Alvin Robertson has the most steals per game by a Most Improved Player of the Year in a season, with 3.7 per game in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

most spg by a most improved player in a regular season by a player

	NAME	SPG	MIP	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.7	1	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
2	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	2.4	1	2017-18	IND	75	34.0	23.1	5.2	4.3	0.8	8.5	17.9	47.7	2.1	5.8	37.1	3.9	4.9	79.9	57.7	0.6	4.6	2.9	2,552	1,735	390	323	177	57	219	175	+336
3	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	2.2	1	1998-99	ORL	50	30.0	13.8	3.6	6.7	0.1	4.6	10.4	44.1	1.4	3.8	36.5	3.2	3.6	90.4	57.5	1.1	2.5	3.2	1,502	690	180	335	108	4	158	90	+191
4	Dana Barros D. Barros	1.8	1	1994-95	PHI	82	40.5	20.6	3.3	7.5	0.0	7.0	14.2	49.0	2.4	5.2	46.4	4.2	4.7	89.9	63.2	0.3	3.0	3.0	3,318	1,686	274	619	149	4	242	159
5	Paul George P. George	1.8	1	2012-13	IND	79	37.6	17.4	7.6	4.1	0.6	6.2	14.9	41.9	2.2	5.9	36.2	2.8	3.5	80.7	53.1	1.1	6.5	2.9	2,972	1,377	603	327	143	51	233	227	+365
6	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1.8	1	2014-15	CHI	65	38.7	20.0	5.8	3.3	0.6	6.5	14.0	46.2	1.1	3.0	37.8	5.9	7.1	83.4	58.3	1.8	4.1	1.4	2,513	1,301	379	212	114	36	93	108	+238
7	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1.7	1	2006-07	GSW	77	34.3	16.5	3.2	4.1	0.3	6.2	13.1	47.5	0.5	1.9	27.3	3.5	4.6	76.3	54.5	0.8	2.4	2.9	2,638	1,272	243	319	132	21	221	210	+32
8	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	1.7	1	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	20.4	4.2	12.2	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	1,650	340	991	135	24	322	226
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.6	1	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.9	8.2	15.7	52.1	0.6	2.3	27.2	5.9	7.7	77.0	59.9	1.8	7.0	2.9	2,845	1,832	700	434	131	151	234	246	+46
10	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1.5	1	2002-03	GSW	82	35.0	18.3	4.7	6.3	0.2	6.2	14.4	43.1	1.3	3.8	34.8	4.5	5.7	79.1	54.0	1.2	3.5	3.5	2,866	1,497	386	514	124	17	290	260	-75
11	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	1.5	1	2000-01	ORL	77	40.1	26.8	7.5	4.6	1.5	10.2	22.4	45.7	0.8	2.2	35.5	5.6	7.6	73.3	52.1	2.5	5.0	2.6	3,087	2,065	580	352	116	118	198	160	+252
12	Bobby Simmons B. Simmons	1.4	1	2004-05	LAC	75	37.3	16.4	5.9	2.7	0.2	6.3	13.6	46.6	0.7	1.5	43.5	3.1	3.6	84.6	54.0	1.7	4.2	1.8	2,799	1,229	446	205	106	16	135	227	+74
13	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	1.4	1	2013-14	PHX	76	35.1	20.3	3.2	5.9	0.3	7.3	14.4	50.5	1.6	3.9	40.8	4.2	5.5	76.0	60.4	0.9	2.3	2.8	2,668	1,542	245	447	104	22	213	206	+305
14	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	1.3	1	1986-87	SEA	82	37.5	24.9	5.5	2.9	0.4	9.6	18.5	51.6	1.0	2.9	35.8	4.7	6.0	78.7	58.8	2.3	3.2	2.9	3,073	2,041	447	238	104	32	238	267
15	CJ McCollum	1.2	1	2015-16	POR	80	34.8	20.8	3.2	4.3	0.3	8.0	17.9	44.8	2.5	5.9	41.7	2.3	2.8	82.7	54.4	0.6	2.7	2.5	2,780	1,666	259	341	97	23	196	187	+154
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	1.2	1	2021-22	MEM	57	33.1	27.4	5.7	6.7	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	384	66	22	196	86	+189
17	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	1.1	1	1990-91	ORL	79	34.4	17.2	3.4	8.4	0.1	5.8	13.2	44.5	1.2	2.9	40.8	4.3	4.8	90.2	56.3	0.7	2.7	3.2	2,714	1,357	270	660	89	4	252	192
18	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	1.1	1	1989-90	MIA	74	32.6	16.6	10.4	1.1	1.7	6.6	13.1	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.8	59.4	53.0	3.4	6.9	3.2	2,409	1,228	766	78	78	124	236	258
19	Jalen Rose J. Rose	1.1	1	1999-00	IND	80	37.2	18.2	4.8	4.0	0.6	7.0	15.0	47.1	1.0	2.5	39.3	3.2	3.8	82.7	54.7	0.5	4.3	2.4	2,978	1,457	387	320	84	49	188	234	+236
20	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	1.0	1	1992-93	DEN	81	33.5	19.2	2.8	4.2	0.1	7.8	17.4	45.0	0.9	2.4	35.5	2.7	2.9	93.5	51.5	0.6	2.1	2.3	2,710	1,553	225	344	84	8	187	179
21	Danny Granger D. Granger	1.0	1	2008-09	IND	67	36.2	25.8	5.1	2.7	1.4	8.5	19.1	44.7	2.7	6.7	40.4	6.0	6.9	87.8	58.4	0.7	4.4	2.5	2,424	1,728	341	183	69	97	165	207	+69
22	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1.0	1	2023-24	PHI	70	37.5	25.9	3.7	6.2	0.5	9.1	20.3	45.0	3.0	8.1	37.3	4.7	5.4	86.8	57.3	0.5	3.2	1.7	2,626	1,816	258	433	69	33	116	151	+303
23	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	1.0	1	2019-20	NOP	62	33.9	23.8	6.1	4.2	0.6	8.2	17.7	46.3	2.4	6.2	39.1	5.0	5.9	85.1	58.7	0.8	5.3	3.0	2,103	1,477	380	259	61	38	189	179	-44
24	Pervis Ellison P. Ellison	0.9	1	1991-92	WAS	66	38.0	20.0	11.2	2.9	2.7	8.3	15.4	53.9	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.4	4.7	72.8	57.4	3.3	7.9	3.0	2,511	1,322	740	190	62	177	196	222
25	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	0.9	1	2018-19	TOR	80	31.9	16.9	6.9	3.1	0.7	6.5	11.8	54.9	1.0	2.7	36.9	3.0	3.8	78.5	62.8	1.6	5.3	1.9	2,548	1,354	549	248	73	52	154	241	+593