did gary payton ever lead the league in steals

Gary Payton averaged his most steals per game in a season in 1995-96, with 2.9 per game.

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Did Gary Payton ever lead the league in steals in a regular 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	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.9	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.5	1994-95	SEA	82	36.8	20.6	3.4	7.1	0.2	8.4	16.4	50.9	0.9	2.8	30.2	3.0	4.2	71.6	56.4	1.3	2.1	2.5	3,015	1,689	281	583	204	13	201	206
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.4	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
4	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.3	1993-94	SEA	82	35.1	16.5	3.3	6.0	0.2	7.1	14.1	50.4	0.2	0.7	27.8	2.0	3.4	59.5	52.6	1.3	2.0	2.1	2,881	1,349	269	494	188	19	173	227
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.3	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	185	18	229	195	+622
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.2	1998-99	SEA	50	40.2	21.7	4.9	8.7	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.4	1.7	5.6	29.5	4.0	5.5	72.1	51.9	1.2	3.6	3.1	2,008	1,084	244	436	109	12	154	115	+26
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.2	1992-93	SEA	82	31.1	13.5	3.4	4.9	0.3	5.8	11.7	49.4	0.1	0.4	20.6	1.8	2.4	77.0	52.9	1.2	2.3	1.8	2,548	1,110	281	399	177	21	148	250
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.0	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,244	588	243	528	165	15	180	249
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.9	1999-00	SEA	82	41.8	24.2	6.5	8.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
10	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.8	1991-92	SEA	81	31.5	9.4	3.6	6.2	0.3	4.1	9.1	45.1	0.0	0.3	13.0	1.2	1.8	66.9	47.8	1.5	2.1	2.1	2,549	764	295	506	147	21	174	248
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.7	2002-03	TOT	80	40.1	20.4	4.2	8.3	0.3	8.3	18.3	45.4	0.7	2.3	29.7	3.1	4.4	71.0	50.4	1.0	3.2	2.3	3,208	1,634	334	663	133	20	187	181	-50
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.6	2000-01	SEA	79	41.1	23.1	4.6	8.1	0.3	9.2	20.1	45.6	1.3	3.4	37.5	3.4	4.5	76.6	52.2	0.9	3.6	2.6	3,244	1,823	361	642	127	26	209	184	-14
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.6	2001-02	SEA	82	40.3	22.1	4.8	9.0	0.3	9.0	19.2	46.7	0.9	2.9	31.4	3.3	4.1	79.7	52.6	1.0	3.9	2.5	3,301	1,815	396	737	131	26	209	179	+199
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.2	2003-04	LAL	82	34.5	14.6	4.2	5.5	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.7	2.0	33.3	2.2	3.1	71.4	52.8	0.9	3.3	1.8	2,825	1,199	342	449	96	19	151	169	+329
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.1	2004-05	BOS	77	33.0	11.3	3.1	6.1	0.2	4.4	9.4	46.8	0.5	1.7	32.6	2.0	2.6	76.1	53.7	0.6	2.4	1.9	2,541	873	236	469	88	12	148	121	+51
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	0.9	2005-06	MIA	81	28.5	7.7	2.9	3.2	0.1	2.8	6.8	42.0	0.8	2.8	28.7	1.2	1.6	79.4	52.0	0.4	2.5	1.3	2,305	626	233	257	71	10	102	169	+124
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	0.6	2006-07	MIA	68	22.1	5.3	1.9	3.0	0.0	2.1	5.4	39.3	0.5	1.8	26.0	0.6	0.8	66.7	45.8	0.3	1.7	1.0	1,503	358	132	201	43	3	66	117	-207

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