NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Turnovers Per 36 Minutes

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player TOV/36 MP
1.Steve Kuberski 5.14
2.Dale Schlueter 4.95
3.Dave Wohl 4.88
4.Larry Brown* 4.61
5.Cliff Hagan* 4.52
6.Lenny Wilkens* 4.52
7.George McGinnis* 4.43
8.Trae Young 4.42
9.Russell Westbrook 4.22
10.Lee Winfield 4.21
11.Eric Money 4.21
12.Johnny Neumann 4.19
13.Robert Pack 4.15
14.Tom Boerwinkle 4.12
15.Billy Cunningham* 4.12
16.Ray Williams 4.09
17.Luka Dončić 4.06
18.Art Williams 4.04
19.Warren Jabali 4.04
20.Kevin Porter 4.02
21.Andrew Toney 3.98
22.DeMarcus Cousins 3.97
23.Pete Maravich* 3.95
24.Steve Johnson 3.90
25.John Wall 3.84
26.Bill Walton* 3.82
27.James Harden 3.82
28.Joel Embiid 3.82
29.Rich Kelley 3.82
30.Magic Johnson* 3.80
31.Eddie Jordan 3.80
32.Mickey Johnson 3.79
33.Ron Boone 3.78
34.Bird Averitt 3.76
35.Isiah Thomas* 3.73
36.Wes Matthews 3.73
37.Ricky Sobers 3.72
38.Al Smith 3.72
39.Ralph Simpson 3.68
40.John Brisker 3.68
41.Ron Lee 3.64
42.Reggie Theus 3.63
43.Slick Watts 3.62
44.Gary Grant 3.62
45.Ralph Sampson* 3.61
46.Mack Calvin 3.59
47.Michael Ray Richardson 3.59
48.John Johnson 3.57
49.Darryl Dawkins 3.56
50.Alvan Adams 3.55
51.Charlie Scott* 3.54
52.Gene Moore 3.54
53.Phil Ford 3.54
54.Ted McClain 3.52
55.Quinn Buckner 3.52
56.John Drew 3.48
57.Lucius Allen 3.47
58.Dave Bing* 3.45
59.Jamaal Tinsley 3.43
60.Bernard King* 3.42
61.Bob McAdoo* 3.41
62.Shawn Kemp 3.40
63.Bob Verga 3.39
64.Steve Francis 3.38
65.Fatty Taylor 3.38
66.Nikola Jokić 3.36
67.Lionel Hollins 3.36
68.Julius Erving* 3.35
69.Dwyane Wade* 3.35
70.Walt Hazzard 3.34
71.LeBron James 3.33
72.Giannis Antetokounmpo 3.32
73.Paul Westphal* 3.31
74.Willie Norwood 3.30
75.Charlie Williams 3.30
76.Marvin Barnes 3.30
77.Randy Mahaffey 3.29
78.Steve Nash* 3.29
79.Stephen Curry 3.28
80.James Bailey 3.27
81.Moses Malone* 3.27
82.Tiny Archibald* 3.27
83.Levern Tart 3.27
84.Butch Beard 3.26
85.Rajon Rondo 3.26
86.Bill Robinzine 3.25
87.Jim Ard 3.25
88.Micheal Williams 3.25
89.Gilbert Arenas 3.24
90.Les Hunter 3.24
91.Kevin Johnson 3.24
92.Eric Bledsoe 3.23
93.Dave Twardzik 3.23
94.Albert King 3.23
95.Eddy Curry 3.22
96.Darius Garland 3.22
97.Rony Seikaly 3.22
98.Brent Price 3.22
99.Scott Skiles 3.21
100.George Johnson 3.20
101.John Stockton* 3.20
102.Jeremy Lin 3.20
103.Artis Gilmore* 3.19
104.Archie Clark 3.19
105.George Gervin* 3.18
106.Devin Booker 3.18
107.Mike Dunleavy 3.18
108.Mike Newlin 3.18
109.John Bagley 3.18
110.Jusuf Nurkić 3.18
111.T.J. Ford 3.17
112.D'Angelo Russell 3.17
113.Walter Davis* 3.17
114.Jim Price 3.16
115.Jerry Stackhouse 3.15
116.Rick Robey 3.15
