nba league average steals per 36 per position

Point guards had 2.48 steals per game / PER / 36 all-time.

POSITIONSPG/(PER/36)SPGPERGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1
Point Guard
2.48
1.0
15.1
225,984
24.4
10.2
2.6
4.5
0.2
3.8
8.6
44.1
0.8
2.3
35.2
1.9
2.3
79.8
52.9
0.6
2.0
1.8
5,524,456
2,308,533
577,982
1,011,411
235,532
38,243
383,026
428,562
+11443
2
Shooting Guard
2.23
0.9
14.3
247,319
24.2
11.2
2.8
2.5
0.3
4.2
9.3
44.7
0.9
2.6
36.1
2.0
2.5
80.0
53.6
0.7
2.1
1.4
5,993,243
2,757,760
702,703
607,041
219,441
62,796
336,923
474,644
-2708
3
Small Forward
2.04
0.8
14.6
230,146
24.4
10.8
4.1
1.9
0.4
4.1
8.9
46.0
0.7
2.0
35.4
2.0
2.5
77.1
53.8
1.1
2.9
1.4
5,622,715
2,494,369
933,181
443,200
189,714
91,018
304,936
482,784
-11266
4
Power Forward
1.57
0.7
15.2
241,012
23.1
9.7
5.6
1.5
0.6
3.8
7.9
47.8
0.4
1.1
34.6
1.9
2.6
72.7
54.1
1.7
3.9
1.3
5,555,584
2,346,579
1,343,780
352,195
159,777
149,291
307,418
574,964
+2093
5
Center
1.22
0.5
15.9
231,061
21.7
8.7
6.1
1.2
1.0
3.4
6.8
50.6
0.1
0.4
33.1
1.7
2.5
69.6
55.2
1.9
4.1
1.3
5,004,281
2,011,274
1,400,045
285,850
124,645
234,383
287,827
579,700
+701
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
40
13
.755
2
35
19
.648
5.5
3
35
20
.636
6.0
4
34
21
.618
7.0
5
32
23
.582
9.0
6
30
24
.556
10.5
7
28
25
.528
12.0
8
29
27
.518
12.5
9
26
29
.473
15.0
10
26
30
.464
15.5
11
24
31
.436
17.0
12
23
30
.434
17.0
13
15
38
.283
25.0
14
15
40
.273
26.0
15
14
39
.264
26.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
38
16
.704
3.0
3
35
20
.636
6.5
4
33
20
.623
7.5
5
33
21
.611
8.0
6
34
22
.607
8.0
7
32
23
.582
9.5
8
29
26
.527
12.5
9
27
29
.482
15.0
10
26
28
.481
15.0
11
20
33
.377
20.5
12
19
35
.352
22.0
13
18
38
.321
24.0
14
15
41
.268
27.0
15
12
44
.214
30.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
1/16
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106-99
Fri
1/16
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78-121
Fri
1/16
@
120-122
Fri
1/16
@
123-126
Fri
1/16
@
116-136

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/19
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7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/19
@
7:30 PM