Tom Henderson and Gus Williams were tied for the most steals per game in the 1978 NBA Finals, with 2.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game by a player in the 1978 finals

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	2.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	35.7	12.9	2.7	5.7	0.4	4.4	10.3	43.1	4.0	5.7	70.0	50.2	1.1	1.6	1.7	250	90	19	40	14	3	12	21
2	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	32.0	16.3	4.6	3.6	0.7	5.9	13.4	43.6	4.6	6.3	72.7	50.3	1.1	3.4	3.7	224	114	32	25	14	5	26	21
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	39.4	20.7	11.9	1.4	2.0	8.7	18.1	48.0	3.3	5.0	65.7	50.9	4.7	7.1	2.1	276	145	83	10	11	14	15	31
4	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	1.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	22.3	10.7	2.6	2.6	0.0	4.9	12.3	39.5	1.0	1.4	70.0	41.5	1.3	1.3	1.1	156	75	18	18	11	0	8	14
5	Al Fleming A. Fleming	1.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	1	6.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	34.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
6	Joe Hassett J. Hassett	1.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	1	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	1.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	40.6	20.4	7.0	4.1	1.0	8.4	18.7	45.0	3.6	5.4	65.8	48.4	1.9	5.1	3.3	284	143	49	29	7	7	23	30
8	Fred Brown F. Brown	0.9	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	27.9	19.1	2.4	1.9	0.1	8.6	18.9	45.5	2.0	2.9	70.0	47.6	0.9	1.6	1.4	195	134	17	13	6	1	10	16
9	Paul Silas P. Silas	0.7	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	30.7	5.7	8.0	2.6	0.1	1.7	4.3	40.0	2.3	3.0	76.2	51.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	215	40	56	18	5	1	14	26
10	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	0.7	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	6	10.7	3.7	4.2	1.5	0.0	1.2	3.0	38.9	1.3	1.3	100.0	51.1	1.2	3.0	0.8	64	22	25	9	4	0	5	7
11	John Johnson J. Johnson	0.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	29.3	7.7	4.9	2.6	0.3	3.7	9.7	38.2	0.3	0.4	66.7	38.9	1.7	3.1	1.7	205	54	34	18	4	2	12	24
12	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	0.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	32.4	13.7	8.0	1.0	0.7	5.1	12.9	40.0	3.4	4.3	80.0	46.5	2.6	5.4	1.6	227	96	56	7	4	5	11	35
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	0.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	38.6	9.0	11.7	3.9	0.1	3.7	7.1	52.0	1.6	2.9	55.0	53.6	3.6	8.1	1.0	270	63	82	27	4	1	7	25
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	0.4	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	36.6	16.6	5.0	2.9	2.4	5.6	14.4	38.6	5.4	7.1	76.0	47.2	2.7	2.3	2.9	256	116	35	20	3	17	20	19
15	Marvin Webster M. Webster	0.3	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	42.9	14.9	13.9	2.1	2.6	5.7	12.7	44.9	3.4	4.9	70.6	50.0	4.7	9.1	3.6	300	104	97	15	2	18	25	27
16	Larry Wright L. Wright	0.3	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	11.3	3.6	1.0	1.4	0.0	1.4	4.7	30.3	0.7	0.7	100.0	35.5	0.3	0.7	0.7	79	25	7	10	2	0	5	14
17	Kevin Grevey K. Grevey	0.1	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	24.7	13.0	3.1	1.6	0.4	5.0	13.4	37.2	3.0	4.1	72.4	42.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	173	91	22	11	1	3	12	24