Jeremiah Fears has the most steals by a rookie this season, with 35 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a rookie this regular season

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	35	2025-26	NOP	24	28.0	15.8	3.4	3.0	1.5	0.2	5.9	13.3	44.1	1.3	3.4	36.6	2.8	3.5	79.8	53.1	0.7	2.7	2.3	672	379	81	73	4	54	45	-228
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	32	2025-26	DAL	24	33.7	17.3	6.3	3.3	1.3	0.7	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	25.3	3.1	3.8	82.2	55.1	1.2	5.1	2.2	808	415	152	78	16	52	53	-153
3	VJ Edgecombe	26	2025-26	PHI	20	34.6	14.4	5.7	4.0	1.3	0.5	5.4	13.1	41.4	1.9	5.1	37.6	1.7	2.2	76.7	51.3	1.8	3.9	1.8	692	287	113	80	9	36	64	+60
4	Derik Queen D. Queen	25	2025-26	NOP	24	24.5	12.0	6.3	3.6	1.0	0.7	4.5	9.4	48.0	0.1	0.7	11.8	3.0	3.8	78.9	54.6	1.8	4.5	2.2	589	289	150	87	17	53	79	-144
5	Will Richard W. Richard	23	2025-26	GSW	23	19.1	8.0	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.0	2.8	5.3	53.3	1.3	3.2	39.7	1.0	1.3	77.4	67.5	1.0	1.7	0.7	440	183	62	25	1	15	47	+9
6	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	19	2025-26	UTA	23	23.2	10.3	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.3	4.0	9.0	44.7	1.5	4.2	36.5	0.7	1.0	77.3	54.7	1.4	1.9	1.4	534	236	75	40	8	32	57	-122
7	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	18	2025-26	CHA	24	33.5	18.0	5.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.7	45.9	3.4	8.4	40.3	2.1	2.3	90.9	61.3	1.0	4.5	2.4	803	433	131	78	5	57	54	-54
8	Sion James S. James	18	2025-26	CHA	24	26.1	6.6	3.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.0	41.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	1.3	1.5	86.5	58.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	626	158	74	36	11	23	41	-46
9	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	17	2025-26	BKN	21	23.0	8.3	3.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	3.0	7.8	38.0	1.9	5.3	35.1	0.6	0.7	85.7	51.7	0.6	2.7	1.7	482	175	69	77	7	36	42	-80
10	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	16	2025-26	CHA	22	25.5	9.0	6.7	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.8	4.7	79.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	75.6	80.7	2.8	3.9	1.2	562	197	147	10	42	26	42	-100
11	Cedric Coward C. Coward	14	2025-26	MEM	24	27.1	13.3	6.2	2.7	0.6	0.3	4.8	10.5	45.1	1.5	4.6	31.8	2.4	2.8	83.8	56.6	1.3	4.8	1.5	651	320	148	65	8	36	46	+45
12	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	13	2025-26	TOR	20	17.5	7.0	3.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.7	0.6	1.3	48.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	63.5	1.7	1.6	1.2	349	140	64	25	6	24	45	-42
13	Drake Powell D. Powell	13	2025-26	BKN	16	19.2	6.3	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.1	2.3	4.7	48.0	0.8	2.1	36.4	1.1	1.1	94.4	60.9	0.3	1.5	1.1	307	101	28	33	2	18	28	-53
14	Hugo González H. González	13	2025-26	BOS	19	11.3	3.4	2.0	0.5	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.7	51.9	0.5	1.0	47.4	0.1	0.3	40.0	60.0	0.6	1.4	0.6	215	65	38	10	3	11	34	+43
15	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	13	2025-26	NOP	20	16.5	4.9	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	5.1	40.2	0.3	1.6	18.8	0.5	0.7	71.4	45.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	330	98	50	23	2	9	35	-52
16	Dylan Harper D. Harper	12	2025-26	SAS	12	21.5	12.8	3.1	3.8	1.0	0.0	4.8	10.3	46.0	0.7	2.4	27.6	2.6	3.5	73.8	53.7	1.0	2.1	1.5	258	153	37	45	0	18	28	+33
17	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	10	2025-26	LAC	16	19.9	6.9	2.0	1.3	0.6	0.1	2.3	5.4	41.4	1.0	2.9	34.8	1.4	1.5	91.7	56.4	0.5	1.5	1.3	319	110	32	21	2	21	42	+8
18	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	9	2025-26	UTA	19	17.2	6.8	2.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.5	43.3	0.9	2.8	31.5	1.2	1.3	95.8	56.7	0.4	1.7	1.4	327	130	41	70	4	27	37	-10
19	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	8	2025-26	SAC	20	16.2	4.5	2.6	1.5	0.4	0.3	1.7	4.1	40.7	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.6	0.9	66.7	50.0	0.6	2.0	0.8	323	89	52	30	6	15	43	-44
20	Ben Saraf B. Saraf	8	2025-26	BKN	12	16.9	5.4	1.6	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	5.2	35.5	0.8	2.8	27.3	1.0	1.3	80.0	47.4	0.4	1.2	1.9	203	65	19	34	3	23	15	-18
21	Caleb Love C. Love	7	2025-26	POR	16	18.0	8.0	2.8	1.9	0.4	0.0	2.9	9.0	32.6	1.4	5.5	26.1	0.7	0.9	78.6	42.6	0.6	2.1	0.8	288	128	44	31	0	13	20	-79
22	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	6	2025-26	SAS	10	6.7	3.2	1.2	1.8	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.5	52.0	0.3	0.5	60.0	0.3	0.6	50.0	57.9	0.4	0.8	0.5	67	32	12	18	1	5	6	+38
23	Asa Newell A. Newell	6	2025-26	ATL	15	8.5	4.6	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.7	3.1	54.3	0.7	1.5	50.0	0.5	0.7	80.0	68.5	0.9	0.7	0.4	128	69	23	6	3	6	16	+21
24	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	6	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	11.5	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	173	45	20	7	24	28	-109
25	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	6	2025-26	CLE	18	12.4	5.6	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.2	34.4	1.1	3.4	31.1	1.0	1.2	85.7	49.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	223	101	23	25	0	7	24	-40