highest career steals per game for a center

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

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Assumption:400+ GP
Data note: Steals Per Game: player season data complete from 1973-74

	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	-554
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	816	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.0	1.1	3.2	36.0	4.1	5.0	82.5	64.0	2.7	8.4	3.0	26,126	18,141	9,035	6,134	1,053	597	2,442	2,186	+4621
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.2	974	26.2	12.0	11.9	1.2	1.2	5.0	9.4	53.9	0.1	0.2	21.6	1.9	3.9	48.9	54.4	4.1	7.8	1.7	25,543	11,735	11,566	1,196	1,172	1,201	1,687	2,735	-896
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	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	1.1	583	30.5	16.0	9.0	3.4	0.8	6.0	11.7	51.6	0.4	1.3	31.2	3.5	4.6	75.4	58.1	2.2	6.8	2.0	17,796	9,308	5,239	1,954	634	477	1,185	1,361	+1013
12	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
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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PPG

23.3

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RPG

8.7

Şengün

APG

7.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

1st

DRTG

109.4

8th

NETRTG

13.2

1st

3P%

39.1

3rd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	7	1	.875
2	Grizzlies	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	5	1	.833	1.0
4	Lakers	6	2	.750	1.0
5	Thunder	5	2	.714	1.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 11/4	MIN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Sat 11/7	HOU	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/11	GSW	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Fri 11/13	UTA	@	HOU	8:30 PM

Last Game

Celtics

5 - 2

Final

109

Rockets

7 - 1

Mon 2 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.3

Dončić

30.0

Curry

29.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.6

Sabonis

13.9

Towns

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

10.0

Young

9.0

Jokić

8.1

Dončić

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.9

Dunn

2.8

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

2.9

Turner

2.5

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.9

Dončić

4.5

Murray

4.5

Curry

TS% Leaders

78.8

Stewart

77.6

Camara

76.2

Gafford

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

122.1

121.4

120.9

119.2

117.1

DRtg Rankings

102.4

105.4

105.5

107.0

108.7

108.9

NetRtg Rankings

13.2

12.7

11.8

11.2

10.9

9.2

Tank Leaderboard

1-6

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FanDuel Points Leaders

439.7

Dončić

399.5

Wembanyama

378.6

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

467

Dončić

394

Antetokounmpo

387.3

Wembanyama

USG% Leaders

39.3

Dončić

34.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

34.5

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

38.3

Murray

37.4

Maxey

37.0

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.82

Wembanyama

1.76

Dončić

1.68

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.87

Dončić

1.77

Wembanyama

1.77

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7-1

6-1

6-2

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-5

1-6

2-5

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	7	1	.875
2	Pistons	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Celtics	5	2	.714	1.5
4	Wizards	4	3	.571	2.5
5	Raptors	4	3	.571	2.5
6	Cavaliers	4	3	.571	2.5
7	Hawks	4	4	.500	3.0
8	Knicks	3	4	.429	3.5
9	Hornets	3	5	.375	4.0
10	Heat	2	5	.286	4.5
11	Magic	2	5	.286	4.5
12	Pacers	2	6	.250	5.0
13	Bulls	1	6	.143	5.5
14	Bucks	1	6	.143	5.5
15	Nets	1	6	.143	5.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	7	1	.875
2	Grizzlies	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	5	1	.833	1.0
4	Lakers	6	2	.750	1.0
5	Thunder	5	2	.714	1.5
6	Spurs	5	2	.714	1.5
7	Warriors	5	3	.625	2.0
8	Timberwolves	5	3	.625	2.0
9	Mavericks	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Nuggets	3	3	.500	3.0
11	Pelicans	3	4	.429	3.5
12	Suns	1	4	.200	4.5
13	Clippers	1	6	.143	5.5
14	Kings	1	6	.143	5.5
15	Jazz	1	6	.143	5.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 11/4	ATL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	PHI	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	MIL	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 11/4	CHI	@	NYK	7:30 PM

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

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