Karl Malone got the most steals per game by a player in his 17th season, with 1.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 17th season

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	1.9	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	22.4	8.6	4.3	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	1.9	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	0.3	5.6	11.3	49.3	1.0	3.1	31.7	2.6	3.1	83.7	58.1	0.3	4.0	2.4	2,139	958	283	702	121	20	153	134	+460
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.7	2010-11	DAL	80	33.2	7.9	4.4	8.2	0.4	2.7	7.5	36.1	1.7	4.9	34.0	0.8	1.0	87.0	50.0	0.4	4.0	2.2	2,653	630	351	655	134	29	179	119	+169
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.6	2000-01	UTA	82	29.2	11.5	2.8	8.7	0.3	4.0	7.9	50.4	0.7	1.6	46.2	2.8	3.4	81.7	61.0	0.7	2.1	2.5	2,397	944	227	713	132	21	203	194	+561
5	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.6	2025-26	POR	12	33.4	16.7	5.3	8.3	0.3	6.2	13.8	44.6	2.6	7.1	36.5	1.8	2.1	84.0	56.5	1.3	3.9	2.9	401	200	63	99	19	3	35	24	+11
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.4	2025-26	GSW	14	31.1	28.6	3.5	4.1	0.4	9.3	19.5	47.6	4.8	11.9	40.4	5.3	5.8	91.4	65.0	0.2	3.3	2.9	435	401	49	57	20	5	40	31	+19
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.4	2024-25	DEN	75	27.9	13.3	4.9	6.1	0.5	5.0	11.1	44.9	1.3	3.9	32.3	2.1	3.1	66.1	53.2	1.4	3.6	3.2	2,092	994	370	457	106	37	242	188	-24
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.4	2012-13	LAL	78	38.6	27.3	5.6	6.0	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	2,133	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.2	2000-01	HOU	58	26.6	11.9	7.4	1.2	1.5	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.4	62.1	52.6	2.1	5.3	1.4	1,545	689	431	72	70	88	81	141	+62
10	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1.2	2025-26	SAC	17	32.8	17.9	3.3	3.6	0.2	6.5	13.1	49.5	0.8	2.1	36.1	4.2	4.8	87.7	59.0	0.6	2.7	1.1	557	304	56	61	20	3	18	35	-169
11	LeBron James L. James	1.2	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	25.3	7.8	10.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
12	Mike Conley M. Conley	1.2	2023-24	MIN	76	28.9	11.4	2.9	5.9	0.2	3.9	8.5	45.7	2.4	5.3	44.2	1.3	1.5	91.1	62.7	0.5	2.4	1.3	2,193	869	218	449	88	17	102	128	+274
13	James Harden J. Harden	1.0	2025-26	LAC	16	35.5	27.8	5.8	8.4	0.4	8.1	17.8	45.3	3.9	10.0	38.8	7.8	8.7	89.9	64.3	0.6	5.1	3.8	568	445	92	134	16	7	60	29	-35
14	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	0.9	2011-12	BOS	60	31.1	15.8	8.2	2.9	1.0	6.5	13.0	50.3	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.7	3.2	85.7	55.0	1.1	7.1	1.8	1,864	947	494	175	56	61	107	141	+267
15	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	0.9	1998-99	GSW	50	20.2	9.1	5.1	1.2	0.2	3.7	8.5	43.9	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.6	2.3	71.1	47.9	1.9	3.2	1.2	1,011	454	255	58	46	10	58	168	-12
16	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	0.9	2020-21	MIA	63	21.3	4.4	3.5	2.3	0.6	1.5	3.9	38.3	1.0	2.9	33.0	0.4	0.6	65.8	51.9	0.6	2.9	1.1	1,339	275	221	142	57	35	67	90	-82
17	Ray Allen R. Allen	0.8	2012-13	MIA	79	25.8	10.9	2.7	1.7	0.2	3.7	8.2	44.9	1.8	4.2	41.9	1.8	2.0	88.6	59.9	0.5	2.2	1.3	2,035	863	217	135	67	15	103	129	+175
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	0.8	2019-20	POR	58	32.8	15.4	6.3	1.5	0.5	5.8	13.5	43.0	1.5	3.9	38.5	2.3	2.8	84.5	52.5	1.2	5.1	1.7	1,902	895	368	85	49	27	100	171	+19
19	Grant Hill G. Hill	0.8	2011-12	PHX	49	28.1	10.2	3.5	2.2	0.6	4.1	9.2	44.6	0.3	1.1	26.4	1.7	2.2	76.1	50.0	0.6	2.9	1.3	1,378	499	171	107	41	29	65	88	+109
20	Reggie Miller R. Miller	0.8	2003-04	IND	80	28.2	10.0	2.4	3.1	0.1	3.3	7.4	43.8	1.7	4.2	40.1	1.8	2.1	88.5	60.0	0.2	2.1	0.9	2,254	800	188	249	65	11	68	96	+504
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.8	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	26.6	6.0	4.2	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39
22	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	0.7	2016-17	LAC	82	26.3	12.3	1.6	2.6	0.2	4.4	10.6	41.3	1.4	3.9	36.0	2.1	2.5	85.7	52.5	0.2	1.4	1.6	2,157	1,008	129	214	61	14	134	115	+19
23	Robert Parish R. Parish	0.7	1992-93	BOS	79	27.2	12.6	9.4	0.8	1.4	5.3	9.8	53.5	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	68.9	56.5	3.1	6.3	1.5	2,146	994	740	61	57	107	120	201
24	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	0.7	2017-18	SAC	59	25.6	14.5	6.7	2.2	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.3	0.9	2.5	34.7	1.4	1.8	78.5	52.9	1.6	5.1	2.0	1,508	857	397	127	42	10	116	119	-351
25	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	0.7	2024-25	LAC	78	17.5	4.0	2.8	1.1	0.5	1.3	3.1	43.7	1.1	2.6	43.3	0.2	0.3	81.0	63.3	0.6	2.2	0.4	1,367	313	218	84	52	36	34	111	+152