most steals per game averaged by a small forward in a season

Scottie Pippen has gotten the most steals per game by a small forward in a season, with 2.9 per game in 1994-95.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games averaged by a small forward in a season

	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	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	232	89	271	238
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	211	58	232	227
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.9	1974-75	GSW	80	40.4	30.6	5.7	6.2	0.4	12.9	27.7	46.4				4.9	5.5	90.4	50.9	1.2	4.6		3,235	2,450	456	492	228	33		225
4	Kendall Gill K. Gill	2.7	1998-99	NJN	50	32.1	11.8	4.9	2.5	0.5	4.7	11.9	39.8	0.0	0.3	11.8	2.3	3.3	68.3	44.1	1.2	3.7	1.4	1,606	588	244	123	134	26	71	162	-138
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.6	1989-90	CHI	82	38.4	16.5	6.7	5.4	1.2	6.9	14.0	48.9	0.3	1.4	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.5	52.8	1.8	4.8	3.4	3,148	1,351	547	444	211	101	278	298
6	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.5	1998-99	TOT	50	37.6	15.6	3.9	3.7	1.2	5.2	11.9	43.7	1.0	2.8	33.8	4.2	5.4	78.2	54.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	1,881	780	194	186	125	58	93	128	+198
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.5	1975-76	GSW	81	38.5	21.0	6.1	6.1	0.3	8.7	20.0	43.5				3.5	3.8	92.3	48.3	0.9	5.2		3,122	1,701	496	496	202	27		215
8	M.L. Carr	2.5	1978-79	DET	80	40.1	18.7	7.4	3.3	0.6	7.3	14.3	51.4				4.0	5.4	74.3	56.1	2.7	4.6	3.2	3,207	1,497	589	262	197	46	255	279
9	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	2.5	1973-74	ATL	65	39.8	25.4	5.4	3.3	0.4	10.4	20.9	50.0				4.5	5.4	83.6	54.6	1.9	3.4		2,588	1,651	350	213	160	29		205
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.4	1990-91	CHI	82	36.8	17.8	7.3	6.2	1.1	7.3	14.1	52.0	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.9	4.1	70.6	56.1	2.0	5.3	2.8	3,014	1,461	595	511	193	93	232	270
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2.3	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
12	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.3	2002-03	IND	69	33.6	15.5	5.2	2.9	0.7	5.2	12.3	42.8	1.0	3.1	33.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	52.9	1.5	3.8	2.1	2,317	1,068	362	198	159	50	145	242	+336
13	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.3	2002-03	PHX	81	41.6	21.2	9.5	2.4	1.2	8.2	18.1	45.2	1.7	4.5	38.7	3.1	3.6	85.1	53.8	2.5	7.1	1.9	3,373	1,716	773	198	185	95	157	208	+53
14	Bobby Jones B. Jones	2.3	1976-77	DEN	82	29.5	15.1	8.3	3.2	2.0	6.1	10.7	57.0				2.9	4.0	71.7	60.5	2.1	6.1		2,419	1,238	678	264	186	162		238
15	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
16	Paul George P. George	2.2	2018-19	OKC	77	36.9	28.0	8.2	4.1	0.4	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.8	9.8	38.6	5.9	7.0	83.9	58.3	1.4	6.8	2.7	2,841	2,159	628	318	170	34	205	214	+496
17	Caron Butler C. Butler	2.2	2007-08	WAS	58	39.9	20.3	6.7	4.9	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.6	1.1	3.2	35.7	4.1	4.5	90.1	55.8	1.6	5.1	2.6	2,314	1,180	388	284	128	20	150	160	+170
18	Rick Fox R. Fox	2.2	1996-97	BOS	76	34.9	15.4	5.2	3.8	0.5	5.7	12.5	45.6	1.3	3.7	36.3	2.7	3.5	78.7	55.1	1.5	3.7	2.3	2,650	1,174	394	286	167	40	178	279	-352
19	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.2	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.2	1976-77	GSW	79	36.8	21.8	5.3	6.0	0.7	8.6	19.6	44.0				4.5	5.0	91.6	50.0	0.9	4.4		2,904	1,723	422	475	172	58		194
21	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.1	1988-89	GSW	82	37.7	26.5	5.9	5.1	0.5	10.1	19.9	50.9	0.3	1.2	23.0	6.0	6.7	89.2	58.1	1.9	4.0	3.6	3,093	2,176	483	415	176	39	296	178
22	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.1	1992-93	CHI	81	38.6	18.6	7.7	6.3	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.3	0.3	1.1	23.7	2.9	4.3	66.3	51.0	2.5	5.2	3.0	3,123	1,510	621	507	173	73	246	219
23	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.1	1991-92	GSW	81	41.3	25.6	5.6	3.5	0.8	10.2	19.6	52.4	0.8	2.2	36.6	4.3	5.2	83.3	58.6	1.6	4.0	2.5	3,346	2,074	450	286	173	62	202	171
24	Tyrone Corbin T. Corbin	2.1	1989-90	MIN	82	36.7	14.7	7.4	2.6	0.5	6.4	13.2	48.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.5	77.0	51.2	2.7	4.7	1.7	3,011	1,203	604	216	175	41	143	288
25	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	2006-07	SAC	70	37.7	18.8	6.5	3.4	0.6	6.5	14.9	44.0	1.3	3.7	35.8	4.4	5.9	74.0	53.8	1.5	5.0	2.1	2,641	1,316	454	235	149	43	146	205	+41

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