Kevin Porter had the most assists - turnovers in 1980-81, with 483.

	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	Kevin Porter K. Porter	483	734	251	1980-81	WAS	81	31.8	13.4	1.5	9.1	1.4	0.1	5.5	10.6	51.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.4	3.0	77.3	56.1	0.4	1.1	3.1	2,577	1,086	124	110	10	257
2	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	411	696	285	1980-81	LAL	79	37.5	17.1	2.9	8.8	1.8	0.1	7.3	15.3	47.6	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.5	3.2	77.8	51.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	2,962	1,350	232	146	11	226
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	386	560	174	1980-81	PHI	81	29.8	9.4	3.0	6.9	2.4	0.5	3.8	7.2	53.4	0.0	0.1	37.5	1.7	2.2	78.7	57.9	0.8	2.2	2.1	2,415	763	245	193	39	231
4	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	353	618	265	1980-81	BOS	80	35.3	13.8	2.2	7.7	0.9	0.2	4.8	9.6	49.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	5.2	81.6	58.2	0.5	1.8	3.3	2,820	1,106	176	75	18	201
5	Phil Ford P. Ford	339	580	241	1980-81	KCK	66	34.7	17.5	1.9	8.8	1.5	0.1	6.4	13.4	47.8	0.2	0.5	30.6	4.5	5.4	83.1	55.3	0.4	1.5	3.7	2,287	1,153	128	99	6	190
6	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	329	440	111	1980-81	SDC	80	28.9	10.1	1.9	5.5	1.5	0.3	3.9	7.4	52.5	0.6	1.4	38.3	1.8	2.3	78.9	60.2	0.7	1.2	1.4	2,312	810	151	118	23	212
7	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	325	627	302	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	232	35	258
8	Kelvin Ransey K. Ransey	323	555	232	1980-81	POR	80	30.4	15.2	2.4	6.9	1.1	0.1	6.6	14.5	45.2	0.0	0.4	9.7	2.1	2.7	74.9	48.4	0.5	1.9	2.9	2,431	1,217	195	88	9	201
9	Johnny Davis J. Davis	313	480	167	1980-81	IND	76	33.4	14.4	2.2	6.3	1.3	0.2	5.6	12.1	46.5	0.1	0.4	12.1	3.1	3.9	79.6	52.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	2,536	1,094	170	95	14	179
10	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	290	452	162	1980-81	CLE	80	32.4	10.0	2.5	5.7	1.7	0.2	4.0	10.2	39.0	0.7	2.1	33.7	1.3	1.7	81.1	45.8	0.8	1.7	2.0	2,595	802	198	136	17	194
11	John Lucas J. Lucas	279	464	185	1980-81	GSW	66	29.1	8.4	2.3	7.0	1.3	0.0	3.4	7.7	43.9	0.1	0.4	16.7	1.6	2.2	73.8	48.7	0.5	1.8	2.8	1,919	555	154	83	2	140
12	Brad Davis B. Davis	262	385	123	1980-81	DAL	56	30.1	11.2	2.7	6.9	0.9	0.2	4.1	7.3	56.1	0.1	0.3	17.6	2.9	3.6	79.9	62.6	0.5	2.2	2.2	1,686	626	151	52	11	156
13	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	242	408	166	1980-81	DEN	72	23.5	7.8	2.0	5.7	1.4	0.1	2.9	6.6	44.1	0.1	0.5	11.8	1.9	2.4	81.4	51.1	0.3	1.7	2.3	1,689	562	145	101	6	243
14	Johnny Moore J. Moore	219	373	154	1980-81	SAS	82	19.2	7.4	2.4	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.0	6.3	47.9	0.0	0.2	5.3	1.3	2.1	61.0	50.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	1,578	604	196	120	22	178
15	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	217	399	182	1980-81	KCK	82	27.2	6.9	7.1	4.9	1.2	1.5	2.9	6.5	44.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.1	1.4	78.6	48.3	1.6	5.5	2.2	2,228	567	584	95	120	302
16	Geoff Huston G. Huston	215	394	179	1980-81	TOT	81	30.0	13.2	1.7	4.9	0.7	0.1	5.7	11.6	48.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.9	2.6	70.8	51.8	0.6	1.1	2.2	2,434	1,073	138	58	7	148
17	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	214	307	93	1980-81	HOU	66	21.4	5.3	1.6	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.1	5.0	41.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.4	82.1	47.1	0.5	1.1	1.4	1,411	352	104	53	4	111
18	Allan Bristow A. Bristow	212	383	171	1980-81	UTA	82	24.4	8.7	5.2	4.7	0.8	0.0	3.3	7.5	44.4	0.1	0.2	27.8	2.0	2.4	83.8	51.1	1.3	4.0	2.1	2,001	713	430	63	3	190
19	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	210	407	197	1980-81	ATL	75	35.9	19.1	2.4	5.4	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.1	50.4	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.7	4.7	78.4	55.4	0.8	1.6	2.6	2,693	1,431	179	126	11	188
20	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	202	360	158	1980-81	TOT	84	25.8	9.7	2.2	4.3	1.2	0.1	3.9	7.7	50.7	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.9	2.2	86.2	56.2	0.4	1.8	1.9	2,166	818	184	99	11	231
21	Ray Williams R. Williams	197	432	235	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	19.7	4.1	5.5	2.3	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	1,560	321	185	37	270
22	Phil Smith P. Smith	196	372	176	1980-81	SDC	76	31.3	16.8	2.1	4.9	1.1	0.2	6.8	13.9	49.1	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.1	4.1	75.7	53.5	0.6	1.4	2.3	2,378	1,279	156	84	18	231
23	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	195	384	189	1980-81	HOU	79	21.3	8.1	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	6.9	47.1	0.0	0.2	11.8	1.6	1.9	83.2	52.3	0.4	1.3	2.4	1,686	642	134	97	15	160
24	Ron Lee R. Lee	189	362	173	1980-81	DET	82	22.3	4.2	2.7	4.4	2.0	0.4	1.4	3.9	35.0	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.4	1.9	72.4	43.5	0.8	1.9	2.1	1,829	341	220	166	29	260
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	174	317	143	1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	3.4	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	798	320	127	27	100