most steals per game during ninth season

Michael Jordan got the most steals per game by a player in his 9th season, with 2.8 per game.

Interpreted as:
most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player during ninth season
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2.8
1992-93
78
39.3
32.6
6.7
5.5
0.8
12.7
25.7
49.5
1.0
2.9
35.2
6.1
7.3
83.7
56.4
1.7
5.0
2.7
3,067
2,541
522
428
221
61
207
188
2Kendall Gill
K. Gill
2.7
1998-99
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
3Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
2.6
1986-87
68
38.6
15.6
3.2
7.9
0.2
6.1
11.6
52.7
0.1
0.3
23.5
3.3
4.3
77.7
57.9
0.7
2.5
2.5
2,624
1,061
215
538
180
15
173
109
4Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
2.6
1997-98
70
38.6
13.2
4.9
6.7
0.3
5.3
13.4
39.2
1.3
4.8
26.9
1.4
1.9
70.9
46.2
1.2
3.7
2.5
2,700
921
341
469
183
21
176
122
+415
5Chris Paul
C. Paul
2.5
2013-14
62
35.0
19.1
4.3
10.7
0.1
6.5
14.0
46.7
1.3
3.4
36.8
4.8
5.6
85.5
58.0
0.6
3.7
2.3
2,171
1,185
268
663
154
4
145
157
+528
6John Stockton
J. Stockton
2.4
1992-93
82
34.9
15.1
2.9
12.0
0.3
5.3
11.0
48.6
0.9
2.3
38.5
3.6
4.5
79.8
58.4
0.8
2.1
3.2
2,863
1,239
237
987
199
21
266
224
7Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
2.4
2004-05
75
42.3
30.7
4.0
7.9
0.1
10.3
24.2
42.4
1.4
4.5
30.8
8.7
10.5
83.5
53.2
0.7
3.3
4.6
3,174
2,302
299
596
180
9
344
140
+12
8Baron Davis
B. Davis
2.3
2007-08
82
39.0
21.8
4.7
7.6
0.5
7.9
18.6
42.6
2.1
6.4
33.0
3.9
5.2
75.0
52.3
1.2
3.5
2.8
3,196
1,791
385
623
191
43
232
247
+244
9Brevin Knight
B. Knight
2.3
2005-06
69
34.1
12.6
3.2
8.8
0.1
4.5
11.2
39.9
0.0
0.2
23.1
3.7
4.6
80.3
47.8
0.5
2.7
2.4
2,351
871
223
610
157
4
164
202
-229
10Doug Christie
D. Christie
2.3
2000-01
81
36.3
12.3
4.4
3.6
0.6
3.8
9.7
39.5
1.2
3.1
37.6
3.5
3.9
89.7
53.8
1.2
3.2
1.9
2,939
996
355
289
183
45
154
224
+379
11Gus Williams
G. Williams
2.3
1984-85
79
37.5
20.0
2.5
7.7
0.4
8.1
18.8
43.0
0.6
2.2
29.0
3.2
4.4
72.5
48.2
0.9
1.6
2.7
2,960
1,578
195
608
178
32
213
159
12Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
2.2
1992-93
TOT
69
29.1
9.0
3.9
3.8
0.3
3.6
7.8
45.8
0.6
1.8
32.8
1.2
1.9
65.6
51.9
1.6
2.3
1.9
2,006
618
269
263
155
18
133
218
13Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
2.2
2002-03
80
37.4
18.7
6.3
8.9
0.3
6.4
15.6
41.4
1.6
4.6
34.1
4.2
5.0
84.1
52.6
1.4
4.9
3.7
2,989
1,495
504
711
179
25
296
127
+497
14Paul George
P. George
2.2
2018-19
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
15Gary Payton
G. Payton
2.2
1998-99
50
40.2
21.7
4.9
8.7
0.2
8.0
18.5
43.4
1.7
5.6
29.5
4.0
5.5
72.1
51.9
1.2
3.6
3.1
2,008
1,084
244
436
109
12
154
115
+26
16Nate McMillan
N. McMillan
2.1
1994-95
80
25.9
5.2
3.8
5.3
0.7
2.1
5.0
41.8
0.7
1.9
34.2
0.4
0.7
58.6
49.6
0.8
3.0
1.6
2,070
419
302
421
165
53
126
275
17Sedale Threatt
S. Threatt
2.0
1991-92
82
37.4
15.1
3.1
7.2
0.2
6.2
12.7
48.9
0.2
0.8
32.3
2.5
3.0
83.1
54.0
0.5
2.6
2.2
3,070
1,240
253
593
168
16
182
231
18Shawn Marion
S. Marion
2.0
2007-08
TOT
63
36.7
15.4
10.2
2.2
1.3
6.3
12.5
50.8
1.0
3.1
33.3
1.7
2.4
70.7
57.0
2.2
8.0
1.4
2,315
972
643
138
125
85
86
150
+216
19Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
1.9
1996-97
82
33.6
13.9
3.9
3.0
0.1
4.5
9.7
46.4
1.7
4.3
40.3
3.1
3.6
87.5
61.6
1.1
2.8
1.6
2,755
1,139
320
250
159
12
130
146
+540
20T.R. Dunn
T.R. Dunn
1.9
1985-86
82
29.3
5.0
4.6
2.1
0.2
2.1
4.6
45.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.1
77.3
49.3
1.7
2.9
0.6
2,401
412
377
171
155
16
51
228
21Terrell Brandon
T. Brandon
1.9
1999-00
71
36.4
17.1
3.4
8.9
0.4
6.8
14.7
46.6
0.7
1.9
40.2
2.6
2.9
89.9
53.5
0.6
2.7
2.6
2,587
1,212
238
629
134
30
184
158
+359
22Doc Rivers
D. Rivers
1.9
1991-92
59
28.1
10.9
2.5
3.9
0.3
3.8
9.0
42.4
0.4
1.6
28.3
2.8
3.3
83.2
51.8
0.4
2.1
1.6
1,658
641
147
233
111
19
92
166
23LeBron James
L. James
1.9
2011-12
62
37.5
27.1
7.9
6.2
0.8
10.0
18.9
53.1
0.9
2.4
36.2
6.2
8.1
77.1
60.5
1.5
6.4
3.4
2,326
1,683
492
387
115
50
213
96
+473
24Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
1.8
1992-93
82
39.5
26.1
13.0
3.5
4.2
10.3
19.5
52.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.4
7.0
77.9
57.7
3.5
9.6
3.2
3,242
2,140
1,068
291
150
342
262
305
25Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
1.8
1991-92
76
36.2
25.0
6.6
6.7
0.9
9.1
19.4
47.0
1.5
4.4
33.7
5.3
6.6
79.4
56.0
2.2
4.4
3.2
2,751
1,903
500
512
138
70
240
229
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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