Since 1976-77, Alvin Robertson has averaged the most steals per game, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

most spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player since 1977

	NAME	SPG	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	2.7	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.6	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.3	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	1,471	1,803
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
10	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	748	32.0	17.6	2.8	5.8	0.4	7.3	15.7	46.3	0.2	0.9	23.8	3.0	3.9	75.7	50.7	1.0	1.7	2.5	23,917	13,190	2,063	4,357	1,498	265	1,646	1,494
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,362	33.6	16.9	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,711	23,029	5,992	12,528	2,726	222	3,100	3,198	+6079
12	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.0	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.0	520	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
14	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	448	21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.9	7.0	41.6	0.2	0.6	32.1	1.5	2.1	70.5	46.6	0.9	1.8	2.1	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	783	1,368
15	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	796	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	2.3	5.2	44.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	1.0	1.5	65.0	50.8	1.2	2.9	1.9	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,486	2,408	+280
16	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
19	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	827	31.5	11.2	4.1	3.6	0.5	3.9	9.2	42.6	1.0	2.7	35.4	2.4	3.0	82.1	53.5	1.0	3.1	2.1	26,079	9,301	3,382	2,992	1,555	392	1,721	2,051	+1057
20	Wilbur Holland W. Holland	1.9	243	32.2	14.7	3.3	3.7	0.2	6.3	13.8	45.5				2.1	2.7	80.7	49.2	1.1	2.2	2.5	7,820	3,568	801	896	455	42	408	699
21	Slick Watts S. Watts	1.9	211	24.9	8.5	2.8	5.5	0.3	3.5	8.5	41.1				1.4	2.4	59.1	44.0	0.8	2.0	1.8	5,257	1,783	589	1,167	395	70	239	583
22	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1.9	719	22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	0.1	3.5	7.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	18.4	1.2	1.8	65.7	48.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	1,337	80	1,382	2,097
23	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.9	453	24.7	7.4	2.5	4.3	0.4	3.1	6.6	47.4	0.0	0.1	16.0	1.1	1.4	82.5	51.4	0.5	2.0	1.7	11,189	3,372	1,122	1,965	840	163	647	1,010
24	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	1.8	204	25.6	8.5	4.5	3.2	0.5	3.5	7.4	47.4	0.7	2.3	32.8	0.7	1.2	61.0	53.5	1.1	3.4	1.4	5,231	1,735	919	661	377	95	286	396	+3
25	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	1.8	330	31.1	12.3	2.4	4.5	0.2	4.9	10.0	48.7	0.8	2.1	37.6	2.1	2.6	80.3	55.3	0.9	1.5	1.7	10,262	4,064	797	1,476	606	82	428	931