most steals per game in the 2000s decade

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Chris Paul averaged the most steals per game in a decade, with 2.4 per game in the 2000s.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game by a player in the 2000s decade

	NAME	SPG	DECADE	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.4	2000s	300	37.2	19.4	4.8	9.9	0.1	6.8	14.5	47.0	0.9	2.5	34.4	4.9	5.8	84.9	56.8	0.8	4.0	2.6	11,169	5,827	1,433	2,966	726	23	776	769	+603
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	2000s	682	41.8	28.1	3.6	6.2	0.2	9.7	22.9	42.4	1.1	3.6	31.1	7.5	9.5	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	28,534	19,154	2,471	4,227	1,521	106	2,450	1,198	+1187
3	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	2000s	604	34.8	16.1	5.1	3.2	0.6	5.7	13.6	42.2	1.2	3.5	34.2	3.5	4.8	72.3	51.3	1.2	3.9	2.3	21,037	9,722	3,092	1,915	1,244	375	1,372	1,776	+923
4	Renaldo Major R. Major	2.0	2000s	1	27.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	20.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	23.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	27	5	2	0	2	0	1	4	+15
5	Rodrick Rhodes R. Rhodes	2.0	2000s	1	8.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	8	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	-15
6	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.0	2000s	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	54.8	0.5	2.3	2.0	2,626	818	228	403	160	8	165	240	+30
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	2000s	760	37.3	14.0	7.0	9.2	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.2	1.5	4.2	34.8	2.6	3.3	81.1	50.9	1.3	5.7	3.1	28,311	10,649	5,327	7,029	1,472	236	2,331	1,438	+2576
8	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.9	2000s	673	35.4	16.9	4.0	7.3	0.4	6.1	14.9	40.9	1.7	5.3	32.3	2.9	4.2	69.7	50.2	1.0	3.0	2.8	23,825	11,364	2,705	4,901	1,292	286	1,875	1,947	+1028
9	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.9	2000s	181	35.2	15.8	3.5	8.2	0.3	6.4	14.0	45.3	0.5	1.4	36.6	2.6	2.9	90.1	51.6	0.7	2.8	2.1	6,370	2,859	629	1,476	347	57	382	345	+615
10	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1.9	2000s	177	30.6	9.6	3.4	6.0	0.3	3.9	10.1	38.9	1.1	3.2	33.3	0.7	1.0	69.3	45.7	0.8	2.6	1.7	5,410	1,701	594	1,065	333	46	308	276	-873
11	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	2000s	463	33.0	10.4	4.1	4.1	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.2	0.9	2.5	35.8	2.2	2.6	85.8	54.4	0.9	3.2	1.9	15,283	4,834	1,886	1,894	868	211	876	1,099	+1774
12	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1.8	2000s	745	37.6	17.8	9.9	2.0	1.3	7.2	14.9	48.1	0.9	2.7	33.7	2.5	3.1	82.0	54.6	2.6	7.3	1.6	28,020	13,254	7,384	1,511	1,363	975	1,192	1,869	+2061
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1.8	2000s	394	37.9	25.2	4.9	6.7	1.0	8.8	18.2	48.3	0.4	1.5	28.5	7.2	9.3	77.2	56.5	1.2	3.6	3.8	14,925	9,922	1,925	2,625	720	379	1,497	1,019	+1026
14	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1.8	2000s	404	38.0	15.6	5.7	4.4	0.5	5.4	11.5	46.9	0.8	2.5	32.5	4.0	5.3	75.5	56.4	1.1	4.5	2.4	15,345	6,305	2,296	1,758	727	187	989	941	-99
15	LeBron James L. James	1.8	2000s	472	40.6	27.5	7.0	6.7	0.9	9.8	20.9	47.1	1.4	4.1	32.8	6.5	8.8	73.8	55.5	1.3	5.7	3.3	19,142	12,993	3,307	3,159	830	405	1,541	951	+1669
16	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1.8	2000s	433	37.4	22.8	4.2	5.5	0.2	7.3	17.2	42.7	2.1	5.8	35.8	6.0	7.4	80.9	55.7	0.9	3.3	3.3	16,175	9,853	1,828	2,387	758	103	1,438	1,365	+96
17	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.7	2000s	235	28.8	9.7	4.4	5.7	0.1	3.9	8.2	48.0	0.1	0.4	27.1	1.7	2.7	63.5	51.6	1.1	3.3	2.1	6,779	2,268	1,030	1,349	406	32	493	561	+1160
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.7	2000s	328	29.5	12.0	2.8	8.3	0.2	4.3	8.5	50.2	0.5	1.3	38.4	2.9	3.5	84.0	59.5	0.6	2.1	2.4	9,670	3,920	906	2,719	564	76	772	779	+1481
19	Caron Butler C. Butler	1.7	2000s	486	36.5	16.7	6.0	3.0	0.3	6.1	13.9	44.3	0.6	1.8	31.6	3.8	4.5	85.2	52.6	1.7	4.2	2.3	17,715	8,112	2,908	1,478	817	142	1,124	1,356	-567
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.7	2000s	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	29,476	21,065	4,381	3,921	1,246	431	2,326	2,092	+3470
21	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	1.7	2000s	398	30.2	10.4	3.4	7.0	0.3	3.9	9.9	39.5	0.9	2.8	30.7	1.7	2.4	71.3	47.4	0.8	2.7	2.9	12,016	4,144	1,368	2,786	660	128	1,145	1,076	+582
22	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	1.6	2000s	623	32.3	15.0	4.3	3.3	0.4	5.5	13.4	40.9	0.8	2.4	31.5	3.3	4.3	75.6	49.0	1.0	3.3	2.2	20,151	9,364	2,703	2,069	994	226	1,399	1,468	-1109
23	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.6	2000s	610	23.8	7.0	2.3	5.8	0.1	2.7	6.5	40.7	0.0	0.2	15.0	1.6	2.0	79.2	46.8	0.3	2.0	1.8	14,507	4,246	1,401	3,523	963	62	1,068	1,470	-1424
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1.5	2000s	765	37.8	23.3	6.3	4.0	0.6	7.6	17.1	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.3	6.4	8.0	80.1	56.3	1.0	5.3	3.1	28,893	17,812	4,798	3,068	1,183	480	2,376	2,201	+1925
25	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1.5	2000s	478	27.7	14.7	4.1	3.6	0.3	4.7	10.4	45.4	1.4	3.7	37.6	3.9	4.8	82.1	59.0	0.8	3.2	2.1	13,237	7,044	1,943	1,704	734	162	999	1,115	+2692