most steals in a game by a rookie in since 2016

Since 2015-16, 14 players are tied for the most steals by a rookie in a game, with 6 steals. The first three are Victor Wembanyama on November 26, 2023, Jalen Williams on February 7, 2023 and Herbert Jones on March 27, 2022.

Interpreted as:

most steals in a regular-season game by a rookie in since 2016

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	6	11/26/2023	SAS	@	DEN	25	22	11	2	4	7	17	41.2	2	5	40.0	6	7	85.7	54.8	4	7	3	4	-10
2	Jalen Williams J. Williams	6	2/7/2023	OKC	@	LAL	40	25	7	2	1	10	19	52.6	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	62.9	3	4	3	3	+11
3	Herbert Jones H. Jones	6	3/27/2022	NOP	vs	LAL	38	16	2	2	0	6	14	42.9	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	53.8	1	1	0	3	-3
4	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	6	3/13/2022	NOP	vs	HOU	30	16	2	10	0	7	14	50.0	2	6	33.3	0	0		57.1	0	2	0	3	+24
5	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	6	11/10/2021	ORL	vs	BKN	32	10	7	1	0	4	11	36.4	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	42.1	4	3	4	3	-25
6	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	6	4/14/2021	SAC	vs	WAS	29	8	2	6	0	3	13	23.1	2	6	33.3	0	0		30.8	0	2	0	1	-5
7	Theo Maledon T. Maledon	6	2/3/2021	OKC	vs	HOU	36	6	3	4	1	2	12	16.7	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	23.3	0	3	3	2	-1
8	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	6	11/14/2019	ATL	@	PHX	34	14	3	0	0	5	15	33.3	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	44.1	1	2	3	2	-3
9	RJ Barrett	6	10/25/2019	NYK	@	BKN	36	16	3	3	0	7	16	43.8	2	4	50.0	0	3	0.0	46.2	0	3	5	4	0
10	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	6	3/1/2018	LAL	@	MIA	34	8	6	7	0	3	5	60.0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	73.5	1	5	2	4	+24
11	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	6	12/4/2017	PHI	vs	PHX	36	20	8	7	0	9	18	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	53.0	1	7	3	3	-10
12	Frank Ntilikina F. Ntilikina	6	11/13/2017	NYK	vs	CLE	24	7	3	2	0	2	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	51.8	1	2	3	1	-1
13	Andrew Harrison A. Harrison	6	11/1/2016	MEM	@	MIN	32	12	2	5	0	2	7	28.6	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	57.0	1	1	3	4	-19
14	Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	6	1/14/2016	LAL	@	GSW	23	4	5	2	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	0	5	1	2	-3
15	Keaton Wallace K. Wallace	5	4/13/2025	ATL	vs	ORL	37	15	11	15	0	7	20	35.0	1	7	14.3	0	0		37.5	0	11	3	3	+5
16	Justin Edwards J. Edwards	5	3/26/2025	PHI	vs	WAS	36	19	10	1	0	9	15	60.0	1	4	25.0	0	0		63.3	5	5	1	1	-6
17	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	5	3/1/2024	DET	vs	CLE	37	15	7	3	2	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	63.1	1	6	1	0	+1
18	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	5	2/23/2024	SAS	@	LAL	31	27	10	8	5	7	16	43.8	3	8	37.5	10	11	90.9	64.8	1	9	2	3	0
19	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	5	2/22/2024	SAS	@	SAC	31	19	13	4	5	8	21	38.1	1	6	16.7	2	3	66.7	42.6	5	8	1	1	0
20	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	5	2/12/2024	HOU	vs	NYK	38	8	13	5	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	68.0	6	7	3	2	-5
21	Brandin Podziemski B. Podziemski	5	12/25/2023	GSW	@	DEN	34	13	9	6	0	4	7	57.1	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	82.5	4	5	2	1	+1
22	Julian Strawther J. Strawther	5	12/11/2023	DEN	@	ATL	28	22	1	2	0	8	16	50.0	6	11	54.5	0	0		68.8	0	1	2	1	-4
23	Jalen Williams J. Williams	5	1/4/2023	OKC	@	ORL	28	4	3	4	1	2	8	25.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		25.0	0	3	1	2	-9
24	Tari Eason T. Eason	5	11/9/2022	HOU	@	TOR	21	14	6	5	0	5	15	33.3	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	40.7	4	2	2	2	+9
25	Josh Christopher J. Christopher	5	3/30/2022	HOU	vs	SAC	24	6	4	5	0	2	9	22.2	0	5	0.0	2	4	50.0	27.9	3	1	4	4	+16