Chris Paul averaged the most steals per game in 2008-09, with 2.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 2009

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.8	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
2	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2.2	2008-09	MIA	79	38.6	30.2	5.0	7.5	1.3	10.8	22.0	49.1	1.1	3.5	31.7	7.5	9.8	76.5	57.4	1.1	3.9	3.4	3,048	2,386	398	589	173	106	272	178	+216
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.0	2008-09	DAL	81	35.6	9.0	6.2	8.7	0.5	3.2	7.6	41.6	1.6	4.0	40.6	1.1	1.3	81.9	55.0	1.0	5.1	2.3	2,886	731	500	702	160	39	185	168	+317
4	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.0	2008-09	MIA	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	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	160	8	165	240	+30
5	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.9	2008-09	BOS	80	33.0	11.9	5.2	8.2	0.1	4.8	9.5	50.5	0.2	0.6	31.3	2.2	3.4	64.2	54.3	1.3	4.0	2.6	2,642	953	416	659	149	11	209	193	+510
6	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	1.7	2008-09	CHA	71	37.6	16.6	7.8	2.7	0.9	5.5	11.4	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.8	5.1	6.4	80.4	58.5	1.6	6.2	2.1	2,669	1,182	553	189	121	67	148	210	+51
7	Ronnie Brewer R. Brewer	1.7	2008-09	UTA	81	32.2	13.7	3.7	2.2	0.4	5.2	10.2	50.8	0.3	1.0	25.9	3.0	4.3	70.2	56.5	1.2	2.5	1.4	2,605	1,111	300	179	138	30	110	128	+80
8	LeBron James L. James	1.7	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
9	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1.7	2008-09	LAL	82	24.4	8.9	4.3	1.8	0.3	3.3	7.3	46.0	0.7	2.3	31.9	1.5	2.1	71.0	54.4	1.4	2.9	1.1	1,999	729	352	145	137	24	87	166	+280
10	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.7	2008-09	LAC	65	34.6	14.9	3.7	7.7	0.5	5.5	14.8	37.0	1.5	5.0	30.2	2.4	3.2	75.7	46.0	0.7	3.0	3.0	2,248	968	238	501	108	35	193	193	-350
11	Devin Harris D. Harris	1.7	2008-09	NJN	69	36.1	21.3	3.3	6.9	0.2	6.6	15.1	43.8	0.9	3.2	29.1	7.2	8.8	82.0	56.3	0.4	2.9	3.1	2,494	1,470	231	476	114	13	212	164	-99
12	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1.6	2008-09	PHI	82	39.9	18.8	5.7	5.3	0.4	6.6	14.0	47.3	1.0	3.2	30.7	4.6	6.4	72.4	56.0	1.1	4.6	2.7	3,269	1,541	471	434	131	36	222	152	+123
13	Caron Butler C. Butler	1.6	2008-09	WAS	67	38.6	20.8	6.2	4.3	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.3	1.0	3.1	31.0	5.1	6.0	85.8	55.2	1.8	4.4	3.1	2,585	1,392	414	290	106	20	210	165	-380
14	Raymond Felton R. Felton	1.5	2008-09	CHA	82	37.6	14.2	3.8	6.7	0.4	5.4	13.2	40.8	0.7	2.5	28.5	2.7	3.3	80.5	48.3	0.7	3.1	2.8	3,086	1,162	310	553	126	30	228	191	-2
15	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1.5	2008-09	HOU	69	35.5	17.1	5.2	3.3	0.3	6.0	15.0	40.1	2.2	5.6	39.9	2.8	3.8	74.8	51.2	0.9	4.3	2.0	2,452	1,181	359	229	105	24	140	155	+317
16	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	1.5	2008-09	GSW	59	39.6	20.7	5.1	6.5	0.5	7.0	16.9	41.4	1.7	5.2	33.8	5.0	6.0	82.6	53.0	1.2	3.9	3.9	2,339	1,223	303	381	88	31	229	153	-157
17	Delonte West D. West	1.5	2008-09	CLE	64	33.6	11.7	3.2	3.5	0.2	4.5	9.8	45.7	1.4	3.6	39.9	1.4	1.7	83.3	55.9	0.5	2.7	1.4	2,152	751	203	226	94	13	92	125	+609
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.5	2008-09	LAL	82	36.1	26.8	5.2	4.9	0.5	9.8	20.9	46.7	1.4	4.1	35.1	5.9	6.9	85.6	56.1	1.1	4.1	2.6	2,960	2,201	429	399	120	37	210	189	+657
19	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	1.5	2008-09	DEN	66	32.0	11.7	6.0	2.0	1.1	4.8	9.8	49.1	0.2	0.6	36.8	1.8	3.0	60.4	52.3	1.2	4.8	1.6	2,111	769	395	132	96	74	104	201	+190
20	Rafer Alston R. Alston	1.4	2008-09	TOT	77	31.8	11.7	2.9	5.3	0.1	4.1	10.6	38.5	1.5	4.3	33.8	2.0	2.7	75.0	49.4	0.4	2.5	1.8	2,447	900	227	406	108	10	140	135	+205
21	Josh Smith J. Smith	1.4	2008-09	ATL	69	35.1	15.6	7.2	2.4	1.6	6.1	12.3	49.2	0.4	1.3	29.9	3.1	5.2	58.8	53.3	1.9	5.3	2.3	2,421	1,073	498	169	94	111	161	184	+149
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.3	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	4.9	5.3	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	110	16	274	191	-272
23	Thaddeus Young T. Young	1.3	2008-09	PHI	75	34.4	15.3	5.0	1.1	0.3	6.3	12.8	49.5	0.7	2.2	34.1	1.9	2.5	73.5	54.9	1.9	3.2	1.6	2,580	1,145	377	86	100	23	118	165	+149
24	Andre Miller A. Miller	1.3	2008-09	PHI	82	36.3	16.3	4.5	6.5	0.2	6.0	12.7	47.3	0.2	0.6	28.3	4.1	5.0	82.6	54.8	1.5	3.0	2.4	2,976	1,337	368	534	109	14	199	196	+111
25	Jason Terry J. Terry	1.3	2008-09	DAL	74	33.7	19.6	2.4	3.4	0.3	7.3	15.8	46.3	2.3	6.2	36.6	2.7	3.0	88.0	57.1	0.5	1.9	1.6	2,491	1,447	177	251	97	20	119	141	+145