Rick Barry has averaged the most steals per game by a Finals MVP in an NBA Finals, with 3.5 per game.

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most steals per game by NBA finals mvp in a season by a player

	NAME	SPG	FMVP	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	Rick Barry R. Barry	3.5	1	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	0.8	11.0	24.8	44.4				7.5	8.0	93.8	52.2	1.0	3.0		172	118	16	20	14	3		12
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	1.4	12.6	22.6	55.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	61.2	1.6	5.0	3.6	220	156	33	57	14	7	18	18
3	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2.7	1	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.7	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.7	1	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
6	LeBron James L. James	2.6	1	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.5	1	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	15	2	26	23
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.3	1	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	0.3	11.0	20.3	54.1	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.0	4.2	96.0	59.0	2.0	6.0	2.2	236	157	48	78	14	2	13	10
9	LeBron James L. James	2.3	1	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	0.9	9.6	21.4	44.7	1.7	4.9	35.3	4.4	5.6	79.5	52.9	2.4	8.4	2.6	301	177	76	49	16	6	18	10	0
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2.1	1	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.1	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	305	192	98	25	15	8	25	24
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2.0	1	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	31.2	6.0	5.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	187	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2.0	1	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	28.5	9.8	4.2	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	243	171	59	25	12	7	18	15	+15
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.0	1	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	44.8	32.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	51.4	2.8	8.8	2.8	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.9	1	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	38.2	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	212	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1.9	1	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.1	26.4	7.7	4.7	0.0	10.3	24.0	42.9				5.9	6.7	87.2	49.0	1.6	6.1		330	185	54	33	13	0		22
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.8	1	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	33.5	4.0	2.3	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.8	1	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	44.8	22.6	6.0	6.0	2.2	9.0	19.6	45.9				4.6	6.4	71.9	50.4	1.8	4.2	3.0	224	113	30	30	9	11	15	19
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.7	1	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.0	27.3	5.3	4.2	0.2	8.5	20.5	41.5	1.0	3.2	31.6	9.3	11.2	83.6	53.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	252	164	32	25	10	1	18	17
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.7	1	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	45.7	41.0	8.5	6.3	0.7	16.8	33.2	50.8	1.7	4.2	40.0	5.7	8.2	69.4	55.8	2.5	6.0	2.7	274	246	51	38	10	4	16	20
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.7	1	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.3	35.8	4.8	6.5	0.3	13.5	25.7	52.6	2.0	4.7	42.9	6.8	7.7	89.1	61.7	1.0	3.8	4.0	254	215	29	39	10	2	24	21
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1.6	1	2023-24	NBA Finals	BOS	5	38.5	20.8	5.4	5.0	0.8	7.4	16.8	44.0	1.6	6.8	23.5	4.4	6.0	73.3	53.5	0.8	4.6	2.8	193	104	27	25	8	4	14	16	+14
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.6	1	2013-14	NBA Finals	SAS	5	33.4	17.8	6.4	2.0	1.2	6.0	9.8	61.2	2.2	3.8	57.9	3.6	4.6	78.3	75.3	1.6	4.8	1.8	167	89	32	10	8	6	9	22	+62
24	LeBron James L. James	1.6	1	2011-12	NBA Finals	MIA	5	44.1	28.6	10.2	7.4	0.4	10.2	21.6	47.2	0.6	3.2	18.8	7.6	9.2	82.6	55.8	3.0	7.2	3.8	220	143	51	37	8	2	19	10	+31
25	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.6	1	1989-90	NBA Finals	DET	5	38.4	27.6	5.2	7.0	0.4	10.4	19.2	54.2	2.2	3.2	68.8	4.6	6.2	74.2	62.9	1.6	3.6	5.0	192	138	26	35	8	2	25	19

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Rick Barry has averaged the most steals per game by a Finals MVP in an NBA Finals, with 3.5 per game.

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