most steals per game by a rookie big man in nba history

Nerlens Noel has the most steals per game by a rookie big man in a season, with 1.8 per game in 2014-15.

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57.4+ games per 82 team games

	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	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	1.8	2014-15	PHI	75	30.8	9.9	8.1	1.7	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	133	142	146	208	-430
2	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	1.7	1982-83	IND	81	34.1	20.1	10.6	2.8	0.5	8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6	4.2	6.4	2.7	2,761	1,625	860	223	141	43	217	298
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.7	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
4	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	1.7	1992-93	WAS	81	34.5	14.7	9.6	3.8	0.4	6.0	14.0	42.6	0.5	1.7	28.1	2.2	3.5	64.4	47.2	2.7	6.9	2.8	2,795	1,187	781	306	134	35	230	195
5	Nene	1.6	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	127	65	181	295	-261
6	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	1.5	1976-77	NYK	82	25.7	11.6	7.7	1.8	1.2	4.9	10.2	47.6				1.9	2.7	70.7	51.1	2.7	5.0		2,104	955	633	149	125	98		363
7	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1.5	1975-76	PHX	80	33.2	19.0	9.1	5.6	1.5	7.9	16.8	46.9				3.3	4.4	73.5	50.7	2.7	6.4		2,656	1,519	727	450	121	116		274
8	Grant Long G. Long	1.5	1988-89	MIA	82	29.7	11.9	6.7	1.8	0.6	4.1	8.4	48.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.0	74.9	56.1	2.9	3.7	2.5	2,435	976	546	149	122	48	201	337
9	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1.3	1974-75	GSW	82	30.7	14.2	8.2	2.2	0.3	6.1	13.8	44.2				2.0	2.7	73.4	47.3	2.5	5.7		2,515	1,164	671	183	107	22		222
10	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	1.3	1992-93	MIN	81	34.9	18.2	8.7	2.8	1.0	6.2	13.1	47.4	0.0	0.5	10.0	5.7	6.8	83.5	56.4	2.1	6.6	3.4	2,823	1,472	708	223	105	83	275	290
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	1.3	1985-86	UTA	81	30.6	14.9	8.9	2.9	0.5	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	5.0	48.1	50.4	2.1	6.7	3.4	2,475	1,203	718	236	105	44	279	295
12	Antoine Walker A. Walker	1.3	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	17.5	9.0	3.2	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
13	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	1.3	1978-79	DET	82	31.2	12.9	7.9	1.1	2.5	5.6	11.5	48.2				1.8	2.7	65.8	50.7	2.6	5.3	1.7	2,560	1,056	648	89	104	201	141	254
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	1.2	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
15	Chris Webber C. Webber	1.2	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	9.1	3.6	2.2	7.5	13.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
16	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.2	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
17	James Worthy J. Worthy	1.2	1982-83	LAL	77	25.6	13.4	5.2	1.7	0.8	5.8	10.0	57.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.8	2.9	62.4	59.4	2.0	3.1	2.3	1,970	1,033	399	132	91	64	178	221
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1.2	2012-13	NOH	64	28.8	13.5	8.2	1.0	1.8	5.5	10.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.5	75.1	55.9	2.6	5.6	1.4	1,846	867	522	63	75	112	89	158	-153
19	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	1.2	2010-11	DET	80	27.8	9.4	7.5	1.3	0.6	3.8	6.9	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	62.2	57.5	3.1	4.4	1.0	2,222	751	601	105	93	45	81	196	-136
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.2	1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	14.0	8.6	1.9	1.0	5.2	9.5	54.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.6	4.9	73.3	59.9	3.2	5.3	2.5	2,347	1,148	703	155	95	80	209	301
21	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	1.1	2000-01	NJN	68	33.4	12.0	7.4	1.9	1.7	5.1	11.4	44.5	0.0	0.2	9.1	1.8	2.8	63.0	47.2	2.0	5.4	2.0	2,272	814	502	131	78	113	138	281	-289
22	Billy Owens B. Owens	1.1	1991-92	GSW	80	31.4	14.3	8.0	2.4	0.8	5.9	11.1	52.5	0.0	0.1	11.1	2.6	3.9	65.4	55.5	3.0	5.0	2.2	2,510	1,141	639	188	90	65	179	276
23	J.R. Reid	1.1	1989-90	CHA	82	33.6	11.1	8.4	1.2	0.7	4.4	9.9	44.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3	3.5	66.4	48.2	2.4	6.0	2.1	2,757	908	691	101	92	54	172	292
24	George Johnson G. Johnson	1.1	1978-79	MIL	67	17.3	6.2	5.4	1.2	0.7	2.5	5.1	48.2				1.3	1.7	71.8	52.6	1.6	3.8	1.5	1,157	414	360	81	75	49	100	187
25	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	1.1	1981-82	DAL	81	32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2	0.3	8.9	17.9	49.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.6	53.2	2.2	4.7	2.4	2,626	1,732	565	176	89	21	194	308

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Maxey

RPG

8.4

Drummond

APG

6.6

Maxey

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

17th

DRTG

115.5

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

18th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

144

Final

114

76ers

0 - 4

Sun 10 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0