Micheal Ray Richardson committed the most turnovers in 1979-80 with 359 turnovers.

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Most turnovers by a player NBA 1979-1980

	NAME	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	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	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	832	265	35	260
2	Reggie Theus R. Theus	348	1979-80	CHI	82	36.9	20.2	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	6.9	14.3	48.3	0.3	1.3	26.7	6.1	7.3	83.8	57.9	1.7	2.3	4.2	3,029	1,660	329	515	114	20	262
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	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	563	187	41	218
4	Moses Malone M. Malone	300	1979-80	HOU	82	38.3	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	9.5	18.9	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	9.5	71.9	56.0	7.0	7.5	3.7	3,140	2,119	1,190	147	80	107	210
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	297	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	216
6	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	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	642	147	14	241
7	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	286	1979-80	IND	82	32.3	19.1	8.3	4.2	1.9	1.4	7.2	15.5	46.3	0.1	0.4	15.6	4.7	5.9	79.9	52.8	3.1	5.2	3.5	2,647	1,566	681	344	153	112	291
8	Julius Erving J. Erving	284	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	2.2	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	208
9	Phil Ford P. Ford	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	610	136	4	208
10	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	282	1979-80	CHI	82	32.6	14.2	3.0	5.2	1.7	0.2	5.7	12.2	46.9	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.4	2.9	83.7	52.4	0.9	2.0	3.4	2,673	1,161	242	426	136	17	294
11	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	281	1979-80	TOT	73	30.2	14.7	9.6	4.6	1.4	0.3	5.5	12.1	45.1	0.0	0.2	13.3	3.7	6.7	55.3	48.7	3.0	6.5	3.8	2,208	1,072	699	333	101	23	303
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	263	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	279
13	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	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	557	223	27	238
14	Swen Nater S. Nater	257	1979-80	SDC	81	35.3	13.4	15.0	2.9	0.6	0.5	5.5	9.9	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	58.9	4.3	10.7	3.2	2,860	1,082	1,216	233	45	37	259
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	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	512	167	24	295
16	George Gervin G. Gervin	254	1979-80	SAS	78	37.6	33.1	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	13.1	24.9	52.8	0.4	1.3	31.4	6.5	7.6	85.2	58.7	2.0	3.2	3.3	2,934	2,585	403	202	110	79	208
17	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	251	1979-80	PHX	82	33.0	17.3	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	6.6	13.0	51.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.9	66.7	55.3	2.6	6.8	3.1	2,710	1,415	770	142	58	59	262
18	John Johnson J. Johnson	247	1979-80	SEA	81	31.3	11.3	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	4.7	9.5	48.8	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	80.1	53.2	2.0	3.2	3.0	2,533	915	426	424	76	35	213
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	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	671	106	10	218
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	242	1979-80	PHX	75	30.8	21.5	3.6	4.5	1.5	0.3	8.8	15.5	56.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.9	81.9	60.8	1.0	2.6	3.2	2,309	1,613	272	337	114	19	202
21	John Drew J. Drew	240	1979-80	ATL	80	28.8	19.5	5.9	1.3	1.1	0.3	6.7	14.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	8.1	75.7	53.2	2.5	3.4	3.0	2,306	1,559	471	101	91	23	313
22	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	238	1979-80	DET	58	36.2	21.1	8.1	3.4	1.3	1.1	8.5	17.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	12.5	4.1	5.6	73.0	52.4	1.7	6.3	4.1	2,097	1,222	467	200	73	65	178
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	233	1979-80	UTA	68	39.3	28.0	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	10.7	18.6	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	7.7	84.2	63.5	2.7	4.9	3.4	2,674	1,903	516	191	96	14	211
24	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	233	1979-80	ATL	81	32.0	16.5	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	6.2	12.4	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.7	71.0	55.1	3.6	6.7	2.9	2,588	1,334	837	184	101	139	317
25	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	232	1979-80	SAS	78	35.9	20.1	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.1	48.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	3.5	4.4	78.3	52.7	3.3	6.6	3.0	2,798	1,565	775	231	111	18	192