who has the highest career average turnovers nba

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged 2.7 turnovers per game in his career.

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2.7	929	33.5	21.3	8.4	3.1	0.8	2.3	8.8	15.3	57.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.7	5.0	74.6	60.5	2.1	6.3	31,097	19,749	7,806	2,920	763	2,095	2,527	2,670
2	Zaid Abdul-Aziz Z. Abdul-Aziz	0.7	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	0.5	249	16.3	5.4	2.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	2.2	4.5	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.2	74.4	53.2	1.0	1.8	4,056	1,340	720	286	136	50	129	407
4	Alvan Adams A. Adams	2.6	836	26.6	13.3	6.6	3.9	1.3	0.7	5.5	10.8	50.5	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.4	3.0	80.0	54.9	1.9	4.7	22,269	11,095	5,558	3,240	1,073	605	2,194	2,680
5	Lucius Allen L. Allen	2.3	108	23.7	10.0	2.5	3.7	1.1	0.3	4.1	9.4	43.3				1.8	2.3	76.3	47.6	0.7	1.8	2,560	1,077	275	404	114	34	247	232
6	Jim Ard J. Ard	0.9	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	92	10.6	3.8	1.0	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.7	3.8	45.4				0.3	0.4	80.0	47.6	0.3	0.6	975	350	88	105	33	0	79	64
8	Bird Averitt B. Averitt	2.6	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	1.1	227	16.1	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	43.0	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.1	66.0	48.3	0.9	2.1	3,657	625	690	334	60	63	245	438
10	Gus Bailey G. Bailey	0.6	70	9.1	2.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.6	42.5	0.1	0.1	100.0	0.6	1.1	52.5	45.6	0.7	0.9	638	197	112	68	25	19	45	65
11	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	1.3	802	27.5	12.4	6.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	5.3	11.1	47.2	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.8	2.3	78.7	51.1	1.8	4.3	22,073	9,953	4,858	1,733	877	256	1,059	1,806
12	Mike Bantom M. Bantom	2.4	398	30.2	13.2	6.5	2.7	1.1	0.8	5.4	11.1	48.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.5	3.6	68.7	51.8	2.3	4.2	12,024	5,256	2,583	1,094	427	307	946	1,473
13	Marvin Barnes M. Barnes	1.9	118	23.1	9.0	5.9	1.8	0.9	1.1	3.7	8.4	44.0	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.4	66.8	47.5	1.9	4.0	2,729	1,059	693	207	107	134	222	437
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.5	234	31.6	16.4	4.1	5.2	1.4	0.5	6.6	14.8	44.7	1.0	3.1	33.0	2.9	3.1	93.2	50.9	0.7	3.4	7,406	3,846	962	1,216	333	111	574	565
15	Tim Bassett T. Bassett	1.2	159	19.8	4.4	5.4	1.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	4.6	37.9	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.5	61.3	41.9	2.1	3.3	3,146	703	855	176	114	62	192	427
16	Butch Beard B. Beard	1.9	86	24.0	8.9	3.2	4.2	1.4	0.0	3.7	7.4	49.8				1.5	1.9	80.6	54.0	0.9	2.3	2,064	767	274	358	124	3	164	214
17	Ron Behagen R. Behagen	1.9	101	19.4	9.5	5.6	1.1	0.7	0.4	3.8	8.8	43.1	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.6	72.9	47.7	2.2	3.5	1,964	960	569	115	66	36	189	313
18	Mel Bennett M. Bennett	1.0	62	10.0	3.0	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.3	35.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	2.1	62.1	45.3	1.3	1.7	621	184	189	37	15	18	65	112
19	Kent Benson K. Benson	1.6	680	23.1	9.1	5.7	1.8	0.9	0.9	3.8	7.7	49.3	0.0	0.1	20.6	1.5	2.0	75.7	53.1	1.8	3.9	15,719	6,168	3,881	1,203	605	586	1,069	1,935
20	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	1.8	319	25.7	8.8	2.4	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.2	7.7	41.6	0.3	0.9	29.3	2.3	2.9	77.8	49.1	0.7	1.7	8,203	2,819	777	1,342	272	21	573	652
21	Bob Bigelow B. Bigelow	0.5	34	12.9	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	1.2	3.0	38.8				0.4	0.6	61.9	41.4	0.5	1.1	437	93	55	25	12	2	18	40
22	Dave Bing D. Bing	2.7	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	2.1	696	31.1	18.0	3.0	3.2	1.2	0.2	7.7	15.2	50.6	0.1	0.3	27.4	2.6	3.9	65.5	53.3	1.3	1.7	21,627	12,544	2,072	2,260	858	143	1,491	1,783
24	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	1.2	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	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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