List of Women's National Basketball Association career turnovers leaders

This is a list of Women's National Basketball Association players by total career regular season turnovers recorded.

WNBA Most turnovers recorded
Rank Player Turnovers Team(s) played for (years)
1 Sue Bird 1286 Seattle Storm (2002–2022)[a]
2 Diana Taurasi 1243 Phoenix Mercury (2004–Present)[b]
3 Becky Hammon 1224 New York Liberty (1999–2006)
San Antonio Stars (2007–2014)
4 Tina Thompson 1217 Houston Comets (1997–2008)
Los Angeles Sparks (2009–2011)
Seattle Storm (2012–2013)
5 Lisa Leslie 1193 Los Angeles Sparks (1997–2009)[c]
6 DeLisha Milton-Jones 1173 Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012)
Washington Mystics (2005–2007)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2013)
New York Liberty (2013–2014)
Atlanta Dream (2014–2015)
7 Ticha Penicheiro 1134 Sacramento Monarchs (1998–2009)
Los Angeles Sparks (2010–2011)
Chicago Sky (2012)
8 Swin Cash 1128 Detroit Shock (2002–2007)
Seattle Storm (2008–2011)
Chicago Sky (2012–2013)
Atlanta Dream (2014)
New York Liberty (2014–2016)
9 Tamika Catchings 1043 Indiana Fever (2002–2016)
10 Lindsay Whalen 1006 Connecticut Sun (2004–2009)
Minnesota Lynx (2010–2018)
11 Tanisha Wright 955 Seattle Storm (2005–2014)
New York Liberty (2015–2016, 2019)
Minnesota Lynx (2018)
12 Cappie Pondexter 948 Phoenix Mercury (2006–2009)
New York Liberty (2010–2014)
Chicago Sky (2015–2017)
Los Angeles Sparks (2018)
Indiana Fever (2018)
13 Angel McCoughtry 945 Atlanta Dream (2009–2019)
Las Vegas Aces (2020–Present)
14 Shannon Johnson 939 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (1999–2003)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2004–2006)
Detroit Shock (2007)
Houston Comets (2008)
Seattle Storm (2009)
15 Katie Smith 935 Minnesota Lynx (1999–2005)
Detroit Shock (2006–2009)
Washington Mystics (2010)
Seattle Storm (2011–2012)
New York Liberty (2013)
16 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 900 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (1999–2006)
Los Angeles Sparks (2007)
Washington Mystics (2008)
Detroit Shock (2008–2009)
New York Liberty (2010)
Minnesota Lynx (2011–2012)
17 Candace Parker 897 Los Angeles Sparks (2008–Present)
18 Alana Beard 854 Washington Mystics (2004–2011)
Los Angeles Sparks (2012–2019)
19 Candice Dupree 849 Chicago Sky (2006–2009)
Phoenix Mercury (2010–2016)
Indiana Fever (2017–Present)
20 Katie Douglas 830 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (2001–2007, 2014)
Indiana Fever (2008–2013)
21 Sylvia Fowles 824 Chicago Sky (2008–2014)
Minnesota Lynx (2015–Present)
22 Betty Lennox 800 Minnesota Lynx (2000–2002)
Miami Sol (2002)
Cleveland Rockers (2003)
Seattle Storm (2004–2007)
Atlanta Dream (2008)
Los Angeles Sparks (2009–2010)
Tulsa Shock (2011)
23 Chamique Holdsclaw 790 Washington Mystics (1999–2004)
Los Angeles Sparks (2005–2007)
Atlanta Dream (2009)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2010)
24 Courtney Vandersloot 785 Chicago Sky (2011–Present)
25 Crystal Langhorne 782 Washington Mystics (2008–2013)
Seattle Storm (2014–Present)

All statistics are up to date as of September 13, 2020.

Notes

  1. ^ Bird did not play the 2013 season and 2019 season because of knee surgery.
  2. ^ Taurasi did not play the 2015 season at the request of her Russian Premier League team, UMMC Ekaterinburg.
  3. ^ Leslie did not play the 2007 season because of a pregnancy leave.

External links

  • WNBA Career Leaders and Records for Turnovers | Basketball-Reference.com - updated daily
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