	2.8	707	32.8	19.6	9.0	4.1	0.7	0.4	7.0	15.1	46.5	1.3	4.0	33.4	4.2	5.5	76.4	55.9	1.9	7.1	23,158	13,861	6,370	2,898	529	257	1,998	2,101	-631
17	Paul George P. George	2.8	770	35.1	22.1	6.5	4.0	1.8	0.4	7.6	17.2	43.9	2.8	7.3	38.4	4.2	4.9	85.5	57.1	0.8	5.7	27,009	17,031	5,014	3,094	1,363	333	2,175	2,071	+2975
18	Antoine Walker A. Walker	2.8	893	35.3	17.5	7.7	3.5	1.2	0.5	6.8	16.5	41.4	1.6	4.8	32.5	2.3	3.7	63.3	48.4	2.1	5.6	31,531	15,647	6,891	3,170	1,085	469	2,504	2,516	-1206
19	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	2.8	678	34.3	17.7	9.7	2.7	0.8	1.4	6.3	14.1	44.8	0.4	1.5	29.6	4.6	6.0	76.8	52.8	2.8	6.9	23,268	12,002	6,575	1,852	530	956	1,881	1,806	-286
20	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.8	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
21	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	2.7	750	35.8	19.0	7.8	2.7	1.0	0.8	6.8	14.5	47.2	0.2	0.7	30.3	5.1	6.3	81.5	55.0	2.3	5.5	26,867	14,235	5,841	2,000	767	598	2,020	2,081	-2712
22	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	2.7	890	28.3	15.0	8.6	1.7	1.1	1.3	5.4	10.8	50.0	0.0	0.1	27.7	4.2	5.6	73.7	56.5	3.0	5.6	25,168	13,347	7,658	1,511	1,019	1,150	2,373	3,216	+700
23	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	2.6	685	31.8	15.3	9.8	2.3	0.9	1.4	5.8	11.9	48.6	0.0	0.1	11.5	3.8	5.1	74.2	54.3	3.3	6.5	21,798	10,470	6,725	1,551	603	986	1,806	2,318
24	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	2.6	611	37.3	19.1	5.4	4.0	1.0	0.2	7.0	16.7	41.8	1.3	3.6	34.5	3.8	5.0	76.6	50.4	1.1	4.2	22,762	11,644	3,271	2,414	632	109	1,585	1,533	+1003
25	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	2.6	425	29.6	16.1	7.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	6.7	13.8	48.8	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.6	3.3	79.1	52.7	2.5	4.7	12,581	6,830	3,063	1,058	508	95	1,101	888

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0