117.Mike Lewis 3.14
118.Julius Randle 3.14
119.Patrick Ewing* 3.14
120.Sidney Wicks 3.13
121.Jim McElroy 3.13
122.Norm Nixon 3.13
123.Billy Knight 3.13
124.Allen Iverson* 3.12
125.Bob Wilkerson 3.12
126.Johnny Moore 3.12
127.Sam Lacey 3.12
128.Paul Pressey 3.11
129.Kevin Durant 3.10
130.Darnell Valentine 3.10
131.Spencer Haywood* 3.10
132.Joe Barry Carroll 3.10
133.Eddie Johnson 3.09
134.Charles Barkley* 3.09
135.Alvin Robertson 3.09
136.Doug Collins* 3.09
137.Campy Russell 3.09
138.Jerry Reynolds 3.08
139.Joe Caldwell 3.08
140.Mel Daniels* 3.08
141.Bob Lanier* 3.08
142.Ricky Rubio 3.08
143.Jimmy Jones 3.08
144.Sleepy Floyd 3.07
145.Larry Drew 3.07
146.Rod Strickland 3.06
147.Alonzo Mourning* 3.06
148.Maurice Lucas 3.06
149.Joe Bryant 3.05
150.Glenn Robinson 3.05
151.John Williamson 3.05
152.Terry Dehere 3.04
153.Benoit Benjamin 3.03
154.Frank Brickowski 3.03
155.Quintin Dailey 3.03
156.David Thompson* 3.03
157.Bob Warren 3.02
158.Isaac Austin 3.02
159.Kenny Carr 3.02
160.Domantas Sabonis 3.01
161.Dwight Howard* 3.01
162.Armond Hill 3.01
163.Lloyd Neal 3.00
164.Jordan Poole 3.00
165.Larry Kenon 3.00
166.Eric Murdock 3.00
167.Gail Goodrich* 3.00
168.Sherman Douglas 3.00
169.Deron Williams 3.00
170.Mark Aguirre 2.99
171.Bob Dandridge* 2.99
172.Mark Price 2.99
173.Allan Bristow 2.99
174.Mike Evans 2.99
175.Hakeem Olajuwon* 2.99
176.Yao Ming* 2.98
177.Dan Roundfield 2.98
178.Bill Melchionni 2.98
179.Gerald Henderson 2.98
180.Ira Harge 2.98
181.Kelvin Ransey 2.98
182.Anthony Edwards 2.98
183.Phil Hubbard 2.97
184.Brandon Knight 2.97
185.Karl Malone* 2.97
186.Kobe Bryant* 2.97
187.Truck Robinson 2.97
188.Elfrid Payton 2.96
189.Warren Davis 2.96
190.Bob Gross 2.96
191.Bud Olsen 2.96
192.Bison Dele 2.96
193.Elliot Perry 2.96
194.Fred Brown 2.95
195.Erwin Mueller 2.95
196.Swen Nater 2.95
197.Tom Burleson 2.95
198.Larry Bird* 2.94
199.Frank Johnson 2.94
200.Tyreke Evans 2.94
201.Rick Barry* 2.93
202.Allen Leavell 2.93
203.Cliff Robinson 2.93
204.Jeff Teague 2.93
205.Draymond Green 2.93
206.Dennis Schröder 2.93
207.Mitch Kupchak 2.93
208.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.93
209.Oliver Miller 2.92
210.Sam Cassell 2.92
211.De'Aaron Fox 2.92
212.Ray Scott 2.92
213.Zaid Abdul-Aziz 2.92
214.Tim Hardaway* 2.92
215.Kelly Tripucka 2.91
216.Norm Van Lier 2.91
217.Baron Davis 2.91
218.Mark Jackson 2.90
219.Goran Dragić 2.90
220.Mike Bratz 2.90
221.Jo Jo White* 2.90
222.Bonzi Wells 2.89
223.Gus Gerard 2.89
224.Corey Maggette 2.89
225.Spud Webb 2.88
226.Donovan Mitchell 2.88
227.Jason Kidd* 2.88
228.Adrian Dantley* 2.88
229.Stephon Marbury 2.88
230.Isaiah Rider 2.87
231.Trooper Washington 2.87
