1981 NBA Turnovers Leaders

Adrian Dantley led the NBA in turnovers in 1981 with 299, tied with Isiah Thomas. It stands 95th among all single seasons in NBA history.

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#	Player	Team	TOV	GP	MPG	AST	APG
1	AD Adrian Dantley	UTH	299	81	39.8	324	4.0
2	Isiah Thomas	DET	299	72	33.8	565	7.9
3	MM Moses Malone	HOU	294	81	42.0	142	1.8
4	Micheal Ray Richardson	NYK	291	82	37.1	572	7.0
5	RW Ray Williams	NJN	290	82	33.3	488	6.0
6	Magic Johnson	LAL	286	78	38.4	743	9.5
7	KT Kelly Tripucka	DET	280	82	37.5	270	3.3
8	Reggie Theus	CHI	277	82	34.6	476	5.8
9	Bernard King	GOS	267	79	36.2	282	3.6
10	AE Alex English	DEN	261	82	36.8	433	5.3
11	Larry Bird	BOS	254	77	38.0	447	5.8
12	MT Mychal Thompson	POR	245	79	39.6	319	4.0
13	RK Rich Kelley	PHX	244	81	23.4	293	3.6
14	NN Norm Nixon	LAL	238	82	36.9	652	8.0
15	JR Jeff Ruland	WAS	237	82	27.0	134	1.6
16	Buck Williams	NJN	235	82	34.5	107	1.3
17	Dennis Johnson	PHX	233	80	36.7	369	4.6
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	LAL	230	76	35.2	225	3.0
19	KR Kelvin Ransey	POR	229	78	31.0	555	7.1
20	Artis Gilmore	CHI	227	82	34.1	136	1.7
21	RP Robert Parish	BOS	221	80	31.7	140	1.8
22	TC Tom Chambers	SDC	220	81	33.1	146	1.8
23	RS Ricky Sobers	CHI	217	80	24.2	301	3.8
24	Julius Erving	PHL	214	81	34.4	319	3.9
25	Andrew Toney	PHL	214	77	24.8	283	3.7
26	Jack Sikma	SEA	213	82	37.2	277	3.4
27	George Gervin	SAN	210	79	35.7	187	2.4
28	Elvin Hayes	HOU	208	82	37.0	144	1.8
29	Sidney Moncrief	MIL	208	80	37.3	382	4.8
30	WF World Free	GOS	208	78	35.9	419	5.4
31	JC Joe Barry Carroll	GOS	206	76	34.6	64	0.8
32	Truck Robinson	PHX	202	74	37.1	179	2.4
33	Lonnie Shelton	SEA	199	81	32.9	252	3.1
34	Rickey Green	UTH	198	81	34.8	630	7.8
35	Michael Brooks	SDC	197	82	33.5	236	2.9
36	GW Gus Williams	SEA	197	80	36.0	549	6.9
37	Steve Johnson	KCK	197	78	22.3	91	1.2
38	Alvan Adams	PHX	196	79	30.3	356	4.5
39	Campy Russell	NYK	195	77	30.6	284	3.7
40	JV Jay Vincent	DAL	194	81	32.4	176	2.2
41	Phil Ford	KCK	194	72	27.1	451	6.3
42	DG Darrell Griffith	UTH	193	80	32.5	187	2.3
43	MJ Mickey Johnson	MIL	191	76	25.5	215	2.8
44	KV Kiki Vandeweghe	DEN	189	82	33.8	247	3.0
45	JD Johnny Davis	IND	186	82	32.5	346	4.2
46	Eddie Johnson	ATL	186	68	34.0	358	5.3
47	RL Ronnie Lester	CHI	185	75	30.0	362	4.8
48	Maurice Cheeks	PHL	184	79	31.6	667	8.4
49	JB Joe Bryant	SDC	183	75	26.5	189	2.5
50	Dan Roundfield	ATL	183	61	36.3	162	2.7

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