NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Turnovers

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
Turnovers since 1977-78 (1967-68 for ABA)

Table
Year Lg Player TOV Tm
2023 NBA Nikola Jokić 70 DEN
2022 NBA Jayson Tatum 100 BOS
2021 NBA Devin Booker 81 PHO
2020 NBA LeBron James 84 LAL
2019 NBA Draymond Green 83 GSW
2018 NBA LeBron James 94 CLE
2017 NBA LeBron James 72 CLE
2016 NBA Russell Westbrook 78 OKC
2015 NBA LeBron James 82 CLE
    Stephen Curry 82 GSW
2014 NBA Russell Westbrook 83 OKC
2013 NBA Paul George 75 IND
2012 NBA LeBron James 81 MIA
2011 NBA Russell Westbrook 78 OKC
2010 NBA Kobe Bryant* 79 LAL
2009 NBA Dwight Howard 67 ORL
2008 NBA Paul Pierce* 82 BOS
2007 NBA Deron Williams 68 UTA
2006 NBA Dwyane Wade* 90 MIA
2005 NBA Richard Hamilton 78 DET
2004 NBA Kevin Garnett* 75 MIN
2003 NBA Jason Kidd* 79 NJN
2002 NBA Jason Kidd* 67 NJN
2001 NBA Allen Iverson* 63 PHI
2000 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 56 LAL
1999 NBA Latrell Sprewell 58 NYK
1998 NBA Karl Malone* 60 UTA
1997 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 70 MIA
1996 NBA Shawn Kemp 80 SEA
1995 NBA Anfernee Hardaway 73 ORL
    Shaquille O'Neal* 73 ORL
1994 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 83 HOU
    Patrick Ewing* 83 NYK
1993 NBA Kevin Johnson 84 PHO
1992 NBA Michael Jordan* 81 CHI
1991 NBA Magic Johnson* 77 LAL
1990 NBA Isiah Thomas* 72 DET
1989 NBA Michael Jordan* 68 CHI
1988 NBA Isiah Thomas* 85 DET
1987 NBA Larry Bird* 71 BOS
1986 NBA Ralph Sampson* 71 HOU
1985 NBA Magic Johnson* 76 LAL
1984 NBA Larry Bird* 87 BOS
1983 NBA Magic Johnson* 64 LAL
1982 NBA Julius Erving* 67 PHI
    Andrew Toney 67 PHI
1981 NBA Larry Bird* 62 BOS
1980 NBA Magic Johnson* 65 LAL
1979 NBA Walter Davis 66 PHO
1978 NBA Marvin Webster 74 SEA
1976 ABA Ralph Simpson 58 DNA
1975 ABA George McGinnis* 111 INA
1974 ABA Julius Erving* 51 NYA
    Willie Wise 51 UTS
1973 ABA Artis Gilmore* 63 KEN
1972 ABA Ollie Taylor 68 NYA
1971 ABA Ron Boone 56 UTS
    Dan Issel* 56 KEN
1970 ABA Craig Raymond 75 LAS
1969 ABA Warren Jabali 79 OAK
1968 ABA Larry Brown* 77 NOB