most steals per game by a small forward in a season since 1990

Since 1989-90, Scottie Pippen has the most steals per game by a small forward in a season, with 2.9 per game in 1994-95.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a small forward in a season since 1990

	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	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	232	89	271	238
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	211	58	232	227
3	Kendall Gill K. Gill	2.7	1998-99	NJN	50	32.1	11.8	4.9	2.5	0.5	4.7	11.9	39.8	0.0	0.3	11.8	2.3	3.3	68.3	44.1	1.2	3.7	1.4	1,606	588	244	123	134	26	71	162	-138
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.6	1989-90	CHI	82	38.4	16.5	6.7	5.4	1.2	6.9	14.0	48.9	0.3	1.4	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.5	52.8	1.8	4.8	3.4	3,148	1,351	547	444	211	101	278	298
5	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.5	1998-99	TOT	50	37.6	15.6	3.9	3.7	1.2	5.2	11.9	43.7	1.0	2.8	33.8	4.2	5.4	78.2	54.6	1.0	2.9	1.9	1,881	780	194	186	125	58	93	128	+198
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.4	1990-91	CHI	82	36.8	17.8	7.3	6.2	1.1	7.3	14.1	52.0	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.9	4.1	70.6	56.1	2.0	5.3	2.8	3,014	1,461	595	511	193	93	232	270
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2.3	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441
8	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.3	2002-03	IND	69	33.6	15.5	5.2	2.9	0.7	5.2	12.3	42.8	1.0	3.1	33.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	52.9	1.5	3.8	2.1	2,317	1,068	362	198	159	50	145	242	+336
9	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.3	2002-03	PHX	81	41.6	21.2	9.5	2.4	1.2	8.2	18.1	45.2	1.7	4.5	38.7	3.1	3.6	85.1	53.8	2.5	7.1	1.9	3,373	1,716	773	198	185	95	157	208	+53
10	LeBron James L. James	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
11	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
12	Caron Butler C. Butler	2.2	2007-08	WAS	58	39.9	20.3	6.7	4.9	0.3	7.6	16.3	46.6	1.1	3.2	35.7	4.1	4.5	90.1	55.8	1.6	5.1	2.6	2,314	1,180	388	284	128	20	150	160	+170
13	Rick Fox R. Fox	2.2	1996-97	BOS	76	34.9	15.4	5.2	3.8	0.5	5.7	12.5	45.6	1.3	3.7	36.3	2.7	3.5	78.7	55.1	1.5	3.7	2.3	2,650	1,174	394	286	167	40	178	279	-352
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.1	1992-93	CHI	81	38.6	18.6	7.7	6.3	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.3	0.3	1.1	23.7	2.9	4.3	66.3	51.0	2.5	5.2	3.0	3,123	1,510	621	507	173	73	246	219
15	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.1	1991-92	GSW	81	41.3	25.6	5.6	3.5	0.8	10.2	19.6	52.4	0.8	2.2	36.6	4.3	5.2	83.3	58.6	1.6	4.0	2.5	3,346	2,074	450	286	173	62	202	171
16	Tyrone Corbin T. Corbin	2.1	1989-90	MIN	82	36.7	14.7	7.4	2.6	0.5	6.4	13.2	48.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.5	77.0	51.2	2.7	4.7	1.7	3,011	1,203	604	216	175	41	143	288
17	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	2006-07	SAC	70	37.7	18.8	6.5	3.4	0.6	6.5	14.9	44.0	1.3	3.7	35.8	4.4	5.9	74.0	53.8	1.5	5.0	2.1	2,641	1,316	454	235	149	43	146	205	+41
18	Caron Butler C. Butler	2.1	2006-07	WAS	63	39.3	19.1	7.4	3.7	0.3	7.2	15.5	46.3	0.3	1.1	25.0	4.5	5.2	86.3	53.7	2.3	5.1	2.9	2,474	1,203	467	233	134	17	181	188	+58
19	Shawn Marion S. Marion	2.1	2003-04	PHX	79	40.7	19.0	9.3	2.7	1.3	7.5	17.0	44.0	1.1	3.4	34.0	2.9	3.4	85.1	51.3	2.7	6.6	2.0	3,217	1,498	737	214	167	104	156	203	-232
20	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.1	1990-91	GSW	82	40.4	25.7	5.4	4.0	0.8	9.5	17.7	53.6	0.5	1.6	30.1	6.3	7.1	88.4	61.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	3,315	2,107	443	329	173	63	245	176
21	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	2.1	2007-08	PHI	82	39.5	19.9	5.4	4.8	0.6	7.1	15.6	45.6	1.2	3.7	32.9	4.5	6.2	72.1	54.3	1.0	4.4	2.6	3,242	1,630	446	391	171	49	214	187	+9
22	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	2003-04	IND	73	37.2	18.3	5.3	3.7	0.7	6.4	15.2	42.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.4	6.0	73.3	51.1	1.4	3.9	2.8	2,714	1,333	385	272	152	50	202	194	+486
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2.1	1999-00	BOS	73	35.4	19.5	5.4	3.0	0.8	6.7	15.1	44.2	1.3	3.8	34.3	4.9	6.2	79.8	55.0	1.1	4.3	2.4	2,583	1,427	396	221	152	62	178	237	+188
24	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2.1	2020-21	MIA	52	33.6	21.5	6.9	7.1	0.3	7.0	14.2	49.7	0.5	2.0	24.5	6.9	8.0	86.3	60.7	1.8	5.1	2.1	1,745	1,116	359	369	108	18	109	71	+196
25	Tony Allen T. Allen	2.0	2014-15	MEM	63	26.2	8.6	4.4	1.4	0.5	3.6	7.2	49.5	0.2	0.5	34.5	1.3	2.0	62.7	52.8	1.6	2.8	1.4	1,648	539	280	86	129	30	86	166	+251