Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Chris Paul averaged the most steals per game, with 2.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

2000s steal with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders

	NAME	SPG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.4	300	37.2	19.4	4.8	9.9	0.1	6.8	14.5	47.0	0.9	2.5	34.4	4.9	5.8	84.9	56.8	0.8	4.0	2.6	11,169	5,827	1,433	2,966	726	23	776	769	+603
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	682	41.8	28.1	3.6	6.2	0.2	9.7	22.9	42.4	1.1	3.6	31.1	7.5	9.5	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	28,534	19,154	2,471	4,227	1,521	106	2,450	1,198	+1187
3	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	604	34.8	16.1	5.1	3.2	0.6	5.7	13.6	42.2	1.2	3.5	34.2	3.5	4.8	72.3	51.3	1.2	3.9	2.3	21,037	9,722	3,092	1,915	1,244	375	1,372	1,776	+923
4	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.0	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	54.8	0.5	2.3	2.0	2,626	818	228	403	160	8	165	240	+30
5	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	760	37.3	14.0	7.0	9.2	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.2	1.5	4.2	34.8	2.6	3.3	81.1	50.9	1.3	5.7	3.1	28,311	10,649	5,327	7,029	1,472	236	2,331	1,438	+2576
6	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.9	673	35.4	16.9	4.0	7.3	0.4	6.1	14.9	40.9	1.7	5.3	32.3	2.9	4.2	69.7	50.2	1.0	3.0	2.8	23,825	11,364	2,705	4,901	1,292	286	1,875	1,947	+1028
7	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.9	181	35.2	15.8	3.5	8.2	0.3	6.4	14.0	45.3	0.5	1.4	36.6	2.6	2.9	90.1	51.6	0.7	2.8	2.1	6,370	2,859	629	1,476	347	57	382	345	+615
8	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1.9	177	30.6	9.6	3.4	6.0	0.3	3.9	10.1	38.9	1.1	3.2	33.3	0.7	1.0	69.3	45.7	0.8	2.6	1.7	5,410	1,701	594	1,065	333	46	308	276	-873
9	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	463	33.0	10.4	4.1	4.1	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.2	0.9	2.5	35.8	2.2	2.6	85.8	54.4	0.9	3.2	1.9	15,283	4,834	1,886	1,894	868	211	876	1,099	+1774
10	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1.8	745	37.6	17.8	9.9	2.0	1.3	7.2	14.9	48.1	0.9	2.7	33.7	2.5	3.1	82.0	54.6	2.6	7.3	1.6	28,020	13,254	7,384	1,511	1,363	975	1,192	1,869	+2061
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1.8	394	37.9	25.2	4.9	6.7	1.0	8.8	18.2	48.3	0.4	1.5	28.5	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.5	1.2	3.6	3.8	14,925	9,922	1,925	2,625	720	379	1,497	1,019	+1026
12	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1.8	404	38.0	15.6	5.7	4.4	0.5	5.4	11.5	46.9	0.8	2.5	32.5	4.0	5.3	75.5	56.4	1.1	4.5	2.4	15,345	6,305	2,296	1,758	727	187	989	941	-99
13	LeBron James L. James	1.8	472	40.6	27.5	7.0	6.7	0.9	9.8	20.9	47.1	1.4	4.1	32.8	6.5	8.8	73.8	55.5	1.3	5.7	3.3	19,142	12,993	3,307	3,159	830	405	1,541	951	+1669
14	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1.8	433	37.4	22.8	4.2	5.5	0.2	7.3	17.2	42.7	2.1	5.8	35.8	6.0	7.4	80.9	55.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	16,175	9,853	1,828	2,387	758	103	1,438	1,365	+96
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.7	235	28.8	9.7	4.4	5.7	0.1	3.9	8.2	48.0	0.1	0.4	27.1	1.7	2.7	63.5	51.6	1.1	3.3	2.1	6,779	2,268	1,030	1,349	406	32	493	561	+1160
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.7	328	29.5	12.0	2.8	8.3	0.2	4.3	8.5	50.2	0.5	1.3	38.4	2.9	3.5	84.0	59.5	0.6	2.1	2.4	9,670	3,920	906	2,719	564	76	772	779	+1481
17	Caron Butler C. Butler	1.7	486	36.5	16.7	6.0	3.0	0.3	6.1	13.9	44.3	0.6	1.8	31.6	3.8	4.5	85.2	52.6	1.7	4.2	2.3	17,715	8,112	2,908	1,478	817	142	1,124	1,356	-567
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.7	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	29,476	21,065	4,381	3,921	1,246	431	2,326	2,092	+3470
19	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	1.7	398	30.2	10.4	3.4	7.0	0.3	3.9	9.9	39.5	0.9	2.8	30.7	1.7	2.4	71.3	47.4	0.8	2.7	2.9	12,016	4,144	1,368	2,786	660	128	1,145	1,076	+582
20	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	1.6	623	32.3	15.0	4.3	3.3	0.4	5.5	13.4	40.9	0.8	2.4	31.5	3.3	4.3	75.6	49.0	1.0	3.3	2.2	20,151	9,364	2,703	2,069	994	226	1,399	1,468	-1109
21	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.6	610	23.8	7.0	2.3	5.8	0.1	2.7	6.5	40.7	0.0	0.2	15.0	1.6	2.0	79.2	46.8	0.3	2.0	1.8	14,507	4,246	1,401	3,523	963	62	1,068	1,470	-1424
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1.5	765	37.8	23.3	6.3	4.0	0.6	7.6	17.1	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.3	6.4	8.0	80.1	56.3	1.0	5.3	3.1	28,893	17,812	4,798	3,068	1,183	480	2,376	2,201	+1925
23	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1.5	478	27.7	14.7	4.1	3.6	0.3	4.7	10.4	45.4	1.4	3.7	37.6	3.9	4.8	82.1	59.0	0.8	3.2	2.1	13,237	7,044	1,943	1,704	734	162	999	1,115	+2692
24	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	1.5	468	27.9	12.3	5.4	1.9	0.9	4.4	9.3	47.8	0.4	1.3	30.3	3.1	4.4	69.6	54.9	1.4	4.0	1.8	13,065	5,770	2,533	892	708	435	820	1,091	-531
25	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	1.5	334	25.6	9.3	2.5	4.3	0.1	3.4	8.2	40.9	0.1	0.7	19.3	2.4	3.2	76.2	48.1	0.6	1.9	1.7	8,548	3,096	830	1,441	503	40	580	827	-201