Larry Bird got the most steals per game in the 1981 NBA Finals, with 2.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game by a player in the 1981 finals

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	SERIES	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 Bird L. Bird	2.3	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	7.0	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	14	3	19	16
2	Robert Reid R. Reid	2.0	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.7	14.7	7.5	3.2	0.8	6.0	16.0	37.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.8	69.6	41.5	3.8	3.7	2.0	244	88	45	19	12	5	12	24
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	1.2	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	27.8	15.0	7.7	1.0	2.0	6.5	12.8	50.6	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.2	63.2	52.7	2.7	5.0	3.2	167	90	46	6	7	12	19	27
4	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	1.2	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	32.7	11.2	6.0	1.3	0.7	5.2	12.8	40.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.3	62.5	41.6	2.2	3.8	1.5	196	67	36	8	7	4	9	16
5	Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	1.2	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	22.3	7.5	4.5	1.2	1.0	2.3	8.7	26.9	0.0	0.0		2.8	3.8	73.9	36.2	2.2	2.3	1.3	134	45	27	7	7	6	8	16
6	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.0	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	4	22.0	9.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	4.3	10.8	39.5	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.5	83.3	42.7	0.3	0.8	2.0	88	39	4	3	4	0	8	10
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	0.8	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	44.8	22.3	15.7	1.3	2.2	8.0	19.8	40.3	0.0	0.0		6.3	9.2	69.1	46.8	7.7	8.0	2.0	269	134	94	8	5	13	12	11
8	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	0.7	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	33.8	10.3	1.2	5.5	0.0	4.0	11.0	36.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.7	87.5	42.4	0.2	1.0	2.7	203	62	7	33	4	0	16	11
9	M.L. Carr	0.7	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	18.3	6.7	1.7	1.0	0.7	2.8	6.2	45.9	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.3	75.0	49.4	0.8	0.8	0.5	110	40	10	6	4	4	3	10
10	Chris Ford C. Ford	0.7	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	30.7	10.5	2.7	2.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	50.0	0.3	1.7	20.0	1.2	1.5	77.8	54.3	1.2	1.5	1.3	184	63	16	15	4	0	8	11
11	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	0.7	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	15.8	7.2	1.7	1.7	0.3	3.2	6.0	52.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.0	83.3	55.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	95	43	10	10	4	2	4	10
12	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	0.7	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	32.2	6.7	2.2	4.2	0.2	2.5	6.3	39.5	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.2	76.9	45.7	0.8	1.3	1.8	193	40	13	25	4	1	11	9
13	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	0.6	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	5	14.6	5.0	1.4	3.4	0.6	2.0	6.6	30.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	71.4	34.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	73	25	7	17	3	3	5	9
14	Calvin Garrett C. Garrett	0.5	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	4	10.8	3.0	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.3	55.6	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	100.0	60.7	0.3	1.5	0.3	43	12	7	1	2	0	1	3
15	Major Jones M. Jones	0.3	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	3	6.0	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	33.3	48.3	0.3	1.3	0.0	18	9	5	1	1	1	0	4
16	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	0.3	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	27.5	9.8	2.3	3.2	0.2	3.7	8.8	41.5	0.5	1.2	42.9	2.0	2.5	80.0	49.5	0.7	1.7	2.0	165	59	14	19	2	1	12	18
17	Terry Duerod T. Duerod	0.3	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	4	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.8	42.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		42.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	Eric Fernsten E. Fernsten	0.3	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	4	2.5	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.8	66.7	23.1	0.3	0.8	0.0	10	2	4	1	1	0	0	2
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	0.2	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	37.8	17.7	9.5	2.8	1.0	7.0	12.3	56.8	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.8	75.9	61.1	5.7	3.8	3.2	227	106	57	17	1	6	19	21