nba player single season turnovers per game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gave up the ball 3.4 times per game in 1977-78.

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3.4	1977-78	LAL	62	36.5	25.8	12.9	4.3	1.7	3.0	10.7	19.4	55.0	4.4	5.6	78.3	58.9	3.0	9.9	2,265	1,600	801	269	103	185	208	182
2	Zaid Abdul-Aziz Z. Abdul-Aziz	0.7	1977-78	TOT	16	9.9	3.9	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.8	38.3	1.1	1.4	73.9	44.9	1.2	1.9	158	63	50	10	3	3	11	29
3	Tom Abernethy T. Abernethy	0.7	1977-78	LAL	73	18.0	6.8	3.6	1.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	5.5	49.8	1.2	1.5	82.0	54.4	1.4	2.2	1,317	493	265	101	55	22	50	122
4	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3.3	1977-78	PHX	70	27.3	15.5	8.1	3.2	1.2	0.9	6.2	12.8	48.5	3.1	4.2	73.0	52.8	2.3	5.8	1,914	1,082	565	225	86	63	234	242
5	Lucius Allen L. Allen	2.8	1977-78	KCK	77	27.9	11.9	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.4	4.8	11.0	44.1	2.3	2.9	79.1	48.8	0.9	2.1	2,147	920	229	360	93	28	217	180
6	Jim Ard J. Ard	0.9	1977-78	TOT	15	8.3	1.3	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.1	47.1	0.2	0.3	60.0	49.5	0.6	1.8	125	19	36	8	0	0	14	19
7	Tate Armstrong T. Armstrong	0.9	1977-78	CHI	66	10.8	4.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.0	2.0	4.2	46.8	0.3	0.4	81.5	48.7	0.4	0.7	716	284	68	74	23	0	58	42
8	Bird Averitt B. Averitt	2.6	1977-78	TOT	55	19.7	9.0	1.5	3.6	0.7	0.2	3.6	8.8	40.9	1.8	2.6	70.9	45.4	0.3	1.2	1,085	496	83	196	39	9	143	123
9	Dennis Awtrey D. Awtrey	1.6	1977-78	PHX	81	20.0	3.6	3.7	2.0	0.2	0.3	1.4	3.3	42.4	0.9	1.3	63.3	47.0	1.2	2.5	1,623	293	302	163	19	25	127	153
10	Gus Bailey G. Bailey	0.7	1977-78	NOJ	48	9.4	3.2	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.2	2.9	42.4	0.8	1.4	55.2	46.0	0.9	0.8	449	155	82	40	18	15	33	46
11	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	0.8	1977-78	WAS	76	12.3	4.9	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.9	4.4	42.5	1.2	1.5	77.2	48.4	1.3	2.2	936	372	266	62	30	13	64	90
12	Mike Bantom M. Bantom	2.7	1977-78	IND	82	33.8	15.3	7.4	2.9	1.2	0.6	6.1	12.8	47.9	3.1	4.2	74.3	52.5	2.2	5.2	2,775	1,258	610	238	100	50	218	333
13	Marvin Barnes M. Barnes	2.3	1977-78	TOT	60	27.4	11.4	7.3	2.3	1.1	1.4	4.7	11.0	42.2	2.1	3.0	70.3	46.3	2.3	5.1	1,646	686	439	136	64	83	136	241
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.7	1977-78	GSW	82	36.9	23.1	5.5	5.4	1.9	0.5	9.3	20.6	45.1	4.6	5.0	92.4	50.9	0.9	4.6	3,024	1,898	449	446	158	45	224	188
15	Tim Bassett T. Bassett	1.2	1977-78	NJN	65	22.7	5.4	6.2	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.3	5.9	38.8	0.8	1.5	51.5	40.8	2.2	4.0	1,474	348	404	63	62	33	80	181
16	Butch Beard B. Beard	1.9	1977-78	NYK	79	25.1	9.4	3.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	3.9	7.8	50.2	1.6	2.0	80.6	54.4	1.0	2.4	1,979	745	264	339	117	3	154	201
17	Ron Behagen R. Behagen	2.2	1977-78	TOT	80	21.7	10.9	6.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	4.3	10.1	43.0	2.2	3.1	72.5	47.7	2.5	3.9	1,735	871	513	101	62	31	174	263
18	Mel Bennett M. Bennett	1.0	1977-78	IND	31	9.2	2.4	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	2.6	28.4	0.9	1.5	62.2	36.7	1.6	1.4	285	74	93	22	11	7	30	54
19	Kent Benson K. Benson	1.7	1977-78	MIL	69	18.7	7.7	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.8	3.2	6.9	46.5	1.3	2.0	65.2	49.7	1.3	3.0	1,288	532	295	99	69	54	119	177
20	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	1.9	1977-78	PHI	82	30.7	9.1	3.1	5.7	1.1	0.1	3.5	8.0	43.4	2.1	2.7	78.1	49.2	0.8	2.3	2,518	743	251	464	91	6	153	207
21	Bob Bigelow B. Bigelow	0.0	1977-78	TOT	5	4.8	1.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	2.6	30.8	0.0	0.0		30.8	0.6	1.2	24	8	9	0	0	0	0	3
22	Dave Bing D. Bing	2.7	1977-78	BOS	80	28.2	13.6	2.7	3.8	1.0	0.2	5.3	11.8	44.9	3.1	3.7	82.4	50.8	1.0	1.7	2,256	1,088	212	300	79	18	216	247
23	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	2.0	1977-78	KCK	73	25.7	15.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	6.4	13.1	49.2	3.0	4.2	69.7	53.0	1.0	1.4	1,878	1,156	175	174	74	12	145	179
24	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	1.2	1977-78	CHI	22	10.3	2.5	2.7	2.0	0.1	0.2	1.0	2.3	46.0	0.5	0.6	76.9	50.3	0.6	2.0	227	56	59	44	3	4	26	36
25	Phil Bond P. Bond	0.3	1977-78	HOU	7	3.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	0.0	0.0		33.3	0.1	0.4	21	4	4	2	1	0	2	1

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