highest steals pg by a rookie in nba history

Dudley Bradley has averaged the most steals per game by a rookie, with 2.6 per game in 1979-80.

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highest steals pg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie in NBA history

	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	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
2	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
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.5	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.5	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
5	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.4	1976-77	MIL	79	26.5	8.6	3.3	4.7	0.3	3.8	8.7	43.4				1.1	1.9	53.9	45.0	1.2	2.2		2,095	681	264	372	192	21		291
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.4	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.4	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
8	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2.3	1993-94	ORL	82	36.8	16.0	5.4	6.6	0.6	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.6	2.3	26.7	3.0	4.0	74.2	53.1	2.3	3.0	3.6	3,015	1,313	439	544	190	51	292	205
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	Phil Ford P. Ford	2.2	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5				4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
11	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0				1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193	198
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	2.1	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	2,663	1,162	310	689	165	12	260	232
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	150	17	299	253
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
15	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.0	1994-95	LAL	64	31.0	14.0	3.9	2.0	0.6	5.3	11.6	46.0	1.4	3.8	37.0	1.9	2.6	72.2	54.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	1,981	897	249	128	131	41	75	175
16	Gary Grant G. Grant	2.0	1988-89	LAC	71	27.1	11.9	3.4	7.1	0.1	5.1	11.7	43.5	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.7	2.3	73.5	46.9	1.1	2.2	3.6	1,924	846	238	506	144	9	258	170
17	Mark Macon M. Macon	2.0	1991-92	DEN	76	30.3	10.6	2.9	2.2	0.2	4.4	11.7	37.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	1.8	2.4	73.0	41.5	1.1	1.8	2.0	2,304	805	220	168	154	14	155	242
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.0	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,244	588	243	528	165	15	180	249
19	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.0	2008-09	MIA	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	54.8	0.5	2.3	2.0	2,626	818	228	403	160	8	165	240	+30
20	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	1.9	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	127	165	-266
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1994-95	DAL	79	33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	0.9	3.3	27.2	2.4	3.5	69.8	47.1	1.9	3.5	3.2	2,668	922	430	607	151	24	250	146
22	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	1976-77	PHX	82	22.5	10.2	3.6	3.2	0.4	4.2	9.6	44.1				1.7	2.6	67.6	47.6	1.2	2.4		1,849	836	299	263	156	33		276
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.9	2009-10	GSW	80	36.2	17.5	4.5	5.9	0.2	6.6	14.3	46.2	2.1	4.8	43.7	2.2	2.5	88.5	56.8	0.6	3.9	3.0	2,896	1,399	356	472	152	19	243	252	-186
24	Jason Williams J. Williams	1.9	1998-99	SAC	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
25	Fat Lever F. Lever	1.9	1982-83	POR	81	24.9	7.8	2.8	5.3	0.2	3.2	7.3	43.1	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.4	2.0	73.0	47.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	2,020	633	225	426	153	15	137	179

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