most steals per game in the finals with at least 15 games played

Maurice Cheeks averaged the most steals per game in the NBA Finals when playing 15+ games, with 2.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game by a player in the finals with at least 15 games played

	NAME	SPG	GP	SERIES	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	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	16	NBA Finals	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
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	16	NBA Finals	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
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.0	50	NBA Finals	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
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.0	31	NBA Finals	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
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.0	22	NBA Finals	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
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	17	NBA Finals	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
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.9	35	NBA Finals	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
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.9	18	NBA Finals	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
9	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	1.9	15	NBA Finals	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
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1.8	29	NBA Finals	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	125	53	30	85	75	-51
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1.8	15	NBA Finals	40.0	16.0	3.5	7.7	0.2	6.6	15.3	43.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	3.9	72.4	47.1	1.2	2.3	3.1	600	240	52	116	27	3	47	49
12	Draymond Green D. Green	1.8	33	NBA Finals	38.5	11.5	9.1	6.6	1.0	4.0	9.7	41.4	1.1	3.8	28.0	2.5	3.3	74.5	51.9	1.5	7.6	2.6	1,269	381	300	219	59	32	87	138	+140
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.8	35	NBA Finals	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.8	37	NBA Finals	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
15	LeBron James L. James	1.7	55	NBA Finals	42.5	28.4	10.2	7.8	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.6	34	NBA Finals	39.0	27.3	5.8	6.0	0.3	8.8	20.4	43.2	4.5	11.3	39.5	5.2	5.6	91.7	59.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	1,327	928	196	204	55	11	120	96	+138
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1.5	18	NBA Finals	39.6	25.5	3.8	4.4	0.4	10.1	22.1	45.5	2.1	5.8	36.2	3.3	3.5	93.7	53.9	1.1	2.7	2.4	713	459	69	80	27	8	44	51	-2
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.4	16	NBA Finals	41.1	15.4	5.8	7.8	0.6	5.8	14.8	39.2	1.8	5.3	32.9	2.1	2.7	76.7	48.3	1.8	4.1	3.2	658	247	93	124	23	9	51	28	-4
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.4	15	NBA Finals	40.3	24.5	8.3	6.0	0.5	8.4	18.1	46.3	0.5	3.0	15.6	7.2	8.7	82.4	55.7	2.9	5.3	2.7	604	367	124	90	21	8	41	61
20	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.4	19	NBA Finals	31.0	10.7	5.2	6.6	0.3	4.4	10.5	41.7	0.5	1.6	30.0	1.5	2.8	51.9	45.6	1.5	3.6	2.0	590	203	98	126	26	5	38	36	+1
21	Robert Horry R. Horry	1.3	37	NBA Finals	32.7	9.7	5.9	2.9	1.2	3.3	7.6	42.9	1.5	3.9	39.2	1.6	2.3	71.4	56.1	1.7	4.2	1.2	1,208	358	220	109	49	43	45	113	+116
22	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.3	37	NBA Finals	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
23	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1.3	46	NBA Finals	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	60	159
24	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1.3	29	NBA Finals	30.5	14.0	4.2	3.5	0.2	4.3	9.9	43.8	1.4	4.1	35.0	3.9	4.7	83.1	58.5	0.7	3.5	2.6	884	407	121	102	37	5	76	95	+177
25	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	1.3	23	NBA Finals	30.1	9.5	2.4	3.0	0.1	3.1	7.7	40.4	1.6	4.2	37.1	1.7	2.3	75.0	54.5	0.2	2.2	2.1	693	219	55	70	29	3	48	61	+56