Inbasketball, aturnover occurs when a team loses possession of the ball to the opposing team before a player takes a shot at their team's basket. This can result from a player getting the ballstolen, steppingout of bounds, having a pass intercepted, committing aviolation (such asdouble dribble,traveling,shot clock violation,three-second violation orfive-second violation), or committing anoffensive foul (includingpersonal,flagrant, andtechnical fouls).
Turnovers can be classified into two categories:dead-ball turnovers and live-ball turnovers. Dead-ball turnovers are those which result in dead balls (e.g. rules violations) and live-ball turnovers are those which do not require play to be stopped (e.g. an intercepted pass or recovered loose ball).[1]
According toBoston Globe sportswriterBob Ryan, the concept of the turnover was first formulated by his colleague Jack Barry.[2] Turnovers were first officially recorded in theAmerican Basketball Association (ABA) during the1967–68 season. TheNBA began tracking team turnovers during the1973-74 season and started tracking turnovers for individual players during the1977–78 season subsequent to theNBA-ABA merger. TheWNBA has recorded turnovers since its inaugural season in 1997.
The record for the most turnovers in an NBA game is shared byJason Kidd andJohn Drew. Kidd committed 14 turnovers against theNew York Knicks on November 17, 2000, while playing for thePhoenix Suns. Drew committed 14 turnovers against theNew Jersey Nets on March 1, 1978, while playing for theAtlanta Hawks. The record for most turnovers in an NBA playoff game was 13, set byJames Harden on May 27, 2015, while playing for theHouston Rockets against theGolden State Warriors.[3]
LeBron James holds the regular season and playoff records for most career turnovers with 4,966 in the regular season and 1,015 in the playoffs.[4][5]Russell Westbrook holds the record for highest career turnover average in the regular season with 3.91 turnovers per game.[6]
The record for the mostturnovers by a WNBA team in one game is 33. The record for the most turnovers by a WNBA player per season is held byTicha Penicheiro, who committed 135 turnovers in 1999.[7] The career record for the most turnovers by a WNBA player is held byDiana Taurasi with 1,520.[8]
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