highest steals per game in a nba season by a shooting guard

Alvin Robertson has averaged the most steals per game by a shooting guard in a season, with 3.7 per game in 1985-86.

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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 shooting guard

	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.7	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.2	1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	832	265	35	359	260
3	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.2	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	0.4	7.3	15.6	46.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.0	4.0	75.3	51.0	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,697	1,435	424	421	260	35	243	264
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.2	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
5	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.0	1990-91	MIL	81	32.1	13.6	5.7	5.5	0.2	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.3	0.8	36.5	2.5	3.2	75.7	53.8	2.4	3.3	2.6	2,598	1,098	459	444	246	16	212	273
6	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	3.0	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	14.1	5.9	4.4	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
7	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.0	1987-88	SAS	82	36.3	19.6	6.1	6.8	0.8	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.3	1.2	28.4	3.3	4.5	74.8	51.3	2.0	4.1	3.1	2,978	1,610	498	557	243	69	251	300
8	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.9	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	7.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	627	232	35	302	258
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.9	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
10	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	2.9	2004-05	WAS	61	38.7	22.0	6.3	4.7	0.3	7.7	17.8	43.0	1.0	3.4	28.2	5.8	7.4	77.7	52.3	1.2	5.0	2.5	2,358	1,345	382	285	176	18	153	168	+90
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.9	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1992-93	CHI	78	39.3	32.6	6.7	5.5	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.8	2001-02	PHI	60	43.7	31.4	4.5	5.5	0.2	11.1	27.8	39.8	1.3	4.5	29.1	7.9	9.8	81.2	48.9	0.7	3.8	4.0	2,622	1,883	269	331	168	13	237	102	+278
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	227	54	247	241
15	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.7	1988-89	DEN	71	38.7	19.8	9.3	7.9	0.3	7.9	17.2	45.7	0.3	0.9	34.8	3.8	4.8	78.5	51.3	2.6	6.7	2.2	2,745	1,409	662	559	195	20	157	178
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.7	2002-03	PHI	82	42.5	27.6	4.2	5.5	0.2	9.8	23.7	41.4	1.0	3.7	27.7	7.0	9.0	77.4	50.0	0.8	3.4	3.5	3,485	2,262	344	454	225	13	286	149	+184
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.7	1988-89	POR	78	39.3	27.2	7.9	5.8	0.7	10.6	21.4	49.6	0.3	1.3	26.0	5.6	7.0	79.9	55.5	3.7	4.2	3.2	3,064	2,123	615	450	213	54	250	269
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.7	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	223	83	202	229
19	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.7	1987-88	DEN	82	37.3	18.9	8.1	7.8	0.3	7.8	16.6	47.3	0.1	0.7	21.1	3.0	3.9	78.5	51.6	2.5	5.6	2.2	3,061	1,546	665	639	223	21	182	214
20	Larry Steele L. Steele	2.7	1973-74	POR	81	32.7	9.7	3.8	4.0	0.4	4.0	8.4	47.8				1.7	2.1	78.9	52.0	1.1	2.7		2,648	785	310	323	217	32		295
21	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.7	1999-00	CHA	72	39.0	20.1	4.8	4.2	0.7	6.6	15.5	42.7	1.8	4.7	37.5	5.0	5.8	86.4	55.5	1.1	3.6	2.2	2,807	1,446	343	305	192	49	160	176	+358
22	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.6	1985-86	POR	75	34.3	18.5	5.6	8.0	0.6	7.2	15.2	47.5	0.2	0.8	20.0	3.9	5.1	76.9	53.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	2,576	1,389	421	600	197	46	282	270
23	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	2.6	1979-80	IND	82	24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	0.6	3.4	7.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.7	2.1	78.2	50.2	0.8	1.9	2.0	2,027	688	223	252	211	48	166	194
24	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.6	1991-92	MIL	82	30.0	12.3	4.3	4.4	0.4	4.8	11.2	43.0	0.8	2.6	31.9	1.8	2.4	76.3	50.0	2.1	2.1	2.7	2,463	1,010	350	360	210	32	223	263
25	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.5	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247

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