highest spg by a sf since 1974

Since 1973-74, Tony Allen has the most steals per game by a small forward, with 2.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a sf since 1974
NAMESPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Tony Allen
T. Allen
2.0
63
26.2
8.6
4.4
1.4
0.5
3.6
7.2
49.5
0.2
0.5
34.5
1.3
2.0
62.7
52.8
1.6
2.8
1.4
1,648
539
280
86
129
30
86
166
+251
2Rick Barry
R. Barry
2.0
554
35.4
21.2
5.2
5.7
0.5
8.6
19.1
44.9
1.0
3.1
33.0
3.9
4.2
91.6
50.5
0.9
4.3
2.5
19,585
11,729
2,876
3,163
1,104
269
574
1,464
3Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
2.0
51
24.9
7.3
3.6
3.4
0.3
3.0
6.7
44.4
0.6
2.2
25.9
0.8
1.1
74.1
51.0
0.5
3.2
1.3
1,268
373
186
173
101
17
68
158
-29
4Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
2.0
1,178
34.9
16.1
6.4
5.2
0.8
6.3
13.3
47.3
0.8
2.5
32.6
2.7
3.8
70.4
53.6
1.8
4.6
2.8
41,069
18,940
7,494
6,135
2,307
947
3,257
3,329
+2022
5Julius Erving
J. Erving
1.9
702
34.6
22.8
7.1
4.0
1.6
9.0
17.6
51.2
0.0
0.2
25.3
4.8
6.2
77.4
56.2
2.5
4.5
3.1
24,285
16,019
4,967
2,785
1,319
1,117
1,951
1,953
6Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
1.9
79
39.1
25.2
11.5
3.9
0.6
8.9
14.9
60.0
0.3
1.2
21.7
7.1
9.4
74.9
66.1
4.6
6.9
3.1
3,085
1,989
909
307
148
50
243
250
7Willie Anderson
W. Anderson
1.9
81
33.8
18.6
5.1
4.6
0.8
7.9
15.9
49.8
0.0
0.3
19.0
2.8
3.6
77.5
53.4
1.9
3.3
3.2
2,738
1,508
417
372
150
62
261
295
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
1.8
792
38.5
24.9
10.1
6.3
0.8
9.8
19.6
50.0
0.7
1.8
37.1
4.6
5.2
88.4
56.7
2.1
8.0
3.2
30,504
19,719
8,031
4,958
1,406
664
2,504
2,079
9Paul George
P. George
1.8
692
35.5
22.7
6.6
4.0
0.4
7.7
17.6
44.0
2.8
7.4
38.5
4.4
5.1
85.8
57.2
0.9
5.8
2.9
24,540
15,725
4,599
2,783
1,226
297
2,005
1,886
+2969
10Kendall Gill
K. Gill
1.8
354
31.9
13.6
4.5
2.7
0.5
5.2
12.4
42.2
0.4
1.3
27.8
2.8
3.8
73.4
48.4
1.3
3.2
1.6
11,303
4,829
1,601
959
627
185
557
1,006
-422
11Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
1.7
991
31.7
13.2
4.5
2.7
0.5
4.7
11.4
41.4
1.2
3.4
33.9
2.6
3.6
71.5
50.8
1.2
3.3
1.8
31,440
13,058
4,448
2,631
1,721
522
1,791
2,586
+1818
12Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
1.7
798
31.8
20.7
6.4
3.1
0.6
7.5
15.0
49.9
1.7
4.4
39.1
4.0
4.7
86.3
60.7
1.2
5.2
1.7
25,366
16,546
5,075
2,470
1,377
498
1,345
1,303
+4937
13Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
1.7
802
34.7
19.5
4.6
3.8
0.6
7.4
14.3
51.2
0.9
2.4
38.9
3.9
4.5
86.7
59.8
1.2
3.4
2.6
27,813
15,659
3,662
3,047
1,334
481
2,058
1,643
+243
14Eddie Jones
E. Jones
1.6
130
36.3
13.8
4.6
3.1
0.7
4.7
10.9
43.2
1.5
4.0
36.3
3.0
3.7
79.3
55.2
0.7
3.9
1.5
4,720
1,798
599
398
211
96
192
379
+685
15Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
1.6
607
32.7
19.2
5.6
4.9
0.4
6.2
12.7
48.5
0.7
2.2
33.3
6.1
7.2
85.3
60.4
1.9
3.7
1.7
19,871
11,664
3,421
2,947
977
243
1,010
806
+1810
16Ausar Thompson
A. Thompson
1.6
195
24.7
9.6
5.8
2.5
0.9
4.0
7.8
51.5
0.2
1.0
20.4
1.4
2.3
60.0
54.5
2.0
3.8
1.4
4,807
1,871
1,123
482
312
168
274
537
+232
17Larry Steele
L. Steele
1.6
169
25.5
8.7
3.0
3.2
0.2
3.5
7.6
45.9
0.0
0.3
0.0
1.7
2.2
78.7
50.7
0.9
2.1
1.5
4,316
1,462
508
533
269
30
129
550
18Paul Pressey
P. Pressey
1.6
198
32.0
13.9
4.5
6.2
0.6
5.1
10.4
49.4
0.1
0.6
24.6
3.6
4.7
75.1
56.0
1.5
3.0
2.7
6,333
2,758
897
1,228
310
126
542
620
19Herbert Jones
H. Jones
1.6
296
29.9
9.9
3.7
2.5
0.7
3.6
7.8
45.8
1.1
3.2
35.0
1.6
2.0
82.2
56.9
1.1
2.6
1.3
8,842
2,929
1,105
748
463
200
389
913
+380
20Robert Covington
R. Covington
1.5
467
27.6
11.0
5.2
1.5
0.9
3.7
9.0
40.7
2.1
5.7
36.4
1.6
2.0
81.4
55.7
0.9
4.3
1.5
12,912
5,158
2,451
679
720
401
693
1,320
+162
21Bobby Jones
B. Jones
1.5
152
25.9
11.4
5.6
2.6
1.4
4.5
8.0
56.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.1
73.8
60.7
1.5
4.1
1.3
3,938
1,730
847
390
234
212
90
397
22Reggie Lewis
R. Lewis
1.5
81
32.8
18.5
4.7
2.7
0.9
7.5
15.3
48.6
0.0
0.3
13.6
3.5
4.5
78.7
53.4
1.4
3.2
1.8
2,657
1,495
377
218
124
72
142
258
23Tom Gugliotta
T. Gugliotta
1.5
41
38.6
20.1
8.7
4.1
0.5
7.8
15.5
50.2
0.0
0.4
11.8
4.5
5.4
82.1
56.1
2.6
6.1
2.7
1,582
823
356
167
61
22
109
102
+84
24Ed Ratleff
E. Ratleff
1.5
189
29.1
10.1
4.8
3.0
0.5
4.1
8.8
46.8
1.9
2.3
80.1
51.4
1.7
3.2
5,497
1,903
915
562
280
94
510
25LeBron James
L. James
1.5
1,345
37.6
27.2
7.6
7.6
0.8
10.0
19.7
50.5
1.7
4.8
34.6
5.6
7.6
73.6
59.0
1.1
6.4
3.5
50,626
36,535
10,174
10,162
1,989
1,009
4,713
2,407
+6235
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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56
.317
38.0
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56
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.683
4.0
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53
29
.646
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52
30
.634
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5
46
36
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6
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45
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32
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19
63
.232
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17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
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45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
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27.0
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56
.317
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