highest career steals per game by a center

Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most career steals per game by a center, with 1.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest career steals per game with a minimum of 400 games played by a center

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.7	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.4	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
3	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1.3	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-553
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.3	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	2.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	47.2	3.3	6.7	1.0	28,812	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,249	1,932	960	1,834	+1643
5	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.3	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.7	2.2	6.9	2.2	23,463	7,206	6,873	3,275	999	1,160	978	2,636
6	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1.3	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	54.1	2.0	5.0	2.6	27,203	13,910	6,937	4,012	1,289	808	2,194	3,214
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.3	806	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	0.7	8.5	15.1	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.3	4.1	5.0	82.4	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	25,767	17,897	8,931	6,043	1,034	583	2,412	2,162	+4579
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.2	962	26.3	12.1	11.9	1.2	1.2	5.1	9.4	53.9	0.0	0.2	21.5	1.9	3.9	48.9	54.4	4.1	7.8	1.7	25,342	11,660	11,464	1,175	1,167	1,195	1,679	2,715	-939
9	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	1.1	524	37.9	17.1	12.8	4.0	0.9	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.3	80.3	50.1	3.0	9.8	2.2	19,878	8,970	6,696	2,104	599	488	543	1,945
10	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1.1	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,288	1,631	2,470	3,609	+2228
11	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1.1	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.5	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	23,844	13,984	6,696	2,353	777	1,100	1,112	2,201
12	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	1.1	571	30.5	15.9	9.0	3.3	0.8	6.0	11.7	51.7	0.4	1.2	31.5	3.5	4.6	75.4	58.1	2.2	6.8	2.0	17,410	9,104	5,133	1,901	611	468	1,164	1,340	+1016
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	1.1	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	8.4	1.9	20,468	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
14	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1.1	943	33.7	16.0	10.0	3.3	1.0	5.9	12.7	46.2	0.2	0.7	33.1	4.0	4.7	84.8	54.0	2.3	7.7	2.4	31,782	15,059	9,429	3,075	1,001	928	2,243	3,263
15	Nene	1.0	706	25.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	0.8	4.2	7.4	56.7	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.6	3.9	66.3	60.3	1.8	4.2	1.6	17,818	7,744	4,279	1,098	740	574	1,123	2,138	+1537
16	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	1.0	495	25.9	12.2	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.9	9.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	6.3	2.4	3.3	70.3	55.9	2.7	5.1	1.8	12,843	6,055	3,829	1,063	511	292	883	1,082	-817
17	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	1.0	403	31.2	13.2	7.8	2.3	0.9	5.0	10.3	48.4	0.0	0.1	17.9	3.2	4.0	79.6	54.7	1.9	5.9	1.9	12,591	5,323	3,131	938	415	380	777	1,435
18	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1.0	628	33.2	18.3	7.8	1.8	1.6	7.4	15.4	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.8	74.5	52.3	2.5	5.3	2.9	20,834	11,479	4,915	1,151	637	1,016	1,800	2,017
19	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1.0	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	2.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	50.9	2.6	7.4	1.4	23,423	7,612	7,923	1,528	775	1,881	1,098	2,195	+280
20	Dan Issel D. Issel	1.0	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	0.6	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	698	396	1,281	2,022
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	0.9	609	33.7	23.3	10.1	2.3	1.6	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	6.5	76.6	56.0	2.5	7.6	2.3	20,507	14,178	6,163	1,379	577	984	687	2,001
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0.9	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	1,160	3,189	2,527	3,667
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	0.9	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	1,047	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
24	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	0.9	631	24.5	11.8	8.9	2.6	1.1	4.6	9.2	50.2	0.2	0.8	29.4	2.3	3.5	66.1	54.8	2.5	6.4	2.2	15,429	7,438	5,644	1,664	588	669	1,362	1,990	+698
25	Oliver Miller O. Miller	0.9	493	23.0	7.4	5.9	2.2	1.5	3.1	5.8	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.6	1.1	1.7	63.9	55.7	1.9	4.0	1.9	11,338	3,625	2,893	1,061	455	758	921	1,460	-228

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.8

Durant

RPG

8.9

Sengun

APG

6.2

Sengun

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.0

7th

3P%

36.6

7th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Lakers	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets	49	28	.636	12.0
5	Rockets	48	29	.623	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	31	.597	15.0
7	Suns	42	35	.545	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/5	HOU	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Tue 4/7	HOU	@	PHX	11:00 PM
Thu 4/9	PHI	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Fri 4/10	MIN	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Sun 4/12	MEM	@	HOU	8:30 PM

Last Game

Jazz

21 - 57

106

Final

140

Rockets

48 - 29

Fri 3 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.9

Edwards

RPG Leaders

13.0

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.1

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.6

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.3

Duren

67.8

Ayton

67.3

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.1

120.7

120.0

119.5

119.4

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.6

110.9

112.8

112.9

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.4

8.5

7.9

6.7

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

17-59

18-59

21-57

24-53

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,786

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,372.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,039.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,572.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

49-29

46-30-1

45-32

44-33

43-35

Worst Record ATS

31-46

32-44

33-45

33-44

33-43-1

34-43

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	56	21	.727
2	Celtics - x	52	25	.675	4.0
3	Knicks - x	50	28	.641	6.5
4	Cavaliers - x	48	29	.623	8.0
5	Hawks	45	33	.577	11.5
6	76ers	43	34	.558	13.0
7	Raptors	43	34	.558	13.0
8	Hornets	42	36	.538	14.5
9	Magic	41	36	.532	15.0
10	Heat	40	37	.519	16.0
11	Bucks - e	30	47	.390	26.0
12	Bulls - e	29	48	.377	27.0
13	Pacers - e	18	59	.234	38.0
14	Nets - e	18	59	.234	38.0
15	Wizards - e	17	59	.224	38.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	61	16	.792
2	Spurs - x	59	18	.766	2.0
3	Lakers - x	50	27	.649	11.0
4	Nuggets - x	49	28	.636	12.0
5	Rockets - x	48	29	.623	13.0
6	Timberwolves	46	31	.597	15.0
7	Suns	42	35	.545	19.0
8	Trail Blazers	40	38	.513	21.5
9	Clippers	39	38	.506	22.0
10	Warriors	36	41	.468	25.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	52	.325	36.0
12	Pelicans - e	25	53	.321	36.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	53	.312	37.0
14	Kings - e	21	57	.269	40.5
15	Jazz - e	21	57	.269	40.5