most steals per game in 1980s at least 580 games

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Maurice Cheeks had the most steals per game when playing 580+ games, with 2.3 per game.

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most steals per game by a player in 1980s at least 580 games

	NAME	SPG	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	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.3	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	26,174	9,744	2,284	5,781	1,768	260	1,777	1,736
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.0	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.8	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	1.8	602	34.1	22.0	6.4	3.8	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.1	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.4	56.2	2.5	3.9	2.9	20,506	13,263	3,861	2,282	1,081	983	1,770	1,621
6	Darwin Cook D. Cook	1.7	612	23.1	9.5	2.1	3.7	0.3	4.1	8.9	45.3	0.1	0.5	19.6	1.3	1.7	76.4	49.0	0.7	1.4	1.8	14,156	5,820	1,308	2,248	1,044	203	1,122	1,315
7	Rickey Green R. Green	1.7	669	27.2	10.8	2.2	6.5	0.1	4.3	9.1	47.9	0.0	0.2	21.2	2.0	2.5	82.2	53.0	0.5	1.6	1.9	18,200	7,208	1,448	4,346	1,140	41	1,272	1,102
8	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	1.6	600	17.0	5.2	1.8	1.9	0.3	2.0	4.6	44.0	0.2	0.6	29.2	1.0	1.3	73.0	50.0	0.5	1.3	1.1	10,192	3,131	1,098	1,147	940	182	682	1,220
9	T.R. Dunn	1.5	768	25.5	5.2	4.8	1.8	0.3	2.1	4.6	46.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	72.2	50.4	1.9	2.9	0.9	19,610	4,016	3,700	1,416	1,131	216	661	1,735
10	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1.4	605	35.2	15.8	2.5	8.4	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.4	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.1	2.7	77.7	51.0	0.6	1.9	3.1	21,326	9,554	1,521	5,096	848	47	1,886	1,474
11	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1.4	608	31.2	18.5	3.7	2.5	0.4	7.8	16.8	46.6	0.7	2.0	32.3	2.1	3.0	70.8	50.9	1.2	2.5	2.5	18,954	11,228	2,263	1,527	821	216	1,509	1,440
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.3	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	4,381	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
13	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	1.3	700	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	0.2	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.2	0.9	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.4	52.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	16,248	6,684	1,164	3,339	929	120	1,324	1,489
14	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	1.3	712	28.2	15.1	2.1	3.0	0.1	6.1	12.2	50.0	0.1	0.6	22.4	2.7	3.4	80.6	55.0	0.7	1.4	1.5	20,074	10,739	1,516	2,163	918	88	1,090	1,327
15	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	1.3	710	26.6	14.8	2.4	2.5	0.4	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.2	0.6	27.1	2.9	3.5	81.6	52.7	0.9	1.6	1.8	18,878	10,523	1,737	1,741	905	259	1,270	1,729
16	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1.3	689	26.1	12.5	6.2	3.9	0.7	5.2	10.2	50.4	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.2	2.7	81.1	54.8	1.8	4.4	2.4	17,991	8,644	4,288	2,655	877	479	1,681	2,192
17	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1.3	695	31.7	16.7	5.0	3.9	0.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.1	0.5	27.6	5.0	6.1	83.2	59.1	2.0	3.0	2.1	22,054	11,594	3,447	2,689	874	217	1,485	1,523
18	John Lucas J. Lucas	1.2	633	25.4	10.1	2.1	6.7	0.1	3.9	8.7	44.9	0.3	1.1	30.3	2.0	2.6	76.6	51.5	0.5	1.6	2.0	16,059	6,413	1,340	4,223	791	34	1,250	1,021
19	Larry Drew L. Drew	1.2	586	28.2	12.9	1.9	5.7	0.1	5.3	11.2	46.9	0.1	0.5	24.7	2.2	2.8	80.0	51.7	0.4	1.5	2.4	16,541	7,553	1,133	3,367	729	40	1,421	1,154
20	Walter Davis W. Davis	1.2	687	29.1	19.1	2.6	4.2	0.1	8.0	15.6	51.2	0.2	0.7	28.2	2.9	3.4	84.8	55.7	0.7	1.9	2.5	19,973	13,106	1,766	2,918	852	74	1,730	1,583
21	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1.2	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	5,239	968	171	2,712	2,313
22	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	1.2	644	30.4	13.9	6.4	2.4	0.3	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.9	2.4	79.9	51.3	1.8	4.6	1.4	19,585	8,942	4,142	1,555	789	213	898	1,550
23	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1.2	790	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	0.6	3.6	7.5	47.6	0.5	1.4	34.3	1.5	1.8	82.9	54.9	0.9	2.4	1.7	21,777	7,208	2,542	3,451	965	487	1,337	2,122
24	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1.2	584	28.5	11.7	2.8	4.5	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.4	0.7	1.8	38.6	1.6	1.8	86.1	55.5	0.8	2.0	1.6	16,631	6,824	1,635	2,609	712	65	938	1,498
25	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	1.2	775	23.1	9.7	1.8	3.9	0.1	3.8	8.1	47.3	0.2	0.7	32.4	1.8	2.3	77.6	53.1	0.7	1.1	1.9	17,904	7,479	1,365	2,995	908	95	1,501	1,813

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