highest steals per game in an nba playoffs series ever

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

Interpreted as:
highest steals per game by a player in an NBA playoffs series ever
NAMESPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Lance 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
2Micheal 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
3Alvin 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
4Slick 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
5Baron 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
6Maurice 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
7Rick 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
8Mookie 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
9De'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
10Walt 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
11Isiah 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
12Michael 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
13Allen 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
14Anthony 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
15Bill 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
16Ron 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
17Sam 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
18Chris 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
19Clyde 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
20Jason 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
21Scottie 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
22Magic 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
23Anfernee 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
24Alperen 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
25John 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
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1974 playoffs.

More Pistons Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

24.5

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham

RPG

10.6

Duren

Jalen Duren

APG

9.9

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.4

11th

DRTG

109.6

2nd

NETRTG

7.8

4th

3P%

35.4

21st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
57
22
.722
2
54
25
.684
3.0
3
51
28
.646
6.0
4
50
29
.633
7.0
5
45
34
.570
12.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
DET Pistons

57 - 22

107

Final

123

ORL Magic

43 - 36

Mon 6 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
57
22
.722
2
54
25
.684
3.0
3
51
28
.646
6.0
4
50
29
.633
7.0
5
45
34
.570
12.0
6
44
35
.557
13.0
7
43
36
.544
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.0
9
43
37
.538
14.5
10
41
38
.519
16.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
48
.392
26.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
30
49
.380
27.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
59
.253
37.0
14
18
61
.228
39.0
15
17
62
.215
40.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
63
16
.797
2
Spurs Spurs - x
60
19
.759
3.0
3
51
28
.646
12.0
4
50
29
.633
13.0
5
50
29
.633
13.0
6
47
32
.595
16.0
7
43
36
.544
20.0
8
41
38
.519
22.0
9
40
39
.506
23.0
10
37
42
.468
26.0
11
26
54
.325
37.5
12
25
54
.316
38.0
13
25
54
.316
38.0
14
Kings Kings - e
21
59
.263
42.5
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
59
.263
42.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/11
@
120-112
Wed
3/11
@
130-142
Thu
3/12
@
110-126
Thu
3/12
@
101-92
Thu
3/12
@
115-122

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
7:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:00 PM
Wed
4/8
@
9:30 PM