detroit pistons most steals per game by a player in a season

Isiah Thomas has gotten the most steals per game for the Pistons in a season, with 2.5 per game in 1983-84.

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detroit pistons most steals per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in a season

	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.5	1983-84	DET	82	36.7	21.3	4.0	11.1	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	914	204	33	307	324
2	M.L. Carr	2.5	1978-79	DET	80	40.1	18.7	7.4	3.3	0.6	7.3	14.3	51.4				4.0	5.4	74.3	56.1	2.7	4.6	3.2	3,207	1,497	589	262	197	46	255	279
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.5	1982-83	DET	81	38.2	22.9	4.0	7.8	0.4	9.0	19.0	47.2	0.4	1.5	28.8	4.5	6.4	71.0	52.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	3,093	1,854	328	634	199	29	326	318
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.3	1984-85	DET	81	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	0.3	8.0	17.4	45.8	0.4	1.4	25.7	4.9	6.1	80.9	52.9	1.4	3.0	3.7	3,089	1,720	361	1,123	187	25	302	288
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.2	1985-86	DET	77	36.2	20.9	3.6	10.8	0.3	7.9	16.2	48.8	0.3	1.1	31.0	4.7	6.0	79.0	55.4	1.1	2.5	3.8	2,790	1,609	277	830	171	20	289	245
6	Chris Ford C. Ford	2.2	1976-77	DET	82	31.0	12.3	3.3	4.1	0.3	5.3	11.2	47.6				1.6	2.1	77.1	50.6	1.2	2.1		2,539	1,005	270	337	179	26		192
7	Chris Ford C. Ford	2.2	1975-76	DET	82	26.8	8.4	3.5	3.3	0.3	3.7	8.6	42.6				1.0	1.4	72.2	45.2	1.0	2.6		2,198	685	291	272	178	24		222
8	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	150	17	299	253
9	Ron Lee R. Lee	2.0	1980-81	DET	82	22.3	4.2	2.7	4.4	0.4	1.4	3.9	35.0	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.4	1.9	72.4	43.5	0.8	1.9	2.1	1,829	341	220	362	166	29	173	260
10	Chris Ford C. Ford	2.0	1977-78	DET	82	31.5	10.5	3.3	4.6	0.2	4.6	9.5	48.1				1.4	1.9	73.4	51.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2,582	861	268	381	166	17	232	182
11	M.L. Carr	2.0	1976-77	DET	82	32.2	13.3	7.7	2.2	0.7	5.4	11.4	47.6				2.5	3.4	73.5	51.8	2.6	5.1		2,643	1,091	631	181	165	58		287
12	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	2.0	2025-26	DET	73	26.0	9.9	5.7	3.1	0.9	4.2	7.9	52.5	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.5	2.6	57.1	54.5	2.1	3.7	1.5	1,896	721	418	228	146	69	110	198	+396
13	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	2.0	2019-20	DET	49	33.8	17.8	15.8	2.8	1.7	7.3	13.9	53.0	0.0	0.4	4.8	3.0	5.2	58.4	55.0	4.6	11.2	3.6	1,654	870	775	138	97	82	174	176	-121
14	Kevin Porter K. Porter	1.9	1978-79	DET	82	37.4	15.4	2.5	13.4	0.1	6.5	13.5	48.1				2.3	3.2	72.2	51.3	0.8	1.8	4.1	3,064	1,260	209	1,099	158	5	337	302
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	1986-87	DET	81	37.2	20.6	3.9	10.0	0.2	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.2	1.2	19.4	4.9	6.4	76.8	52.8	1.0	2.9	4.2	3,013	1,671	319	813	153	20	343	251
16	John Long J. Long	1.9	1979-80	DET	69	34.3	19.4	4.9	3.0	0.4	8.5	16.9	50.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	2.3	2.8	82.5	53.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	2,364	1,337	337	206	129	26	206	221
17	M.L. Carr	1.9	1977-78	DET	79	32.4	12.4	7.1	2.3	0.3	4.9	10.8	45.5				2.5	3.4	73.8	50.2	2.6	4.5	2.7	2,556	980	557	185	147	27	210	243
18	Chris Ford C. Ford	1.8	1973-74	DET	82	25.1	7.1	3.7	3.4	0.2	3.2	7.3	44.4				0.7	0.9	74.0	46.5	1.3	2.4		2,059	585	304	279	148	14		159
19	Grant Hill G. Hill	1.8	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	583	144	48	259	186	+413
20	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.8	2005-06	DET	82	35.2	7.3	11.3	1.9	2.2	2.9	5.7	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.6	41.6	50.1	3.7	7.6	1.1	2,890	597	923	158	146	181	88	164	+598
21	Grant Hill G. Hill	1.8	1994-95	DET	70	38.3	19.9	6.4	5.0	0.9	7.3	15.2	47.7	0.1	0.4	14.8	5.3	7.3	73.2	54.1	1.8	4.6	2.9	2,678	1,394	445	353	124	62	202	203
22	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.8	2003-04	DET	81	37.7	9.5	12.4	1.7	3.0	3.9	9.2	42.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	1.8	3.6	49.0	44.1	4.0	8.4	1.5	3,050	773	1,006	138	143	246	123	162	+437
23	Grant Hill G. Hill	1.8	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
24	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	1.8	1998-99	DET	49	35.8	11.9	3.4	3.9	0.2	4.7	10.7	43.5	1.2	3.1	38.6	1.4	1.8	75.3	51.7	0.5	2.9	1.9	1,755	582	168	193	86	8	92	126	+179
25	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.7	1987-88	DET	81	36.1	19.5	3.4	8.4	0.2	7.7	16.6	46.3	0.4	1.2	30.9	3.8	4.9	77.4	52.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	2,927	1,577	278	678	141	17	273	217

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.0

Cunningham

RPG

8.3

Duren

APG

7.7

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

3 - 2

117

Final

113

Pistons

2 - 3

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

30.0

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.2

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.7

Cunningham

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

127.8

126.0

116.5

114.6

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.4

105.7

107.4

108.1

108.5

110.2

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

17.5

13.1

3.0

2.9

1.0

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

571.2

Cunningham

475.7

Harden

464.8

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

616.5

Cunningham

493.8

Harden

471.3

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.2

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.1

Cunningham

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.72

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.72

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

54-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

40-54

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	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

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
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