most steals per game in the playoffs by an nba player in the first 15 years of their career

Lance Blanks got the most steals per game by a player in the playoffs in his first 15 playoffs, with 3.0 per game.

NAME SPG 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 Lance Blanks
L. Blanks
3.0
1
10.0
2.0
1.0
3.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
10
2
1
3
3
0
1
2
2 Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
2.8
18
39.6
15.7
5.5
7.2
0.2
6.0
15.6
38.6
0.3
1.6
20.7
3.3
4.8
69.0
44.3
1.8
3.7
2.8
712
282
99
129
50
4
50
63
3 Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
2.8
13
37.7
20.2
5.3
6.2
0.2
7.8
15.2
51.5
0.5
1.3
35.3
4.0
5.3
75.4
57.4
2.1
3.2
3.0
490
262
69
81
36
2
39
53
4 Slick Watts
S. Watts
2.5
17
30.7
10.9
3.4
7.1
0.4
4.6
10.4
44.6
1.6
3.1
51.9
46.3
1.1
2.3
3.5
522
185
58
120
43
7
7
66
5 Baron Davis
B. Davis
2.3
50
37.0
18.8
4.3
6.2
0.5
6.6
14.9
44.2
2.0
5.7
35.0
3.7
5.2
70.9
54.8
1.0
3.3
2.6
1,851
942
213
311
114
24
131
177
+118
6 Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
2.2
133
36.5
14.4
3.4
6.9
0.3
5.8
11.3
51.2
0.0
0.3
9.8
2.7
3.5
77.7
55.7
0.9
2.5
2.4
4,848
1,910
453
922
295
45
318
324
7 Rick Barry
R. Barry
2.2
48
37.9
23.6
5.2
5.4
0.8
9.5
21.6
44.2
0.5
2.0
25.0
4.5
4.9
91.1
49.7
1.4
3.8
1.5
1,817
1,132
251
258
106
39
12
142
8 Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
2.1
54
40.0
14.2
4.9
6.6
0.4
5.2
14.0
37.0
2.3
6.6
35.0
1.6
2.3
68.3
47.4
1.2
3.7
3.0
2,161
769
266
357
116
24
162
102
+1
9 De'Aaron Fox
D. Fox
2.1
7
38.6
27.4
5.4
7.7
0.6
10.0
23.6
42.4
3.0
9.0
33.3
4.4
5.9
75.6
52.4
1.7
3.7
4.0
270
192
38
54
15
4
28
23
-20
10 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
2.1
15
41.0
22.7
7.7
4.6
0.3
9.5
18.1
52.4
3.8
4.3
87.7
56.9
1.6
6.1
615
341
115
69
32
4
45
11 Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
2.1
111
38.0
20.4
4.7
8.9
0.3
7.4
16.8
44.1
0.7
2.1
34.6
4.8
6.2
76.9
52.0
1.2
3.5
3.3
4,216
2,261
524
987
234
38
369
363
12 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2.1
179
41.8
33.4
6.4
5.7
0.9
12.2
25.1
48.7
0.8
2.5
33.2
8.2
9.9
82.8
56.8
1.7
4.7
3.1
7,474
5,987
1,152
1,022
376
158
546
541
+294
13 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
2.1
71
45.1
29.7
3.8
6.0
0.2
10.6
26.5
40.1
1.7
5.3
32.7
6.7
8.8
76.4
48.9
0.8
3.0
3.1
3,203
2,111
273
425
147
14
221
157
-138
14 Anthony Roberson
A. Roberson
2.0
1
4.0
8.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.0
75.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
4
8
1
0
2
0
1
0
+8
15 Bill Robinzine
B. Robinzine
2.0
8
23.4
10.4
6.8
0.4
0.0
4.4
9.4
46.7
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.3
72.2
50.0
2.8
4.0
1.8
187
83
54
3
16
0
14
26
16 Ron Lee
R. Lee
2.0
2
20.5
6.0
3.0
1.5
0.0
2.5
8.0
31.3
1.0
1.0
100.0
35.5
1.0
2.0
2.0
41
12
6
3
4
0
4
7
17 Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
2.0
142
40.1
14.0
7.0
8.6
0.3
5.0
12.5
39.6
1.6
4.9
32.5
2.5
3.2
77.7
50.2
1.5
5.5
3.0
5,697
1,986
992
1,215
278
47
426
329
+144
18 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
1.9
204
39.4
17.7
7.7
5.1
0.9
6.5
14.6
44.4
1.0
3.2
30.3
3.8
5.2
72.3
52.4
2.3
5.4
2.9
8,030
3,619
1,572
1,035
395
185
595
678
+264
19 Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
1.9
29
37.0
9.4
9.9
5.0
1.5
3.7
9.2
40.1
0.1
0.2
25.0
2.0
2.6
77.6
45.6
2.3
7.6
2.9
1,074
274
287
144
56
44
66
113
20 Chris Paul
C. Paul
1.9
149
36.5
20.0
4.9
8.3
0.2
7.4
15.3
48.4
1.6
4.4
37.3
3.5
4.1
85.4
58.3
0.7
4.2
2.5
5,442
2,981
730
1,233
287
31
377
437
+130
21 Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
1.9
145
38.4
20.4
6.9
6.1
0.7
7.4
16.6
44.7
1.0
3.4
28.8
4.6
5.9
78.7
53.2
2.5
4.4
2.7
5,572
2,963
1,002
891
278
108
397
486
+52
22 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1.9
190
39.7
19.5
7.7
12.3
0.3
6.8
13.4
50.6
0.3
1.1
24.1
5.6
6.7
83.8
59.5
1.8
5.9
3.7
7,538
3,701
1,465
2,346
358
64
696
524
23 John Stockton
J. Stockton
1.9
158
35.3
13.7
3.3
10.2
0.3
4.8
10.2
47.4
0.6
1.9
33.2
3.4
4.3
80.7
57.0
0.9
2.4
2.9
5,572
2,169
518
1,613
296
43
462
461
+115
24 Anfernee Hardaway
A. Hardaway
1.9
64
41.3
20.4
4.7
6.2
0.8
7.1
15.9
44.8
1.6
4.2
38.0
4.5
6.1
74.6
54.8
1.6
3.2
2.9
2,640
1,304
303
394
119
48
188
197
-109
25 Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
1.9
7
36.6
20.9
11.9
5.3
0.4
8.4
18.7
45.0
0.4
1.1
37.5
3.6
5.7
62.5
49.1
3.0
8.9
2.1
256
146
83
37
13
3
15
26
+33
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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1
Thunder Thunder
68
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Rockets Rockets
52
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.634
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3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
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