Alvin Robertson averaged the most steals per game by a player in his 2nd season, with 3.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest spg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a 2nd year player

	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.7	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.2	1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	832	265	35	359	260
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.9	1974-75	GSW	80	40.4	30.6	5.7	6.2	0.4	12.9	27.7	46.4				4.9	5.5	90.4	50.9	1.2	4.6		3,235	2,450	456	492	228	33		225
4	Ron Lee R. Lee	2.7	1977-78	PHX	82	23.5	12.2	3.1	3.7	0.2	5.1	11.6	43.9				2.1	2.8	74.6	47.8	1.2	1.9	2.7	1,928	1,004	254	305	225	17	221	257
5	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	2.6	1990-91	GSW	82	39.2	22.9	4.0	9.7	0.1	9.0	18.9	47.6	1.2	3.1	38.5	3.7	4.6	80.3	54.7	1.1	3.0	3.3	3,215	1,881	332	793	214	12	270	228
6	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
7	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	2.5	1978-79	NJN	82	27.6	12.4	2.6	4.5	0.5	4.9	11.7	41.8				2.6	3.3	77.7	47.0	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,260	1,015	215	365	201	40	244	209
8	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	2.5	1978-79	LAL	82	38.4	17.1	2.8	9.0	0.2	7.6	14.0	54.2				1.9	2.5	77.5	56.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	3,145	1,404	231	737	201	17	231	250
9	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	2.4	1974-75	NYK	78	41.1	21.5	6.0	6.1	0.2	8.6	17.8	48.3				4.2	5.1	82.8	53.4	1.2	4.8		3,204	1,675	465	474	190	14		205
10	Larry Steele L. Steele	2.4	1974-75	POR	76	31.4	8.6	3.0	3.8	0.2	3.5	6.4	54.8				1.6	1.9	83.6	59.5	1.1	1.8		2,389	652	226	287	183	16		254
11	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.4	1984-85	ATL	69	30.8	14.1	3.1	5.9	0.8	4.8	10.2	47.6	0.2	0.5	41.7	4.2	5.5	77.0	56.1	1.0	2.1	2.6	2,126	974	214	410	163	53	176	250
12	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	1990-91	NJN	72	35.9	14.1	3.5	6.1	0.6	6.0	14.4	41.6	0.2	1.3	15.4	1.9	2.4	79.0	45.5	0.9	2.5	2.9	2,585	1,017	249	441	169	40	207	180
13	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.3	1974-75	SEA	82	25.1	6.8	3.2	6.1	0.1	2.8	6.7	42.1				1.1	1.9	60.8	45.0	1.2	2.0		2,056	557	262	499	190	12		254
14	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.3	1979-80	PHI	79	33.2	11.4	3.5	7.0	0.4	4.5	8.4	54.0	0.1	0.1	44.4	2.3	2.9	77.9	58.9	0.9	2.5	2.7	2,623	898	274	556	183	32	216	197
15	Fred Brown F. Brown	2.3	1974-75	SEA	81	33.0	21.0	4.2	3.5	0.2	9.1	19.0	48.0				2.8	3.4	83.1	51.3	1.4	2.8		2,669	1,700	343	284	187	14		227
16	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.3	1977-78	MIL	82	25.3	9.3	3.0	5.6	0.2	3.8	8.2	46.8				1.6	2.5	64.5	49.9	1.0	2.1	2.8	2,072	759	247	456	188	19	228	287
17	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	2.3	1974-75	WAS	77	37.3	21.8	3.8	3.2	0.8	9.0	19.9	45.0				3.9	4.7	82.5	49.6	1.0	2.8		2,869	1,681	292	248	176	58		158
18	Mike Gale M. Gale	2.3	1977-78	SAS	70	29.9	9.1	3.2	5.4	0.4	3.9	8.3	47.3				1.2	1.4	87.0	51.0	0.8	2.4	2.5	2,091	637	223	376	159	25	176	170
19	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	2.3	1980-81	IND	82	22.8	8.0	2.4	2.3	0.5	3.2	6.8	47.4	0.0	0.2	12.5	1.5	2.2	70.2	51.5	0.9	1.5	1.5	1,867	657	193	188	186	37	122	236
20	Don Buse D. Buse	2.3	1977-78	PHX	82	31.1	8.4	3.0	4.8	0.2	3.5	7.6	45.8				1.4	1.7	82.4	50.0	0.7	2.3	1.5	2,547	686	249	391	185	14	124	144
21	Winston Garland W. Garland	2.2	1988-89	GSW	79	33.7	14.5	4.2	6.4	0.2	5.9	13.6	43.4	0.1	0.5	23.3	2.6	3.2	80.9	48.3	1.3	2.9	2.4	2,661	1,145	328	505	175	14	187	216
22	LeBron James L. James	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.2	1984-85	POR	80	31.9	17.2	6.0	5.5	0.9	7.2	14.5	49.4	0.1	0.5	21.6	2.8	3.7	75.9	53.4	2.7	3.2	2.8	2,555	1,377	476	441	177	68	223	265
24	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	2.2	1993-94	WAS	78	35.8	17.1	9.3	3.5	0.7	6.9	14.9	46.6	0.5	1.9	27.0	2.7	4.0	68.5	51.4	2.4	6.9	3.2	2,795	1,333	728	276	172	51	247	174
25	Eric Murdock E. Murdock	2.2	1992-93	MIL	79	30.8	14.4	3.6	7.6	0.1	5.5	11.8	46.8	0.4	1.5	26.1	2.9	3.7	78.0	53.4	1.2	2.4	2.6	2,437	1,138	284	603	174	7	207	177