highest steals per game in a season by active player

Dyson Daniels has averaged the most steals per game by an active player in a season, with 3.0 per game in 2024-25.

Interpreted as:

highest steals per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in a season by active player

	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	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
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.8	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.7	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.5	2011-12	LAC	60	36.4	19.8	3.6	9.1	0.1	7.1	14.8	47.8	1.3	3.6	37.1	4.3	5.0	86.1	58.1	0.7	2.9	2.1	2,181	1,189	213	543	152	4	124	138	+326
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.5	2013-14	LAC	62	35.0	19.1	4.3	10.7	0.1	6.5	14.0	46.7	1.3	3.4	36.8	4.8	5.6	85.5	58.0	0.6	3.7	2.3	2,171	1,185	268	663	154	4	145	157	+528
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.4	2012-13	LAC	70	33.4	16.9	3.7	9.7	0.1	5.9	12.2	48.1	1.1	3.3	32.8	4.1	4.6	88.5	59.4	0.8	3.0	2.3	2,335	1,186	262	678	169	10	159	143	+430
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.4	2010-11	NOH	80	36.0	15.9	4.1	9.8	0.1	5.4	11.6	46.3	0.9	2.3	38.8	4.2	4.8	87.8	57.8	0.5	3.6	2.2	2,880	1,268	327	782	188	5	177	196	+256
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2.3	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.2	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
10	LeBron James L. James	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
11	Paul George P. George	2.2	2018-19	OKC	77	36.9	28.0	8.2	4.1	0.4	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.8	9.8	38.6	5.9	7.0	83.9	58.3	1.4	6.8	2.7	2,841	2,159	628	318	170	34	205	214	+496
12	Mike Conley M. Conley	2.2	2011-12	MEM	62	35.1	12.7	2.5	6.5	0.2	4.8	11.0	43.3	1.0	2.6	37.7	2.2	2.5	86.1	52.3	0.4	2.2	2.0	2,174	788	156	404	136	11	125	133	+258
13	Mike Conley M. Conley	2.2	2012-13	MEM	80	34.5	14.6	2.8	6.1	0.3	5.2	11.8	44.0	1.3	3.7	36.2	2.9	3.5	83.0	54.9	0.5	2.3	2.4	2,757	1,168	225	487	174	24	189	171	+506
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2.1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.1	2009-10	NOH	45	38.0	18.7	4.2	10.7	0.2	7.0	14.2	49.3	1.2	2.8	40.9	3.6	4.2	84.7	58.4	0.4	3.8	2.5	1,712	841	191	480	96	8	112	118	+9
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2.1	2014-15	OKC	67	34.4	28.1	7.3	8.6	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.3	4.3	29.9	8.1	9.8	83.5	53.6	1.9	5.4	4.4	2,302	1,886	488	574	140	14	293	184	+247
17	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	2.1	2019-20	PHI	57	35.4	16.4	7.8	8.0	0.6	6.6	11.4	58.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.2	5.2	62.1	60.2	2.0	5.8	3.5	2,017	937	444	455	119	33	200	186	+62
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2.1	2020-21	MIA	52	33.6	21.5	6.9	7.1	0.3	7.0	14.2	49.7	0.5	2.0	24.5	6.9	8.0	86.3	60.7	1.8	5.1	2.1	1,745	1,116	359	369	108	18	109	71	+196
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.1	2015-16	LAC	74	32.7	19.5	4.2	10.0	0.2	7.0	15.1	46.2	1.6	4.4	37.1	4.0	4.4	89.6	57.5	0.5	3.7	2.6	2,420	1,446	310	738	152	13	194	185	+553
20	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	2.1	2015-16	TOR	77	37.0	21.2	4.7	6.4	0.4	6.6	15.6	42.7	2.8	7.1	38.8	5.2	6.4	81.1	57.8	0.7	4.0	2.9	2,851	1,634	365	494	158	34	225	211	+380
21	Paul George P. George	2.0	2017-18	OKC	79	36.6	21.9	5.7	3.3	0.5	7.3	17.0	43.0	3.1	7.7	40.1	4.3	5.2	82.2	57.0	0.9	4.7	2.7	2,891	1,734	447	263	161	39	212	233	+226
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2.0	2015-16	OKC	80	34.4	23.5	7.8	10.4	0.3	8.2	18.1	45.4	1.3	4.3	29.6	5.8	7.2	81.2	55.4	1.8	6.0	4.3	2,749	1,878	626	834	163	20	342	200	+635
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2.0	2014-15	GSW	80	32.7	23.8	4.3	7.7	0.2	8.2	16.8	48.7	3.6	8.1	44.3	3.9	4.2	91.4	63.8	0.7	3.6	3.1	2,613	1,900	341	619	163	16	249	158	+920
24	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	2.0	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	2.0	2023-24	SAC	74	35.9	26.6	4.6	5.6	0.4	9.7	20.9	46.5	2.9	7.8	36.9	4.2	5.7	73.8	56.7	0.9	3.7	2.6	2,659	1,966	340	418	150	31	194	193	+235