most spg by a forward in a single season

Scottie Pippen has averaged the most steals per game by a forward in a season, with 2.9 per game in 1994-95.

Interpreted as:

most spg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a forward in a single season

	NAME	SPG	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	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	232	89	271	238
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	211	58	232	227
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.9	1974-75	GSW	80	40.4	30.6	5.7	6.2	0.4	12.9	27.7	46.4				4.9	5.5	90.4	50.9	1.2	4.6		3,235	2,450	456	492	228	33		225
4	Kendall Gill K. Gill	2.7	1998-99	NJN	50	32.1	11.8	4.9	2.5	0.5	4.7	11.9	39.8	0.0	0.3	11.8	2.3	3.3	68.3	44.1	1.2	3.7	1.4	1,606	588	244	123	134	26	71	162	-138
5	Steve Mix S. Mix	2.6	1973-74	PHI	82	36.2	14.9	10.5	1.9	0.5	6.0	12.7	47.5				2.8	3.5	79.2	52.1	3.7	6.8		2,969	1,218	864	152	212	37		305
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.6	1989-90	CHI	82	38.4	16.5	6.7	5.4	1.2	6.9	14.0	48.9	0.3	1.4	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.5	52.8	1.8	4.8	3.4	3,148	1,351	547	444	211	101	278	298
7	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	2.6	1975-76	PHI	77	38.3	23.0	12.6	4.7	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7				6.2	8.3	74.0	48.2	3.4	9.2		2,946	1,769	967	359	198	41		334
8	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.5	1998-99	TOT	50	37.6	15.6	3.9	3.7	1.2	5.2	11.9	43.7	1.0	2.8	33.8	4.2	5.4	78.2	54.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	1,881	780	194	186	125	58	93	128	+198
9	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.5	1975-76	GSW	81	38.5	21.0	6.1	6.1	0.3	8.7	20.0	43.5				3.5	3.8	92.3	48.3	0.9	5.2		3,122	1,701	496	496	202	27		215
10	M.L. Carr	2.5	1978-79	DET	80	40.1	18.7	7.4	3.3	0.6	7.3	14.3	51.4				4.0	5.4	74.3	56.1	2.7	4.6	3.2	3,207	1,497	589	262	197	46	255	279
11	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	2.5	1973-74	ATL	65	39.8	25.4	5.4	3.3	0.4	10.4	20.9	50.0				4.5	5.4	83.6	54.6	1.9	3.4		2,588	1,651	350	213	160	29		205
12	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.4	1990-91	CHI	82	36.8	17.8	7.3	6.2	1.1	7.3	14.1	52.0	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.9	4.1	70.6	56.1	2.0	5.3	2.8	3,014	1,461	595	511	193	93	232	270
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2.3	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
14	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.3	2002-03	IND	69	33.6	15.5	5.2	2.9	0.7	5.2	12.3	42.8	1.0	3.1	33.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	52.9	1.5	3.8	2.1	2,317	1,068	362	198	159	50	145	242	+336
15	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.3	2002-03	PHX	81	41.6	21.2	9.5	2.4	1.2	8.2	18.1	45.2	1.7	4.5	38.7	3.1	3.6	85.1	53.8	2.5	7.1	1.9	3,373	1,716	773	198	185	95	157	208	+53
16	Bobby Jones B. Jones	2.3	1976-77	DEN	82	29.5	15.1	8.3	3.2	2.0	6.1	10.7	57.0				2.9	4.0	71.7	60.5	2.1	6.1		2,419	1,238	678	264	186	162		238
17	LeBron James L. James	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
18	Paul George P. George	2.2	2018-19	OKC	77	36.9	28.0	8.2	4.1	0.4	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.8	9.8	38.6	5.9	7.0	83.9	58.3	1.4	6.8	2.7	2,841	2,159	628	318	170	34	205	214	+496
19	Caron Butler C. Butler	2.2	2007-08	WAS	58	39.9	20.3	6.7	4.9	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.6	1.1	3.2	35.7	4.1	4.5	90.1	55.8	1.6	5.1	2.6	2,314	1,180	388	284	128	20	150	160	+170
20	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	2.2	1993-94	WAS	78	35.8	17.1	9.3	3.5	0.7	6.9	14.9	46.6	0.5	1.9	27.0	2.7	4.0	68.5	51.4	2.4	6.9	3.2	2,795	1,333	728	276	172	51	247	174
21	Rick Fox R. Fox	2.2	1996-97	BOS	76	34.9	15.4	5.2	3.8	0.5	5.7	12.5	45.6	1.3	3.7	36.3	2.7	3.5	78.7	55.1	1.5	3.7	2.3	2,650	1,174	394	286	167	40	178	279	-352
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.2	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.2	1976-77	GSW	79	36.8	21.8	5.3	6.0	0.7	8.6	19.6	44.0				4.5	5.0	91.6	50.0	0.9	4.4		2,904	1,723	422	475	172	58		194
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2.2	1985-86	PHI	80	36.9	20.0	12.8	3.9	1.6	7.4	13.0	57.2	0.2	0.9	22.7	5.0	7.2	68.5	61.9	4.4	8.4	4.4	2,952	1,603	1,026	312	173	125	350	333
25	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.1	1988-89	GSW	82	37.7	26.5	5.9	5.1	0.5	10.1	19.9	50.9	0.3	1.2	23.0	6.0	6.7	89.2	58.1	1.9	4.0	3.6	3,093	2,176	483	415	176	39	296	178

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