most championships by an nba player to average 2 steals per game in a career in the first 10 years of their career

Scottie Pippen and Magic Johnson were tied for the most championships by a player when getting 2.0+ steals per game in their first 10 seasons, with 5 championships.

Interpreted as:
most championships by an NBA player to average 2 or higher steals per game in a career in the first 10 years of their career
NAMEChampsSPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
5
2.1
789
35.7
17.9
6.9
5.3
0.9
7.1
14.7
48.5
0.7
2.3
32.9
2.9
4.3
68.8
54.1
2.0
4.8
2.9
28,205
14,146
5,431
4,190
1,692
722
2,263
2,380
+807
2Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
5
2.0
716
36.9
19.5
7.4
11.2
0.4
7.1
13.3
53.0
0.2
0.7
23.9
5.2
6.2
83.4
60.6
1.9
5.6
3.9
26,417
13,943
5,303
8,025
1,464
310
2,800
1,685
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
3
2.7
684
38.8
32.2
6.3
5.9
1.0
12.1
23.5
51.4
0.4
1.4
30.7
7.6
9.0
84.5
58.6
1.7
4.6
3.0
26,510
21,998
4,336
4,025
1,845
697
2,041
1,991
4Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
2
2.0
764
36.6
19.8
3.7
9.7
0.3
7.6
16.5
45.9
0.4
1.3
28.3
4.3
5.6
76.3
52.1
1.0
2.7
3.9
27,926
15,130
2,840
7,431
1,552
210
2,944
2,429
5Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
1
2.3
782
33.6
12.3
3.0
7.2
0.3
4.9
9.3
53.2
0.1
0.2
26.5
2.4
3.0
79.2
58.0
0.7
2.3
2.4
26,285
9,605
2,355
5,658
1,837
255
1,854
1,820
6Gus Williams
G. Williams
1
2.0
792
31.8
17.6
2.8
5.6
0.4
7.2
15.7
46.2
0.2
0.9
23.6
3.0
4.0
75.7
50.6
1.0
1.7
2.5
25,164
13,955
2,182
4,458
1,621
286
1,592
1,584
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