highest steals per game seasons nba

LeBron James has 1.5 steals per game in his career.

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highest steals per game seasons by a player NBA
NAMESPGSEASGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1.5
23
1,581
37.7
26.9
7.5
7.4
0.7
9.9
19.5
50.6
1.6
4.7
34.9
5.5
7.5
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
59,675
42,601
11,837
11,716
2,366
1,161
5,519
2,810
+7369
2Vince Carter
V. Carter
1.0
22
1,541
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
46,367
25,728
6,606
4,714
1,530
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
3Chris Paul
C. Paul
2.0
21
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
45,836
23,058
6,006
12,552
2,728
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
4Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
0.8
21
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
51,368
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,210
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1.3
21
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
1,859
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
6Kevin Willis
K. Willis
0.7
21
1,424
26.9
12.1
8.4
0.9
0.5
5.0
10.2
48.7
0.0
0.1
21.1
2.1
3.0
71.3
52.5
2.9
5.5
1.8
38,362
17,253
11,901
1,328
958
751
2,520
4,172
-825
7Robert Parish
R. Parish
0.8
21
1,611
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
1.5
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.5
72.1
57.1
2.9
6.3
2.1
45,704
23,334
14,715
2,180
1,219
2,361
3,183
4,443
+105
8Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
1.3
20
1,178
31.2
13.9
4.2
6.0
0.3
4.5
10.5
42.3
1.9
5.1
36.8
3.1
3.8
81.5
56.9
0.8
3.5
2.2
36,723
16,362
4,964
7,106
1,500
351
2,630
3,164
+2846
9Udonis Haslem
U. Haslem
0.5
20
879
24.7
7.5
6.6
0.8
0.3
3.0
6.2
48.9
0.0
0.1
12.7
1.4
1.9
75.6
53.3
1.8
4.8
0.9
21,720
6,586
5,791
733
424
252
810
2,069
+452
10Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
0.9
20
1,327
29.4
14.6
2.2
3.4
0.2
5.1
12.4
41.0
1.7
4.8
34.8
2.8
3.2
86.2
52.9
0.4
1.9
1.9
38,994
19,419
2,948
4,541
1,179
271
2,476
2,008
-1252
11Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1.4
20
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,637
33,643
7,047
6,306
1,944
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
12Mike Conley
M. Conley
1.3
19
1,205
30.9
13.8
2.9
5.6
0.2
4.8
11.1
43.7
1.6
4.2
38.8
2.5
3.0
82.6
55.7
0.5
2.4
1.8
37,207
16,633
3,512
6,724
1,623
249
2,200
2,323
+2735
13Al Horford
A. Horford
0.8
19
1,158
31.3
12.8
7.8
3.2
1.1
5.3
10.4
50.8
0.9
2.3
37.6
1.4
1.8
76.4
57.3
1.9
5.9
1.4
36,303
14,842
9,039
3,665
882
1,320
1,588
2,439
+3513
14Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1.4
19
1,231
32.1
11.3
4.9
4.2
0.5
4.1
8.8
46.3
0.9
2.7
33.0
2.3
3.2
70.9
55.3
0.9
4.0
1.8
39,507
13,968
6,047
5,147
1,765
633
2,240
2,180
+3024
15Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
1.0
19
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
43,514
28,289
7,808
3,422
1,223
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
16Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
0.5
19
1,160
27.3
8.2
9.0
0.8
1.2
3.1
5.1
59.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.2
64.4
62.6
3.0
6.0
1.4
31,617
9,509
10,467
967
630
1,335
1,656
3,268
+321
17Jason Terry
J. Terry
1.1
19
1,410
29.8
13.4
2.3
3.8
0.2
4.9
11.1
44.4
1.6
4.3
38.0
2.0
2.3
84.5
55.4
0.4
2.0
1.7
42,034
18,881
3,274
5,415
1,603
275
2,415
2,577
+1718
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1.3
19
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
45,880
26,397
7,527
4,708
1,752
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
0.7
19
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
1,025
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
20Juwan Howard
J. Howard
0.7
19
1,208
30.3
13.4
6.1
2.2
0.3
5.4
11.5
46.9
0.0
0.0
12.0
2.5
3.3
76.4
51.4
1.9
4.2
2.0
36,654
16,159
7,428
2,663
818
312
2,469
3,493
-1769
21Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1.9
19
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
50,111
17,529
8,725
12,091
2,684
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
0.6
19
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
739
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
1.4
19
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
2,085
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
24Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
1.1
19
1,282
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
40,280
12,417
12,205
3,217
1,351
384
2,785
4,421
+171
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
2.2
19
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
47,764
19,711
4,051
15,806
3,265
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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WesternWLPCTGB
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.711
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.658
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.641
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