highest steals per game average nba career since 2005

Since 2004-05, Chris Paul has averaged the most steals per game, with 2.0 per game.

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highest steals per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player average NBA career since 2005

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1.9	379	40.7	26.2	3.2	6.8	0.1	8.9	20.2	43.9	1.0	3.1	32.0	7.5	9.2	81.0	54.0	0.6	2.7	3.5	15,420	9,932	1,219	2,578	710	52	1,315	599	+273
3	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	1.9	272	27.5	9.4	5.1	4.0	0.4	4.0	8.2	48.8	0.6	2.1	29.8	0.8	1.3	61.4	53.8	1.5	3.6	1.5	7,491	2,555	1,393	1,080	506	122	406	541	+303
4	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.8	472	33.9	16.9	3.8	7.6	0.4	6.0	14.9	40.6	1.6	5.2	31.5	3.2	4.2	75.1	50.4	0.8	3.0	2.8	15,984	7,958	1,788	3,599	842	209	1,341	1,326	+66
5	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.8	671	34.4	10.2	6.2	8.0	0.3	3.6	9.0	39.6	1.7	4.6	36.9	1.4	1.8	79.5	52.4	1.0	5.2	2.3	23,091	6,863	4,140	5,353	1,182	225	1,564	1,215	+1621
6	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	1.8	698	29.6	10.8	4.1	7.4	0.1	3.5	9.1	38.8	0.9	2.8	32.4	2.9	3.4	84.3	51.1	0.6	3.4	2.5	20,693	7,570	2,830	5,160	1,226	94	1,768	1,738	+1000
7	Kawhi 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
8	Paul George P. George	1.7	945	33.5	20.5	6.2	3.7	0.4	7.0	15.9	44.0	2.6	6.8	38.4	3.9	4.5	85.2	57.1	0.8	5.4	2.6	31,651	19,338	5,880	3,502	1,601	417	2,487	2,502	+3473
9	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1.7	833	34.8	17.8	3.5	4.6	0.3	6.9	15.2	45.1	0.9	2.8	31.4	3.2	4.2	77.2	52.3	0.6	2.8	2.7	29,011	14,858	2,874	3,856	1,409	281	2,246	1,950	-230
10	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	1.6	694	33.7	13.6	6.6	2.4	0.9	4.8	10.2	47.1	0.6	1.9	31.5	3.5	4.9	71.8	55.5	1.5	5.1	2.0	23,393	9,465	4,547	1,656	1,143	646	1,412	1,678	-190
11	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	1.6	177	28.0	10.2	2.6	5.1	0.1	3.7	9.2	40.1	0.2	0.9	22.4	2.6	3.6	73.4	47.3	0.5	2.1	2.0	4,954	1,809	458	901	289	18	348	493	-283
12	John Wall J. Wall	1.6	647	34.9	18.7	4.2	8.9	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	3.7	22,588	12,088	2,704	5,735	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1.6	907	33.0	18.4	5.4	4.4	0.4	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.8	2.4	33.0	5.7	6.7	84.4	59.2	1.7	3.7	1.6	29,972	16,658	4,858	3,957	1,455	387	1,459	1,242	+2678
14	Ausar 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
15	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1.6	368	36.0	22.6	3.8	5.3	0.3	7.3	17.3	42.1	2.2	6.3	34.8	5.8	7.2	81.4	55.2	0.7	3.1	3.1	13,264	8,316	1,396	1,946	588	94	1,131	1,132	+428
16	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	1.6	504	32.2	16.9	4.5	3.9	0.5	6.2	14.2	43.6	1.6	4.7	34.7	2.9	3.7	78.8	53.4	0.6	3.9	2.5	16,248	8,503	2,245	1,970	805	230	1,266	1,202	-79
17	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	1.6	377	20.6	5.0	2.0	1.1	0.8	1.9	4.2	43.8	0.9	2.6	34.9	0.4	0.5	68.3	55.5	0.6	1.5	0.6	7,749	1,872	769	415	602	295	227	689	+61
18	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.6	328	24.9	7.5	2.3	6.1	0.1	2.8	6.9	40.5	0.0	0.2	11.1	1.9	2.4	81.8	47.5	0.3	2.0	1.7	8,180	2,463	738	2,015	523	27	543	765	-731
19	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.6	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	7.9	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	50.1	1.0	3.6	2.7	28,570	9,337	4,349	7,584	1,518	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
20	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	1.6	344	31.9	14.1	3.9	3.2	0.3	5.0	12.4	40.0	1.0	3.0	33.4	3.1	4.1	76.2	49.5	0.6	3.3	2.0	10,963	4,838	1,346	1,116	543	111	680	764	-135
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.6	1,301	33.1	20.9	6.9	8.0	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.8	4.7	6.1	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	43,025	27,176	9,025	10,351	2,038	418	5,038	3,304	+2583
22	Herbert 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
23	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1.6	697	29.4	10.5	3.4	4.4	0.4	3.5	9.1	38.9	1.6	4.9	32.4	1.9	2.4	77.9	51.8	0.8	2.6	1.9	20,495	7,314	2,355	3,080	1,081	251	1,290	1,773	+1983
24	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1.5	646	31.2	12.6	4.4	2.5	0.5	4.5	11.0	41.3	1.3	3.8	34.9	2.2	3.1	71.3	51.1	1.2	3.2	1.5	20,166	8,157	2,828	1,604	998	299	1,001	1,520	+1725
25	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1.5	993	33.9	22.3	4.7	5.5	0.9	8.1	16.9	48.1	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.5	7.2	76.6	55.5	1.2	3.5	3.2	33,647	22,174	4,686	5,426	1,534	851	3,130	2,188	+2740

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Since 2004-05, Chris Paul has averaged the most steals per game, with 2.0 per game.

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