most steals per game in a season in the 1990s by a rockets player

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Hakeem Olajuwon averaged the most steals per game for the Rockets in a season, with 2.2 per game in 1990-91.

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	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.2	1990-91	HOU	56	36.8	21.2	13.8	2.3	3.9	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	76.9	54.9	3.9	9.8	3.1	2,062	1,187	770	131	121	221	174	221
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
3	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1995-96	HOU	52	38.4	19.3	7.2	5.8	0.5	6.4	14.7	43.3	1.5	4.5	33.2	5.1	6.5	78.4	55.1	1.9	5.3	2.6	1,997	1,005	373	302	105	24	134	153
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.0	1998-99	HOU	50	40.2	14.5	6.5	5.9	0.7	5.2	12.1	43.2	1.4	4.2	34.0	2.6	3.7	72.1	53.0	1.3	5.2	3.2	2,011	726	323	293	98	37	159	118	+62
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.9	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1994-95	HOU	72	39.6	27.8	10.8	3.5	3.4	11.1	21.5	51.7	0.0	0.2	18.8	5.6	7.5	75.6	56.3	2.4	8.4	3.3	2,853	2,005	775	255	133	242	237	250
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1992-93	HOU	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
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1991-92	HOU	70	37.7	21.6	12.1	2.2	4.3	8.4	16.8	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.1	76.6	55.3	3.5	8.6	2.7	2,636	1,510	845	157	127	304	187	263
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.8	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	5.5	0.6	6.5	15.1	42.7	1.5	4.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	80.1	53.1	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,473	1,287	346	382	126	42	189	193	+69
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1997-98	HOU	47	34.7	16.4	9.8	3.0	2.0	6.5	13.5	48.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.5	75.5	53.1	2.5	7.3	2.7	1,633	772	460	143	84	96	126	152	+70
11	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1.7	1993-94	HOU	75	34.3	13.6	3.1	5.1	0.3	5.1	13.0	38.9	1.6	5.4	29.8	1.9	2.5	74.9	48.3	0.6	2.5	2.5	2,571	1,023	229	380	125	20	185	143
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	1998-99	HOU	50	35.7	18.9	9.6	1.8	2.5	7.5	14.5	51.4	0.1	0.3	30.8	3.9	5.4	71.7	55.9	2.1	7.4	2.8	1,784	945	478	88	82	123	139	160	+61
13	Robert Horry R. Horry	1.6	1995-96	HOU	71	37.1	12.0	5.8	4.0	1.5	4.2	10.3	41.0	2.0	5.5	36.6	1.6	2.0	77.6	53.7	1.4	4.4	2.3	2,634	853	412	281	116	109	160	197
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	1993-94	HOU	80	41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	3.7	11.2	21.2	52.8	0.1	0.2	42.1	4.9	6.8	71.6	56.5	2.9	9.1	3.4	3,277	2,184	955	287	128	297	271	289
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	1995-96	HOU	72	38.8	26.9	10.9	3.6	2.9	10.7	20.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.5	7.6	72.4	55.8	2.4	8.4	3.4	2,797	1,936	784	257	113	207	247	242
16	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1.5	1990-91	HOU	82	35.0	17.0	2.9	3.7	0.2	6.1	15.2	40.4	2.1	6.2	33.7	2.6	3.6	73.3	50.7	0.5	2.4	2.1	2,870	1,397	238	303	127	15	171	179
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.5	1996-97	HOU	78	36.6	23.2	9.2	3.0	2.2	9.3	18.3	51.0	0.1	0.2	31.3	4.5	5.7	78.7	55.8	2.2	7.0	3.6	2,852	1,810	716	236	117	173	281	249	+382
18	Robert Horry R. Horry	1.5	1993-94	HOU	81	29.3	9.9	5.4	2.9	0.9	4.0	8.7	45.9	0.5	1.7	32.4	1.4	1.9	73.2	52.1	1.6	3.9	1.7	2,370	803	440	231	119	75	137	186
19	Robert Horry R. Horry	1.5	1994-95	HOU	64	32.4	10.2	5.1	3.4	1.2	3.8	8.4	44.7	1.3	3.5	37.9	1.3	1.8	76.1	55.6	1.3	3.8	1.9	2,074	652	324	216	94	76	122	161
20	Kenny Smith K. Smith	1.4	1990-91	HOU	78	34.6	17.7	2.1	7.1	0.1	6.7	12.9	52.0	0.6	1.7	36.3	3.7	4.4	84.4	59.9	0.5	1.6	3.0	2,699	1,380	163	554	106	11	237	131
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.3	1996-97	HOU	53	37.9	19.2	13.5	4.7	0.5	6.3	13.1	48.4	1.1	3.9	28.3	5.4	7.8	69.4	58.1	4.0	9.5	2.8	2,009	1,016	716	248	69	25	151	153	+312
22	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1.3	1991-92	HOU	80	33.8	17.2	3.0	4.1	0.4	6.3	15.2	41.3	2.0	5.9	34.2	2.6	3.3	77.2	51.4	0.5	2.6	2.2	2,700	1,372	243	326	104	28	178	200
23	Mitchell Wiggins M. Wiggins	1.3	1989-90	HOU	66	28.1	15.5	4.3	1.6	0.0	6.3	12.9	48.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.6	81.0	53.5	2.0	2.3	1.3	1,852	1,024	286	104	85	1	87	165
24	Kenny Smith K. Smith	1.3	1991-92	HOU	81	33.8	14.0	2.2	6.9	0.1	5.3	11.2	47.5	0.7	1.7	39.4	2.7	3.1	86.6	55.7	0.4	1.8	2.8	2,735	1,137	177	562	104	7	227	112
25	Buck Johnson B. Johnson	1.3	1989-90	HOU	82	34.5	14.8	4.6	3.1	0.8	6.1	12.4	49.5	0.0	0.2	11.8	2.5	3.3	75.9	53.4	1.4	3.3	2.0	2,832	1,215	381	252	104	62	167	321

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PPG

26.0

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RPG

8.9

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APG

6.2

Şengün

Team Rankings

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118.6

8th

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113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.4

6th

3P%

36.4

10th

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

4 - 2

Final

Rockets

2 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

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ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

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MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

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61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

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36-46

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

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