most steals in the first 17 games of a season

Brevin Knight had the most steals in a season in his first 17 games, with 54 steals in his rookie season in 1997-98.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in the first 17 games of a 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	Brevin Knight B. Knight	54	1997-98	CLE	17	32.0	9.3	3.3	8.2	3.2	0.2	3.2	7.7	42.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.8	3.6	77.4	49.9	0.7	2.6	2.5	544	158	56	140	4	43	59	+140
2	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	51	2013-14	PHI	17	36.4	17.6	5.5	7.8	3.0	0.7	6.3	15.4	40.8	1.4	4.3	31.5	3.6	5.4	68.1	49.5	1.6	3.9	3.5	619	299	93	132	12	60	49	-57
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	51	1990-91	SEA	17	32.3	8.7	3.3	6.7	3.0	0.2	4.1	9.2	43.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.9	66.7	45.2	1.8	1.5	3.3	549	148	56	114	3	56	63
4	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	49	1987-88	NYK	17	35.8	10.3	4.5	8.2	2.9	0.1	4.2	11.2	37.9	0.1	1.1	5.6	1.8	2.7	65.2	41.6	0.9	3.5	3.0	609	175	76	139	2	51	59
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	1984-85	CHI	17	35.6	26.2	5.6	4.2	2.8	1.7	9.6	19.5	49.4	0.1	0.4	28.6	6.8	8.0	85.3	56.9	1.8	3.8	3.8	605	446	95	72	29	64	63
6	Gus Williams G. Williams	46	1984-85	WAS	17	36.8	20.9	1.9	6.3	2.7	0.7	9.0	21.1	42.6	0.3	1.6	17.9	2.6	3.6	72.6	46.1	0.9	1.0	2.5	625	356	33	107	12	43	41
7	Fat Lever F. Lever	43	1984-85	DEN	17	31.8	13.9	4.8	8.4	2.5	0.4	5.9	13.1	45.0	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.1	2.9	72.0	48.6	1.6	3.2	2.5	541	237	81	142	6	43	48
8	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	43	1984-85	NJN	17	34.9	15.8	5.8	7.1	2.5	0.4	6.9	15.2	45.6	0.2	1.5	15.4	1.7	2.5	67.4	48.4	2.3	3.5	2.8	593	269	99	121	6	48	56
9	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	42	2011-12	MIN	17	32.6	10.7	4.5	8.5	2.5	0.2	3.5	9.0	38.6	0.8	2.1	37.1	3.0	3.7	81.0	50.4	0.5	4.0	3.3	555	182	76	145	3	56	43	+53
10	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	41	1994-95	DAL	17	36.8	8.7	6.1	7.3	2.4	0.2	3.1	9.4	32.7	0.3	2.2	13.2	2.3	3.1	75.0	40.7	2.1	4.0	2.6	626	148	104	124	4	44	34
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	40	1998-99	BOS	17	32.9	16.8	6.3	2.4	2.4	1.2	5.8	13.4	43.0	1.6	4.0	39.7	3.6	4.9	73.8	53.8	2.3	4.0	2.0	559	285	107	40	21	34	61	+31
12	T.R. Dunn	40	1984-85	DEN	17	27.5	6.4	5.6	1.7	2.4	0.3	2.5	4.8	51.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	2.0	73.5	56.8	2.7	2.9	0.8	467	109	96	29	5	14	38
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	40	1984-85	PHI	17	32.9	21.5	6.1	3.2	2.4	1.2	8.4	17.3	48.3	0.1	0.1	50.0	4.7	6.1	77.7	53.8	2.6	3.5	3.1	559	365	104	54	21	52	45
14	Jason Williams J. Williams	39	1998-99	SAC	17	37.1	14.2	3.1	5.9	2.3	0.1	5.4	13.3	40.3	2.2	5.9	37.0	1.3	1.9	68.8	50.2	0.2	2.9	2.6	631	241	52	100	1	45	34	-28
15	Ron Harper R. Harper	39	1986-87	CLE	17	37.8	22.1	4.7	4.5	2.3	0.9	8.7	19.5	44.6	0.1	0.8	14.3	4.6	6.6	69.0	49.3	1.7	3.0	4.4	642	376	80	77	16	74	54
16	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	37	2011-12	NYK	17	30.7	10.6	3.4	3.3	2.2	0.4	4.1	11.2	36.6	0.9	3.1	28.8	1.5	1.8	83.3	44.1	0.4	3.0	2.6	521	180	58	56	6	45	52	-39
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37	1996-97	PHI	17	38.3	22.2	4.8	7.1	2.2	0.5	7.3	18.6	39.2	2.2	6.4	35.2	5.4	8.3	65.2	50.0	1.8	3.0	5.5	651	378	81	120	8	94	48	-72
18	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	37	1984-85	PHI	17	32.9	13.6	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	5.7	9.8	58.4	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.2	2.5	88.1	62.9	0.8	2.4	2.9	559	232	53	118	9	49	51
19	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	37	1984-85	SEA	17	31.5	11.2	2.1	5.9	2.2	0.1	4.6	11.1	41.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.1	2.5	81.4	46.2	0.5	1.6	3.4	535	191	35	100	1	58	44
20	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	36	2008-09	MIA	17	30.6	8.7	2.8	4.4	2.1	0.1	2.9	7.1	41.3	1.4	3.9	36.4	1.4	2.2	64.9	53.9	0.3	2.5	1.6	520	148	47	75	2	28	50	+19
21	Shane Battier S. Battier	36	2001-02	MEM	17	39.5	14.2	4.8	2.5	2.1	1.1	5.1	11.4	44.6	1.8	4.4	40.5	2.4	3.6	65.6	55.0	2.1	2.6	1.8	672	242	81	43	19	31	51	-97
22	Adrian Griffin A. Griffin	36	1999-00	BOS	17	33.1	10.1	7.4	3.7	2.1	0.3	3.7	6.9	53.4	0.5	1.4	39.1	2.1	3.0	70.6	60.9	2.2	5.2	1.6	562	171	126	63	5	27	50	+51
23	Darrell Walker D. Walker	36	1984-85	NYK	17	25.6	11.0	3.1	3.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	9.4	46.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.3	3.8	60.9	49.7	1.4	1.6	2.2	435	187	52	60	5	38	56
24	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	35	2017-18	PHI	17	35.2	18.5	9.1	7.7	2.1	0.8	7.9	15.4	51.3	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.8	4.9	56.6	52.9	2.1	7.1	3.5	598	315	155	131	13	59	43	+57
25	John Wall J. Wall	35	2010-11	WAS	17	36.4	15.8	3.8	8.4	2.1	0.6	5.4	13.5	39.6	0.8	2.6	31.8	4.2	5.3	80.0	49.7	0.1	3.6	3.5	618	268	64	143	10	60	47	-118

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RPG

7.8

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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117

Final

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Pistons

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30.0

Cunningham

29.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.2

Wembanyama

10.7

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Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

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8.6

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7.7

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Playoffs SPG Leaders

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2.5

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Brooks

3.3

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Playoffs TS% Leaders

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Richardson

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Davison

113.6

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Playoffs DRtg Rankings

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108.1

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Cunningham

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464.8

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616.5

Cunningham

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Mitchell

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44.2

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Smith

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Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0