most steals per 48 minutes in nba history by a player in a season with minimum 20 games played

Dennis DuVal has the most steals / minutes played / 48 with 20+ games played in a season, with 5.61 in his rookie season in 1974-75.

NAME STL/(MIN/48) GP STL MIN SEASON TM MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG PTS REB AST BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Dennis DuVal
D. DuVal
5.61
37
16
137
1974-75
WAS WAS
3.7
1.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.6
1.8
36.9
0.3
0.5
66.7
41.1
0.2
0.4
60
23
14
2
34
2 Ron Lee
R. Lee
5.6
82
225
1,928
1977-78
PHX PHX
23.5
12.2
3.1
3.7
2.7
0.2
5.1
11.6
43.9
2.1
2.8
74.6
47.8
1.2
1.9
2.7
1,004
254
305
17
221
257
3 Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
5.6
68
105
900
1986-87
MIL MIL
13.2
3.1
1.5
1.0
1.5
0.1
1.1
3.1
35.7
0.2
0.7
26.0
0.7
0.9
81.0
44.4
0.5
1.0
0.5
212
102
66
8
34
118
4 Jeremy Lin
J. Lin
5.56
29
33
285
2010-11
GSW GSW
9.8
2.6
1.2
1.4
1.1
0.3
1.0
2.5
38.9
0.0
0.2
20.0
0.7
0.9
76.0
45.8
0.4
0.8
0.6
76
34
42
9
18
31
+8
5 Nate McMillan
N. McMillan
5.49
73
216
1,887
1993-94
SEA SEA
25.8
6.0
3.9
5.3
3.0
0.3
2.4
5.4
44.7
0.7
1.8
39.1
0.4
0.8
56.4
52.0
0.7
3.2
1.7
437
283
387
22
126
201
6 Brian Taylor
B. Taylor
5.43
20
24
212
1978-79
SDC SDC
10.6
3.8
1.3
1.0
1.2
0.0
1.5
4.2
36.1
0.8
0.9
88.9
41.8
0.7
0.7
0.9
76
26
20
0
17
34
7 Paul Reed
P. Reed
5.25
38
33
302
2021-22
PHI PHI
7.9
3.1
2.4
0.4
0.9
0.4
1.4
2.5
56.3
0.1
0.2
25.0
0.2
0.4
42.9
56.8
1.2
1.3
0.3
116
92
16
14
10
57
-40
8 Carey Scurry
C. Scurry
5.17
33
49
455
1987-88
TOT
13.8
4.2
2.5
1.5
1.5
0.7
1.7
3.6
46.6
0.1
0.2
37.5
0.8
1.2
69.2
51.8
0.9
1.6
1.3
140
84
50
23
43
81
9 Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
5.02
82
301
2,878
1985-86
SAS SAS
35.1
17.0
6.3
5.5
3.7
0.5
6.9
13.3
51.4
0.1
0.4
27.6
3.2
4.0
79.5
56.3
2.2
4.0
3.1
1,392
516
448
40
256
296
10 Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
5
82
211
2,027
1979-80
IND IND
24.7
8.4
2.7
3.1
2.6
0.6
3.4
7.4
45.2
0.0
0.1
40.0
1.7
2.1
78.2
50.2
0.8
1.9
2.0
688
223
252
48
166
194
11 Eddie Jordan
E. Jordan
4.99
73
126
1,213
1977-78
TOT
16.6
7.7
1.6
2.4
1.7
0.3
2.9
7.4
40.0
1.8
2.3
78.4
45.9
0.5
1.2
1.5
561
119
177
19
106
94
12 Harold Ellis
H. Ellis
4.9
69
67
656
1994-95
LAC LAC
9.5
3.7
1.3
0.6
1.0
0.2
1.3
2.7
48.1
0.0
0.2
7.7
1.0
1.7
59.0
52.4
0.8
0.5
0.7
252
88
40
12
49
102
13 Eddie Jordan
E. Jordan
4.89
58
62
608
1981-82
LAL LAL
10.5
3.8
0.7
2.3
1.1
0.0
1.5
3.6
42.8
0.0
0.2
11.1
0.7
0.9
79.6
47.9
0.1
0.7
1.1
222
43
131
1
66
98
14 Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
4.85
70
85
842
1985-86
WAS WAS
12.0
2.8
1.4
1.5
1.2
0.0
1.0
3.0
34.9
0.2
1.0
25.0
0.5
0.8
57.1
41.7
0.3
1.0
0.6
195
95
107
3
44
101
15 Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
4.78
82
186
1,867
1980-81
IND IND
22.8
8.0
2.4
2.3
2.3
0.5
3.2
6.8
47.4
0.0
0.2
12.5
1.5
2.2
70.2
51.5
0.9
1.5
1.5
657
193
188
37
122
236
16 Horacio Llamas
H. Llamas
4.75
20
10
101
1996-97
PHX PHX
5.1
1.7
0.9
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.8
1.4
53.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
50.0
53.9
0.2
0.7
0.6
34
18
4
5
11
25
+19
17 Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
4.63
81
260
2,697
1986-87
SAS SAS
33.3
17.7
5.2
5.2
3.2
0.4
7.3
15.6
46.6
0.2
0.6
27.1
3.0
4.0
75.3
51.0
2.3
2.9
3.0
1,435
424
421
35
243
264
18 Darrell Walker
D. Walker
4.6
82
127
1,324
1983-84
NYK NYK
16.1
7.9
2.0
3.5
1.5
0.2
2.6
6.3
41.7
0.0
0.2
26.7
2.5
3.2
79.1
50.8
0.9
1.1
2.4
644
167
284
15
194
202
19 Quinn Buckner
Q. Buckner
4.58
32
40
419
1985-86
IND IND
13.1
3.7
1.6
2.7
1.3
0.1
1.5
3.3
47.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.8
70.4
50.5
0.3
1.3
1.7
117
51
86
3
55
80
20 Don Buse
D. Buse
4.58
81
281
2,947
1976-77
IND IND
36.4
8.0
3.3
8.5
3.5
0.2
3.3
7.9
41.6
1.4
1.8
78.6
46.0
0.8
2.5
646
270
685
16
129
21 John Stockton
J. Stockton
4.57
82
177
1,858
1986-87
UTA UTA
22.7
7.9
1.8
8.2
2.2
0.2
2.8
5.6
49.9
0.1
0.5
18.4
2.2
2.8
78.2
57.5
0.4
1.5
2.0
648
151
670
14
164
224
22 Lester Conner
L. Conner
4.57
52
38
399
1987-88
HOU HOU
7.7
2.5
0.7
1.1
0.7
0.0
1.0
2.1
46.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.6
0.8
78.0
52.4
0.4
0.3
0.6
132
38
59
1
33
31
23 Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
4.55
81
246
2,598
1990-91
MIL MIL
32.1
13.6
5.7
5.5
3.0
0.2
5.4
11.2
48.5
0.3
0.8
36.5
2.5
3.2
75.7
53.8
2.4
3.3
2.6
1,098
459
444
16
212
273
24 Slick Watts
S. Watts
4.51
82
261
2,776
1975-76
SEA SEA
33.9
13.0
4.5
8.1
3.2
0.2
5.3
12.4
42.7
2.4
4.2
57.8
45.7
1.4
3.1
1,065
365
661
16
270
25 Harold Keeling
H. Keeling
4.48
20
7
75
1985-86
DAL DAL
3.8
2.2
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.0
0.9
2.0
43.6
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.7
71.4
48.7
0.2
0.2
0.4
44
6
10
0
7
9
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