denver nuggets player with most steals in a season

Fat Lever has gotten the most steals for the Nuggets in a season, with 223 steals in 1987-88.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Steals: player season data complete from 1973-74

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Fat Lever F. Lever	223	1987-88	DEN	82	37.3	18.9	8.1	7.8	2.7	0.3	7.8	16.6	47.3	0.1	0.7	21.1	3.0	3.9	78.5	51.6	2.5	5.6	2.2	3,061	1,546	665	639	21	182	214
2	Fat Lever F. Lever	202	1984-85	DEN	82	31.2	12.8	5.0	7.5	2.5	0.4	5.2	12.0	43.0	0.1	0.3	25.0	2.4	3.1	77.0	47.9	1.8	3.2	2.5	2,559	1,051	411	613	30	203	226
3	Fat Lever F. Lever	201	1986-87	DEN	82	37.2	18.9	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	7.8	16.7	46.9	0.3	1.1	23.9	3.0	3.8	78.2	51.5	2.6	6.3	2.0	3,054	1,552	729	654	34	167	219
4	Fat Lever F. Lever	195	1988-89	DEN	71	38.7	19.8	9.3	7.9	2.7	0.3	7.9	17.2	45.7	0.3	0.9	34.8	3.8	4.8	78.5	51.3	2.6	6.7	2.2	2,745	1,409	662	559	20	157	178
5	Bobby Jones B. Jones	186	1976-77	DEN	82	29.5	15.1	8.3	3.2	2.3	2.0	6.1	10.7	57.0				2.9	4.0	71.7	60.5	2.1	6.1		2,419	1,238	678	264	162		238
6	Fat Lever F. Lever	178	1985-86	DEN	78	33.5	13.8	5.4	7.5	2.3	0.2	6.0	13.6	44.1	0.2	0.5	31.6	1.7	2.3	72.5	47.3	1.7	3.6	2.7	2,616	1,080	420	584	15	210	204
7	T.R. Dunn	173	1983-84	DEN	80	33.8	5.7	7.2	2.9	2.2	0.4	2.2	4.6	47.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	73.1	52.3	2.4	4.7	1.2	2,705	454	574	228	32	97	233
8	Fat Lever F. Lever	168	1989-90	DEN	79	35.8	18.3	9.3	6.5	2.1	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.3	0.5	1.1	41.4	3.4	4.3	80.4	50.4	2.9	6.4	2.0	2,832	1,443	734	517	13	156	172
9	Michael Adams M. Adams	168	1987-88	DEN	82	33.9	13.9	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	5.1	11.3	44.9	1.7	4.6	36.7	2.0	2.4	83.4	56.0	0.5	2.2	1.8	2,778	1,137	223	503	16	144	138
10	Michael Adams M. Adams	166	1988-89	DEN	77	36.2	18.5	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	6.1	14.1	43.3	2.2	6.1	35.6	4.2	5.1	81.9	56.7	0.9	2.8	2.3	2,787	1,424	283	490	11	180	149
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	160	2007-08	DEN	82	41.8	26.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	8.7	19.0	45.8	1.2	3.4	34.5	7.9	9.7	80.9	56.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	3,424	2,164	243	586	12	245	109	+361
12	T.R. Dunn	155	1985-86	DEN	82	29.3	5.0	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	2.1	4.6	45.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	77.3	49.3	1.7	2.9	0.6	2,401	412	377	171	16	51	228
13	Mark Macon M. Macon	154	1991-92	DEN	76	30.3	10.6	2.9	2.2	2.0	0.2	4.4	11.7	37.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	1.8	2.4	73.0	41.5	1.1	1.8	2.0	2,304	805	220	168	14	155	242
14	Reggie Williams R. Williams	148	1991-92	DEN	81	32.4	18.2	5.0	2.9	1.8	0.8	7.4	15.8	47.1	0.7	1.9	35.9	2.7	3.3	80.3	52.8	1.8	3.2	2.1	2,623	1,474	405	235	68	173	270
15	Michael Adams M. Adams	147	1990-91	DEN	66	35.5	26.5	3.9	10.5	2.2	0.1	8.5	21.5	39.4	2.5	8.5	29.6	7.0	8.0	87.9	53.0	0.9	3.0	3.6	2,346	1,752	256	693	6	240	162
16	T.R. Dunn	147	1982-83	DEN	82	32.2	7.6	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	3.1	6.4	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	73.0	52.4	2.8	4.7	1.4	2,640	627	615	189	25	113	218
17	Andre Miller A. Miller	142	2003-04	DEN	82	34.6	14.8	4.5	6.1	1.7	0.3	5.2	11.5	45.7	0.1	0.8	18.5	4.2	5.0	83.2	54.1	1.5	2.9	2.6	2,838	1,214	366	501	25	215	194	+163
18	T.R. Dunn	140	1984-85	DEN	81	28.3	5.4	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	4.4	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	72.4	53.1	2.1	2.7	0.8	2,290	434	385	153	14	65	213
19	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	139	2012-13	DEN	80	34.7	13.0	5.3	5.4	1.7	0.7	5.0	11.0	45.1	1.1	3.6	31.7	1.9	3.4	57.4	52.0	1.0	4.3	2.6	2,779	1,038	423	433	52	206	127	+381
20	Bobby Jones B. Jones	137	1977-78	DEN	75	32.5	14.5	8.5	3.4	1.8	1.7	5.9	10.1	57.8				2.8	3.7	75.1	61.6	2.2	6.3	2.6	2,440	1,088	636	252	126	194	221
21	T.R. Dunn	135	1981-82	DEN	82	30.7	8.2	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	3.1	6.1	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.6	71.2	55.9	2.6	4.2	1.5	2,519	669	559	188	36	123	210
22	Fatty Taylor F. Taylor	132	1976-77	DEN	79	19.6	3.8	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.1	1.7	4.0	42.0				0.5	0.8	56.9	43.9	1.1	1.5		1,548	301	211	288	9		202
23	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	129	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	1.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4				6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	52	346	321
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	127	2024-25	DEN	70	36.7	29.6	12.7	10.2	1.8	0.6	11.2	19.5	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	45	230	160	+594
25	Nene	127	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	65	181	295	-261

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