highest steals average by a rookie

Jeremiah Fears has the most steals per game by a rookie this season, with 1.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games average by a rookie this regular season
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
1.4
2025-26
28
27.4
15.4
3.4
3.1
0.1
5.8
13.0
44.9
1.1
3.2
36.0
2.6
3.3
79.6
53.5
0.6
2.8
2.3
766
432
96
88
39
4
63
56
-199
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
1.3
2025-26
27
34.2
18.6
6.4
3.6
0.8
7.1
14.8
47.8
0.8
3.4
23.9
3.6
4.4
81.7
55.4
1.2
5.2
2.1
924
502
174
96
35
22
56
61
-136
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
1.3
2025-26
22
35.0
15.2
5.6
4.0
0.5
5.6
13.3
42.1
2.0
5.3
38.8
2.0
2.6
77.2
52.8
1.7
3.9
1.7
770
335
123
87
28
10
38
72
+77
4Will Richard
W. Richard
1.0
2025-26
23
19.1
8.0
2.7
1.1
0.0
2.8
5.3
53.3
1.3
3.2
39.7
1.0
1.3
77.4
67.5
1.0
1.7
0.7
440
183
62
25
23
1
15
47
+9
5Derik Queen
D. Queen
1.0
2025-26
28
25.6
12.8
6.6
4.0
0.9
4.9
9.7
50.0
0.1
0.7
10.0
3.0
3.8
79.4
56.3
1.7
4.9
2.3
717
359
185
112
27
24
65
93
-98
6Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
0.9
2025-26
24
23.1
8.7
3.1
3.4
0.3
3.1
8.2
37.8
1.9
5.5
34.4
0.7
0.8
84.2
51.1
0.5
2.6
1.7
554
209
75
82
21
8
41
47
-65
7Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
0.8
2025-26
27
34.0
19.4
5.4
3.6
0.2
6.8
14.3
47.7
3.5
8.6
40.9
2.2
2.4
92.3
63.1
0.9
4.4
2.4
918
523
145
97
22
6
65
65
-18
8Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
0.8
2025-26
26
23.7
10.4
3.3
1.7
0.4
4.1
9.2
44.2
1.5
4.2
35.8
0.7
1.1
67.9
53.5
1.4
1.9
1.3
616
270
85
43
20
10
35
67
-129
9Drake Powell
D. Powell
0.7
2025-26
19
17.7
6.0
1.8
1.9
0.2
2.1
4.3
48.8
0.7
1.9
37.8
1.1
1.1
95.2
62.5
0.2
1.6
1.2
337
114
35
37
14
3
22
32
-21
10Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
0.7
2025-26
25
25.6
8.9
6.4
0.6
1.8
3.8
4.8
79.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.4
1.9
72.3
79.5
2.6
3.8
1.2
641
222
160
14
18
46
30
48
-86
11Sion James
S. James
0.7
2025-26
27
26.3
6.9
3.2
1.5
0.4
2.2
5.3
41.3
1.3
3.3
37.8
1.3
1.5
85.0
57.9
0.4
2.8
0.9
710
186
87
41
19
12
25
46
-53
12Hugo González
H. González
0.7
2025-26
21
11.8
3.6
2.2
0.5
0.1
1.5
2.9
51.7
0.5
1.1
47.8
0.1
0.3
42.9
60.2
0.7
1.5
0.6
247
76
46
11
14
3
12
38
+52
13Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
0.7
2025-26
23
17.5
6.7
3.3
1.3
0.3
2.7
4.7
56.5
0.5
1.1
46.2
0.9
1.4
62.5
63.1
1.6
1.7
1.1
402
154
75
30
15
8
26
55
-31
14Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
0.6
2025-26
19
19.5
6.3
2.0
1.4
0.2
2.1
5.0
42.1
0.9
2.7
35.3
1.2
1.3
91.7
56.8
0.4
1.6
1.6
371
120
38
26
12
3
31
43
-24
15Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
0.6
2025-26
22
16.1
4.9
2.5
1.1
0.1
2.0
5.1
40.2
0.3
1.6
20.0
0.5
0.6
71.4
45.3
1.0
1.4
0.4
354
107
54
24
13
2
9
37
-57
16Cedric Coward
C. Coward
0.6
2025-26
27
27.1
13.4
6.2
2.8
0.3
4.9
10.6
46.0
1.4
4.5
31.1
2.3
2.7
84.9
57.1
1.4
4.8
1.6
731
362
167
76
15
8
44
55
+23
17Caleb Love
C. Love
0.5
2025-26
19
17.4
7.9
2.4
2.1
0.0
2.9
8.7
33.7
1.4
5.2
26.3
0.6
0.8
80.0
43.5
0.6
1.8
0.8
331
150
46
40
9
0
16
23
-90
18Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
0.5
2025-26
22
16.5
6.4
2.2
3.4
0.2
2.2
5.2
43.0
0.8
2.7
30.5
1.1
1.1
96.0
56.0
0.5
1.7
1.4
362
140
48
74
10
4
30
43
-27
19Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
0.4
2025-26
18
23.3
11.0
3.0
1.4
0.4
4.0
9.3
42.9
1.9
4.9
39.8
1.1
1.3
82.6
55.6
0.6
2.4
1.4
420
198
54
25
8
7
26
32
-119
20Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
0.4
2025-26
19
19.4
9.6
5.1
1.0
0.5
3.8
7.3
52.2
0.3
0.9
35.3
1.7
2.2
76.2
58.2
1.4
3.7
0.9
369
182
96
19
8
9
17
42
-87
21Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
0.4
2025-26
23
16.7
4.3
2.5
1.3
0.3
1.6
4.2
38.5
0.5
1.8
26.8
0.6
0.9
70.0
47.2
0.6
2.0
0.9
385
99
58
30
9
6
21
49
-88
22Will Riley
W. Riley
0.4
2025-26
19
11.8
4.4
1.7
1.1
0.1
1.6
3.5
46.3
0.3
1.1
23.8
0.9
1.2
77.3
54.8
0.7
1.0
0.7
224
84
33
20
7
2
13
13
-83
23Tyrese Proctor
T. Proctor
0.3
2025-26
20
11.8
5.1
1.3
1.4
0.0
1.6
4.8
33.7
1.0
3.2
30.2
0.9
1.1
85.7
48.4
0.2
1.2
0.4
236
101
26
28
6
0
8
25
-31
24Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
0.2
2025-26
19
7.9
2.6
1.8
0.1
0.1
1.0
2.8
35.8
0.5
1.5
31.0
0.2
0.2
75.0
45.7
0.3
1.5
0.4
151
50
34
1
4
2
8
16
+18
25Chris Youngblood
C. Youngblood
0.1
2025-26
19
5.6
1.8
1.0
0.3
0.0
0.5
1.6
33.3
0.4
1.3
32.0
0.4
0.4
100.0
52.9
0.2
0.8
0.1
107
35
19
6
1
0
1
17
-7
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
11
17
.393
14.5
12
10
16
.385
14.5
13
6
21
.222
19.0
14
6
21
.222
19.0
15
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6
22
.214
19.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/22
@
8:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Fri
12/26
@
8:00 PM
Sat
12/27
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
HOU Rockets

