most spg by a rookie 2022

Herbert Jones had the most steals per game by a rookie in 2021-22, with 1.7 per game.

Interpreted as:
most spg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie 2022
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Herbert Jones
H. Jones
1.7
2021-22
78
29.9
9.5
3.8
2.1
0.8
3.5
7.4
47.6
0.7
2.2
33.7
1.8
2.1
84.0
57.3
1.3
2.5
1.3
2,335
742
296
167
130
60
100
238
+68
2Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
1.2
2021-22
64
32.6
17.4
5.5
5.6
0.7
6.7
16.1
41.6
1.8
5.7
31.4
2.2
2.6
84.5
50.4
0.9
4.6
3.7
2,088
1,114
354
356
78
43
234
200
-275
3Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
1.1
2021-22
74
35.4
15.3
7.5
3.5
0.7
6.2
12.6
49.2
0.8
2.6
30.1
2.1
2.9
73.5
55.2
2.6
4.9
1.8
2,617
1,134
557
256
80
55
136
192
+66
4Josh Christopher
J. Christopher
0.9
2021-22
74
18.0
7.9
2.5
2.0
0.2
3.0
6.8
44.8
0.8
2.6
29.6
1.1
1.5
73.5
53.4
0.7
1.8
1.5
1,334
587
186
150
65
13
114
97
-272
5Franz Wagner
F. Wagner
0.9
2021-22
79
30.7
15.2
4.5
2.9
0.4
5.8
12.3
46.8
1.2
3.4
35.4
2.4
2.8
86.3
55.9
1.1
3.4
1.5
2,429
1,197
356
231
68
34
119
164
-243
6Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
0.8
2021-22
72
20.7
9.6
5.5
2.6
0.9
3.5
7.3
47.4
0.4
1.6
24.8
2.3
3.2
71.1
55.2
1.9
3.5
2.0
1,489
692
393
185
59
68
145
214
-309
7Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
0.8
2021-22
69
33.8
15.0
8.3
2.5
1.7
6.1
12.0
50.8
0.3
1.3
25.0
2.4
3.7
66.3
54.9
2.1
6.2
1.9
2,331
1,034
570
174
56
115
133
147
+94
8Tre Mann
T. Mann
0.8
2021-22
60
22.8
10.4
2.9
1.5
0.2
3.9
9.8
39.3
1.6
4.5
36.0
1.1
1.4
79.3
50.1
0.4
2.4
1.2
1,367
625
171
91
47
12
71
102
-278
9Ayo Dosunmu
A. Dosunmu
0.8
2021-22
77
27.4
8.8
2.8
3.3
0.4
3.6
6.9
52.0
0.9
2.4
37.6
0.7
1.0
67.9
59.6
0.4
2.4
1.4
2,110
679
214
256
60
29
108
182
-199
10Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
0.7
2021-22
75
27.7
11.5
2.2
4.2
0.3
4.7
11.2
41.8
1.3
4.3
31.6
0.7
1.1
65.9
48.9
0.4
1.8
1.5
2,076
861
166
313
55
24
114
141
-273
11Jalen Green
J. Green
0.7
2021-22
67
31.9
17.3
3.4
2.6
0.3
6.1
14.2
42.6
2.3
6.8
34.3
2.8
3.5
79.7
54.7
0.5
2.9
2.0
2,138
1,157
226
176
44
18
135
103
-519
12Bones Hyland
B. Hyland
0.6
2021-22
69
19.0
10.1
2.7
2.8
0.3
3.3
8.3
40.3
1.9
5.2
36.6
1.6
1.8
85.6
55.8
0.2
2.5
1.2
1,310
698
188
191
41
20
86
153
+39
13Ziaire Williams
Z. Williams
0.6
2021-22
62
21.7
8.1
2.1
1.0
0.2
3.1
6.8
45.0
1.2
3.9
31.4
0.7
0.9
78.2
55.9
0.4
1.7
0.7
1,346
501
129
65
35
12
41
113
+122
14Cam Thomas
C. Thomas
0.5
2021-22
67
17.6
8.5
2.4
1.2
0.1
3.3
7.5
43.3
0.7
2.6
27.0
1.3
1.6
82.9
51.9
0.2
2.2
0.8
1,176
570
161
78
33
8
55
66
-139
15Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
0.5
2021-22
61
23.2
7.3
3.2
1.8
0.3
2.4
5.2
45.9
0.9
2.7
31.7
1.6
1.9
83.9
60.0
0.7
2.4
0.7
1,418
444
193
110
29
20
40
87
+54
16Corey Kispert
C. Kispert
0.5
2021-22
77
23.4
8.2
2.7
1.1
0.3
3.0
6.7
45.5
1.5
4.2
35.0
0.7
0.8
87.1
58.6
0.7
2.0
0.6
1,801
634
209
85
35
22
50
93
+40
17Jonathan Kuminga
J. Kuminga
0.4
2021-22
70
16.9
9.3
3.3
0.9
0.3
3.4
6.6
51.3
0.7
2.1
33.6
1.9
2.7
68.4
60.0
0.8
2.6
1.1
1,185
652
234
64
31
22
74
146
+35
18Dalano Banton
D. Banton
0.4
2021-22
64
10.9
3.2
1.9
1.5
0.2
1.3
3.2
41.1
0.2
0.8
25.5
0.4
0.7
59.1
46.3
0.6
1.3
0.8
696
205
124
99
28
10
53
68
+32
19Trey Murphy III
T. Murphy III
0.4
2021-22
62
13.9
5.4
2.4
0.6
0.1
1.8
4.5
39.4
1.1
3.0
38.2
0.7
0.8
88.2
55.8
0.8
1.6
0.3
864
334
147
38
23
7
16
60
-1
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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TEAMWLPCTGB
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
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26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
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.317
38.0
13
25
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.305
39.0
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NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
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Jazz Jazz - e
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60
.268
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