most turnovers per game from 1969-70 to 1986-87

Between the 1969-70 and 1986-87 seasons, Ron Harper had the most turnovers per game with 4.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

most turnovers per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1969-70 to 1986-87

	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	Ron Harper R. Harper	4.2	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	3.9	474	36.8	20.7	3.8	10.3	2.2	0.3	7.9	17.0	46.2	0.3	1.1	27.4	4.7	6.2	75.3	52.5	1.1	2.7	17,425	9,827	1,821	4,879	1,064	144	1,866	1,679
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3.9	567	36.9	19.1	7.5	10.9	2.1	0.5	7.0	13.1	53.9	0.1	0.4	19.1	4.9	6.0	81.8	60.7	2.0	5.5	20,894	10,805	4,247	6,179	1,212	275	2,219	1,366
4	Jeff 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
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3.8	230	35.0	18.8	11.8	3.5	1.7	1.3	6.9	12.0	57.2	0.2	0.8	21.1	4.9	6.7	72.5	62.7	4.4	7.4	8,039	4,315	2,723	798	387	309	881	886
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	3.7	142	34.0	21.5	2.7	4.7	1.3	0.2	8.7	19.9	43.7	0.2	0.3	66.7	4.0	4.6	85.7	48.8	0.7	2.0	4,829	3,046	377	661	185	32	530	299
7	Reggie Theus R. Theus	3.6	714	33.8	18.5	3.4	6.7	1.3	0.2	6.8	14.2	47.6	0.2	0.9	21.9	4.7	5.8	81.9	55.1	1.2	2.2	24,128	13,197	2,425	4,818	894	157	2,587	2,174
8	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	3.6	286	34.9	19.9	10.5	2.8	1.0	1.9	8.3	16.5	50.3	0.0	0.1	10.7	3.3	5.1	65.6	53.2	3.0	7.5	9,969	5,692	3,017	790	290	552	1,031	1,122
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	3.6	759	38.2	25.1	14.2	1.5	0.9	1.5	8.7	17.5	49.7	0.0	0.1	2.9	7.6	10.0	76.5	57.1	5.8	8.3	28,966	19,013	10,759	1,145	719	1,130	2,711	1,986
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3.5	113	35.2	20.8	8.9	1.8	1.3	2.2	8.1	16.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.4	72.4	53.9	2.5	6.4	3,977	2,354	1,006	206	143	250	401	439
11	Kevin Porter K. Porter	3.5	326	31.2	12.7	1.9	9.7	1.4	0.1	5.2	10.7	48.5	0.0	0.1	18.8	2.3	3.0	76.0	52.6	0.5	1.4	10,158	4,139	634	3,173	460	41	1,133	1,052
12	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	3.5	372	28.2	15.1	8.9	3.6	1.5	0.4	5.6	12.3	45.5	0.0	0.1	8.0	3.9	6.4	62.0	50.1	2.7	6.1	10,479	5,631	3,299	1,324	562	158	1,291	1,351
13	Eric Money E. Money	3.4	207	29.4	15.0	2.3	4.5	1.3	0.2	6.4	12.7	49.9	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.1	72.9	53.1	0.9	1.4	6,085	3,101	475	941	263	35	712	585
14	Bernard King B. King	3.3	546	35.3	23.7	6.6	3.1	1.2	0.3	9.5	17.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	12.9	4.6	6.6	69.8	57.4	2.2	4.4	19,296	12,916	3,597	1,691	635	181	1,829	1,994
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.3	182	37.8	31.7	5.6	5.0	2.6	1.2	11.5	23.3	49.3	0.1	0.7	17.6	8.6	10.1	85.1	57.1	2.0	3.7	6,876	5,762	1,028	911	469	215	608	568
16	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.3	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	2.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	3.2	635	38.4	24.4	10.4	6.1	1.8	0.9	9.7	19.3	50.0	0.6	1.5	36.8	4.6	5.2	87.4	56.5	2.3	8.1	24,406	15,508	6,579	3,900	1,169	541	2,037	1,731
18	Ray Williams R. Williams	3.2	655	28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.3	6.0	13.4	45.1	0.2	0.8	23.7	3.3	4.1	80.2	50.9	1.2	2.4	18,462	10,158	2,370	3,779	1,198	208	2,099	2,165
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	3.2	163	32.7	18.3	9.7	2.4	1.3	0.6	7.6	15.0	50.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.2	5.8	54.8	52.2	2.8	6.9	5,332	2,982	1,573	394	209	104	516	618
20	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	3.2	445	33.7	24.8	5.8	3.8	0.9	0.3	9.7	19.5	49.9	0.3	1.1	30.8	5.1	6.8	73.9	55.2	2.2	3.6	15,015	11,045	2,575	1,696	403	138	1,403	1,367
21	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	3.2	477	35.7	20.5	8.3	2.0	1.1	1.7	8.2	16.9	48.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.4	73.8	53.2	2.7	5.6	17,021	9,779	3,975	938	518	812	1,503	1,614
22	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	3.1	715	36.3	16.4	2.7	8.5	1.6	0.1	7.1	14.6	48.5	0.2	0.6	29.6	2.1	2.7	77.3	51.9	0.6	2.0	25,932	11,703	1,913	6,047	1,141	71	2,250	1,914
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	3.1	681	37.2	26.6	6.1	3.3	1.1	0.2	9.5	17.2	55.1	0.0	0.1	18.2	7.6	9.3	81.7	62.4	2.5	3.6	25,343	18,114	4,139	2,255	746	105	2,124	1,898
24	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	3.1	80	33.7	15.7	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.0	69.6	57.9	1.9	6.2	2,695	1,253	647	304	49	63	248	248
25	Julius Erving J. Erving	3.1	754	34.1	22.0	6.5	3.9	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.7	55.9	2.5	4.0	25,737	16,594	4,906	2,918	1,349	1,180	2,323	2,035

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.6

Mitchell

RPG

7.7

Mobley

APG

6.2

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	8:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

3 - 3

115

Final

Cavaliers

3 - 3

Fri 15 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.3

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

118.2

113.7

113.6

112.1

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.6

105.7

107.4

107.7

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

14.6

4.4

3.0

-0.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

599.6

Cunningham

517.1

Harden

502

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

651

Cunningham

537

Harden

500.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.2

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.64

Wembanyama

1.61

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Best Record ATS

50-34

55-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-55

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0