16 - 8

128

Final

133

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6 - 22

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
21
6
.778
2
19
7
.731
1.5
3
17
11
.607
4.5
4
15
11
.577
5.5
5
14
11
.560
6.0
6
15
12
.556
6.0
7
15
12
.556
6.0
8
15
13
.536
6.5
9
15
13
.536
6.5
10
11
15
.423
9.5
11
11
17
.393
10.5
12
9
18
.333
12.0
13
7
19
.269
13.5
14
6
21
.222
15.0
15
4
21
.160
16.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
2
.926
2
20
6
.769
4.5
3
19
7
.731
5.5
4
19
7
.731
5.5
5
16
8
.667
7.5
6
17
10
.630
8.0
7
15
12
.556
10.0
8
13
14
.481
12.0
9
13
15
.464
12.5
10
11
16
.407
14.0
11
11
17
.393
14.5
12
10
16
.385
14.5
13
6
21
.222
19.0
14
6
21
.222
19.0
15
6
22
.214
19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
11/16
@
113-115
Sun
11/16
@
108-110
Sun
11/16
@
96-120
Sun
11/16
@
126-109
Sun
11/16
@
130-127

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/19
@
7:00 PM
Fri
12/19
@
7:00 PM
Fri
12/19
@
7:30 PM
Fri
12/19
@
7:30 PM
Fri
12/19
@
9:30 PM