most career steals per game by an active player

Dyson Daniels has gotten the most career steals per game by an active player, with 1.9 per game.

Interpreted as:
most career steals per game with a minimum of 200 games played by an active player
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1Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
1.9
272
27.5
9.4
5.1
4.0
0.4
4.0
8.2
48.8
0.6
2.1
29.8
0.8
1.3
61.4
53.8
1.5
3.6
1.5
7,491
2,555
1,393
1,080
506
122
406
541
+303
2Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
1.7
798
31.8
20.7
6.4
3.1
0.6
7.5
15.0
49.9
1.7
4.4
39.1
4.0
4.7
86.3
60.7
1.2
5.2
1.7
25,366
16,546
5,075
2,470
1,377
498
1,345
1,303
+4937
3Paul George
P. George
1.7
945
33.5
20.5
6.2
3.7
0.4
7.0
15.9
44.0
2.6
6.8
38.4
3.9
4.5
85.2
57.1
0.8
5.4
2.6
31,651
19,338
5,880
3,502
1,601
417
2,487
2,502
+3473
4Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
1.6
907
33.0
18.4
5.4
4.4
0.4
5.9
12.5
47.4
0.8
2.4
33.0
5.7
6.7
84.4
59.2
1.7
3.7
1.6
29,972
16,658
4,858
3,957
1,455
387
1,459
1,242
+2678
5Matisse Thybulle
M. Thybulle
1.6
377
20.6
5.0
2.0
1.1
0.8
1.9
4.2
43.8
0.9
2.6
34.9
0.4
0.5
68.3
55.5
0.6
1.5
0.6
7,749
1,872
769
415
602
295
227
689
+61
6Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
1.6
1,301
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
43,025
27,176
9,025
10,351
2,038
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
7Herbert Jones
H. Jones
1.6
296
29.9
9.9
3.7
2.5
0.7
3.6
7.8
45.8
1.1
3.2
35.0
1.6
2.0
82.2
56.9
1.1
2.6
1.3
8,842
2,929
1,105
748
463
200
389
913
+380
8Marcus Smart
M. Smart
1.6
697
29.4
10.5
3.4
4.4
0.4
3.5
9.1
38.9
1.6
4.9
32.4
1.9
2.4
77.9
51.8
0.8
2.6
1.9
20,495
7,314
2,355
3,080
1,081
251
1,290
1,773
+1983
9Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
1.5
227
24.7
7.9
2.9
2.2
0.4
3.1
6.7
46.3
1.2
3.2
37.4
0.5
0.6
80.3
56.7
0.8
2.1
0.8
5,614
1,789
654
493
346
100
177
428
+1029
10Lonzo Ball
L. Ball
1.5
322
30.1
10.6
5.3
5.6
0.6
3.9
10.0
39.2
2.2
6.1
35.5
0.6
1.0
60.3
51.0
1.0
4.3
2.3
9,692
3,422
1,705
1,814
483
188
730
648
+200
11Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1.5
1,069
34.0
24.8
4.7
6.3
0.3
8.4
17.9
47.1
4.0
9.4
42.2
4.0
4.3
91.2
62.6
0.6
4.0
3.1
36,303
26,528
4,973
6,743
1,602
282
3,308
2,385
+6266
12LeBron James
L. James
1.5
1,622
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
61,031
43,440
12,095
12,016
2,417
1,185
5,650
2,862
+7508
13Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
1.5
489
24.0
7.6
3.3
3.9
0.4
3.1
6.9
44.3
0.7
2.1
33.7
0.8
1.0
74.1
51.5
0.6
2.8
1.5
11,726
3,712
1,626
1,912
728
185
745
1,303
-551
14Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
1.5
383
31.1
13.1
7.4
7.2
0.7
5.4
9.7
55.8
0.0
0.1
13.9
2.3
3.8
59.2
57.6
1.7
5.7
3.0
11,910
5,021
2,840
2,754
568
255
1,151
1,059
+840
15Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
1.5
517
29.3
15.5
5.8
5.4
0.3
6.2
13.6
45.4
1.2
3.6
33.9
2.0
2.5
79.3
52.8
0.9
4.9
2.1
15,134
8,037
3,000
2,807
764
142
1,108
934
-303
16Tyrese Haliburton
T. Haliburton
1.5
333
33.0
17.5
3.7
8.8
0.6
6.3
13.3
47.7
2.6
6.6
39.2
2.3
2.7
85.5
60.6
0.6
3.0
2.1
10,997
5,842
1,218
2,947
490
199
711
440
-26
17James Harden
J. Harden
1.5
1,221
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
42,449
29,339
6,809
8,873
1,794
683
4,505
2,994
+4709
18Jalen Suggs
J. Suggs
1.4
268
26.7
12.6
3.4
3.8
0.6
4.5
10.6
42.3
1.7
5.2
33.1
2.0
2.5
79.2
54.1
0.7
2.7
2.3
7,154
3,384
922
1,010
388
166
623
710
-17
19Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
1.4
530
33.1
25.3
4.7
5.3
0.8
8.8
17.3
50.8
1.4
3.8
36.0
6.3
7.3
86.4
61.6
0.7
4.0
2.3
17,550
13,411
2,503
2,810
761
422
1,223
1,183
+2062
20De'Anthony Melton
D. Melton
1.4
405
22.9
9.5
3.6
2.7
0.5
3.4
8.2
41.0
1.5
4.2
35.8
1.2
1.5
78.9
53.1
0.8
2.9
1.4
9,272
3,833
1,474
1,113
579
192
579
819
+733
21LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
1.4
303
31.0
20.8
5.7
7.3
0.3
7.3
17.5
41.8
3.2
8.8
36.5
2.9
3.4
84.7
54.6
1.2
4.5
3.2
9,391
6,304
1,726
2,224
427
93
971
922
+12
22De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
1.4
603
33.0
21.1
3.9
6.1
0.4
7.8
16.6
47.2
1.6
4.7
33.1
3.9
5.2
74.7
55.9
0.6
3.3
2.7
19,891
12,735
2,352
3,707
845
240
1,613
1,545
-61
23Amen Thompson
A. Thompson
1.4
210
31.3
14.3
7.6
4.0
0.8
5.6
10.4
54.1
0.3
1.3
21.9
2.8
3.8
73.1
59.3
2.7
4.8
2.0
6,566
3,005
1,587
848
294
175
418
483
+681
24Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
1.4
1,090
32.8
15.9
4.2
6.2
0.5
6.2
13.4
46.1
1.6
4.2
37.0
1.9
2.4
79.0
54.7
1.0
3.2
2.6
35,718
17,287
4,585
6,762
1,526
541
2,819
2,274
+3118
25Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
1.4
609
33.8
25.1
4.3
4.8
0.3
8.9
19.6
45.3
3.0
8.3
36.6
4.3
5.1
84.4
57.5
0.8
3.5
2.7
20,586
15,272
2,640
2,928
844
193
1,645
1,463
+2960
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37
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.451
27.0
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60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
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5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
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7
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45
37
.549
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8
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45
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.537
16.0
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.524
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32
50
.390
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31
51
.378
29.0
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20
62
.244
40.0
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19
63
.232
41.0
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17
65
.207
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
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45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
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22
60
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22
60
.268
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