Paul George had the most steals per game in 2018-19, with 2.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player 2019

	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	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
2	James Harden J. Harden	2.0	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	2018-19	HOU	58	32.0	15.6	4.6	8.2	0.3	5.2	12.4	41.9	2.2	6.1	35.8	3.0	3.5	86.2	56.0	0.6	3.9	2.6	1,857	906	265	473	114	18	152	146	+300
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.9	2018-19	OKC	73	36.0	22.9	11.1	10.7	0.5	8.6	20.2	42.8	1.6	5.6	29.0	4.1	6.2	65.6	50.1	1.5	9.6	4.5	2,630	1,675	807	784	142	33	325	245	+292
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1.9	2018-19	TOT	65	33.6	18.7	5.3	4.0	0.6	6.4	13.9	46.2	1.0	3.0	34.7	4.8	5.6	85.5	57.1	1.9	3.4	1.5	2,185	1,215	342	263	123	39	95	111	+162
6	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1.8	2018-19	BOS	80	27.5	8.9	2.9	4.0	0.4	3.0	7.1	42.2	1.6	4.3	36.4	1.3	1.6	80.6	56.8	0.7	2.2	1.5	2,200	708	234	321	143	28	123	201	+163
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.8	2018-19	TOR	60	34.0	26.6	7.3	3.3	0.4	9.3	18.8	49.6	1.9	5.0	37.1	6.1	7.1	85.4	60.6	1.3	6.0	2.0	2,040	1,596	439	199	106	24	121	87	+356
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.7	2018-19	DET	79	33.5	17.3	15.6	1.4	1.7	7.1	13.3	53.3	0.1	0.5	13.2	3.1	5.2	59.0	55.5	5.4	10.2	2.2	2,647	1,370	1,232	112	136	138	175	272	+176
9	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	1.6	2018-19	SAC	81	31.4	17.3	3.8	7.3	0.6	6.2	13.6	45.8	1.1	2.9	37.1	3.7	5.1	72.7	54.4	0.5	3.2	2.8	2,546	1,399	304	590	133	45	227	204	+68
10	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.6	2018-19	NOP	67	35.9	21.2	5.0	7.7	0.8	8.2	17.3	47.2	1.8	5.4	32.5	3.1	4.0	76.8	55.5	1.1	3.9	3.1	2,402	1,420	334	518	109	54	210	148	+231
11	P.J. Tucker	1.6	2018-19	HOU	82	34.2	7.3	5.8	1.2	0.5	2.5	6.4	39.6	1.8	4.7	37.7	0.5	0.7	69.5	54.7	1.5	4.4	0.8	2,802	601	479	96	132	39	63	252	+242
12	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	1.6	2018-19	PHX	82	29.5	8.3	3.2	2.1	0.5	3.0	6.9	43.0	1.3	3.8	33.5	1.2	1.4	80.5	55.6	0.7	2.5	0.9	2,417	684	264	173	129	38	70	201	-386
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1.5	2018-19	BOS	67	33.0	23.8	5.0	6.9	0.5	9.0	18.5	48.7	2.6	6.5	40.1	3.2	3.7	87.3	59.2	1.1	3.9	2.6	2,214	1,596	335	464	103	34	172	167	+332
14	Thaddeus Young T. Young	1.5	2018-19	IND	81	30.7	12.6	6.5	2.5	0.4	5.5	10.4	52.7	0.6	1.8	34.9	1.1	1.7	64.4	56.9	2.4	4.1	1.5	2,489	1,024	523	204	123	36	123	194	+134
15	Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	1.5	2018-19	CLE	67	26.8	9.4	8.2	3.2	0.6	3.7	7.1	52.0	0.5	1.5	33.7	1.4	2.0	71.6	58.3	2.5	5.7	1.4	1,795	627	552	214	100	40	97	192	-324
16	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	1.5	2018-19	MIL	78	29.1	15.9	4.6	5.5	0.4	6.0	12.4	48.4	1.6	4.8	32.9	2.3	3.0	75.0	57.7	1.1	3.6	2.1	2,272	1,241	362	430	116	29	165	156	+560
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	1.5	2018-19	WAS	82	36.9	25.6	5.0	5.5	0.7	9.3	19.6	47.5	2.5	7.3	35.1	4.4	5.5	80.8	58.1	1.1	3.9	2.7	3,028	2,099	411	448	121	58	224	226	-112
18	Justin Holiday J. Holiday	1.5	2018-19	TOT	82	31.8	10.5	3.9	1.8	0.4	3.7	9.5	38.6	2.0	5.7	34.8	1.2	1.3	89.6	52.0	0.6	3.4	1.3	2,607	857	323	146	121	36	104	164	-448
19	Steven Adams S. Adams	1.5	2018-19	OKC	80	33.4	13.9	9.5	1.6	1.0	6.0	10.1	59.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	3.7	50.0	59.1	4.9	4.6	1.7	2,669	1,108	760	124	117	76	135	204	+391
20	Darren Collison D. Collison	1.4	2018-19	IND	76	28.2	11.2	3.1	6.0	0.1	4.1	8.7	46.7	1.0	2.6	40.7	2.1	2.5	83.2	57.4	0.5	2.6	1.6	2,143	853	232	459	110	9	125	138	+118
21	Draymond Green D. Green	1.4	2018-19	GSW	66	31.3	7.4	7.3	6.9	1.1	2.8	6.4	44.5	0.7	2.5	28.5	1.0	1.4	69.2	52.6	0.9	6.4	2.6	2,065	486	481	454	95	70	169	197	+463
22	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	1.4	2018-19	PHI	79	34.2	16.9	8.8	7.7	0.8	6.8	12.2	56.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.4	60.0	58.2	2.2	6.6	3.5	2,700	1,337	697	610	112	61	274	209	+116
23	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1.4	2018-19	TOR	65	34.0	14.2	4.8	8.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.1	2.4	7.0	34.7	2.5	3.0	83.0	56.2	0.6	4.2	2.8	2,213	926	312	564	91	31	182	166	+536
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1.4	2018-19	UTA	77	33.7	23.8	4.1	4.2	0.4	8.6	19.9	43.2	2.4	6.7	36.2	4.1	5.1	80.6	53.7	0.8	3.3	2.8	2,598	1,829	316	322	106	31	218	208	+371
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.4	2018-19	DEN	80	31.3	20.1	10.8	7.3	0.7	7.7	15.1	51.1	1.0	3.4	30.7	3.6	4.4	82.1	58.9	2.9	8.0	3.1	2,504	1,604	865	580	108	55	248	228	+315