most shooting guard steals per game in nba 1978

Mike Gale got the most steals per game by a shooting guard in 1977-78, with 2.3 per game.

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most shooting guard steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in NBA 1978

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Mike Gale M. Gale	2.3	1977-78	SAS	70	29.9	9.1	3.2	5.4	0.4	3.9	8.3	47.3	1.2	1.4	87.0	51.0	0.8	2.4	2.5	2,091	637	223	376	159	25	176	170
2	Randy Smith R. Smith	2.1	1977-78	BUF	82	40.4	24.6	3.8	5.6	0.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	5.4	6.8	80.0	52.1	1.3	2.4	3.5	3,314	2,021	310	458	172	11	286	224
3	Chris Ford C. Ford	2.0	1977-78	DET	82	31.5	10.5	3.3	4.6	0.2	4.6	9.5	48.1	1.4	1.9	73.4	51.0	1.4	1.8	2.8	2,582	861	268	381	166	17	232	182
4	Wilbur Holland W. Holland	2.0	1977-78	CHI	82	35.2	16.6	3.6	3.8	0.2	6.9	15.7	44.3	2.7	3.4	79.9	48.3	1.3	2.3	2.7	2,884	1,361	294	313	164	14	223	258
5	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1.7	1977-78	PHX	80	31.0	25.2	2.1	5.5	0.4	10.1	19.6	51.6	5.0	6.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2,481	2,014	164	437	138	31	280	162
6	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	1.7	1977-78	TOT	82	30.8	14.3	3.6	3.6	0.5	6.2	13.3	46.9	1.9	2.4	78.1	50.0	1.0	2.6	2.2	2,522	1,173	295	296	140	40	184	257
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	1.7	1977-78	SAS	82	34.8	27.2	5.1	3.7	1.3	10.5	19.6	53.6	6.1	7.4	83.0	59.4	1.4	3.7	3.7	2,857	2,232	420	302	136	110	306	255
8	Doug Collins D. Collins	1.6	1977-78	PHI	79	35.1	19.7	2.9	4.1	0.3	8.1	15.5	52.6	3.4	4.2	81.2	56.8	1.1	1.8	3.2	2,770	1,553	230	320	128	25	250	228
9	Brian Winters B. Winters	1.6	1977-78	MIL	80	34.4	19.9	3.1	4.9	0.3	8.4	18.2	46.3	3.1	3.7	84.0	50.3	1.1	2.0	3.0	2,751	1,594	250	393	124	27	236	239
10	Fred Brown F. Brown	1.5	1977-78	SEA	72	27.3	16.6	2.6	3.3	0.3	7.1	14.5	48.8	2.4	2.7	89.8	52.8	0.8	1.8	2.3	1,965	1,192	188	240	110	25	164	145
11	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.5	1977-78	HOU	76	38.2	25.6	2.2	3.4	0.0	11.2	22.9	49.1	3.2	3.5	91.8	52.5	0.8	1.4	2.3	2,900	1,949	164	259	112	3	173	241
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.5	1977-78	SEA	81	27.3	12.7	3.6	2.8	0.6	4.5	10.9	41.7	3.7	5.0	73.2	48.6	1.9	1.8	2.0	2,209	1,031	294	230	118	51	164	213
13	Charlie Scott C. Scott	1.4	1977-78	TOT	79	31.3	13.5	3.2	4.8	0.2	5.5	12.6	43.8	2.5	3.3	74.6	48.0	0.8	2.4	3.0	2,473	1,064	249	378	110	17	238	252
14	Phil Smith P. Smith	1.3	1977-78	GSW	82	35.9	19.7	3.7	4.8	0.3	7.9	16.7	47.2	3.9	4.7	81.2	52.2	1.2	2.4	3.2	2,940	1,612	300	393	108	27	266	219
15	Ron Boone R. Boone	1.3	1977-78	KCK	82	32.4	17.7	3.3	3.8	0.1	6.9	15.5	44.3	3.9	4.6	85.4	50.4	1.4	1.9	3.7	2,653	1,448	269	311	105	11	303	233
16	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1.3	1977-78	ATL	79	23.7	10.5	1.9	3.0	0.1	4.2	8.7	48.4	2.1	2.5	81.6	53.5	0.6	1.3	2.1	1,875	828	153	235	100	4	168	232
17	John Williamson J. Williamson	1.3	1977-78	TOT	75	36.4	23.7	3.0	2.9	0.1	9.6	22.0	43.8	4.4	5.2	84.7	48.8	0.9	2.1	3.0	2,731	1,777	227	214	94	10	228	236
18	Tony Robertson T. Robertson	1.2	1977-78	ATL	63	14.7	5.9	1.1	1.6	0.1	2.7	6.0	44.1	0.6	0.8	69.8	46.1	0.2	0.9	1.4	929	373	70	103	74	5	88	133
19	Ralph Simpson R. Simpson	1.2	1977-78	TOT	64	20.7	8.1	2.5	2.5	0.1	3.4	9.0	37.5	1.3	1.6	81.7	41.6	0.8	1.6	2.0	1,323	517	157	159	75	7	126	90
20	David Thompson D. Thompson	1.2	1977-78	DEN	80	37.8	27.2	4.9	4.5	1.2	10.3	19.8	52.1	6.5	8.4	77.8	57.8	2.0	2.9	3.1	3,025	2,172	390	362	92	99	245	213
21	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	1.1	1977-78	LAL	82	27.8	13.7	2.3	2.4	0.2	6.0	12.1	49.7	1.7	2.2	77.4	52.5	1.0	1.3	1.8	2,283	1,123	188	193	94	14	150	196
22	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1.0	1977-78	KCK	73	25.7	15.8	2.4	2.4	0.2	6.4	13.1	49.2	3.0	4.2	69.7	53.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1,878	1,156	175	174	74	12	145	179
23	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	1.0	1977-78	NOJ	81	31.5	16.1	2.2	4.8	0.3	6.4	13.0	49.5	3.3	4.1	79.5	54.5	0.9	1.3	2.5	2,553	1,304	177	388	82	22	205	186
24	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1.0	1977-78	POR	82	26.7	10.7	2.1	2.6	0.2	4.2	9.2	45.4	2.3	2.8	82.8	51.1	0.8	1.3	1.8	2,188	874	173	217	81	14	151	173
25	Larry Steele L. Steele	0.9	1977-78	POR	65	17.4	8.0	1.7	1.3	0.1	3.2	6.9	47.0	1.5	1.9	82.0	51.9	0.5	1.2	1.0	1,132	520	113	87	59	5	66	138

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1	Thunder	45	15	.750
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3	Rockets	37	21	.638	7.0
4	Nuggets	37	22	.627	7.5
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Sun 3/1	SAS	@	NYK	1:00 PM
Tue 3/3	SAS	@	PHI	8:00 PM
Thu 3/5	DET	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Fri 3/6	LAC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
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2	Celtics	38	20	.655	5.5
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11	Bucks	26	31	.456	17.0
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2	Spurs	43	16	.729	1.5
3	Rockets	37	21	.638	7.0
4	Nuggets	37	22	.627	7.5
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11	Grizzlies	21	36	.368	22.5
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Mike Gale got the most steals per game by a shooting guard in 1977-78, with 2.3 per game.

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