most steals per game by a nba player before turning 31 years old

Micheal Ray Richardson has the most career steals per game by a player younger than 31, with 2.8 per game.

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	NAME	SPG	Age	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	30	129	36.7	18.5	5.5	7.8	0.3	7.6	16.5	46.3	0.3	1.1	23.2	3.0	3.8	77.4	50.8	1.8	3.7	3.1	4,731	2,386	707	1,009	367	33	398	440
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.8	30	702	31.6	14.5	5.3	5.1	0.4	5.9	12.3	47.8	0.3	0.9	30.0	2.4	3.3	74.8	52.7	2.2	3.2	2.8	22,191	10,166	3,725	3,606	1,946	287	1,933	2,369
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.7	29	667	38.7	32.3	6.3	5.9	1.0	12.1	23.5	51.6	0.4	1.4	30.1	7.6	9.0	84.6	58.9	1.7	4.6	3.0	25,842	21,541	4,219	3,935	1,816	683	2,006	1,944
4	Kadary Richmond K. Richmond	2.7	24	3	22.3	8.3	3.3	2.7	0.3	3.3	5.3	62.5	0.7	1.3	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	72.2	0.3	3.0	0.7	67	25	10	8	8	1	2	2	+5
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.5	30	720	31.5	13.1	2.5	11.4	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.1	0.4	1.2	35.6	3.4	4.1	82.4	60.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	22,700	9,431	1,833	8,190	1,802	138	2,127	2,028
6	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.5	30	649	35.8	14.5	4.3	7.0	0.4	5.7	13.6	41.5	1.5	4.5	34.0	1.6	2.2	74.0	49.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	23,264	9,399	2,761	4,524	1,601	244	1,612	1,323	+872
7	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.5	30	478	35.5	17.0	7.6	7.5	0.3	6.9	15.3	45.4	0.2	0.8	30.3	2.9	3.7	78.0	50.2	2.3	5.3	2.3	16,953	8,110	3,636	3,578	1,174	136	1,089	1,218
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	30	228	37.3	14.7	2.9	7.8	0.3	5.8	10.7	54.3	0.1	0.3	23.7	3.0	3.6	82.8	59.7	0.7	2.2	2.5	8,498	3,352	667	1,788	551	66	567	453
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.3	30	682	41.7	28.0	4.0	6.1	0.2	9.8	23.3	42.1	1.3	4.1	31.0	7.1	9.2	77.5	51.2	0.9	3.0	3.7	28,441	19,115	2,706	4,174	1,593	131	2,539	1,439	+535
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.3	30	773	35.9	18.8	4.4	9.9	0.1	6.6	14.0	47.3	1.1	3.1	36.5	4.4	5.1	86.4	57.8	0.7	3.7	2.4	27,725	14,506	3,380	7,688	1,793	82	1,877	1,909	+3439
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.3	30	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,764	11,503	2,706	4,816	1,603	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
12	Bez Mbeng B. Mbeng	2.3	22	15	32.8	8.1	3.8	4.1	0.3	3.3	6.7	50.0	0.4	2.1	19.4	1.1	1.7	64.0	55.0	1.2	2.6	1.5	492	122	57	62	34	5	22	46	-149
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.3	29	170	28.5	11.1	3.4	7.8	0.2	4.5	9.8	46.0	0.3	1.1	27.0	1.8	2.4	75.2	51.1	0.9	2.5	2.5	4,840	1,891	570	1,330	383	29	420	423
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.2	30	676	36.0	22.5	6.5	6.3	0.8	8.7	17.8	48.6	0.5	1.6	28.6	4.7	6.0	78.9	55.0	2.8	3.8	3.0	24,325	15,205	4,425	4,239	1,516	509	2,022	2,171
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.2	30	707	35.5	17.7	6.9	5.3	1.0	7.0	14.5	48.6	0.6	1.9	31.7	3.0	4.3	68.7	53.9	2.1	4.9	2.9	25,110	12,490	4,899	3,723	1,538	677	2,049	2,167
16	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.1	30	546	31.2	13.3	3.5	6.9	0.5	4.7	10.4	45.2	0.4	1.2	32.2	3.5	4.5	78.6	53.8	0.9	2.6	2.2	17,020	7,241	1,927	3,785	1,145	263	1,218	1,790
17	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.1	31	569	35.7	18.6	5.0	4.8	0.9	7.1	15.7	45.1	0.6	2.0	28.4	3.8	5.3	72.5	51.5	1.5	3.5	3.1	20,326	10,587	2,861	2,707	1,186	499	1,740	1,500
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.1	30	715	37.6	14.9	6.4	9.4	0.3	5.3	13.3	40.2	1.2	3.6	32.4	3.0	3.9	78.0	49.6	1.6	4.8	3.4	26,893	10,620	4,572	6,707	1,489	224	2,425	1,351	+2261
19	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.1	30	560	36.1	16.6	4.1	3.2	0.8	5.9	13.0	45.0	1.6	4.2	37.9	3.3	4.1	80.8	56.0	1.0	3.1	1.8	20,199	9,313	2,317	1,814	1,153	432	1,025	1,472	+1632
20	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	2.0	30	686	26.4	6.2	4.2	6.6	0.5	2.4	5.4	44.8	0.3	0.9	33.1	1.0	1.6	64.7	50.7	1.2	2.9	2.0	18,127	4,227	2,854	4,502	1,377	327	1,367	2,146
21	Renaldo Major R. Major	2.0	24	1	27.4	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	20.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	23.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	27	5	2	0	2	0	1	4	+15
22	Ralph Jackson R. Jackson	2.0	22	1	12.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	12	2	1	4	2	0	1	1
23	John Lucas J. Lucas	2.0	31	2	33.5	17.5	1.5	7.5	0.0	7.0	12.5	56.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	63.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	67	35	3	15	4	0	3	3
24	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.0	31	690	34.7	15.5	5.0	3.1	0.6	5.5	13.1	42.1	1.2	3.5	34.4	3.2	4.5	72.1	51.3	1.2	3.8	2.2	23,914	10,666	3,455	2,167	1,368	401	1,500	1,967	+1341
25	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.0	30	625	33.7	15.9	2.8	6.6	0.3	6.2	12.9	48.2	0.8	2.3	34.4	2.7	3.5	75.3	55.0	0.7	2.1	2.1	21,062	9,926	1,747	4,123	1,238	218	1,332	1,533