nba best average steals per game in each decade

Alvin Robertson has gotten the most steals per game in a decade, with 2.9 per game in the 1980s.

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NBA best average steals per game by a player in each 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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.9	1980s	389	32.2	16.2	5.4	5.4	0.5	6.6	13.7	48.2	0.2	0.6	26.8	2.8	3.7	75.4	52.7	2.1	3.3	3.0	12,525	6,285	2,087	2,094	1,128	204	1,148	1,336
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.8	1980s	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1980s	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
4	Jerry West J. West	2.6	1970s	31	31.2	20.3	3.7	6.6	0.7	7.5	16.7	44.7				5.3	6.4	83.3	51.9	1.0	2.8		967	629	116	206	81	23		80
5	Don Buse D. Buse	2.5	1970s	245	32.8	8.0	3.0	5.8	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.5				1.2	1.5	79.6	49.2	0.7	2.3	1.3	8,038	1,972	736	1,432	622	48	220	422
6	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.5	1990s	390	31.1	11.8	5.1	4.7	0.3	4.7	10.0	47.0	0.4	1.5	30.6	1.9	2.6	72.9	52.7	2.1	3.0	2.5	12,144	4,597	1,979	1,835	984	119	968	1,302
7	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.4	1990s	712	36.0	14.4	4.3	6.9	0.4	5.6	13.6	41.3	1.5	4.6	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	49.4	1.2	3.1	2.5	25,616	10,261	3,065	4,907	1,742	254	1,759	1,411	+1220
8	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
9	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.3	1980s	221	35.0	19.4	4.6	5.0	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.5	0.2	1.0	22.6	4.1	5.8	71.1	52.8	1.6	3.0	3.3	7,745	4,279	1,024	1,109	516	210	733	628
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.3	1980s	410	27.6	10.6	2.2	9.6	0.2	3.8	7.3	52.7	0.1	0.5	25.9	2.8	3.4	82.3	60.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	11,296	4,340	920	3,941	948	65	1,052	1,142
11	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.3	1980s	557	32.4	14.5	6.0	6.9	0.3	5.9	13.1	45.3	0.1	0.6	27.0	2.5	3.2	76.6	49.9	1.9	4.1	2.1	18,065	8,059	3,330	3,847	1,287	166	1,181	1,398
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.3	1980s	478	33.0	19.8	5.9	5.6	0.7	7.8	15.9	49.2	0.1	0.6	23.0	4.0	5.1	78.0	54.5	2.7	3.2	2.9	15,777	9,484	2,798	2,677	1,101	320	1,367	1,544
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.3	1990s	585	38.4	30.8	6.3	5.1	0.7	11.7	23.4	50.1	0.8	2.4	35.9	6.6	7.9	83.0	57.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	22,445	18,014	3,707	2,966	1,344	417	1,439	1,408	+1416
14	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.3	1980s	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	26,174	9,744	2,284	5,781	1,768	260	1,777	1,736
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.3	1990s	766	35.0	14.9	2.9	11.9	0.2	5.3	10.3	51.6	0.8	2.1	39.9	3.5	4.2	82.2	61.4	0.7	2.2	3.2	26,798	11,451	2,225	9,146	1,753	174	2,420	2,021	+1460
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.3	1990s	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,765	11,503	2,706	4,816	1,603	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
17	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	2.2	1970s	131	29.9	13.4	2.8	3.6	0.2	5.4	11.3	48.1				2.5	3.1	80.6	52.8	1.0	1.8	1.6	3,922	1,755	362	472	294	25	94	360
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.2	1990s	731	38.0	19.2	7.2	5.9	0.9	7.6	15.7	48.1	1.0	2.9	33.3	3.1	4.5	70.3	54.4	2.0	5.1	3.0	27,805	14,040	5,238	4,312	1,639	689	2,201	2,139	+1193
19	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.2	1990s	119	30.8	9.2	3.2	8.1	0.2	3.3	7.6	43.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.1	50.8	0.7	2.5	2.5	3,669	1,096	384	958	266	25	299	386	+337
20	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.2	1980s	154	37.2	15.1	4.8	9.7	0.1	6.0	13.2	45.0	0.7	2.4	30.9	2.5	3.4	73.7	51.4	1.5	3.3	3.1	5,726	2,333	737	1,487	344	13	484	407
21	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
22	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.2	1970s	242	24.5	8.4	3.0	5.4	0.2	3.6	7.9	45.2				1.2	2.0	60.8	47.6	0.9	2.0	2.7	5,924	2,021	721	1,296	536	57	436	802
23	Phil Ford P. Ford	2.2	1970s	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5				4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
24	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.2	1970s	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3				1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239	1,314
25	Ron Lee R. Lee	2.2	1970s	224	22.9	10.6	3.2	3.5	0.3	4.4	10.0	43.8				1.8	2.6	70.8	47.5	1.1	2.1	2.7	5,123	2,374	721	773	488	56	386	715