most steals per game in a season in 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Larry Hughes averaged the most steals per game in a season, with 2.9 per game in 2004-05.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in a season in 2000s

	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	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	2.9	2004-05	WAS	61	38.7	22.0	6.3	4.7	0.3	7.7	17.8	43.0	1.0	3.4	28.2	5.8	7.4	77.7	52.3	1.2	5.0	2.5	2,358	1,345	382	285	176	18	153	168	+90
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.8	2001-02	PHI	60	43.7	31.4	4.5	5.5	0.2	11.1	27.8	39.8	1.3	4.5	29.1	7.9	9.8	81.2	48.9	0.7	3.8	4.0	2,622	1,883	269	331	168	13	237	102	+278
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.8	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.7	2002-03	PHI	82	42.5	27.6	4.2	5.5	0.2	9.8	23.7	41.4	1.0	3.7	27.7	7.0	9.0	77.4	50.0	0.8	3.4	3.5	3,485	2,262	344	454	225	13	286	149	+184
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.7	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
6	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.7	1999-00	CHA	72	39.0	20.1	4.8	4.2	0.7	6.6	15.5	42.7	1.8	4.7	37.5	5.0	5.8	86.4	55.5	1.1	3.6	2.2	2,807	1,446	343	305	192	49	160	176	+358
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.5	2000-01	PHI	71	42.0	31.1	3.8	4.6	0.3	10.7	25.5	42.0	1.4	4.3	32.0	8.2	10.1	81.4	51.8	0.7	3.1	3.3	2,979	2,207	273	325	178	20	237	147	+368
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.4	2004-05	PHI	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
9	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.4	2000-01	GSW	69	34.1	11.0	3.9	6.7	0.3	4.6	11.6	39.6	1.1	3.3	32.4	0.8	1.1	69.7	45.5	1.0	2.9	1.9	2,352	760	272	462	163	20	128	134	-330
10	Baron Davis B. Davis	2.4	2003-04	NOH	67	40.1	22.9	4.3	7.5	0.4	8.3	20.9	39.5	2.8	8.7	32.1	3.5	5.3	67.3	49.2	1.0	3.3	3.2	2,686	1,532	287	501	158	27	215	178	+172
11	Baron Davis B. Davis	2.3	2007-08	GSW	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
12	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
13	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
14	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.3	2005-06	CHA	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
15	Doug Christie D. Christie	2.3	2000-01	SAC	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
16	Doug Christie D. Christie	2.3	2002-03	SAC	80	33.9	9.4	4.3	4.7	0.5	3.3	7.0	47.9	0.9	2.3	39.5	1.8	2.2	81.0	59.0	0.8	3.5	1.8	2,710	748	342	376	180	37	144	186	+523
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.2	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.2	2002-03	NJN	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
19	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
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2.2	2002-03	LAL	82	41.5	30.0	6.9	5.9	0.8	10.6	23.5	45.1	1.5	4.0	38.3	7.3	8.7	84.3	55.0	1.3	5.6	3.5	3,401	2,461	564	481	181	67	288	218	+260
21	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
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2.2	2008-09	MIA	79	38.6	30.2	5.0	7.5	1.3	10.8	22.0	49.1	1.1	3.5	31.7	7.5	9.8	76.5	57.4	1.1	3.9	3.4	3,048	2,386	398	589	173	106	272	178	+216
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.2	2000-01	PHX	77	39.8	16.9	6.4	9.8	0.3	5.9	14.2	41.1	0.9	3.0	29.7	4.3	5.2	81.4	51.0	1.2	5.2	3.7	3,065	1,299	494	753	166	23	286	171	+138
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	2.1	2006-07	GSW	63	35.3	20.1	4.4	8.1	0.5	7.2	16.3	43.9	1.3	4.4	30.4	4.4	5.9	74.5	53.0	0.8	3.6	3.1	2,221	1,264	276	509	135	29	193	181	+242
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.1	2001-02	NJN	82	37.3	14.7	7.3	9.9	0.2	5.4	13.9	39.1	1.4	4.4	32.1	2.5	3.0	81.4	48.4	1.6	5.7	3.5	3,056	1,208	595	808	175	20	286	136	+346

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