nba centers with most steals per game in a career

Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most career steals per game by a center, with 1.7 per game.

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NBA centers with most steals per game with a minimum of 400 games played in a career

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.7	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.4	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
3	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1.3	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-553
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1.3	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	2.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	47.2	3.3	6.7	1.0	28,812	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,249	1,932	960	1,834	+1643
5	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.3	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.7	2.2	6.9	2.2	23,463	7,206	6,873	3,275	999	1,160	978	2,636
6	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1.3	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	54.1	2.0	5.0	2.6	27,203	13,910	6,937	4,012	1,289	808	2,194	3,214
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.3	777	31.8	22.1	11.0	7.4	0.7	8.5	15.1	56.2	1.1	3.1	36.4	4.0	4.9	82.6	64.2	2.7	8.3	2.9	24,745	17,158	8,530	5,734	993	561	2,290	2,085	+4375
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.2	934	26.6	12.3	12.1	1.2	1.3	5.2	9.5	54.1	0.0	0.2	18.4	2.0	4.0	48.7	54.5	4.1	7.9	1.8	24,838	11,507	11,256	1,132	1,149	1,174	1,649	2,662	-836
9	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	1.1	524	37.9	17.1	12.8	4.0	0.9	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	2.6	3.3	80.3	50.1	3.0	9.8	2.2	19,878	8,970	6,696	2,104	599	488	543	1,945
10	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1.1	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,288	1,631	2,470	3,609	+2228
11	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1.1	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.5	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	23,844	13,984	6,696	2,353	777	1,100	1,112	2,201
12	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	1.1	591	34.6	8.7	11.9	4.1	0.6	3.7	7.0	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.4	2.2	62.5	54.4	3.5	8.4	1.9	20,468	5,141	7,059	2,400	628	367	579	1,615
13	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1.1	943	33.7	16.0	10.0	3.3	1.0	5.9	12.7	46.2	0.2	0.7	33.1	4.0	4.7	84.8	54.0	2.3	7.7	2.4	31,782	15,059	9,429	3,075	1,001	928	2,243	3,263
14	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	1.1	529	30.3	15.5	8.9	3.3	0.8	5.9	11.2	52.8	0.3	0.8	31.7	3.4	4.5	75.0	58.6	2.2	6.7	2.1	16,018	8,185	4,703	1,760	559	445	1,097	1,269	+827
15	Nene	1.0	706	25.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	0.8	4.2	7.4	56.7	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.6	3.9	66.3	60.3	1.8	4.2	1.6	17,818	7,744	4,279	1,098	740	574	1,123	2,138	+1537
16	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	1.0	495	25.9	12.2	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.9	9.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	6.3	2.4	3.3	70.3	55.9	2.7	5.1	1.8	12,843	6,055	3,829	1,063	511	292	883	1,082	-817
17	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	1.0	403	31.2	13.2	7.8	2.3	0.9	5.0	10.3	48.4	0.0	0.1	17.9	3.2	4.0	79.6	54.7	1.9	5.9	1.9	12,591	5,323	3,131	938	415	380	777	1,435
18	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1.0	628	33.2	18.3	7.8	1.8	1.6	7.4	15.4	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.8	74.5	52.3	2.5	5.3	2.9	20,834	11,479	4,915	1,151	637	1,016	1,800	2,017
19	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1.0	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	2.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	50.9	2.6	7.4	1.4	23,423	7,612	7,923	1,528	775	1,881	1,098	2,195	+280
20	Dan Issel D. Issel	1.0	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	0.6	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	698	396	1,281	2,022
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	0.9	609	33.7	23.3	10.1	2.3	1.6	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	6.5	76.6	56.0	2.5	7.6	2.3	20,507	14,178	6,163	1,379	577	984	687	2,001
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	0.9	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	1,160	3,189	2,527	3,667
23	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	0.9	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	1,047	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
24	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	0.9	619	24.4	11.8	8.9	2.6	1.1	4.6	9.2	50.2	0.2	0.8	29.0	2.3	3.5	66.1	54.8	2.5	6.4	2.2	15,082	7,278	5,495	1,594	573	658	1,335	1,948	+766
25	Oliver Miller O. Miller	0.9	493	23.0	7.4	5.9	2.2	1.5	3.1	5.8	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.6	1.1	1.7	63.9	55.7	1.9	4.0	1.9	11,338	3,625	2,893	1,061	455	758	921	1,460	-228

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.4

Durant

RPG

9.3

Sengun

APG

6.7

Sengun

Team Rankings

ORTG

123.1

2nd

DRTG

113.9

8th

NETRTG

9.3

2nd

3P%

40.0

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	5	.857
2	Spurs	25	9	.735	4.5
3	Rockets	21	10	.677	7.0
4	Nuggets	23	11	.676	6.5
5	Lakers	21	11	.656	7.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/3	HOU	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Mon 1/5	PHX	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Wed 1/7	HOU	@	POR	10:00 PM
Fri 1/9	HOU	@	POR	10:00 PM
Sun 1/11	HOU	@	SAC	9:00 PM

Last Game

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21 - 10

120

Final

Nets

10 - 21

Thu 1 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.6

Dončić

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.9

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.7

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.7

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

1.8

Anunoby

BPG Leaders

2.4

Sarr

2.3

Huff

2.0

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.6

123.1

121.9

121.8

120.7

119.2

DRtg Rankings

105.6

111.4

112.3

113.1

113.3

113.4

NetRtg Rankings

15.0

9.3

6.8

6.7

6.0

Tank Leaderboard

6-29

8-28

8-27

9-24

10-22

11-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,764.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,636.2

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,770.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,729.8

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.1

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.9

Maxey

36.5

Thompson

36.3

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.70

Dončić

1.57

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

23-11

19-12-1

20-14

21-15

18-13

Worst Record ATS

12-24

12-23

13-21

14-21

14-19

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	25	9	.735
2	Knicks	23	11	.676	2.0
3	Celtics	21	12	.636	3.5
4	Raptors	20	15	.571	5.5
5	76ers	18	14	.563	6.0
6	Heat	19	15	.559	6.0
7	Cavaliers	20	16	.556	6.0
8	Magic	19	16	.543	6.5
9	Bulls	17	17	.500	8.0
10	Hawks	17	19	.472	9.0
11	Bucks	15	20	.429	10.5
12	Hornets	11	23	.324	14.0
13	Nets	10	22	.313	14.0
14	Wizards	9	24	.273	15.5
15	Pacers	6	29	.171	19.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	5	.857
2	Spurs	25	9	.735	4.5
3	Rockets	21	10	.677	7.0
4	Nuggets	23	11	.676	6.5
5	Lakers	21	11	.656	7.5
6	Timberwolves	21	13	.618	8.5
7	Suns	20	14	.588	9.5
8	Warriors	18	17	.514	12.0
9	Grizzlies	15	19	.441	14.5
10	Trail Blazers	15	20	.429	15.0
11	Clippers	12	21	.364	17.0
12	Jazz	12	21	.364	17.0
13	Mavericks	12	23	.343	18.0
14	Kings	8	27	.229	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	28	.222	22.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 12/1	NYK	@	BOS	117-123
Mon 12/1	OKC	@	GSW	124-112
Tue 12/2	DEN	@	IND	135-120
Tue 12/2	POR	@	CLE	122-110
Tue 12/2	SAS	@	ORL	114-112

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/3	MIN	@	MIA	5:00 PM
Sat 1/3	ATL	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Sat 1/3	PHI	@	NYK	7:30 PM
Sat 1/3	POR	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Sat 1/3	CHA	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most career steals per game by a center, with 1.7 per game.

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