most playoff steals per game in a season by a champion

Magic Johnson has gotten the most steals per game with more than 0 championships in a single NBA playoff run, with 3.1 per game in his rookie season in 1979-80.

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most playoff steals per game in a season by a champion by a player

	NAME	SPG	Champs	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3.1	1	1979-80	LAL	16	41.1	18.3	10.5	9.4	0.4	6.4	12.4	51.8	0.1	0.5	25.0	5.3	6.6	80.2	59.6	3.3	7.3	4.1	658	293	168	151	49	6	65	47
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.9	1	1974-75	GSW	17	42.7	28.2	5.5	6.1	0.9	11.1	25.1	44.4				5.9	6.5	91.8	50.5	1.3	4.2		726	479	94	103	50	15		51
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.9	1	1981-82	LAL	14	40.1	17.4	11.3	9.3	0.2	5.9	11.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.5	6.6	82.8	61.4	3.9	7.4	3.1	562	243	158	130	40	3	44	50
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.6	1	1995-96	CHI	18	41.2	16.9	8.5	5.9	0.9	6.2	15.9	39.0	1.7	5.8	28.6	2.8	4.4	63.7	47.3	3.4	5.1	2.3	742	305	153	107	47	16	41	51
5	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	2.5	1	1976-77	POR	19	35.9	17.3	2.7	4.5	0.3	7.1	16.9	41.7				3.2	4.6	68.2	45.6	0.7	2.1		682	328	52	85	47	5		74
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.5	1	1990-91	CHI	17	41.4	21.6	8.9	5.8	1.1	8.4	16.6	50.4	0.2	1.0	23.5	4.7	5.9	79.2	56.4	2.2	6.7	3.2	704	368	151	99	42	19	55	58
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.4	1	1990-91	CHI	17	40.5	31.1	6.4	8.4	1.4	11.6	22.1	52.4	0.6	1.5	38.5	7.4	8.7	84.5	60.0	1.1	5.3	2.5	689	529	108	142	40	23	43	53
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.3	1	1983-84	BOS	23	41.8	27.5	11.0	5.9	1.2	10.0	19.0	52.4	0.3	0.7	41.2	7.3	8.3	87.9	60.7	2.7	8.3	3.8	961	632	252	136	54	27	87	71
9	LeBron James L. James	2.3	1	2015-16	CLE	21	39.1	26.3	9.5	7.6	1.3	10.4	19.9	52.5	1.5	4.5	34.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	58.5	2.0	7.5	3.6	822	552	200	160	49	27	75	54	+209
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.3	1	1980-81	BOS	17	44.1	21.9	14.0	6.1	1.0	8.6	18.4	47.0	0.2	0.5	37.5	4.5	5.0	89.4	53.2	2.9	11.1	3.6	750	373	238	103	39	17	62	53
11	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	2.3	1	1985-86	BOS	18	36.2	15.6	4.2	5.2	0.1	5.9	10.7	55.4	0.8	1.9	41.2	2.9	3.3	86.7	63.8	1.2	3.0	1.7	652	280	76	93	41	1	31	57
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2.2	1	2005-06	MIA	23	41.7	28.4	5.9	5.7	1.1	9.5	19.2	49.7	0.6	1.6	37.8	8.8	10.9	80.8	59.3	1.2	4.7	3.9	959	654	135	132	51	26	90	71	+134
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	2.2	1	1985-86	BOS	18	39.7	16.2	4.2	5.9	0.3	6.1	13.6	44.5	0.3	0.9	37.5	3.7	4.7	79.8	51.6	1.3	2.9	2.8	715	291	76	107	39	5	51	58
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.2	1	1992-93	CHI	19	41.5	20.1	6.9	5.6	0.7	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.2	0.9	17.6	3.9	6.1	63.8	50.4	1.9	5.0	3.7	789	381	132	107	41	13	71	62
15	Byron Scott B. Scott	2.2	1	1984-85	LAL	19	30.8	16.9	2.7	2.6	0.2	7.3	14.1	51.7	0.5	1.1	47.6	1.8	2.3	79.5	56.0	0.8	1.9	1.3	585	321	52	50	41	4	24	47
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.2	1	1989-90	DET	20	37.9	20.5	5.5	8.2	0.4	7.4	16.0	46.3	1.6	3.4	47.1	4.1	5.1	79.4	56.0	1.1	4.4	3.6	758	409	109	163	43	7	72	65
17	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.1	1	1997-98	CHI	21	39.8	16.8	7.1	5.2	1.0	5.8	14.0	41.5	0.9	3.8	22.8	4.3	6.4	67.9	50.0	2.3	4.8	2.4	836	353	150	110	45	20	51	66	+117
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.1	1	1985-86	BOS	18	42.8	25.9	9.3	8.2	0.6	9.5	18.4	51.7	1.3	3.1	41.1	5.6	6.1	92.7	61.5	1.9	7.4	2.6	770	466	168	148	37	11	47	55
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.1	1	1992-93	CHI	19	41.2	35.1	6.7	6.0	0.9	13.2	27.8	47.5	1.5	3.8	38.9	7.2	8.9	80.5	55.3	1.7	5.1	2.4	783	666	128	114	39	17	45	58
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2.0	1	2016-17	GSW	17	35.4	28.1	6.2	6.7	0.2	8.9	18.4	48.4	4.2	10.1	41.9	6.1	6.7	90.4	65.9	1.3	4.9	3.4	601	477	106	114	34	4	58	37	+245
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.0	1	1991-92	CHI	22	41.8	34.5	6.2	5.8	0.7	13.2	26.4	49.9	0.8	2.0	38.6	7.4	8.6	85.7	57.1	1.7	4.5	3.7	920	759	137	127	44	16	81	62
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.0	1	1982-83	PHI	13	37.2	16.3	3.0	7.0	0.2	6.4	12.7	50.3	0.1	0.2	50.0	3.5	4.9	70.3	54.9	0.8	2.2	2.6	483	212	39	91	26	2	34	23
23	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	2.0	1	1979-80	LAL	16	40.5	16.9	3.5	7.8	0.2	7.1	14.9	47.7	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.6	3.2	80.4	51.6	0.8	2.7	3.1	648	270	56	125	32	3	49	59
24	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	1	1978-79	SEA	17	36.4	26.7	4.1	3.7	0.6	10.7	22.5	47.6				5.3	7.5	70.9	51.8	2.1	2.0	2.5	619	454	70	63	34	11	42	42
25	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	2.0	1	2024-25	OKC	23	24.4	9.2	2.7	2.2	0.6	3.1	7.0	45.0	1.6	3.9	41.1	1.3	1.7	79.5	59.8	0.7	2.0	0.8	562	212	62	51	45	13	19	63	+106

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Magic Johnson has gotten the most steals per game with more than 0 championships in a single NBA playoff run, with 3.1 per game in his rookie season in 1979-80.

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