who had the most turnovers per game 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson averaged the most turnovers per game with 3.9 per game.

Interpreted as:
Who had the most turnovers per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games 80s?
NAMETPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
3.9
716
36.9
19.5
7.4
11.2
2.0
0.4
7.1
13.3
53.0
0.2
0.7
23.9
5.2
6.2
83.4
60.6
1.9
5.6
26,417
13,943
5,303
8,025
1,464
310
2,800
1,685
2Jeff Ruland
J. Ruland
3.9
308
35.1
18.5
10.8
3.2
0.8
0.9
6.8
12.0
56.4
0.0
0.1
15.8
5.0
6.9
71.9
61.6
3.4
7.3
10,824
5,700
3,313
995
240
263
1,186
1,157
3Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
3.8
635
36.7
20.3
3.7
9.8
2.1
0.3
7.7
16.7
46.3
0.3
1.2
27.8
4.4
5.8
76.1
52.5
1.0
2.7
23,276
12,862
2,372
6,220
1,338
181
2,437
2,105
4Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
3.7
389
36.8
22.1
12.0
3.5
1.6
1.2
7.8
13.5
57.7
0.3
1.3
23.4
6.3
8.5
73.9
64.3
4.6
7.4
14,297
8,616
4,660
1,377
613
479
1,439
1,426
5Gary Grant
G. Grant
3.6
71
27.1
11.9
3.4
7.1
2.0
0.1
5.1
11.7
43.5
0.1
0.3
22.7
1.7
2.3
73.5
46.9
1.1
2.2
1,924
846
238
506
144
9
258
170
6Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
3.5
484
35.9
16.1
5.8
7.6
2.8
0.4
6.7
14.5
46.0
0.3
1.2
22.0
2.5
3.6
70.1
50.1
1.9
4.0
17,371
7,784
2,823
3,686
1,363
188
1,713
1,671
7Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
3.5
275
34.3
21.2
8.8
1.9
1.3
2.8
8.4
15.8
53.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.5
6.1
72.8
57.4
2.7
6.1
9,419
5,822
2,422
519
364
776
954
1,082
8Karl Malone
K. Malone
3.5
325
35.9
23.3
10.5
2.5
1.4
0.7
8.9
17.4
51.3
0.0
0.1
16.7
5.5
8.2
66.9
55.6
3.0
7.5
11,656
7,576
3,412
812
470
224
1,126
1,200
9Reggie Theus
R. Theus
3.4
787
33.7
18.7
3.4
6.7
1.2
0.2
6.9
14.5
47.4
0.2
0.9
23.0
4.7
5.7
82.7
54.9
1.2
2.2
26,545
14,729
2,671
5,239
968
171
2,712
2,313
10Moses Malone
M. Malone
3.4
778
37.3
24.5
13.2
1.5
0.9
1.4
8.4
17.2
49.1
0.0
0.1
5.7
7.7
9.9
77.5
57.0
5.4
7.8
29,039
19,082
10,269
1,191
730
1,107
2,659
1,898
11Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
3.4
79
34.4
22.0
5.9
4.2
1.0
0.2
8.2
17.5
46.8
0.4
1.1
36.7
5.2
6.4
81.0
54.1
2.0
3.9
2,717
1,741
468
334
82
13
269
223
12Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
3.3
345
39.0
32.6
6.2
5.9
2.8
1.2
11.9
23.3
51.3
0.2
0.8
20.2
8.6
10.1
84.8
58.9
1.9
4.3
13,442
11,263
2,129
2,046
962
411
1,150
1,085
13Ron Harper
R. Harper
3.3
221
35.0
19.4
4.6
5.0
2.3
1.0
7.5
15.8
47.5
0.2
1.0
22.6
4.1
5.8
71.1
52.8
1.6
3.0
7,745
4,279
1,024
1,109
516
210
733
628
14Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
3.3
395
32.2
17.3
9.6
2.5
0.9
1.8
7.2
14.6
49.2
0.0
0.1
17.0
2.9
4.4
66.7
52.4
2.8
6.8
12,718
6,834
3,786
989
362
705
1,292
1,456
15Willie Anderson
W. Anderson
3.2
81
33.8
18.6
5.1
4.6
1.9
0.8
7.9
15.9
49.8
0.0
0.3
19.0
2.8
3.6
77.5
53.4
1.9
3.3
2,738
1,508
417
372
150
62
261
295
16Ray Williams
R. Williams
3.2
493
29.5
16.2
3.8
5.9
2.0
0.4
6.3
13.9
45.0
0.2
0.8
23.7
3.5
4.4
81.1
51.3
1.3
2.5
14,542
8,001
1,870
2,912
962
174
1,572
1,680
17Larry Bird
L. Bird
3.2
717
38.4
25.0
10.2
6.1
1.8
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.3
0.6
1.7
37.7
4.6
5.3
88.0
57.0
2.2
8.0
27,560
17,899
7,319
4,396
1,300
603
2,261
1,906
18Brad Daugherty
B. Daugherty
3.1
237
35.8
17.8
8.6
3.9
0.7
0.7
6.7
12.6
52.8
0.0
0.0
20.0
4.4
6.1
71.8
57.8
2.0
6.6
8,473
4,208
2,030
922
160
159
745
658
19Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
3.1
154
37.2
15.1
4.8
9.7
2.2
0.1
6.0
13.2
45.0
0.7
2.4
30.9
2.5
3.4
73.7
51.4
1.5
3.3
5,726
2,333
737
1,487
344
13
484
407
20Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
3.1
605
35.2
15.8
2.5
8.4
1.4
0.1
6.8
14.3
47.4
0.2
0.6
29.4
2.1
2.7
77.7
51.0
0.6
1.9
21,326
9,554
1,521
5,096
848
47
1,886
1,474
21Kevin Edwards
K. Edwards
3.1
79
29.7
13.8
3.3
4.4
1.8
0.3
5.9
14.0
42.5
0.1
0.5
27.0
1.8
2.4
74.6
46.0
1.1
2.2
2,349
1,094
262
349
139
27
246
154
22Bernard King
B. King
3.1
535
33.5
22.6
5.3
3.2
0.9
0.2
9.0
16.7
53.8
0.0
0.1
14.9
4.6
6.2
74.8
58.2
1.7
3.6
17,948
12,100
2,841
1,689
508
129
1,633
1,787
23Kenny Smith
K. Smith
3.0
142
37.4
15.8
2.6
7.4
1.4
0.1
6.2
13.2
46.8
0.4
1.2
34.7
3.0
4.0
76.6
52.8
0.6
1.9
5,315
2,244
364
1,055
194
15
433
313
24Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
3.0
386
36.2
23.0
12.1
2.0
1.9
3.1
9.0
17.4
51.8
0.0
0.0
5.3
5.0
7.4
67.2
55.7
4.5
7.6
13,990
8,883
4,677
780
748
1,201
1,175
1,562
25Chuck Person
C. Person
3.0
241
36.4
19.1
7.2
3.7
1.0
0.2
8.0
16.9
47.3
0.7
2.2
32.9
2.5
3.3
74.5
52.2
2.0
5.2
8,775
4,610
1,729
893
246
42
729
856
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