highest playoff steals per game since 1980

Since 1979-80, Lance Blanks has gotten the most steals per game in the playoffs, with 3.0 per game.

	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	Lance Blanks L. Blanks	3.0	1	10.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	10	2	1	3	3	0	1	2
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.8	18	39.6	15.7	5.5	7.2	0.2	6.0	15.6	38.6	0.3	1.6	20.7	3.3	4.8	69.0	44.3	1.8	3.7	2.8	712	282	99	129	50	4	50	63
3	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.8	13	37.7	20.2	5.3	6.2	0.2	7.8	15.2	51.5	0.5	1.3	35.3	4.0	5.3	75.4	57.4	2.1	3.2	3.0	490	262	69	81	36	2	39	53
4	Baron Davis B. Davis	2.3	50	37.0	18.8	4.3	6.2	0.5	6.6	14.9	44.2	2.0	5.7	35.0	3.7	5.2	70.9	54.8	1.0	3.3	2.6	1,851	942	213	311	114	24	131	177	+118
5	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.1	54	40.0	14.2	4.9	6.6	0.4	5.2	14.0	37.0	2.3	6.6	35.0	1.6	2.3	68.3	47.4	1.2	3.7	3.0	2,161	769	266	357	116	24	162	102	+1
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	2,261	524	987	234	38	369	363
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.1	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	124	36.4	14.0	3.4	6.9	0.3	5.7	11.2	50.9	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.6	3.3	79.3	55.5	0.8	2.6	2.3	4,518	1,741	418	859	258	41	289	295
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	71	45.1	29.7	3.8	6.0	0.2	10.6	26.5	40.1	1.7	5.3	32.7	6.7	8.8	76.4	48.9	0.8	3.0	3.1	3,203	2,111	273	425	147	14	221	157	-138
10	Ja'Kobe Walter J. Walter	2.0	7	32.0	11.1	3.1	1.4	0.3	3.6	9.6	37.3	2.4	7.4	32.7	1.6	1.7	91.7	54.0	0.3	2.9	0.6	224	78	22	10	14	2	4	20	-49
11	Anthony Roberson A. Roberson	2.0	1	4.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4	8	1	0	2	0	1	0	+8
12	Campy Russell C. Russell	2.0	2	44.5	23.0	4.5	4.5	0.5	7.5	17.0	44.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.5	94.1	55.4	0.5	4.0	4.0	89	46	9	9	4	1	8	9
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	1.9	39	39.3	23.3	3.2	6.8	0.4	9.5	19.6	48.6	0.2	1.0	23.1	4.0	5.3	75.5	53.1	1.4	1.7	2.7	1,533	910	123	267	76	16	105	79
14	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.9	18	35.2	9.4	7.9	5.2	1.4	3.8	9.1	41.5	0.1	0.2	25.0	1.8	2.2	84.6	46.9	2.0	5.9	2.6	634	170	142	93	35	25	47	74
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	1.9	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,442	2,981	730	1,233	287	31	377	437	+130
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.9	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	158	38.5	12.9	6.7	8.0	0.3	4.6	11.7	39.1	1.5	4.6	32.2	2.3	3.0	78.1	49.8	1.4	5.3	2.8	6,088	2,043	1,058	1,263	302	52	450	348	+110
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.9	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
20	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	1.9	64	41.3	20.4	4.7	6.2	0.8	7.1	15.9	44.8	1.6	4.2	38.0	4.5	6.1	74.6	54.8	1.6	3.2	2.9	2,640	1,304	303	394	119	48	188	197	-109
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.9	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	2,436	608	1,839	338	50	517	539	+105
22	Fat Lever F. Lever	1.9	48	30.0	12.4	5.8	6.2	0.2	4.7	11.4	41.4	0.4	0.9	40.9	2.6	3.3	77.5	48.2	1.8	4.0	1.7	1,441	596	276	297	89	9	81	118
23	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	1.8	13	37.5	20.6	11.1	5.0	0.8	8.1	17.7	45.7	0.3	1.2	25.0	4.2	6.3	65.9	50.4	3.2	7.8	2.5	488	268	144	65	24	11	33	47	+30
24	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	1.8	13	38.1	17.3	6.9	4.4	1.0	6.5	13.2	49.1	0.2	0.9	25.0	4.2	5.9	70.1	54.9	2.6	4.3	2.1	495	225	90	57	24	13	27	37	+11
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.8	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.9

Cunningham

RPG

10.5

Duren

APG

9.9

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)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

125

Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

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

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

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