most times leading nba in steals per game

LeBron James has stolen the ball 1.5 times per game in his career.

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most times leading NBA in steals per game by a player

	NAME	SPG	SEAS	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	LeBron James L. James	1.5	23	1,603	37.7	26.9	7.5	7.4	0.7	9.9	19.5	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	60,404	43,066	11,966	11,872	2,388	1,174	5,596	2,836	+7375
2	Vince Carter V. Carter	1.0	22	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,367	25,728	6,606	4,714	1,530	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	21	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1.3	21	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	1,859	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	0.8	21	1,522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	7.3	15.6	47.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	4.8	5.4	87.9	57.7	1.0	6.6	1.6	51,368	31,560	11,489	3,651	1,210	1,281	2,494	3,601	+6541
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	0.8	21	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
7	Kevin Willis K. Willis	0.7	21	1,424	26.9	12.1	8.4	0.9	0.5	5.0	10.2	48.7	0.0	0.1	21.1	2.1	3.0	71.3	52.5	2.9	5.5	1.8	38,362	17,253	11,901	1,328	958	751	2,520	4,172	-825
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.4	20	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
9	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1.3	20	1,180	31.1	13.9	4.2	6.0	0.3	4.5	10.5	42.3	1.9	5.1	36.8	3.1	3.8	81.5	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.2	36,743	16,368	4,965	7,107	1,501	352	2,630	3,164	+2851
10	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	0.9	20	1,327	29.4	14.6	2.2	3.4	0.2	5.1	12.4	41.0	1.7	4.8	34.8	2.8	3.2	86.2	52.9	0.4	1.9	1.9	38,994	19,419	2,948	4,541	1,179	271	2,476	2,008	-1252
11	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	0.5	20	879	24.7	7.5	6.6	0.8	0.3	3.0	6.2	48.9	0.0	0.1	12.7	1.4	1.9	75.6	53.3	1.8	4.8	0.9	21,720	6,586	5,791	733	424	252	810	2,069	+452
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	19	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	19	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
14	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1.4	19	1,231	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	0.5	4.1	8.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	33.0	2.3	3.2	70.9	55.3	0.9	4.0	1.8	39,507	13,968	6,047	5,147	1,765	633	2,240	2,180	+3024
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	1.4	19	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	2,085	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
16	Mike Conley M. Conley	1.3	19	1,218	30.7	13.7	2.9	5.5	0.2	4.8	11.0	43.6	1.6	4.2	38.7	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	37,427	16,665	3,534	6,755	1,629	254	2,207	2,335	+2720
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1.3	19	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	1,752	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
18	Jason Terry J. Terry	1.1	19	1,410	29.8	13.4	2.3	3.8	0.2	4.9	11.1	44.4	1.6	4.3	38.0	2.0	2.3	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.0	1.7	42,034	18,881	3,274	5,415	1,603	275	2,415	2,577	+1718
19	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1.1	19	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	6.5	2.2	40,280	12,417	12,205	3,217	1,351	384	2,785	4,421	+171
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1.0	19	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	1,223	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	0.8	19	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
22	Al Horford A. Horford	0.8	19	1,176	31.2	12.8	7.8	3.2	1.1	5.3	10.3	50.8	0.9	2.3	37.6	1.4	1.8	76.4	57.3	1.9	5.9	1.4	36,721	15,008	9,131	3,724	895	1,342	1,606	2,461	+3588
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	0.7	19	1,392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	2.2	7.4	14.6	50.6	0.0	0.1	17.9	4.2	6.1	69.6	55.1	2.8	8.1	2.4	47,368	26,496	15,091	4,225	1,025	3,020	3,381	3,304	+8910
24	Juwan Howard J. Howard	0.7	19	1,208	30.3	13.4	6.1	2.2	0.3	5.4	11.5	46.9	0.0	0.0	12.0	2.5	3.3	76.4	51.4	1.9	4.2	2.0	36,654	16,159	7,428	2,663	818	312	2,469	3,493	-1769
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	0.6	19	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.3

6th

DRTG

114.1

12th

NETRTG

4.2

9th

3P%

35.8

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	39	20	.661	5.5
3	Knicks	38	22	.633	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	24	.607	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/1	CLE	@	BKN	3:30 PM
Tue 3/3	DET	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 3/9	PHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 3/11	CLE	@	ORL	7:30 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

37 - 24

119

Final

122

Pistons

44 - 14

Fri 27 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.6

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.6

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.5

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.8

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

67.9

Antetokounmpo

67.8

Jokić

67.8

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.8

119.5

118.9

118.6

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.2

111.3

112.4

112.6

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

7.8

6.7

5.9

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-47

15-45

15-44

16-43

18-42

19-42

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,864.2

Maxey

2,738

Jokić

2,685.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,920.3

Jokić

2,891.5

Maxey

2,839.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.5

Dončić

36.7

Brown

33.7

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.4

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.80

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.93

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

39-22

36-23-1

34-25

35-26

33-25-1

34-26

Worst Record ATS

24-37

25-35

24-33-1

25-34

25-34-1

26-35

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	44	14	.759
2	Celtics	39	20	.661	5.5
3	Knicks	38	22	.633	7.0
4	Cavaliers	37	24	.607	8.5
5	Raptors	35	25	.583	10.0
6	76ers	33	26	.559	11.5
7	Magic	31	27	.534	13.0
8	Heat	32	29	.525	13.5
9	Hornets	30	31	.492	15.5
10	Hawks	30	31	.492	15.5
11	Bucks	26	32	.448	18.0
12	Bulls	24	36	.400	21.0
13	Wizards	16	43	.271	28.5
14	Nets	15	44	.254	29.5
15	Pacers	15	45	.250	30.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	46	15	.754
2	Spurs	43	16	.729	2.0
3	Rockets	37	22	.627	8.0
4	Nuggets	37	23	.617	8.5
5	Timberwolves	37	23	.617	8.5
6	Lakers	35	24	.593	10.0
7	Suns	34	26	.567	11.5
8	Warriors	31	29	.517	14.5
9	Trail Blazers	29	32	.475	17.0
10	Clippers	27	31	.466	17.5
11	Grizzlies	22	36	.379	22.5
12	Mavericks	21	38	.356	24.0
13	Pelicans	19	42	.311	27.0
14	Jazz	18	42	.300	27.5
15	Kings	14	47	.230	32.0