highest steal per game in a single season with at least 70 games played by a center or power forward

Hakeem Olajuwon has averaged the most steals per game by a center with 70+ games played in a season, with 2.6 per game in 1988-89.

	NAME	SPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	2.6	82	1988-89	HOU	36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	2,034	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	82	1989-90	HOU	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	79	1987-88	HOU	35.8	22.8	12.1	2.1	2.7	9.0	17.5	51.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.9	69.5	55.5	3.8	8.3	3.1	2,825	1,805	959	163	162	214	243	324
4	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.0	81	2005-06	PHX	40.3	21.8	11.8	1.8	1.7	8.8	16.9	52.5	1.2	3.6	33.1	3.0	3.7	80.9	59.1	3.1	8.8	1.5	3,263	1,769	959	143	160	137	125	223	+412
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	75	1986-87	HOU	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	140	254	228	294
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	72	1994-95	HOU	39.6	27.8	10.8	3.5	3.4	11.1	21.5	51.7	0.0	0.2	18.8	5.6	7.5	75.6	56.3	2.4	8.4	3.3	2,853	2,005	775	255	133	242	237	250
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	82	1992-93	HOU	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
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.8	70	2024-25	DEN	36.7	29.6	12.7	10.2	0.6	11.2	19.5	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	127	45	230	160	+594
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	70	1991-92	HOU	37.7	21.6	12.1	2.2	4.3	8.4	16.8	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.1	76.6	55.3	3.5	8.6	2.7	2,636	1,510	845	157	127	304	187	263
10	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.8	82	2005-06	DET	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
11	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	1.8	75	2014-15	PHI	30.8	9.9	8.1	1.7	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	133	142	146	208	-430
12	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.8	81	2003-04	DET	37.7	9.5	12.4	1.7	3.0	3.9	9.2	42.1	0.0	0.1	12.5	1.8	3.6	49.0	44.1	4.0	8.4	1.5	3,050	773	1,006	138	143	246	123	162	+437
13	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.7	80	1993-94	SAS	40.5	29.8	10.7	4.8	3.3	10.5	20.7	50.7	0.1	0.4	34.5	8.7	11.6	74.9	57.7	3.0	7.7	3.2	3,241	2,383	855	381	139	265	253	228
14	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.7	80	2001-02	DET	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
15	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.7	79	2018-19	DET	33.5	17.3	15.6	1.4	1.7	7.1	13.3	53.3	0.1	0.5	13.2	3.1	5.2	59.0	55.5	5.4	10.2	2.2	2,647	1,370	1,232	112	136	138	175	272	+176
16	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.7	81	1974-75	KCO	41.7	11.5	14.2	5.3	2.1	4.8	11.3	42.7				1.8	2.4	75.4	46.4	2.8	11.4		3,378	928	1,149	428	139	168		274
17	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.7	82	1989-90	SAS	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
18	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.7	81	1994-95	SAS	38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	3.2	9.7	18.4	53.0	0.1	0.2	30.0	8.1	10.5	77.4	60.2	2.9	7.9	2.9	3,074	2,238	877	236	134	262	233	230
19	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.6	81	1975-76	KCK	38.1	12.8	12.6	4.7	1.7	5.0	12.6	40.1				2.7	3.5	75.9	45.2	2.7	10.0		3,083	1,035	1,024	378	132	134		286
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	80	1993-94	HOU	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
21	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.6	79	1973-74	KCO	39.3	14.2	13.4	3.8	2.3	5.9	12.4	47.6				2.3	3.1	74.9	51.3	3.7	9.6		3,107	1,119	1,055	299	126	184		254
22	Nene	1.6	80	2002-03	DEN	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	127	65	181	295	-261
23	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	1.6	73	1974-75	WAS	39.8	9.2	14.8	4.1	0.9	3.7	7.5	50.2				1.7	2.5	68.5	53.8	4.4	10.4		2,904	672	1,077	297	115	68		180
24	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	1.6	80	1978-79	NOJ	33.8	15.7	12.8	3.6	2.1	5.5	10.9	50.6				4.7	5.7	81.4	58.5	3.8	9.0	3.6	2,705	1,253	1,026	285	126	166	288	309
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	72	1995-96	HOU	38.8	26.9	10.9	3.6	2.9	10.7	20.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.5	7.6	72.4	55.8	2.4	8.4	3.4	2,797	1,936	784	257	113	207	247	242