highest steals total by a rookie in nba history

Dudley Bradley has gotten the most steals by a rookie, with 211 steals in 1979-80.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	211	1979-80	IND	82	2,027	688	223	252	48	275	609	45.2	2	5	40.0	136	174	78.2	50.2	69	154	166	194		24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6	2.0
2	Ron Harper R. Harper	209	1986-87	CLE	82	3,064	1,874	392	394	84	734	1,614	45.5	20	94	21.3	386	564	68.4	50.3	169	223	345	247		37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	205	1987-88	NYK	82	3,249	1,114	396	868	6	438	1,013	43.2	32	126	25.4	206	266	77.4	49.3	120	276	258	244		39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	196	1997-98	CLE	80	2,483	723	253	656	18	261	592	44.1	0	7	0.0	201	251	80.1	51.5	67	186	194	271	+298	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	2.4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	196	1984-85	CHI	82	3,144	2,313	534	481	69	837	1,625	51.5	9	52	17.3	630	746	84.5	59.2	167	367	291	285		38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5
6	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	192	1976-77	MIL	79	2,095	681	264	372	21	299	689	43.4				83	154	53.9	45.0	91	173		291		26.5	8.6	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3
7	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	190	1993-94	ORL	82	3,015	1,313	439	544	51	509	1,092	46.6	50	187	26.7	245	330	74.2	53.1	192	247	292	205		36.8	16.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	3.6
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	187	1979-80	LAL	77	2,795	1,387	596	563	41	503	949	53.0	7	31	22.6	374	462	81.0	60.2	166	430	305	218		36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	4.0
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	175	2005-06	NOK	78	2,808	1,258	400	611	6	407	947	43.0	50	177	28.2	394	465	84.7	54.6	61	339	183	218	-181	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3
10	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	174	1978-79	PHI	82	2,409	685	254	431	12	292	572	51.0				101	140	72.1	54.1	63	191	193	198		29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	2.4
11	Phil Ford P. Ford	174	1978-79	KCK	79	2,723	1,260	182	681	6	467	1,004	46.5				326	401	81.3	53.4	33	149	323	245		34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	4.1
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	165	1990-91	SEA	82	2,244	588	243	528	15	259	575	45.0	1	13	7.7	69	97	71.1	47.6	108	135	180	249		27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.2
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	165	1989-90	GSW	79	2,663	1,162	310	689	12	464	985	47.1	23	84	27.4	211	276	76.4	52.5	57	253	260	232		33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	3.3
14	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	160	2008-09	MIA	82	2,626	818	228	403	8	278	662	42.0	114	311	36.7	148	193	76.7	54.8	37	191	165	240	+30	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	2.0
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	157	1996-97	PHI	76	3,045	1,787	312	567	24	625	1,504	41.6	155	455	34.1	382	544	70.2	51.3	115	197	337	233	-439	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4
16	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	157	1996-97	NJN	82	3,012	1,347	319	249	35	507	1,189	42.6	158	419	37.7	175	227	77.1	52.3	106	213	127	165	-266	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.4	1.5
17	Ron Lee R. Lee	156	1976-77	PHX	82	1,849	836	299	263	33	347	786	44.1				142	210	67.6	47.6	99	200		276		22.5	10.2	3.6	3.2	1.9	0.4
18	Mark Macon M. Macon	154	1991-92	DEN	76	2,304	805	220	168	14	333	889	37.5	4	30	13.3	135	185	73.0	41.5	80	140	155	242		30.3	10.6	2.9	2.2	2.0	0.2	2.0
19	Fat Lever F. Lever	153	1982-83	POR	81	2,020	633	225	426	15	256	594	43.1	5	15	33.3	116	159	73.0	47.7	85	140	137	179		24.9	7.8	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	1.7
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	152	2009-10	GSW	80	2,896	1,399	356	472	19	528	1,143	46.2	166	380	43.7	177	200	88.5	56.8	48	308	243	252	-186	36.2	17.5	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	151	1994-95	DAL	79	2,668	922	430	607	24	330	857	38.5	70	257	27.2	192	275	69.8	47.1	152	278	250	146		33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2
22	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	150	1988-89	SAS	81	2,738	1,508	417	372	62	640	1,285	49.8	4	21	19.0	224	289	77.5	53.4	152	265	261	295		33.8	18.6	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	3.2
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	150	1981-82	DET	72	2,433	1,225	209	565	17	453	1,068	42.4	17	59	28.8	302	429	70.4	48.7	57	152	299	253		33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	4.2
24	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	145	1989-90	MIA	81	2,470	1,155	206	619	10	463	938	49.4	5	31	16.1	224	326	68.7	53.4	70	136	246	187		30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	3.0
25	Gary Grant G. Grant	144	1988-89	LAC	71	1,924	846	238	506	9	361	830	43.5	5	22	22.7	119	162	73.5	46.9	80	158	258	170		27.1	11.9	3.4	7.1	2.0	0.1	3.6

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2	Celtics	43	21	.672	2.5
3	Knicks	41	24	.631	5.0
4	Cavaliers	39	25	.609	6.5
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11	Bucks	27	36	.429	18.0
12	Bulls	26	38	.406	19.5
13	Nets	16	47	.254	29.0
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4	Rockets	39	24	.619	10.0
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12	Mavericks	21	43	.328	28.5
13	Pelicans	21	45	.318	29.5
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