232.Isaiah Thomas 2.87
233.Phil Smith 2.87
234.Karl-Anthony Towns 2.86
235.World B. Free 2.86
236.Cincy Powell 2.86
237.Antoine Walker 2.86
238.Earl Watson 2.86
239.Pat Cummings 2.86
240.Clifford Ray 2.86
241.Clyde Drexler* 2.86
242.Scottie Pippen* 2.85
243.Zach LaVine 2.85
244.Collin Sexton 2.85
245.Darwin Cook 2.85
246.George Thompson 2.85
247.Derrick Rose 2.85
248.James Silas 2.85
249.Greivis Vásquez 2.85
250.Malik Rose 2.84

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player TOV/36 MP
1.Steve Kuberski 5.14
2.Dale Schlueter 4.95
3.Dave Wohl 4.88
4.Lenny Wilkens* 4.52
5.George McGinnis* 4.44
6.Trae Young 4.42
7.Russell Westbrook 4.22
8.Lee Winfield 4.21
9.Eric Money 4.21
10.Robert Pack 4.15
11.Tom Boerwinkle 4.12
12.Ray Williams 4.09
13.Luka Dončić 4.06
14.Kevin Porter 4.02
15.Andrew Toney 3.98
16.DeMarcus Cousins 3.97
17.Pete Maravich* 3.95
18.Steve Johnson 3.90
19.John Wall 3.84
20.Bill Walton* 3.82
21.James Harden 3.82
22.Joel Embiid 3.82
23.Rich Kelley 3.82
24.Magic Johnson* 3.80
25.Eddie Jordan 3.80
26.Mickey Johnson 3.79
27.Isiah Thomas* 3.73
28.Wes Matthews 3.73
29.Ricky Sobers 3.72
30.Ron Lee 3.64
31.Reggie Theus 3.63
32.Slick Watts 3.62
33.Gary Grant 3.62
34.Ralph Sampson* 3.61
35.Michael Ray Richardson 3.59
36.John Johnson 3.57
37.Darryl Dawkins 3.56
38.Alvan Adams 3.55
39.Phil Ford 3.54
40.Quinn Buckner 3.52
41.John Drew 3.48
42.Lucius Allen 3.47
43.Dave Bing* 3.45
44.Jamaal Tinsley 3.43
45.Bernard King* 3.42
46.Bob McAdoo* 3.41
47.Shawn Kemp 3.40
48.Charlie Scott* 3.40
49.Steve Francis 3.38
50.Nikola Jokić 3.36
51.Lionel Hollins 3.36
52.Dwyane Wade* 3.35
53.Walt Hazzard 3.34
54.LeBron James 3.33
55.Giannis Antetokounmpo 3.32
56.Paul Westphal* 3.31
57.Willie Norwood 3.30
58.Steve Nash* 3.29
59.Stephen Curry 3.28
60.James Bailey 3.27
61.Tiny Archibald* 3.27
62.Butch Beard 3.26
63.Rajon Rondo 3.26
64.Bill Robinzine 3.25
65.Julius Erving* 3.25
66.Micheal Williams 3.25
67.Gilbert Arenas 3.24
68.Kevin Johnson 3.24
69.Eric Bledsoe 3.23
70.Spencer Haywood* 3.23
71.George Gervin* 3.23
72.Albert King 3.23
73.Eddy Curry 3.22
74.Darius Garland 3.22
75.Rony Seikaly 3.22
76.Moses Malone* 3.22
77.Brent Price 3.22
78.Scott Skiles 3.21
79.George Johnson 3.20
80.John Stockton* 3.20
81.Jeremy Lin 3.20
82.Archie Clark 3.19
83.Devin Booker 3.18
84.Mike Dunleavy 3.18
85.Mike Newlin 3.18
86.John Bagley 3.18
87.Jusuf Nurkić 3.18
88.T.J. Ford 3.17
89.D'Angelo Russell 3.17
90.Walter Davis* 3.17
91.Jim Price 3.16
92.Artis Gilmore* 3.15
93.Larry Kenon 3.15
94.Jerry Stackhouse 3.15
95.Rick Robey 3.15
96.Julius Randle 3.14
97.Patrick Ewing* 3.14
98.Sidney Wicks 3.13
99.Jim McElroy 3.13
100.Norm Nixon 3.13
