most steals in a rookie season in nba history since 2000

Since 1999-00, Chris Paul has gotten the most steals by a rookie in a season, with 175 steals in 2005-06.

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Data note: Steals: player season data complete from 1973-74

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	175	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	6	183	218	-181
2	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	160	2008-09	MIA	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	54.8	0.5	2.3	2.0	2,626	818	228	403	8	165	240	+30
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	152	2009-10	GSW	80	36.2	17.5	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	6.6	14.3	46.2	2.1	4.8	43.7	2.2	2.5	88.5	56.8	0.6	3.9	3.0	2,896	1,399	356	472	19	243	252	-186
4	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	142	2014-15	ORL	82	30.4	8.9	4.3	6.5	1.7	0.2	3.7	8.6	42.5	0.1	0.5	26.2	1.4	2.6	55.1	45.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	2,489	731	349	533	20	203	193	-204
5	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	140	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	70	278	211	+389
6	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	138	2004-05	PHI	82	32.8	9.0	5.7	3.0	1.7	0.6	3.3	6.7	49.3	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.9	2.6	74.3	58.0	1.1	4.6	1.7	2,686	741	464	246	48	139	204	-13
7	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	138	2001-02	IND	80	30.5	9.4	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.6	9.5	38.0	0.5	2.2	24.0	1.6	2.3	70.4	44.6	1.0	2.8	3.4	2,442	751	298	647	40	270	248	+43
8	Caron Butler C. Butler	137	2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	15.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	5.5	13.2	41.6	0.4	1.4	31.8	4.0	4.8	82.4	50.2	1.7	3.4	2.5	2,858	1,201	397	213	31	192	230	-383
9	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	133	2014-15	PHI	75	30.8	9.9	8.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	142	146	208	-430
10	Herbert Jones H. Jones	130	2021-22	NOP	78	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	1.7	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	60	100	238	+68
11	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	130	2013-14	PHI	70	34.5	16.7	6.2	6.3	1.9	0.6	6.1	15.1	40.5	0.8	3.0	26.4	3.7	5.2	70.3	48.0	1.4	4.8	3.5	2,414	1,167	437	441	43	247	213	-450
12	LeBron James L. James	130	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	58	273	149	-144
13	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	129	2018-19	PHX	82	29.5	8.3	3.2	2.1	1.6	0.5	3.0	6.9	43.0	1.3	3.8	33.5	1.2	1.4	80.5	55.6	0.7	2.5	0.9	2,417	684	264	173	38	70	201	-386
14	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	129	2013-14	ORL	80	31.1	13.8	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	4.9	11.7	41.9	0.9	2.8	32.7	3.1	4.0	78.0	51.4	0.5	3.6	3.2	2,487	1,106	329	327	37	256	210	-270
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	128	2006-07	BOS	78	23.5	6.4	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	2.4	5.8	41.8	0.1	0.4	20.7	1.5	2.4	64.7	47.2	0.9	2.8	1.8	1,831	501	292	297	8	137	181	+38
16	Nene	127	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	65	181	295	-261
17	John Wall J. Wall	121	2010-11	WAS	69	37.8	16.4	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	5.8	14.1	40.9	0.5	1.7	29.6	4.4	5.7	76.6	49.4	0.5	4.1	3.8	2,606	1,131	317	574	35	261	175	-440
18	Shane Battier S. Battier	121	2001-02	MEM	78	39.7	14.4	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	5.3	12.3	42.9	1.3	3.5	37.3	2.5	3.6	70.0	51.8	2.3	3.1	2.0	3,097	1,125	418	216	81	155	215	-289
19	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	119	1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	12.0	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	4.3	10.5	40.7	0.8	2.7	31.4	2.6	3.9	67.4	49.1	0.9	3.4	2.3	2,238	866	308	202	39	166	159	-340
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	118	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	27	215	213	+357
21	Steve Francis S. Francis	118	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	2,776	1,388	409	507	29	306	231	-158
22	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	116	2001-02	UTA	82	26.2	10.7	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	45.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	3.5	4.5	76.8	55.3	1.8	3.1	1.3	2,151	880	402	94	159	108	156	+347
23	Adrian Griffin A. Griffin	116	1999-00	BOS	72	26.8	6.7	5.2	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.4	5.7	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.1	1.7	2.2	75.3	50.3	1.8	3.4	1.3	1,927	485	372	177	15	93	222	-30
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	110	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	5.3	13.4	39.8	0.4	1.6	27.1	4.3	5.2	81.5	48.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	2,668	1,256	399	435	16	274	191	-272
25	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	109	2009-10	SAC	72	37.2	20.1	5.3	5.8	1.5	0.4	7.4	16.2	45.8	0.5	2.0	25.5	4.8	6.5	74.8	52.9	0.9	4.4	3.0	2,677	1,450	380	414	26	216	204	-334

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10	Warriors	3	3	.500	3.0
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Mon 11/2	NOP	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Wed 11/4	UTA	@	NOP	8:00 PM
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3.2

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5.4

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4.6

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81.1

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

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120.5

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1	Grizzlies	6	0	1.000
2	Rockets	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	4	1	.800	1.5
4	Lakers	4	2	.667	2.0
5	Thunder	4	2	.667	2.0
6	Spurs	4	2	.667	2.0
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8	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.5
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
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