Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Alvin Robertson had the most steals per game by a point guard, with 2.6 per game.
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highest steals per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games point guards in NBA 90s| 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 |  | A. Robertson | 2.6 | 81 | 32.1 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 11.7 | 50.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 15.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 74.1 | 54.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2,599 | 1,153 | 559 | 445 | 207 | 17 | 217 | 280 | |
| 2 |  | M. Blaylock | 2.4 | 712 | 36.0 | 14.4 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 41.3 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 33.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 74.1 | 49.4 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 25,616 | 10,261 | 3,065 | 4,907 | 1,742 | 254 | 1,759 | 1,411 | +1220 |
| 3 |  | J. Stockton | 2.3 | 766 | 35.0 | 14.9 | 2.9 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 10.3 | 51.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 39.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 82.2 | 61.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 26,798 | 11,451 | 2,225 | 9,146 | 1,753 | 174 | 2,420 | 2,021 | +1460 |
| 4 |  | G. Payton | 2.3 | 704 | 35.2 | 16.3 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 47.7 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 30.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 71.2 | 53.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 24,765 | 11,503 | 2,706 | 4,816 | 1,603 | 151 | 1,734 | 1,919 | +1272 |
| 5 |  | B. Knight | 2.2 | 119 | 30.8 | 9.2 | 3.2 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 78.1 | 50.8 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3,669 | 1,096 | 384 | 958 | 266 | 25 | 299 | 386 | +337 |
| 6 |  | A. Iverson | 2.1 | 156 | 39.7 | 22.7 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 0.3 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 43.8 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 32.6 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 71.5 | 52.4 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 6,195 | 3,545 | 608 | 1,061 | 333 | 49 | 581 | 433 | -531 |
| 7 |  | J. Kidd | 2.1 | 347 | 37.0 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 12.2 | 40.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 32.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 72.3 | 48.9 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 12,844 | 4,669 | 2,081 | 3,170 | 726 | 115 | 1,131 | 665 | +599 |
| 8 |  | N. McMillan | 2.1 | 472 | 25.4 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 44.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 35.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 65.0 | 51.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 11,983 | 2,804 | 1,874 | 2,486 | 976 | 198 | 797 | 1,444 | +219 |
| 9 |  | F. Lever | 2.0 | 81 | 24.0 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 40.8 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 35.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 76.5 | 46.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1,947 | 555 | 283 | 213 | 159 | 15 | 88 | 155 | |
| 10 | | M. Williams | 1.9 | 364 | 27.6 | 12.1 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 8.4 | 46.8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 22.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 87.4 | 57.9 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 10,045 | 4,406 | 1,023 | 2,315 | 704 | 92 | 896 | 1,029 | -4 |
| 11 |  | J. Williams | 1.9 | 50 | 36.1 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 37.4 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 31.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 75.2 | 48.3 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1,805 | 641 | 153 | 299 | 95 | 1 | 143 | 91 | -44 |
| 12 |  | A. Hardaway | 1.9 | 268 | 37.6 | 20.1 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 48.1 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 32.1 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 77.1 | 57.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 10,081 | 5,394 | 1,237 | 1,731 | 500 | 125 | 782 | 552 | +327 |
| 13 |  | T. Hardaway | 1.9 | 660 | 37.3 | 19.4 | 3.6 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 16.3 | 44.2 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 35.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 77.8 | 53.5 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 24,613 | 12,826 | 2,362 | 5,925 | 1,223 | 109 | 2,051 | 1,643 | +1224 |
| 14 | | R. Strickland | 1.8 | 612 | 35.3 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 45.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 30.1 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 71.6 | 52.0 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 21,600 | 9,782 | 2,679 | 5,326 | 1,074 | 135 | 1,885 | 1,270 | +160 |
| 15 |  | H. Hawkins | 1.7 | 81 | 36.8 | 20.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 47.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 39.7 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 86.0 | 59.3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2,977 | 1,643 | 346 | 317 | 137 | 30 | 180 | 189 | |
| 16 | | E. Murdock | 1.7 | 468 | 23.9 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 44.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 34.1 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 79.5 | 52.6 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 11,189 | 4,893 | 1,184 | 2,359 | 783 | 64 | 933 | 914 | +3 |
| 17 |  | J. Humphries | 1.6 | 151 | 33.0 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 48.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 33.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 79.1 | 55.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4,987 | 2,206 | 404 | 1,004 | 248 | 20 | 299 | 447 | |
| 18 |  | M. Bogues | 1.6 | 648 | 31.3 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 7.7 | 46.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 28.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 83.0 | 51.6 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 20,281 | 5,632 | 1,879 | 5,398 | 1,064 | 25 | 1,145 | 1,181 | -43 |
| 19 | | M. Adams | 1.6 | 413 | 32.5 | 15.9 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 13.1 | 40.7 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 32.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 85.8 | 52.9 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 13,439 | 6,567 | 1,265 | 2,950 | 653 | 33 | 986 | 809 | |
| 20 | | K. Anderson | 1.6 | 519 | 33.2 | 15.1 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 13.0 | 41.6 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 34.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 79.6 | 50.6 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 17,213 | 7,826 | 1,767 | 3,813 | 817 | 81 | 1,294 | 1,206 | +231 |
| 21 | | D. Wesley | 1.6 | 398 | 29.4 | 11.5 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 9.1 | 44.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 37.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 78.6 | 55.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 11,710 | 4,570 | 1,063 | 2,167 | 622 | 77 | 877 | 978 | -223 |
| 22 |  | M. Bibby | 1.6 | 50 | 35.2 | 13.2 | 2.7 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 12.1 | 43.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 20.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 75.1 | 48.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1,758 | 662 | 136 | 325 | 78 | 5 | 146 | 122 | -339 |
| 23 |  | I. Thomas | 1.5 | 344 | 35.6 | 17.3 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 0.2 | 6.6 | 15.3 | 43.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 30.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 75.5 | 49.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 12,240 | 5,960 | 1,106 | 2,841 | 523 | 68 | 1,245 | 866 | |
| 24 | | D. Valentine | 1.5 | 65 | 28.3 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 46.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 24.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 83.1 | 53.3 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1,841 | 609 | 172 | 351 | 98 | 12 | 126 | 170 | |
| 25 | | D. Rivers | 1.5 | 344 | 22.7 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 6.5 | 41.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 33.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 79.9 | 51.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 7,793 | 2,618 | 825 | 1,287 | 513 | 97 | 450 | 901 | |
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| 2 |  Celtics - x | 56 | 26 | .683 | 4.0 |
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| 9 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 16.0 | |
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| 11 |  Bucks - e | 32 | 50 | .390 | 28.0 |
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| 9 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | |
| 10 | 37 | 45 | .451 | 27.0 | |
| 11 |  Pelicans - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 12 |  Mavericks - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 13 |  Grizzlies - e | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39.0 |
| 14 |  Kings - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
| 15 |  Jazz - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
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