101.Allen Iverson* 3.12
102.Bob Wilkerson 3.12
103.Johnny Moore 3.12
104.Sam Lacey 3.12
105.Paul Pressey 3.11
106.Kevin Durant 3.10
107.Darnell Valentine 3.10
108.Joe Barry Carroll 3.10
109.Eddie Johnson 3.09
110.Charles Barkley* 3.09
111.Alvin Robertson 3.09
112.Doug Collins* 3.09
113.Campy Russell 3.09
114.Jerry Reynolds 3.08
115.Bob Lanier* 3.08
116.Ricky Rubio 3.08
117.Sleepy Floyd 3.07
118.Larry Drew 3.07
119.Rod Strickland 3.06
120.Alonzo Mourning* 3.06
121.David Thompson* 3.06
122.Joe Bryant 3.05
123.Glenn Robinson 3.05
124.Terry Dehere 3.04
125.Benoit Benjamin 3.03
126.Frank Brickowski 3.03
127.Quintin Dailey 3.03
128.Allan Bristow 3.03
129.Isaac Austin 3.02
130.Kenny Carr 3.02
131.Domantas Sabonis 3.01
132.Dwight Howard* 3.01
133.Armond Hill 3.01
134.Lloyd Neal 3.00
135.Jordan Poole 3.00
136.Eric Murdock 3.00
137.Gail Goodrich* 3.00
138.Sherman Douglas 3.00
139.Deron Williams 3.00
140.Mark Aguirre 2.99
141.Bob Dandridge* 2.99
142.Mark Price 2.99
143.Mike Evans 2.99
144.Hakeem Olajuwon* 2.99
145.Yao Ming* 2.98
146.Dan Roundfield 2.98
147.Gerald Henderson 2.98
148.Kelvin Ransey 2.98
149.Anthony Edwards 2.98
150.Phil Hubbard 2.97
151.Brandon Knight 2.97
152.Maurice Lucas 2.97
153.Karl Malone* 2.97
154.Swen Nater 2.97
155.Kobe Bryant* 2.97
156.Truck Robinson 2.97
157.Elfrid Payton 2.96
158.Bob Gross 2.96
159.Bison Dele 2.96
160.Billy Knight 2.96
161.Elliot Perry 2.96
162.Fred Brown 2.95
163.Tom Burleson 2.95
164.Larry Bird* 2.94
165.Frank Johnson 2.94
166.Tyreke Evans 2.94
167.Allen Leavell 2.93
168.Cliff Robinson 2.93
169.Jeff Teague 2.93
170.Draymond Green 2.93
171.Dennis Schröder 2.93
172.Mitch Kupchak 2.93
173.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.93
174.Oliver Miller 2.92
175.Sam Cassell 2.92
176.De'Aaron Fox 2.92
177.Zaid Abdul-Aziz 2.92
178.Tim Hardaway* 2.92
179.Kelly Tripucka 2.91
180.Norm Van Lier 2.91
181.Baron Davis 2.91
182.Tom Owens 2.90
183.Mark Jackson 2.90
184.Goran Dragić 2.90
185.Mike Bratz 2.90
186.Jo Jo White* 2.90
187.Bonzi Wells 2.89
188.Corey Maggette 2.89
189.Spud Webb 2.88
190.Donovan Mitchell 2.88
191.Jason Kidd* 2.88
192.Adrian Dantley* 2.88
193.Stephon Marbury 2.88
194.Isaiah Rider 2.87
195.Isaiah Thomas 2.87
196.Phil Smith 2.87
197.Karl-Anthony Towns 2.86
198.World B. Free 2.86
199.Antoine Walker 2.86
200.Earl Watson 2.86
201.Pat Cummings 2.86
202.Clifford Ray 2.86
203.Clyde Drexler* 2.86
204.Scottie Pippen* 2.85
205.Zach LaVine 2.85
206.Collin Sexton 2.85
207.Darwin Cook 2.85
208.Derrick Rose 2.85
209.Greivis Vásquez 2.85
210.Malik Rose 2.84
211.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.84
212.Bob Sura 2.84
213.Jrue Holiday 2.84
