Alvin Robertson has averaged the most steals per game by a Defensive Player of the Year in a season, with 3.7 per game in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

highest spg by a player in a dpoy season NBA

	NAME	SPG	DPOY	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	1	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.2	1	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.9	1	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	2.3	1	1991-92	SAS	68	37.7	23.2	12.2	2.7	4.5	8.7	15.8	55.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	5.8	8.3	70.1	59.7	3.8	8.4	2.7	2,564	1,578	829	181	158	305	182	219
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2.3	1	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
6	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	1	2003-04	IND	73	37.2	18.3	5.3	3.7	0.7	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.4	6.0	73.3	51.1	1.4	3.9	2.8	2,714	1,333	385	272	152	50	202	194	+486
7	Draymond Green D. Green	2.0	1	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	52.2	1.3	6.6	2.4	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1	1992-93	HOU	82	39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	4.2	10.3	19.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.0	77.9	57.7	3.5	9.6	3.2	3,242	2,140	1,068	291	150	342	262	305
9	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.8	1	2005-06	DET	82	35.2	7.3	11.3	1.9	2.2	2.9	5.7	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.6	41.6	50.1	3.7	7.6	1.1	2,890	597	923	158	146	181	88	164	+598
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.8	1	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
11	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.7	1	2001-02	DET	80	36.5	7.6	13.0	1.4	3.5	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	52.2	4.0	9.0	0.9	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150
12	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1.7	1	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	417	119	18	159	160	+443
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	1	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
14	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1.5	1	1982-83	MIL	76	35.7	22.5	5.8	3.9	0.3	8.0	15.2	52.4	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.6	7.9	82.6	60.2	2.5	3.2	2.6	2,710	1,712	437	300	113	23	197	180
15	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.4	1	2004-05	DET	74	36.1	9.7	12.2	1.7	2.4	4.0	8.8	45.3	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.8	4.1	42.8	45.9	3.9	8.2	1.1	2,671	721	902	123	106	176	82	159	+343
16	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.4	1	2002-03	DET	73	39.4	6.9	15.4	1.6	3.2	2.9	6.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	2.6	45.0	48.6	4.0	11.4	1.2	2,873	506	1,126	120	104	230	88	179	+222
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1.4	1	2007-08	BOS	71	32.8	18.8	9.2	3.4	1.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.8	4.7	80.1	58.8	1.9	7.3	1.9	2,328	1,337	655	244	100	89	138	163	+736
18	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1.4	1	2010-11	ORL	78	37.6	22.9	14.1	1.4	2.4	7.9	13.4	59.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	11.7	59.6	61.6	4.0	10.1	3.6	2,935	1,784	1,098	107	107	186	279	258	+498
19	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1.4	1	1983-84	MIL	79	38.9	20.9	6.7	4.5	0.3	7.1	14.2	49.8	0.1	0.2	27.8	6.7	7.9	84.8	59.1	2.7	4.0	2.7	3,075	1,654	528	358	108	27	217	204
20	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1.2	1	2006-07	DEN	70	33.8	11.2	11.7	3.2	3.3	4.5	9.4	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.2	72.9	51.9	2.3	9.3	1.7	2,369	785	816	223	87	231	122	183	+115
21	Joakim Noah J. Noah	1.2	1	2013-14	CHI	80	35.3	12.6	11.3	5.4	1.5	4.8	10.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.7	53.1	3.5	7.7	2.4	2,820	1,007	900	431	99	121	194	245	+232
22	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1.0	1	2022-23	MEM	63	28.4	18.6	6.8	1.0	3.0	6.6	13.0	50.6	1.6	4.5	35.5	3.8	4.9	78.8	61.3	1.7	5.0	1.7	1,787	1,173	426	60	65	189	107	227	+367
23	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	1.0	1	2012-13	MEM	80	35.0	14.1	7.8	4.0	1.7	5.4	10.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	7.1	3.4	4.0	84.8	55.9	2.3	5.5	2.0	2,796	1,127	622	318	80	139	157	255	+434
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1.0	1	2008-09	ORL	79	35.7	20.6	13.8	1.4	2.9	7.1	12.4	57.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.4	10.7	59.4	60.0	4.3	9.6	3.0	2,821	1,624	1,093	112	77	231	240	270	+553
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.0	1	2019-20	MIL	63	30.4	29.5	13.6	5.6	1.0	10.9	19.7	55.3	1.4	4.7	30.4	6.3	10.0	63.3	61.3	2.2	11.4	3.7	1,917	1,857	856	354	61	66	230	195	+682