players most nba finals turnovers in 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most turnovers in the NBA Finals with 168 turnovers.

	NAME	TOV	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	168	NBA Finals	45	40.4	19.5	7.9	11.6	2.1	0.4	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.1	0.5	20.8	5.4	6.3	86.3	60.6	1.8	6.1	3.7	1,816	878	357	522	96	16	137
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	121	NBA Finals	45	34.9	21.8	7.7	2.9	0.9	2.2	8.9	17.3	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.7	69.6	55.0	2.3	5.5	2.7	1,569	981	348	132	41	101	165
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	91	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	80
4	Kevin McHale K. McHale	70	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	95
5	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	65	NBA Finals	25	40.1	17.9	4.4	7.1	1.4	0.4	6.8	16.1	41.9	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.2	4.9	85.4	48.9	1.5	2.9	2.6	1,003	447	110	178	36	11	68
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	65	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	108
7	James Worthy J. Worthy	61	NBA Finals	30	39.4	22.6	5.3	3.5	1.0	0.7	9.3	17.2	54.1	0.1	0.3	22.2	3.9	5.7	68.4	57.3	2.1	3.2	2.0	1,182	677	159	104	30	20	82
8	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	60	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	159
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	47	NBA Finals	15	40.0	16.0	3.5	7.7	1.8	0.2	6.6	15.3	43.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	3.9	72.4	47.1	1.2	2.3	3.1	600	240	52	116	27	3	49
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	45	NBA Finals	16	39.2	23.7	7.8	4.4	1.8	2.1	9.1	17.6	51.8	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.4	7.4	72.9	56.8	2.4	5.4	2.8	627	379	125	70	28	33	39
11	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	45	NBA Finals	23	32.3	15.3	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.9	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.0	2.7	2.4	2.0	742	352	117	46	24	6	73
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	44	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	244	95	15	13	27	75
13	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	42	NBA Finals	25	29.9	10.8	2.6	4.8	1.6	0.1	4.6	9.6	47.7	0.6	1.4	41.7	1.1	1.4	77.1	53.1	0.6	2.0	1.7	748	270	65	120	39	3	76
14	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	40	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	2.4	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	237	43	117	38	2	36
15	Andrew Toney A. Toney	37	NBA Finals	10	37.4	24.4	2.5	7.0	1.2	0.1	9.4	19.2	49.0	0.3	0.8	37.5	5.3	6.2	85.5	55.6	1.1	1.4	3.7	374	244	25	70	12	1	34
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	36	NBA Finals	11	36.6	20.3	3.7	8.4	2.4	0.3	7.4	16.5	44.8	0.6	2.1	30.4	4.9	6.1	80.6	53.0	0.6	3.1	3.3	403	223	41	92	26	3	36
17	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	36	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	92
18	Byron Scott B. Scott	35	NBA Finals	26	29.8	12.0	3.2	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.6	0.3	1.3	25.7	1.8	2.4	75.8	50.6	0.9	2.3	1.3	775	312	82	46	32	5	66
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	34	NBA Finals	18	29.1	11.7	5.6	2.3	0.6	0.4	3.7	7.1	52.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.9	62.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	523	210	101	41	11	8	49
20	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	32	NBA Finals	12	27.0	16.2	5.5	1.2	0.8	2.2	6.9	12.8	54.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.3	3.8	60.9	56.0	1.8	3.8	2.7	324	194	66	14	9	26	55
21	Bobby Jones B. Jones	24	NBA Finals	16	28.4	11.4	5.6	2.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	8.9	53.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	74.4	57.1	2.0	3.6	1.5	454	183	90	39	16	26	52
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	23	NBA Finals	10	42.6	23.7	16.6	1.6	1.1	1.9	8.4	19.0	44.2	0.0	0.0		6.9	10.2	67.6	50.5	7.3	9.3	2.3	426	237	166	16	11	19	26
23	Robert Reid R. Reid	23	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	5.9	1.7	0.4	6.1	15.3	39.7	0.1	0.8	11.1	2.3	2.9	77.1	43.6	2.4	3.5	1.9	485	174	71	71	20	5	41
24	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	21	NBA Finals	9	27.8	9.7	2.8	7.2	2.1	0.2	4.1	11.1	37.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	92.9	41.0	0.4	2.3	2.3	250	87	25	65	19	2	22
25	A.C. Green	19	NBA Finals	17	30.6	8.9	7.6	0.4	0.5	0.2	3.2	6.4	50.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	3.5	71.2	56.7	2.5	5.1	1.1	520	152	129	7	9	3	54

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