214.Manu Ginóbili* 2.84
215.Mike Bantom 2.83
216.Anthony Carter 2.83
217.Elmore Smith 2.83
218.Chris Kaman 2.83
219.Derrick Coleman 2.83
220.Paul George 2.83
221.Randy Smith 2.83
222.Darrell Walker 2.83
223.Brian Winters 2.83
224.Luc Longley 2.82
225.Sidney Green 2.82
226.John Lucas 2.82
227.Lonnie Shelton 2.81
228.Stephen Jackson 2.81
229.Chris Childs 2.81
230.Darrell Armstrong 2.81
231.Victor Oladipo 2.81
232.Damian Lillard 2.80
233.Leon Douglas 2.80
234.Dwight Jones 2.80
235.Chris Gatling 2.80
236.J.J. Barea 2.79
237.Andre Miller 2.79
238.Rick Barry* 2.79
239.LaSalle Thompson 2.79
240.Mo Williams 2.79
241.Cedric Maxwell 2.79
242.Monta Ellis 2.79
243.Curtis Perry 2.77
244.Paul Pierce* 2.77
245.Brandon Ingram 2.77
246.Curtis Rowe 2.77
247.Brian Shaw 2.76
248.Mark Olberding 2.76
249.Danny Manning 2.76
250.Dick Snyder 2.76

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player TOV/36 MP
1.Larry Brown* 4.61
2.George McGinnis* 4.42
3.Johnny Neumann 4.20
4.Warren Jabali 4.04
5.Ron Boone 3.88
6.George Lehmann 3.81
7.Al Smith 3.72
8.Ralph Simpson 3.69
9.Mack Calvin 3.61
10.Gene Moore 3.54
11.Ted McClain 3.53
12.Julius Erving* 3.52
13.Bob Verga 3.39
14.Fatty Taylor 3.38
15.Charlie Williams 3.30
16.Randy Mahaffey 3.29
17.Levern Tart 3.27
18.Artis Gilmore* 3.26
19.Les Hunter 3.24
20.Mike Lewis 3.14
21.Joe Caldwell 3.08
22.Mel Daniels* 3.08
23.Jimmy Jones 3.08
24.George Gervin* 3.07
25.Rick Barry* 3.05
26.Bob Warren 3.02
27.Bill Melchionni 2.98
28.Ira Harge 2.98
29.Warren Davis 2.96
30.Trooper Washington 2.87
31.Cincy Powell 2.86
32.John Roche 2.86
33.George Thompson 2.85
34.Wendell Ladner 2.80
35.Doug Moe 2.80
36.Larry Kenon 2.80
37.Jim Eakins 2.77
38.Ron Franz 2.77
39.Julian Hammond 2.77
40.James Silas 2.75
41.Glen Combs 2.71
42.George Carter 2.69
43.Darnell Hillman 2.68
44.Willie Wise 2.65
45.Darel Carrier 2.64
46.Freddie Lewis 2.64
47.Chuck Williams 2.60
48.Bill Keller 2.57
49.Steve Jones 2.56
50.Billy Paultz 2.55
51.Donnie Freeman 2.54
52.Gerald Govan 2.54
53.Don Sidle 2.53
54.Walt Simon 2.53
55.Larry Jones 2.53
56.Tom Owens 2.51
57.Roger Brown* 2.51
58.Wayne Hightower 2.50
59.Mike Gale 2.49
60.Brian Taylor 2.45
61.Louie Dampier* 2.40
62.Rich Jones 2.39
63.Marv Roberts 2.33
64.Zelmo Beaty* 2.31
65.Goose Ligon 2.29
66.Wil Jones 2.28
67.Larry Miller 2.26
68.Dan Issel* 2.24
69.Randy Denton 2.21
70.Caldwell Jones 2.15
71.Bob Netolicky 2.07
72.Gene Littles 2.07
73.Joe Hamilton 2.05
74.Stew Johnson 2.04
75.Manny Leaks 2.03
76.Art Becker 2.00
77.Lee Davis 1.94
78.Lonnie Wright 1.92
79.Julius Keye 1.80
80.Byron Beck 1.79
81.Dave Robisch 1.68
82.Red Robbins 1.67
83.John Beasley 1.61
84.Don Buse 1.56