nba highest career steals in a season in bulls history

Michael Jordan has the most steals for the Bulls in a season, with 259 steals in 1987-88.

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Data note: Steals: player season data complete from 1973-74

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	259	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	131	252	270
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	236	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	125	272	237
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	234	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	65	290	247
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	232	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	2.9	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	89	271	238
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	227	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	54	247	241
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	223	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	83	202	229
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	221	1992-93	CHI	78	39.3	32.6	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	61	207	188
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	211	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	2.9	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	58	232	227
9	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	211	1989-90	CHI	82	38.4	16.5	6.7	5.4	2.6	1.2	6.9	14.0	48.9	0.3	1.4	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.5	52.8	1.8	4.8	3.4	3,148	1,351	547	444	101	278	298
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	196	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	69	291	285
11	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	193	1990-91	CHI	82	36.8	17.8	7.3	6.2	2.4	1.1	7.3	14.1	52.0	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.9	4.1	70.6	56.1	2.0	5.3	2.8	3,014	1,461	595	511	93	232	270
12	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	183	1973-74	CHI	77	37.1	13.2	7.2	1.9	2.4	0.1	5.4	12.0	44.7				2.5	3.5	71.1	48.9	1.9	5.3		2,860	1,018	556	149	10		273
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	182	1991-92	CHI	80	38.8	30.1	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	11.8	22.7	51.9	0.3	1.3	27.0	6.1	7.4	83.2	57.9	1.1	5.3	2.5	3,102	2,404	511	489	75	200	201
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	180	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	42	197	195
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	173	1992-93	CHI	81	38.6	18.6	7.7	6.3	2.1	0.9	7.8	16.4	47.3	0.3	1.1	23.7	2.9	4.3	66.3	51.0	2.5	5.2	3.0	3,123	1,510	621	507	73	246	219
16	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	171	1974-75	CHI	78	33.0	12.2	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.2	4.9	11.1	43.9				2.5	3.3	74.8	48.7	2.3	4.6		2,577	953	538	161	17		265
17	Wilbur Holland W. Holland	169	1976-77	CHI	79	31.1	14.9	3.2	3.2	2.1	0.2	6.4	14.2	45.4				2.0	2.4	82.3	48.8	1.0	2.2		2,453	1,176	253	253	16		201
18	Wilbur Holland W. Holland	164	1977-78	CHI	82	35.2	16.6	3.6	3.8	2.0	0.2	6.9	15.7	44.3				2.7	3.4	79.9	48.3	1.3	2.3	2.7	2,884	1,361	294	313	14	223	258
19	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	162	1973-74	CHI	80	35.8	14.3	4.7	6.9	2.0	0.1	5.3	13.1	40.6				3.6	4.6	77.8	47.0	1.4	3.3		2,863	1,142	377	548	7		282
20	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	155	1991-92	CHI	82	38.6	21.0	7.7	7.0	1.9	1.1	8.4	16.6	50.6	0.2	1.0	20.0	4.0	5.3	76.0	55.5	2.3	5.4	3.1	3,164	1,720	630	572	93	253	242
21	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	154	1996-97	CHI	82	37.7	20.2	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	2.5	3.5	70.1	55.4	2.0	4.5	2.6	3,095	1,656	531	467	45	214	213	+807
22	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	152	2000-01	CHI	76	31.1	11.9	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	4.3	10.7	40.1	0.6	1.9	29.1	2.8	3.7	75.0	48.3	0.8	3.1	2.1	2,363	907	294	228	45	159	254	-367
23	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	150	1975-76	CHI	76	39.8	12.6	5.4	6.6	2.0	0.3	4.8	13.0	36.6				3.1	4.2	73.7	42.4	1.8	3.6		3,026	957	410	500	26		298
24	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	144	1977-78	CHI	78	32.4	7.3	3.6	6.8	1.8	0.1	2.6	6.1	41.9				2.2	2.9	75.1	49.5	1.1	2.5	2.6	2,524	572	284	531	5	200	279
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	143	2016-17	CHI	76	37.0	23.9	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	7.5	16.5	45.5	1.2	3.3	36.7	7.7	8.9	86.5	58.6	1.7	4.5	2.1	2,809	1,816	470	417	32	159	112	+204

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