Larry Hughes had the most steals per game in 2004-05, with 2.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 2005

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	2.9	2004-05	WAS	61	38.7	22.0	6.3	4.7	0.3	7.7	17.8	43.0	1.0	3.4	28.2	5.8	7.4	77.7	52.3	1.2	5.0	2.5	2,358	1,345	382	285	176	18	153	168	+90
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.4	2004-05	PHI	75	42.3	30.7	4.0	7.9	0.1	10.3	24.2	42.4	1.4	4.5	30.8	8.7	10.5	83.5	53.2	0.7	3.3	4.6	3,174	2,302	299	596	180	9	344	140	+12
3	LeBron James L. James	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
4	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.0	2004-05	PHX	81	38.8	19.4	11.3	1.9	1.5	7.6	15.9	47.6	1.4	4.2	33.4	2.8	3.4	83.3	55.6	2.9	8.4	1.5	3,146	1,569	915	154	163	119	125	199	+660
5	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.0	2004-05	CHA	66	29.5	10.1	2.6	9.0	0.1	3.8	8.9	42.2	0.0	0.3	15.0	2.5	3.0	85.2	49.5	0.3	2.3	2.2	1,944	666	170	591	131	5	147	192	-157
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	2004-05	NJN	66	36.9	14.4	7.4	8.3	0.1	5.2	13.0	39.8	2.0	5.4	36.0	2.2	2.9	74.0	50.6	1.4	6.0	2.5	2,435	951	488	545	123	9	167	110	+234
7	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	1.8	2004-05	TOT	62	30.1	11.5	3.0	6.0	0.1	4.1	9.9	42.1	0.2	1.0	18.0	3.0	4.1	73.6	49.3	0.6	2.4	1.9	1,866	712	184	374	109	8	119	184	-200
8	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1.7	2004-05	WAS	80	40.9	25.5	4.7	5.1	0.3	8.2	19.0	43.1	2.6	7.0	36.5	6.5	8.0	81.4	56.5	1.0	3.7	3.0	3,274	2,038	378	411	139	23	242	245	+95
9	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	1.7	2004-05	HOU	78	40.8	25.7	6.2	5.7	0.7	9.2	21.3	43.1	1.8	5.6	32.6	5.5	7.1	77.4	52.6	0.9	5.3	2.6	3,182	2,003	484	448	135	52	201	167	+292
10	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1.7	2004-05	PHI	82	32.8	9.0	5.7	3.0	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	138	48	139	204	-13
11	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	1.7	2004-05	CHA	70	30.7	11.1	5.5	2.0	1.3	4.1	9.1	44.9	0.2	0.9	27.4	2.7	4.1	66.1	51.0	1.7	3.8	2.3	2,147	780	386	137	117	91	159	182	-179
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1.6	2004-05	BOS	82	36.1	21.6	6.6	4.2	0.5	6.8	14.9	45.5	1.3	3.6	37.0	6.7	8.1	82.2	58.3	1.0	5.6	2.8	2,960	1,769	539	348	133	39	230	255	+182
13	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1.6	2004-05	SAS	74	29.6	16.0	4.4	3.9	0.4	5.0	10.5	47.1	1.3	3.5	37.6	4.8	6.0	80.3	60.9	1.0	3.4	2.3	2,193	1,186	329	288	119	27	172	190	+675
14	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	1.6	2004-05	CHI	77	36.4	15.7	3.9	6.4	0.3	5.8	14.6	39.7	1.9	5.3	35.5	2.2	2.8	79.2	49.5	0.4	3.5	2.3	2,800	1,206	304	494	122	21	176	244	-21
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1.6	2004-05	MIA	77	38.6	24.1	5.2	6.8	1.1	8.2	17.1	47.8	0.2	0.6	28.9	7.5	9.9	76.2	56.1	1.4	3.7	4.2	2,974	1,854	397	520	121	82	321	230	+397
16	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	1.6	2004-05	SAC	80	38.6	19.6	4.2	6.8	0.4	7.0	15.8	44.3	1.6	4.6	36.0	4.0	5.2	77.5	54.3	1.0	3.2	2.5	3,084	1,571	332	541	124	30	203	191	+180
17	Josh Howard J. Howard	1.5	2004-05	DAL	76	32.2	12.6	6.4	1.4	0.6	5.0	10.4	47.5	0.4	1.5	29.6	2.2	3.1	73.3	53.5	2.2	4.1	1.6	2,446	958	484	109	116	49	122	211	+427
18	Brian Cardinal B. Cardinal	1.5	2004-05	MEM	58	24.7	9.0	3.9	2.0	0.3	2.8	7.4	37.0	0.8	2.2	35.2	2.7	3.1	87.3	51.0	1.1	2.8	1.4	1,433	522	225	114	88	19	83	172	+121
19	Ruben Patterson R. Patterson	1.5	2004-05	POR	70	28.0	11.6	3.9	2.0	0.3	4.6	8.6	53.1	0.0	0.4	8.0	2.4	4.0	59.9	55.8	1.8	2.1	2.0	1,957	809	273	138	106	21	143	164	-106
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	1.5	2004-05	NYK	82	40.0	21.7	3.0	8.1	0.1	7.4	16.0	46.2	1.4	4.0	35.4	5.6	6.7	83.4	57.5	0.6	2.4	2.8	3,281	1,781	248	668	122	6	233	186	-27
21	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1.5	2004-05	MIN	82	38.1	22.2	13.5	5.7	1.4	8.3	16.6	50.2	0.1	0.3	24.0	5.4	6.7	81.1	56.7	3.0	10.5	2.7	3,121	1,817	1,108	466	121	112	222	207	+142
22	Andre Miller A. Miller	1.5	2004-05	DEN	82	34.8	13.6	4.1	6.9	0.1	5.2	10.9	47.7	0.1	0.5	15.4	3.1	3.7	83.8	54.1	1.2	2.9	2.7	2,852	1,113	338	569	121	8	220	204	+173
23	Rafer Alston R. Alston	1.5	2004-05	TOR	80	34.0	14.2	3.5	6.4	0.1	5.0	12.2	41.4	1.7	4.9	35.7	2.4	3.2	74.0	52.2	0.5	3.0	2.1	2,717	1,136	279	514	118	7	170	212	-77
24	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	1.5	2004-05	GSW	72	37.8	21.7	5.9	3.9	0.4	8.5	19.0	44.6	1.7	5.1	33.8	3.0	4.3	69.3	51.8	1.7	4.2	2.3	2,724	1,559	424	281	105	32	169	156	-138
25	Grant Hill G. Hill	1.4	2004-05	ORL	67	34.9	19.7	4.7	3.3	0.4	7.7	15.1	50.9	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.2	5.1	82.1	56.5	1.1	3.6	2.4	2,338	1,317	318	220	97	28	161	144	-12