most steals per game by a rookie in a finals series

Magic Johnson has the most steals per game by a rookie in an NBA Finals, with 2.7 per game.

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	SERIES	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.7	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	30	17
2	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	2.2	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	28.7	8.7	4.5	2.0	0.5	2.7	7.7	34.8	0.5	2.3	21.4	2.8	3.5	81.0	47.1	1.5	3.0	1.7	172	52	27	12	13	3	10	18	+52
3	Raja Bell R. Bell	2.0	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	5	15.8	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	2.6	30.8	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	37.4	0.4	1.4	0.8	79	13	9	4	10	0	4	10	+5
4	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1.8	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	6	32.7	10.7	3.3	5.0	0.0	4.0	9.3	42.9				2.7	3.3	80.0	49.4	1.2	2.2		196	64	20	30	11	0		18
5	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	1.8	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	6	30.5	14.2	4.3	3.3	0.2	5.2	12.0	43.1				3.8	4.3	88.5	50.9	1.2	3.2		183	85	26	20	11	1		19
6	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1.8	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	26.8	11.5	9.8	1.0	0.8	4.5	14.0	32.1				2.5	3.0	83.3	37.5	3.3	6.5		107	46	39	4	7	3		9
7	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	1.5	2006-07	NBA Finals	CLE	4	34.8	10.8	1.8	2.5	0.0	4.5	10.3	43.9	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	0.3	100.0	51.9	0.3	1.5	0.0	139	43	7	10	6	0	0	8	-6
8	Luke Walton L. Walton	1.5	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	4	19.3	3.3	3.0	4.5	0.5	1.3	3.3	38.5	0.3	1.5	16.7	0.5	0.5	100.0	46.8	0.8	2.3	1.8	77	13	12	18	6	2	7	15	+9
9	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	1.5	1974-75	NBA Finals	WAS	4	11.8	4.0	2.3	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.0	50.0				1.0	1.8	57.1	53.1	0.8	1.5		47	16	9	3	6	2		9
10	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	1.3	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	26.7	15.8	4.3	1.0	1.0	7.3	12.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.5	77.8	58.7	2.5	1.8	1.0	160	95	26	6	8	6	6	15
11	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1.3	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	6	38.7	23.0	10.2	4.7	0.8	9.8	20.2	48.8				3.3	4.2	80.0	52.3	2.8	7.3		232	138	61	28	8	5		22
12	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	1.3	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	22.6	10.0	3.1	2.9	0.3	2.7	6.4	42.2	1.0	2.3	43.8	3.6	3.9	92.6	61.5	0.9	2.3	2.6	158	70	22	20	9	2	18	22
13	Christian Braun C. Braun	1.0	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	5	16.3	5.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.8	55.6	69.2	0.8	1.2	0.6	82	29	10	6	5	2	3	6	-8
14	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	1.0	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	24.3	6.8	4.5	1.3	0.0	2.8	5.3	52.4	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.8	45.5	52.2	0.5	4.0	0.8	97	27	18	5	4	0	3	7	-1
15	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	1.0	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	4	21.0	4.3	1.8	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.8	31.6	0.3	1.0	25.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	39.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	84	17	7	2	4	0	2	8	-10
16	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	1.0	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	3	11.0	7.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	3.3	5.3	62.5	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	75.0	64.8	0.3	1.0	0.7	33	23	4	0	3	2	2	4
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	1.0	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	15.0	6.0	1.1	0.7	0.0	2.6	5.4	47.4	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.7	1.0	71.4	51.1	0.3	0.9	0.9	105	42	8	5	7	0	6	12
18	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	1.0	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	20.0	7.8	6.5	1.2	0.5	3.3	6.5	51.3	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.5	46.7	51.5	3.2	3.3	1.8	120	47	39	7	6	3	11	21
19	Brad Holland B. Holland	1.0	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	3	4.3	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	100.0	72.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	13	10	1	1	3	0	1	3
20	Al Fleming A. Fleming	1.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	1	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0				2.0	2.0	100.0	34.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
21	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	1.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	1	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	50.0				0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	Wally Walker W. Walker	1.0	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	3	6.7	6.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0				0.3	0.7	50.0	73.8	0.0	0.0		20	19	0	2	3	0		2
23	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	0.8	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	22.8	5.6	8.2	0.4	0.2	2.4	3.4	70.6	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.6	1.4	42.9	69.7	3.2	5.0	1.0	114	28	41	2	4	1	5	11	-10
24	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	0.8	1989-90	NBA Finals	POR	5	16.4	3.8	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.6	6.4	25.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.2	50.0	27.4	1.0	1.4	0.4	82	19	12	4	4	4	2	15
25	Phil Smith P. Smith	0.8	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	24.0	10.8	3.0	2.5	1.3	4.0	9.8	41.0				2.8	4.5	61.1	45.8	1.3	1.8		96	43	12	10	3	5		13