most steals per game by a guard nba history

Micheal Ray Richardson has averaged the most career steals per game by a guard, with 2.8 per game.

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most steals per game with a minimum of 400 games played by a player by a guard NBA history

	NAME	SPG	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	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.8	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.7	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.5	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	1,471	1,803
6	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.2	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3				1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239	1,314
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
12	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	1,638	291	1,646	1,637
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.0	520	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	874	36.9	19.7	7.3	11.4	0.4	6.9	13.3	52.1	0.3	1.2	29.8	5.5	6.5	84.8	60.9	1.8	5.5	3.9	32,287	17,239	6,376	9,921	1,698	361	3,403	2,002
15	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	448	21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.9	7.0	41.6	0.2	0.6	32.1	1.5	2.1	70.5	46.6	0.9	1.8	2.1	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	783	1,368
16	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	796	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	2.3	5.2	44.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	1.0	1.5	65.0	50.8	1.2	2.9	1.9	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,486	2,408	+280
17	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	765	32.6	11.6	4.2	3.7	0.5	4.0	9.5	42.5	1.0	2.8	35.1	2.5	3.1	82.4	53.5	1.0	3.2	2.1	24,961	8,873	3,217	2,867	1,482	372	1,621	1,899	+1091
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
20	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1.9	719	22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	0.1	3.5	7.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	18.4	1.2	1.8	65.7	48.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	1,337	80	1,382	2,097
21	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.9	453	24.7	7.4	2.5	4.3	0.4	3.1	6.6	47.4	0.0	0.1	16.0	1.1	1.4	82.5	51.4	0.5	2.0	1.7	11,189	3,372	1,122	1,965	840	163	647	1,010
22	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.8	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	5.0	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.8	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
24	Ray Williams R. Williams	1.8	655	28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	0.3	6.0	13.4	45.1	0.2	0.8	23.7	3.3	4.1	80.2	50.9	1.2	2.4	3.2	18,462	10,158	2,370	3,779	1,198	208	2,099	2,165
25	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	1.8	420	20.3	8.1	1.9	3.8	0.2	3.2	7.8	41.4	0.1	0.4	22.4	1.7	2.2	76.3	46.7	0.5	1.4	2.1	8,507	3,414	788	1,595	766	96	897	893

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	5	.808
2	Knicks	18	7	.720	2.5
3	Raptors	16	11	.593	5.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	6.0
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Thu 12/18	NYK	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 12/19	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Sun 12/21	MIA	@	NYK	6:00 PM
Tue 12/23	NYK	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM

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1,223.3

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1,704.3

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	21	5	.808
2	Knicks	18	7	.720	2.5
3	Raptors	16	11	.593	5.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	6.0
5	Magic	15	11	.577	6.0
6	76ers	14	11	.560	6.5
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1	Thunder	24	2	.923
2	Nuggets	19	6	.760	4.5
3	Lakers	18	7	.720	5.5
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5	Rockets	16	7	.696	6.5
6	Timberwolves	17	9	.654	7.0
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9	Grizzlies	12	14	.462	12.0
10	Jazz	10	15	.400	13.5
11	Trail Blazers	10	16	.385	14.0
12	Mavericks	10	17	.370	14.5
13	Kings	6	20	.231	18.0
14	Clippers	6	20	.231	18.0
15	Pelicans	5	22	.185	19.5