highest steals per game average in nba playoffs

Lance Blanks has the most career steals per game in the playoffs, with 3.0 per game.

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highest steals per game by a player average in NBA playoffs

	NAME	SPG	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	Lance Blanks L. Blanks	3.0	1	10.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	10	2	1	3	3	0	1	2
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.8	18	39.6	15.7	5.5	7.2	0.2	6.0	15.6	38.6	0.3	1.6	20.7	3.3	4.8	69.0	44.3	1.8	3.7	2.8	712	282	99	129	50	4	50	63
3	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.8	13	37.7	20.2	5.3	6.2	0.2	7.8	15.2	51.5	0.5	1.3	35.3	4.0	5.3	75.4	57.4	2.1	3.2	3.0	490	262	69	81	36	2	39	53
4	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.5	17	30.7	10.9	3.4	7.1	0.4	4.6	10.4	44.6				1.6	3.1	51.9	46.3	1.1	2.3	3.5	522	185	58	120	43	7	7	66
5	Baron Davis B. Davis	2.3	50	37.0	18.8	4.3	6.2	0.5	6.6	14.9	44.2	2.0	5.7	35.0	3.7	5.2	70.9	54.8	1.0	3.3	2.6	1,851	942	213	311	114	24	131	177	+118
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.2	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	0.3	5.8	11.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	55.7	0.9	2.5	2.4	4,848	1,910	453	922	295	45	318	324
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.2	48	37.9	23.6	5.2	5.4	0.8	9.5	21.6	44.2	0.5	2.0	25.0	4.5	4.9	91.1	49.7	1.4	3.8	1.5	1,817	1,132	251	258	106	39	12	142
8	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.1	54	40.0	14.2	4.9	6.6	0.4	5.2	14.0	37.0	2.3	6.6	35.0	1.6	2.3	68.3	47.4	1.2	3.7	3.0	2,161	769	266	357	116	24	162	102	+1
9	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	2.1	7	38.6	27.4	5.4	7.7	0.6	10.0	23.6	42.4	3.0	9.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	75.6	52.4	1.7	3.7	4.0	270	192	38	54	15	4	28	23	-20
10	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	2.1	15	41.0	22.7	7.7	4.6	0.3	9.5	18.1	52.4				3.8	4.3	87.7	56.9	1.6	6.1		615	341	115	69	32	4		45
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	2,261	524	987	234	38	369	363
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.1	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	71	45.1	29.7	3.8	6.0	0.2	10.6	26.5	40.1	1.7	5.3	32.7	6.7	8.8	76.4	48.9	0.8	3.0	3.1	3,203	2,111	273	425	147	14	221	157	-138
14	Anthony Roberson A. Roberson	2.0	1	4.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	4	8	1	0	2	0	1	0	+8
15	Bill Robinzine B. Robinzine	2.0	8	23.4	10.4	6.8	0.4	0.0	4.4	9.4	46.7	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.3	72.2	50.0	2.8	4.0	1.8	187	83	54	3	16	0	14	26
16	Ron Lee R. Lee	2.0	2	20.5	6.0	3.0	1.5	0.0	2.5	8.0	31.3				1.0	1.0	100.0	35.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	41	12	6	3	4	0	4	7
17	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.9	29	37.0	9.4	9.9	5.0	1.5	3.7	9.2	40.1	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.0	2.6	77.6	45.6	2.3	7.6	2.9	1,074	274	287	144	56	44	66	113
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	1.9	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,442	2,981	730	1,233	287	31	377	437	+130
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.9	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52
20	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	158	38.5	12.9	6.7	8.0	0.3	4.6	11.7	39.1	1.5	4.6	32.2	2.3	3.0	78.1	49.8	1.4	5.3	2.8	6,088	2,043	1,058	1,263	302	52	450	348	+110
21	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.9	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	358	64	696	524
23	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	1.9	64	41.3	20.4	4.7	6.2	0.8	7.1	15.9	44.8	1.6	4.2	38.0	4.5	6.1	74.6	54.8	1.6	3.2	2.9	2,640	1,304	303	394	119	48	188	197	-109
24	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	1.9	7	36.6	20.9	11.9	5.3	0.4	8.4	18.7	45.0	0.4	1.1	37.5	3.6	5.7	62.5	49.1	3.0	8.9	2.1	256	146	83	37	13	3	15	26	+33
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.9	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	2,436	608	1,839	338	50	517	539	+105

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.1

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RPG

10.6

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APG

9.9

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Team Rankings

ORTG

117.0

12th

DRTG

109.6

2nd

NETRTG

7.4

3rd

3P%

34.7

22nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	46	18	.719
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	3.5
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	5.5
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.0
5	Magic	36	28	.563	10.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/13	MEM	@	DET	7:30 PM
Sun 3/15	DET	@	TOR	3:30 PM
Tue 3/17	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 3/19	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 3/20	GSW	@	DET	7:30 PM

Last Game

Pistons

46 - 18

138

Final

100

Nets

17 - 48

Tue 10 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.8

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.9

Jokić

67.7

Gobert

67.2

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.5

119.5

118.6

118.4

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.6

111.3

112.2

112.8

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

10.9

7.7

7.4

7.2

6.4

4.4

Tank Leaderboard

15-50

16-51

16-48

17-48

20-46

21-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,101.2

Jokić

3,051.7

Maxey

3,002.4

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,304

Jokić

3,188.8

Dončić

3,076.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

37.4

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.0

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-26

39-25-1

40-26

38-27

38-29

Worst Record ATS

27-40

26-38

27-39

28-38

28-37

28-36

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	46	18	.719
2	Celtics	43	22	.662	3.5
3	Knicks	42	25	.627	5.5
4	Cavaliers	40	26	.606	7.0
5	Magic	36	28	.563	10.0
6	Heat	37	29	.561	10.0
7	Raptors	36	29	.554	10.5
8	76ers	35	30	.538	11.5
9	Hawks	34	31	.523	12.5
10	Hornets	34	33	.507	13.5
11	Bucks	27	37	.422	19.0
12	Bulls	27	38	.415	19.5
13	Nets	17	48	.262	29.5
14	Wizards	16	48	.250	30.0
15	Pacers - e	15	50	.231	31.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	51	15	.773
2	Spurs	48	17	.738	2.5
3	Rockets	40	25	.615	10.5
4	Lakers	40	25	.615	10.5
5	Nuggets	40	26	.606	11.0
6	Timberwolves	40	26	.606	11.0
7	Suns	38	27	.585	12.5
8	Clippers	33	32	.508	17.5
9	Warriors	32	33	.492	18.5
10	Trail Blazers	31	35	.470	20.0
11	Grizzlies	23	41	.359	27.0
12	Pelicans	22	45	.328	29.5
13	Mavericks	21	44	.323	29.5
14	Jazz	20	46	.303	31.0
15	Kings - e	16	51	.239	35.5