players most nba finals turnovers in 1980s in a single season

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson committed the most turnovers in an NBA Finals in 1983-84 with 31 turnovers.

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Data note: Turnovers: player game data complete from 1977-78 · postseason

	NAME	TOV	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	31	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	42.1	18.0	7.7	13.6	2.0	0.9	6.7	12.0	56.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.1	74.4	61.2	1.0	6.7	4.4	295	126	54	95	14	6	28
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	17
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	26	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	0.7	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	63	20	2	23
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	15	2	23
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	25	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	305	192	98	25	15	8	24
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	4	44.8	19.0	7.8	12.5	1.8	0.8	6.3	15.5	40.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	6.5	7.0	92.9	51.1	3.3	4.5	6.0	179	76	31	50	7	3	16
7	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	22	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.3	15.5	3.7	7.0	2.2	0.2	6.2	14.2	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	4.2	76.0	48.4	1.0	2.7	3.7	254	93	22	42	13	1	19
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.9	26.6	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	10.7	22.3	48.1	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.6	67.9	51.9	3.3	4.9	3.0	272	186	57	31	12	15	27
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	21	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	40.6	33.4	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	14.6	26.6	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.8	57.8	3.2	10.4	4.2	203	167	68	16	3	23	20
10	Kevin McHale K. McHale	20	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.2	25.8	8.5	1.7	0.8	2.5	9.8	17.2	57.3	0.0	0.0		6.2	7.7	80.4	62.9	3.7	4.8	3.3	241	155	51	10	5	15	20
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	20	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	41.2	16.0	4.3	9.5	1.7	0.7	6.5	17.0	38.2	0.0	1.3	0.0	3.0	3.5	85.7	43.1	0.8	3.5	3.3	247	96	26	57	10	4	13
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.2	18.3	6.8	14.0	2.2	0.0	6.8	13.8	49.4	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.5	5.2	87.1	56.9	0.5	6.3	3.3	235	110	41	84	13	0	16
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.3	9.6	86.6	67.6	0.9	4.9	2.7	290	148	40	91	14	1	23
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	19	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	17.0	6.2	5.3	2.0	0.3	5.7	13.5	42.0	0.3	1.2	28.6	5.3	6.5	82.1	52.0	1.8	4.3	3.2	257	102	37	32	12	2	15
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	19	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	38.3	25.0	8.2	3.3	1.8	1.3	9.5	17.5	54.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	6.0	8.3	72.0	59.1	3.2	5.0	3.2	230	150	49	20	11	8	12
16	Andrew Toney A. Toney	19	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	37.8	26.0	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.0	10.7	20.2	52.9	0.5	1.0	50.0	4.2	4.8	86.2	58.3	0.8	1.8	3.2	227	156	16	47	7	0	23
17	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	19	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.0	19.7	5.8	2.8	1.5	0.0	8.3	19.2	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	47.0	3.2	2.7	3.2	234	118	35	17	9	0	21
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	7.0	2.3	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	14	3	16
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	19	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	37.8	17.7	9.5	2.8	0.2	1.0	7.0	12.3	56.8	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.8	75.9	61.1	5.7	3.8	3.2	227	106	57	17	1	6	21
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	19	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	27.8	15.0	7.7	1.0	1.2	2.0	6.5	12.8	50.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.2	63.2	52.7	2.7	5.0	3.2	167	90	46	6	7	12	27
21	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	19	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	33.8	20.2	6.0	2.2	1.2	2.3	8.7	16.3	53.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	4.3	65.4	55.3	2.0	4.0	3.2	203	121	36	13	7	14	29
22	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	18	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	36.4	21.3	5.0	2.3	0.6	0.1	6.7	11.7	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.9	9.1	85.9	67.6	2.0	3.0	2.6	255	149	35	16	4	1	18
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.0	22.0	7.4	4.4	0.7	0.6	8.4	17.1	49.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.1	7.0	73.5	54.4	2.7	4.7	2.6	266	154	52	31	5	4	18
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	18	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.3	24.2	10.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	8.8	19.8	44.5	0.7	1.3	50.0	5.8	6.3	92.1	53.4	1.8	8.2	3.0	254	145	60	33	7	7	9
25	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	18	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.4	17.6	3.0	4.7	1.6	0.3	6.4	16.3	39.5	0.1	0.3	50.0	4.6	5.3	86.5	47.2	1.3	1.7	2.6	255	123	21	33	11	2	25

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