cavs players steals per game leaders single season since 1980

Since 1979-80, Ron Harper has averaged the most steals per game for the Cavaliers in a season, with 2.5 per game in his rookie season in 1986-87.

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	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	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	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.5	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
2	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.5	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
3	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.3	1988-89	CLE	82	34.8	18.6	5.0	5.3	0.9	7.2	14.0	51.1	0.4	1.4	25.0	3.9	5.2	75.1	57.0	1.5	3.5	2.8	2,851	1,526	409	434	185	74	230	224
4	LeBron James L. James	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
5	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.1	1987-88	CLE	57	32.1	15.4	3.9	4.9	0.9	6.0	12.8	46.4	0.1	0.4	15.0	3.4	4.9	70.5	51.4	1.1	2.8	2.8	1,830	879	223	281	122	52	158	157
6	Foots Walker F. Walker	2.0	1979-80	CLE	76	31.9	9.4	3.8	8.0	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	2.6	3.2	80.2	52.7	1.0	2.8	2.1	2,422	712	287	607	155	12	157	202
7	LeBron James L. James	1.8	2007-08	CLE	75	40.4	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.1	10.6	21.9	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	3,027	2,250	592	539	138	81	255	165	+139
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1.8	2023-24	CLE	55	35.3	26.6	5.1	6.1	0.5	9.1	19.8	46.2	3.3	9.0	36.8	5.0	5.8	86.5	59.5	0.8	4.3	2.8	1,943	1,463	280	333	101	30	154	118	+326
9	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.8	1998-99	CLE	39	30.4	9.6	3.4	7.7	0.2	3.4	8.1	42.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	3.6	74.5	49.5	0.4	2.9	2.7	1,186	373	131	302	70	7	105	115	+39
10	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.8	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	0.4	7.4	16.8	43.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	490	138	30	178	177	+128
11	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.8	1995-96	CLE	75	34.3	19.3	3.3	6.5	0.4	6.8	14.6	46.5	1.2	3.1	38.7	4.5	5.1	88.7	57.3	0.6	2.7	1.9	2,570	1,449	248	487	132	33	142	146
12	Campy Russell C. Russell	1.8	1979-80	CLE	41	32.5	18.2	5.5	4.2	0.5	6.9	15.4	45.1	0.0	0.2	11.1	4.3	5.8	74.5	50.8	1.9	3.6	3.6	1,331	747	225	173	72	20	148	113
13	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	1.7	1980-81	CLE	80	32.4	10.0	2.5	5.7	0.2	4.0	10.2	39.0	0.7	2.1	33.7	1.3	1.7	81.1	45.8	0.8	1.7	2.0	2,595	802	198	452	136	17	162	194
14	LeBron James L. James	1.7	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
15	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.6	1999-00	CLE	65	27.0	9.3	3.0	7.0	0.3	3.5	8.6	41.2	0.0	0.2	20.0	2.2	2.8	76.1	47.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	1,754	602	193	458	107	21	157	185	-126
16	LeBron James L. James	1.6	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
17	LeBron James L. James	1.6	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
18	Bobby Phills B. Phills	1.6	1996-97	CLE	69	34.4	12.6	3.6	3.4	0.3	4.8	11.1	42.8	1.2	3.1	39.4	1.8	2.5	71.8	51.4	0.9	2.6	2.0	2,375	866	245	233	113	21	135	174	+111
19	LeBron James L. James	1.6	2006-07	CLE	78	40.9	27.3	6.7	6.0	0.7	9.9	20.8	47.6	1.3	4.0	31.9	6.3	9.0	69.8	55.2	1.1	5.7	3.2	3,190	2,132	526	470	125	55	250	171	+377
20	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.6	1994-95	CLE	67	29.3	13.3	2.8	5.4	0.2	5.1	11.4	44.8	0.7	1.8	39.7	2.4	2.8	85.5	52.7	0.5	2.3	2.1	1,961	889	186	363	107	14	144	118
21	John Bagley J. Bagley	1.6	1984-85	CLE	81	29.6	9.9	3.6	8.6	0.1	4.2	8.6	48.8	0.0	0.3	11.5	1.5	2.1	74.9	52.4	0.7	2.9	2.6	2,401	804	291	697	129	5	207	132
22	Ricky Davis R. Davis	1.6	2002-03	CLE	79	39.6	20.6	4.9	5.5	0.5	7.6	18.6	41.0	0.9	2.6	36.3	4.4	5.9	74.8	48.5	1.2	3.7	3.5	3,131	1,626	390	436	125	36	277	180	-638
23	LeBron James L. James	1.6	2014-15	CLE	69	36.1	25.3	6.0	7.4	0.7	9.0	18.5	48.8	1.7	4.9	35.4	5.4	7.7	71.0	57.7	0.7	5.3	3.9	2,493	1,743	416	511	109	49	272	135	+539
24	Wesley Person W. Person	1.6	1997-98	CLE	82	39.0	14.7	4.4	2.3	0.6	5.4	11.7	46.0	2.3	5.5	43.0	1.6	2.1	77.6	58.3	0.8	3.6	1.3	3,198	1,204	363	188	129	49	110	108	+167
25	John Bagley J. Bagley	1.6	1985-86	CLE	78	31.7	11.7	3.5	9.4	0.1	4.7	11.1	42.3	0.1	0.5	24.3	2.2	2.8	79.1	47.5	1.0	2.6	3.1	2,472	911	275	735	122	10	239	165

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RPG

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DRTG

115.1

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NETRTG

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 10/29	CLE	@	ATL	7:00 PM

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31.1

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28.8

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RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

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11.6

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APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

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8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

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19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

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Thompson

36.4

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1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

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Worst Record ATS

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36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0