most steals per game in single nba finals

Rick Barry has gotten the most career steals per game in the NBA Finals, with 3.5 per game.

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most steals per game by a player in single NBA finals

	NAME	SPG	SERIES	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	Rick Barry R. Barry	3.5	NBA Finals	4	43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	0.8	11.0	24.8	44.4				7.5	8.0	93.8	52.2	1.0	3.0		172	118	16	20	14	3		12
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2.6	NBA Finals	5	38.8	29.2	8.8	5.6	0.0	11.8	25.0	47.2	2.2	9.0	24.4	3.4	5.8	58.6	53.0	0.0	8.8	4.6	194	146	44	28	13	0	23	14	+7
3	Charlie Ward C. Ward	2.6	NBA Finals	5	29.0	5.8	3.2	3.6	0.4	2.4	5.2	46.2	0.8	2.4	33.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	53.9	1.2	2.0	1.4	145	29	16	18	13	2	7	9	-13
4	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.4	NBA Finals	7	38.0	16.4	3.0	6.0	0.1	6.0	12.9	46.7	2.4	5.6	43.6	2.0	2.4	82.4	59.0	1.0	2.0	1.7	266	115	21	42	17	1	12	21
5	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	237	43	117	38	2	40	36
6	T.J. McConnell	2.1	NBA Finals	7	20.3	12.0	3.6	4.3	0.1	5.3	9.6	55.2	0.4	0.7	60.0	1.0	1.3	77.8	59.2	0.4	3.1	2.7	142	84	25	30	15	1	19	11	-12
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	NBA Finals	16	37.2	22.6	4.2	7.9	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	127	34	5	61	55
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.0	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.0	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
10	Raja Bell R. Bell	2.0	NBA Finals	5	15.8	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	2.6	30.8	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	37.4	0.4	1.4	0.8	79	13	9	4	10	0	4	10	+5
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.0	NBA Finals	12	34.9	12.3	3.3	8.8	0.3	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.7	2.0	33.3	2.5	3.1	81.1	58.1	0.3	2.9	3.4	419	148	39	105	24	3	41	30	-55
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	2.0	NBA Finals	4	40.3	12.3	8.5	4.3	0.5	4.5	12.5	36.0	2.5	7.8	32.3	0.8	2.5	30.0	45.0	1.5	7.0	1.0	161	49	34	17	8	2	4	9
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.0	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	44	40	45	56
14	Charlie Scott C. Scott	2.0	NBA Finals	6	31.8	14.5	6.0	3.3	0.3	5.5	15.8	34.7				3.5	4.0	87.5	41.2	2.2	3.8		191	87	36	20	12	2		35
15	Butch Beard B. Beard	2.0	NBA Finals	4	18.8	7.3	3.3	2.0	0.0	2.5	6.5	38.5				2.3	4.3	52.9	43.3	0.3	3.0		75	29	13	8	8	0		15
16	Don Chaney D. Chaney	2.0	NBA Finals	7	38.6	11.1	4.1	2.7	0.3	4.3	9.6	44.8				2.6	2.9	90.0	51.5	2.7	1.4		270	78	29	19	14	2		29
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	NBA Finals	17	42.5	27.5	10.6	3.4	3.2	11.0	22.5	48.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.4	7.2	74.0	53.4	3.0	7.6	3.1	722	467	181	58	33	54	52	70
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.9	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.9	NBA Finals	18	37.0	20.1	9.4	2.3	0.9	6.7	13.4	49.6	1.9	4.7	40.5	4.9	5.8	84.6	62.9	2.5	6.9	1.9	665	362	169	41	34	16	34	53	+89
20	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	1.9	NBA Finals	15	30.5	12.2	2.7	5.9	0.3	5.0	13.2	37.9	0.0	0.6	0.0	2.2	3.0	73.3	42.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	458	183	40	88	28	4	21	44
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.9	NBA Finals	7	38.2	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	212	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
22	Doug Collins D. Collins	1.8	NBA Finals	6	39.2	19.7	4.5	2.8	0.2	7.7	15.2	50.5				4.3	5.3	81.3	56.1	1.5	3.0		235	118	27	17	11	1		17
23	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1.8	NBA Finals	6	32.7	10.7	3.3	5.0	0.0	4.0	9.3	42.9				2.7	3.3	80.0	49.4	1.2	2.2		196	64	20	30	11	0		18
24	Bob Gross B. Gross	1.8	NBA Finals	6	27.7	17.3	5.7	3.5	0.3	7.7	11.5	66.7				2.0	2.3	85.7	69.2	3.3	2.3		166	104	34	21	11	2		26
25	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	1.8	NBA Finals	6	35.5	19.7	10.7	3.5	0.7	7.2	16.3	43.9				5.3	7.5	71.1	50.1	2.5	8.2		213	118	64	21	11	4		27

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Sat 1/3	UTA	@	GSW	10:00 PM
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2	Knicks	23	10	.697	1.5
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9	Grizzlies	15	18	.455	13.5
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11	Clippers	12	21	.364	16.5
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Rick Barry has gotten the most career steals per game in the NBA Finals, with 3.5 per game.

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