Brevin Knight had the most steals in 1997-98, with 196 steals in his rookie season.

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most steals by a player in 1998

	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	Brevin Knight B. Knight	196	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	18	194	271	+298
2	Doug Christie D. Christie	190	1997-98	TOR	78	37.7	16.5	5.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	5.9	13.7	42.8	1.3	3.9	32.6	3.5	4.2	82.9	53.0	1.2	4.0	2.9	2,939	1,287	404	282	57	228	198	-485
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	185	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	18	229	195	+622
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	183	1997-98	ATL	70	38.6	13.2	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	5.3	13.4	39.2	1.3	4.8	26.9	1.4	1.9	70.9	46.2	1.2	3.7	2.5	2,700	921	341	469	21	176	122	+415
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	176	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	25	244	200	-92
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	162	1997-98	PHX	82	38.0	11.6	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	4.4	10.5	41.6	0.9	2.8	31.3	2.0	2.5	79.9	50.2	1.3	4.9	3.2	3,118	954	510	745	26	261	142	+305
7	Eddie Jones E. Jones	160	1997-98	LAL	80	36.4	16.9	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	6.1	12.6	48.4	1.8	4.6	38.9	2.9	3.8	76.5	59.2	1.1	2.7	1.8	2,910	1,349	302	246	55	146	164	+610
8	Kendall Gill K. Gill	156	1997-98	NJN	81	33.7	13.4	4.8	2.5	1.9	0.8	5.2	12.0	42.9	0.3	1.2	25.7	2.8	4.0	68.8	48.6	1.4	3.4	1.5	2,733	1,087	391	200	64	124	268	+49
9	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	148	1997-98	SEA	82	31.7	10.5	4.1	2.7	1.8	0.2	3.4	7.8	44.0	1.5	3.7	41.5	2.2	2.5	86.8	59.4	0.9	3.2	1.2	2,597	862	334	221	17	102	153	+487
10	Charlie Ward C. Ward	144	1997-98	NYK	82	28.3	7.8	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.5	2.9	6.3	45.5	1.0	2.6	37.7	1.1	1.4	80.5	56.7	0.4	3.0	2.1	2,317	642	274	466	37	175	195	+278
11	Grant Hill G. Hill	143	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	53	285	196	+214
12	Antoine Walker A. Walker	142	1997-98	BOS	82	39.9	22.4	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	1,840	836	273	60	292	262	-267
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	141	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	45	185	151	+598
14	David Wesley D. Wesley	140	1997-98	CHA	81	35.1	13.0	2.6	6.5	1.7	0.4	4.7	10.7	44.3	0.7	2.1	34.7	2.8	3.6	79.5	53.2	0.6	2.0	2.8	2,845	1,054	213	529	30	226	229	+134
15	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	139	1997-98	MIN	82	39.3	18.5	9.6	4.2	1.7	1.8	7.7	15.8	49.1	0.0	0.2	18.8	3.0	4.0	73.8	52.7	2.7	6.9	2.3	3,222	1,518	786	348	150	192	224	+152
16	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	136	1997-98	MIA	81	37.4	18.9	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	6.9	16.0	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	1,528	299	672	16	224	200	+454
17	Michael Finley M. Finley	132	1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	30	219	163	-410
18	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	132	1997-98	NJN	77	36.5	17.2	4.7	2.3	1.7	0.5	6.6	15.0	44.0	1.4	3.4	41.8	2.6	3.2	80.8	52.5	1.7	3.0	1.4	2,814	1,328	362	176	37	106	152	+144
19	Wesley Person W. Person	129	1997-98	CLE	82	39.0	14.7	4.4	2.3	1.6	0.6	5.4	11.7	46.0	2.3	5.5	43.0	1.6	2.1	77.6	58.3	0.8	3.6	1.3	3,198	1,204	363	188	49	110	108	+167
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	126	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	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	42	189	193	+69
21	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	126	1997-98	WAS	76	39.7	17.8	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.4	0.2	0.6	25.0	4.7	6.5	72.6	50.1	1.5	3.9	3.5	3,020	1,349	405	801	25	266	182	+100
22	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	125	1997-98	BOS	80	33.3	15.3	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.2	6.4	14.3	45.0	0.0	0.4	10.7	2.4	2.8	83.9	49.1	1.4	2.1	1.7	2,662	1,221	280	176	17	132	213	-101
23	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	123	1997-98	DET	71	35.3	12.1	3.5	3.2	1.7	0.1	4.5	11.6	38.3	1.2	3.7	32.1	2.0	2.8	74.0	47.2	0.9	2.6	1.5	2,505	862	247	224	10	110	174	-11
24	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	123	1997-98	NYK	79	34.6	9.0	9.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	3.9	8.8	44.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.4	85.1	47.5	2.8	6.4	1.6	2,734	711	724	201	22	126	280	+127
25	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	121	1997-98	NJN	75	34.7	19.6	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.1	0.2	1.1	18.8	5.8	6.8	86.0	53.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	2,606	1,471	228	603	20	269	262	+133

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Tue 2/24	NYK	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Wed 2/25	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
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RPG Leaders

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2	Celtics	37	19	.661	5.5
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4	Cavaliers	36	22	.621	7.5
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5	Lakers	34	22	.607	9.0
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9	Trail Blazers	28	30	.483	16.0
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11	Grizzlies	21	34	.382	21.5
12	Mavericks	20	36	.357	23.0
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