highest steals per game in a nba season by a bigman

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most steals per game by a big man in a season, with 2.6 per game in 1988-89.

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highest steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in a NBA season by a bigman

	NAME	SPG	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.6	1988-89	HOU	82	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	Steve Mix S. Mix	2.6	1973-74	PHI	82	36.2	14.9	10.5	1.9	0.5	6.0	12.7	47.5				2.8	3.5	79.2	52.1	3.7	6.8		2,969	1,218	864	152	212	37		305
3	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	2.6	1975-76	PHI	77	38.3	23.0	12.6	4.7	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7				6.2	8.3	74.0	48.2	3.4	9.2		2,946	1,769	967	359	198	41		334
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	2.3	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	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	2.2	1993-94	WAS	78	35.8	17.1	9.3	3.5	0.7	6.9	14.9	46.6	0.5	1.9	27.0	2.7	4.0	68.5	51.4	2.4	6.9	3.2	2,795	1,333	728	276	172	51	247	174
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2.2	1985-86	PHI	80	36.9	20.0	12.8	3.9	1.6	7.4	13.0	57.2	0.2	0.9	22.7	5.0	7.2	68.5	61.9	4.4	8.4	4.4	2,952	1,603	1,026	312	173	125	350	333
7	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	2.1	1976-77	SAS	78	37.6	21.9	11.3	2.9	0.8	9.1	18.4	49.2				3.8	4.6	82.3	53.6	3.6	7.7		2,936	1,705	879	229	167	60		190
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	1989-90	HOU	82	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
9	Thaddeus Young T. Young	2.1	2013-14	PHI	79	34.4	17.9	6.0	2.3	0.5	7.4	16.2	45.4	1.1	3.7	30.8	2.1	2.9	71.2	51.2	2.1	3.9	2.1	2,718	1,417	476	182	167	36	165	213	-650
10	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	2.1	2007-08	CHA	62	38.3	19.4	6.0	3.5	0.9	6.6	14.6	44.9	1.1	3.6	32.1	5.0	6.9	73.1	54.7	0.9	5.1	2.9	2,376	1,200	373	216	131	58	180	189	-112
11	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	2.1	1976-77	PHI	79	35.1	21.4	11.5	3.8	0.5	8.3	18.2	45.8				4.7	6.9	68.1	50.3	4.1	7.4		2,769	1,690	911	302	163	37		299
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	1987-88	HOU	79	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
13	Draymond Green D. Green	2.0	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
14	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.0	2004-05	PHX	81	38.8	19.4	11.3	1.9	1.5	7.6	15.9	47.6	1.4	4.2	33.4	2.8	3.4	83.3	55.6	2.9	8.4	1.5	3,146	1,569	915	154	163	119	125	199	+660
15	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.0	2007-08	TOT	63	36.7	15.4	10.2	2.2	1.3	6.3	12.5	50.8	1.0	3.1	33.3	1.7	2.4	70.7	57.0	2.2	8.0	1.4	2,315	972	643	138	125	85	86	150	+216
16	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.0	2005-06	PHX	81	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
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.0	1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	23.5	11.5	2.0	3.4	9.2	17.5	52.6	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.9	64.5	56.0	4.9	6.6	2.9	2,467	1,597	781	137	134	231	195	271
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1.9	1974-75	WAS	82	42.3	23.0	12.2	2.5	2.3	9.0	20.3	44.3				5.0	6.5	76.6	49.6	2.7	9.5		3,465	1,887	1,004	206	158	187		238
19	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	1.9	2003-04	UTA	78	37.1	16.5	8.1	3.1	2.8	5.3	11.9	44.3	0.9	2.6	33.8	5.0	6.4	79.0	55.9	2.9	5.2	2.8	2,895	1,284	629	244	150	215	215	174	+85
20	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.9	2019-20	TOT	57	33.0	17.7	15.2	2.7	1.6	7.3	13.8	53.3	0.1	0.6	14.3	3.0	5.2	57.5	55.3	4.4	10.8	3.6	1,879	1,010	864	152	109	93	203	201	-191
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	1.9	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	22.4	8.6	4.3	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	1986-87	HOU	75	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
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1994-95	HOU	72	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
24	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	1.8	2011-12	UTA	64	32.8	16.6	8.8	2.3	0.8	6.7	13.5	49.5	0.1	0.5	22.6	3.2	4.0	79.2	54.5	2.8	6.0	1.8	2,100	1,061	563	150	118	52	112	222	+196
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	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

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Hakeem Olajuwon has the most steals per game by a big man in a season, with 2.6 per game in 1988-89.

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