Micheal Ray Richardson had the most assists - turnovers in 1979-80, with 473.

	NAME	AST-TOV	AST	TOV	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	PF
1	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	473	832	359	1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	265	35	260
2	Foots Walker F. Walker	450	607	157	1979-80	CLE	76	31.9	9.4	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	2.6	3.2	80.2	52.7	1.0	2.8	2.1	2,422	712	287	155	12	202
3	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	429	671	242	1979-80	BOS	80	35.8	14.1	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	4.8	9.9	48.2	0.1	0.2	22.2	4.5	5.4	83.0	57.4	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,864	1,131	197	106	10	218
4	John Lucas J. Lucas	418	602	184	1979-80	GSW	80	34.5	12.6	2.8	7.5	1.7	0.0	4.9	10.4	46.7	0.2	0.5	28.6	2.8	3.6	76.8	52.8	0.8	2.0	2.3	2,763	1,010	220	138	3	196
5	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	354	642	288	1979-80	LAL	82	39.3	17.6	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	7.6	14.7	51.6	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.4	3.1	77.9	54.8	0.6	2.2	3.5	3,226	1,446	229	147	14	241
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	340	556	216	1979-80	PHI	79	33.2	11.4	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	4.5	8.4	54.0	0.1	0.1	44.4	2.3	2.9	77.9	58.9	0.9	2.5	2.7	2,623	898	274	183	32	197
7	Phil Ford P. Ford	328	610	282	1979-80	KCK	82	32.0	16.2	2.1	7.4	1.7	0.0	6.0	12.9	46.2	0.0	0.3	17.4	4.2	5.2	81.8	53.4	0.4	1.7	3.4	2,621	1,328	172	136	4	208
8	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	299	557	258	1979-80	NJN	82	32.4	13.3	3.3	6.8	2.7	0.3	5.3	12.4	43.0	0.1	0.6	25.0	2.5	3.1	77.9	48.1	0.8	2.5	3.1	2,657	1,087	270	223	27	238
9	Kevin Porter K. Porter	293	457	164	1979-80	WAS	70	21.3	7.3	1.2	6.5	0.8	0.2	2.9	6.3	45.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.0	80.3	51.4	0.4	0.8	2.3	1,494	512	82	59	11	180
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	258	563	305	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	187	41	218
11	Ray Williams R. Williams	256	512	256	1979-80	NYK	82	31.5	20.9	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	16.9	49.6	0.1	0.5	18.9	4.1	5.2	78.7	54.6	1.8	3.2	3.1	2,582	1,714	412	167	24	295
12	Armond Hill A. Hill	253	424	171	1979-80	ATL	79	26.5	6.1	1.7	5.4	1.4	0.1	2.2	5.5	41.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.6	1.8	84.9	48.4	0.4	1.4	2.2	2,092	479	138	107	8	261
13	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	249	460	211	1979-80	KCK	81	29.8	9.2	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	3.7	8.4	44.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	74.1	49.0	2.1	5.8	2.6	2,412	743	645	111	109	307
14	John Roche J. Roche	246	405	159	1979-80	DEN	82	27.9	11.4	1.4	4.9	1.0	0.1	4.3	9.0	47.8	0.6	1.6	38.0	2.1	2.5	86.6	56.2	0.3	1.1	1.9	2,286	932	115	82	12	139
15	Johnny Davis J. Davis	238	440	202	1979-80	IND	82	35.5	15.9	2.8	5.4	1.3	0.3	6.0	14.1	42.8	0.0	0.5	9.5	3.7	4.3	86.4	49.5	1.2	1.5	2.5	2,912	1,300	226	110	23	178
16	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	234	383	149	1979-80	MIL	67	25.2	10.7	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	4.6	9.8	46.7	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.6	2.1	73.4	50.1	1.0	2.5	2.2	1,690	719	238	135	4	202
17	Don Buse D. Buse	229	320	91	1979-80	PHX	81	30.9	7.7	2.9	4.0	1.6	0.1	3.2	7.3	44.3	0.2	1.0	24.1	1.0	1.6	66.4	48.5	0.9	2.0	1.1	2,499	626	233	132	10	111
18	Gus Williams G. Williams	216	397	181	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	1,816	275	200	37	160
19	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	213	366	153	1979-80	WAS	82	36.3	9.7	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.5	66.5	54.5	4.1	9.3	1.9	2,973	794	1,094	65	61	249
20	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	212	417	205	1979-80	HOU	77	27.6	10.9	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	4.3	8.5	50.3	0.0	0.2	15.8	2.3	2.9	81.4	56.0	0.7	1.6	2.7	2,123	843	184	127	28	197
21	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	209	416	207	1979-80	PHX	82	32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	8.4	16.1	52.5	0.3	1.1	28.0	4.7	5.4	86.2	59.3	0.6	1.7	2.5	2,665	1,792	187	119	35	162
22	Mike Gale M. Gale	197	312	115	1979-80	SAS	67	22.0	6.6	2.3	4.7	1.8	0.2	2.6	5.6	45.4	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.4	1.8	80.8	51.3	0.5	1.8	1.7	1,474	441	152	123	13	134
23	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	194	335	141	1979-80	SDC	78	35.3	13.5	2.4	4.3	1.9	0.3	5.4	11.5	46.7	1.2	3.1	37.7	1.7	2.1	80.2	54.6	1.0	1.4	1.8	2,754	1,056	188	147	25	246
24	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	181	370	189	1979-80	ATL	79	33.2	18.5	2.5	4.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	15.3	48.7	0.1	0.2	38.5	3.5	4.3	82.8	53.8	1.2	1.3	2.4	2,622	1,465	200	120	24	216
25	Jim Cleamons J. Cleamons	179	288	109	1979-80	TOT	79	22.6	6.6	1.9	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	5.7	47.6	0.1	0.4	22.6	1.1	1.4	74.3	51.9	0.7	1.3	1.4	1,789	519	152	57	11	133