Can you name the NBA career leaders for turnovers ?

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NBA Turnovers Quiz

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Published: September 3rd, 2009
Category: Sports
Plays: 45,077

Tags: NBA Quizzes, leader, career, turnover, player, rank

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	Mello:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:13 GMT	45 points
	Looks like the Mailman sometimes delivered it to the wrong place quite a few times.

	lukejameslarson:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:21 GMT	16 points
	it's funny to see stockton and malone at the top, considering their reputation.

	RyanUR:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:22 GMT	15 points
	@Mello: Perhaps, like Newman, he dared not crack the 50% mark.

	jd1z:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:30 GMT	4 points
	It's too bad the 90s Jazz had to play the 90s Bulls.

	bmo1616:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	15 points
	Just like the QB interceptions quiz, in order to put up a lot of turnovers, it also means you're good enough to play 15+ years. I'd be interested to see these players TO/game stats and compare them to the average.

	Mr_Negative:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:36 GMT	7 points
	You shoulda made Wilt a bonus answer for kicks

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	14 points
	It's very likely that Chamberlain would be on this list, but TO have only been counted since '77.

	CottonNero:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	9 points
	This is like being a 20-game loser in baseball: Somebody had to think it was worth it to give the ball to you in the first place. Malone scored 36K points (and over 4K assists), so obviously having the ball in his hands was a pretty good idea for a very long time.

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	7 points
	Bryant, most of these guys still have a lot of TO per game, because they were handling the ball so much. But your comparison with QB INTs (or batter strikeouts) is right on point. No one gets to make this many TO unless they're also doing a lot of other stuff right.

	Dudeman612:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 16:54 GMT	1 point
	I am not an NBA fan, so I had to rely on my memory of players in the first NBA Jam arcade game and the Starting Line Up figures from the late 80's/early 90's!! Amazingly, I got 18!

	bobc:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 17:30 GMT	13 points
	Yeah, it would've been nice if the quiz had made it clear that the NBA didn't count turnovers until 1977-78. That takes out other old timers like Chamberlain, Jabbar (enough of his career to matter), Cousy, Robertson, West, Maravich, etc, etc. I figured out pretty quickly that 60s guys weren't on here but didn't know how recent to go with.

	geowiz85:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	6 points
	i believe #25 and #26 are the only ones on this list that actually have more career turnovers then assists, and whats ridiculous is #26 has over 1000 more turnovers than assists. but the guy is known for mistakes, look at the number of illegitimate children he has

	geowiz85:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 17:35 GMT	2 points
	@bobc, kareem just barely misses the list with 2527 even without the 8 seasons of play without the turnover stat

	mininimi:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 17:39 GMT	5 points
	i cant believe grossman missed the list, he averaged 2615 turnovers a game

	lazeeeyes:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 17:43 GMT	-1 points
	His Airness would've had a "few" more turnovers if the refs showed a little more integrity.

	ElUniversal:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 18:30 GMT	4 points
	24/30...I got all active players. Look for guys like Arenas (if he stays healthy), CP3, D-Will, Wade and Lebron to be in this list when their careers are over

	GeoExpert:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 21:05 GMT	3 points
	Well... first thing I did was guess Wilt Chamberlian. But it turned out that Sporcle told the truth this time

	ad808:	Sep 3rd, 2009 at 23:46 GMT	7 points
	I figured the best way to take this quiz was to think "longevity" and "point guards", and it paid off. I was halfway through the quiz when I decided that I should consider "Hang Time" as another factor.

	pbysr:	Sep 4th, 2009 at 00:04 GMT	13 points
	Reggie Theus is fast becoming the Papua New Guinea of basketball quizzes.

	Shaman:	Sep 4th, 2009 at 00:33 GMT	5 points
	Charles Oakley surprised me. I think of him as a tough guy who will defend, rebound, set screens, hit guys in the lane committing fouls, not so much as a guy who makes lots of decisions with the ball in his hands on offense...

	SowCrates:	Sep 4th, 2009 at 03:10 GMT	1 point
	Point's been made, most of these are the NBA's greatest over the past 30 years. However, Rod Strickland and Shawn find themselves in the wrong crowd, because they have no excuse to have anywhere near as many turnovers as some of these guys. They need to call Randy Starks to figure out where their crowd is meeting.

	havlorech:	Sep 4th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	3 points
	I figured that a good strategy would be to go for point guards, dominant big men, and superstars because they all have the ball the most.

	wassup:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 13:25 GMT	0 points
	Not even find Malone lol 16/30

	fxrbds:	Feb 23rd, 2010 at 13:20 GMT	2 points
	Strickland was a scoring PG, kinda like CP3. After Drexler-Porter era, he was Portland's #1 scoring option. He's also among career assist leaders, so he does have some "excuses". Kemp on the other hand...

	CoolerKing:	Jun 25th, 2010 at 01:23 GMT	0 points
	You'd think Kareem would be on this list for having a 20 year career and playing more minutes than anybody, but he's only ranked at #40.

	ConcreteEskimo:	Jul 19th, 2010 at 03:44 GMT	-4 points
	You should accept Kobe. He is well known by his first name

	Ole_Quizzard:	Dec 24th, 2010 at 19:02 GMT	1 point
	29/30.I missed the rifleman

	Joker21:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 13:16 GMT	1 point
	Shaquille O'Neal is retired!!!!!!