most spg by a player in his final year

Micheal Ray Richardson averaged the most steals per game by an inactive or retired player in his last season, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:
most spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in his final year
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
2.7
1985-86
47
34.1
15.7
5.3
7.2
0.2
6.3
14.1
44.8
0.1
0.6
14.8
3.0
3.8
78.8
49.8
1.6
3.7
3.2
1,604
737
250
340
125
11
150
163
2Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
2.2
1995-96
77
32.2
9.3
4.4
4.2
0.5
3.7
7.9
47.0
0.5
2.0
27.2
1.4
2.1
67.7
53.1
1.4
3.0
2.4
2,478
718
342
323
166
36
183
268
3Fat Lever
F. Lever
2.0
1993-94
81
24.0
6.9
3.5
2.6
0.2
2.8
6.9
40.8
0.3
0.9
35.1
0.9
1.2
76.5
46.2
1.0
2.5
1.1
1,947
555
283
213
159
15
88
155
4Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
1.8
1997-98
70
35.3
18.4
4.9
5.5
0.6
6.5
15.1
42.7
1.5
4.8
31.7
4.0
4.9
80.1
53.1
1.5
3.4
2.7
2,473
1,287
346
382
126
42
189
193
+69
5Fatty Taylor
F. Taylor
1.7
1976-77
79
19.6
3.8
2.7
3.6
0.1
1.7
4.0
42.0
0.5
0.8
56.9
43.9
1.1
1.5
1,548
301
211
288
132
9
202
6John Stockton
J. Stockton
1.7
2002-03
82
27.7
10.8
2.5
7.7
0.2
3.8
7.8
48.3
0.4
1.0
36.3
2.9
3.5
82.6
57.7
0.6
1.8
2.2
2,275
884
201
629
137
16
182
184
+241
7Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1.6
2012-13
76
26.9
6.0
4.3
3.3
0.3
2.0
5.4
37.2
1.5
4.3
35.1
0.5
0.6
83.3
53.2
0.7
3.6
1.0
2,043
458
323
249
125
25
76
125
+187
8Mike Gale
M. Gale
1.6
1981-82
75
23.9
5.6
2.5
3.5
0.4
2.5
5.0
49.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.9
78.5
52.4
0.5
2.0
1.7
1,793
421
189
261
121
28
126
173
9Darnell Valentine
D. Valentine
1.5
1990-91
65
28.3
9.4
2.6
5.4
0.2
3.5
7.6
46.4
0.1
0.4
24.0
2.2
2.6
83.1
53.3
0.6
2.1
1.9
1,841
609
172
351
98
12
126
170
10Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.5
2002-03
82
37.0
20.0
6.1
3.8
0.5
8.3
18.6
44.5
0.2
0.7
29.1
3.2
4.0
82.1
49.1
0.9
5.2
2.1
3,031
1,640
497
311
123
39
173
171
+6
11Ed Sherod
E. Sherod
1.5
1982-83
64
25.4
6.2
2.3
4.9
0.2
2.7
6.6
40.6
0.0
0.2
7.7
0.8
1.3
65.0
43.3
0.7
1.7
1.6
1,624
395
149
311
96
14
104
112
12Wilbur Holland
W. Holland
1.5
1978-79
82
30.3
12.6
3.1
4.0
0.1
5.4
11.5
47.3
1.7
2.1
80.1
50.7
1.0
2.1
2.3
2,483
1,031
254
330
122
12
185
240
13Reggie Lewis
R. Lewis
1.5
1992-93
80
39.3
20.8
4.3
3.7
1.0
8.3
17.6
47.0
0.2
0.8
23.3
4.1
4.7
86.7
52.9
1.1
3.2
1.7
3,144
1,666
347
298
118
77
133
248
14Ron Lee
R. Lee
1.4
1981-82
81
18.1
3.4
1.9
3.9
0.2
1.1
3.0
35.8
0.2
0.7
30.5
1.0
1.5
70.6
46.6
0.4
1.5
1.5
1,467
278
155
312
116
20
123
221
15Victor Oladipo
V. Oladipo
1.4
2022-23
42
26.3
10.7
3.0
3.5
0.3
3.8
9.6
39.7
1.7
5.0
33.0
1.4
1.9
74.7
51.3
0.4
2.7
2.1
1,106
449
128
146
57
12
87
99
-35
16Pearl Washington
P. Washington
1.4
1988-89
54
19.7
7.6
2.3
4.2
0.1
3.0
7.2
42.4
0.0
0.3
7.1
1.5
1.9
78.8
47.5
0.9
1.4
2.3
1,065
411
123
226
73
4
122
101
17Drazen Petrovic
D. Petrovic
1.3
1992-93
70
38.0
22.3
2.7
3.5
0.2
8.4
16.2
51.8
1.1
2.4
44.9
4.5
5.2
87.0
60.5
0.6
2.1
2.9
2,660
1,564
190
247
94
13
204
237
18Gar Heard
G. Heard
1.3
1980-81
78
20.9
4.8
4.5
1.6
0.9
1.9
5.1
37.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.0
1.3
78.2
42.8
1.5
2.9
1.0
1,631
377
348
122
104
72
81
196
19Delonte West
D. West
1.3
2011-12
44
24.1
9.6
2.3
3.2
0.3
3.8
8.2
46.1
0.6
1.7
35.5
1.4
1.6
88.6
53.9
0.3
2.0
1.7
1,060
421
101
139
58
11
76
67
-27
20Duck Williams
D. Williams
1.3
1979-80
77
23.3
6.6
1.4
2.4
0.1
3.0
6.7
44.7
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.8
70.0
46.4
0.3
1.1
1.4
1,794
506
106
183
100
11
107
166
21Greg Anthony
G. Anthony
1.3
2001-02
TOT
60
25.2
7.9
2.2
4.7
0.1
3.1
7.9
38.5
0.8
2.7
29.4
1.0
1.5
65.9
46.0
0.4
1.8
1.6
1,514
474
132
282
77
5
94
114
-274
22Eric Bledsoe
E. Bledsoe
1.3
2021-22
54
25.2
9.9
3.4
4.2
0.4
3.6
8.7
42.1
0.9
3.0
31.3
1.6
2.2
76.1
51.4
0.5
2.9
2.1
1,360
534
182
225
69
19
116
85
-40
23Julius Erving
J. Erving
1.3
1986-87
60
32.0
16.8
4.4
3.2
1.6
6.7
14.2
47.1
0.2
0.9
26.4
3.2
3.9
81.3
52.7
1.9
2.5
2.6
1,918
1,005
264
191
76
94
158
137
24George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
1.3
1981-82
76
17.6
4.7
5.2
2.7
0.4
1.9
5.0
37.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
2.1
45.3
39.5
1.2
4.0
1.7
1,341
354
398
204
96
28
131
198
25Shabazz Napier
S. Napier
1.2
2019-20
TOT
56
24.0
10.3
2.8
4.7
0.2
3.4
8.1
41.2
1.4
4.3
31.7
2.3
2.7
82.4
55.2
0.5
2.4
2.3
1,344
578
158
262
69
11
128
101
-96
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11
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.444
11.0
12
13
23
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.333
14.5
14
10
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.286
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15
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.162
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30
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.811
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25
11
.694
4.5
3
23
11
.676
5.5
4
24
12
.667
5.5
5
22
11
.667
6.0
6
24
13
.649
6.0
7
21
15
.583
8.5
8
19
18
.514
11.0
9
17
20
.459
13.0
10
16
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.444
13.5
11
14
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16.0
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