Between October 28, 1975 and October 28, 2025, Jacob Gilyard has gotten the most steals per game by a rookie, with 3.0 per game in 2022-23.

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	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	Jacob Gilyard J. Gilyard	3.0	2022-23	MEM	1	40.8	3.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	41	3	4	7	3	0	2	3	-13
2	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.5	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.5	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.5	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.4	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	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	197	69	291	285
6	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2.3	1993-94	ORL	82	36.8	16.0	5.4	6.6	0.6	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.6	2.3	26.7	3.0	4.0	74.2	53.1	2.3	3.0	3.6	3,015	1,313	439	544	190	51	292	205
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.2	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
8	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	2.2	2011-12	MIN	41	34.2	10.6	4.2	8.2	0.2	3.4	9.5	35.7	0.8	2.3	34.0	3.1	3.8	80.3	47.6	0.5	3.7	3.2	1,404	436	171	336	91	8	131	97	+53
9	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	2.1	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	2,663	1,162	310	689	165	12	260	232
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
11	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.0	1994-95	LAL	64	31.0	14.0	3.9	2.0	0.6	5.3	11.6	46.0	1.4	3.8	37.0	1.9	2.6	72.2	54.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	1,981	897	249	128	131	41	75	175
12	Gary Grant G. Grant	2.0	1988-89	LAC	71	27.1	11.9	3.4	7.1	0.1	5.1	11.7	43.5	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.7	2.3	73.5	46.9	1.1	2.2	3.6	1,924	846	238	506	144	9	258	170
13	Mark Macon M. Macon	2.0	1991-92	DEN	76	30.3	10.6	2.9	2.2	0.2	4.4	11.7	37.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	1.8	2.4	73.0	41.5	1.1	1.8	2.0	2,304	805	220	168	154	14	155	242
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.0	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,243	588	243	528	165	15	180	249
15	Hugo González H. González	2.0	2025-26	BOS	2	20.5	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	4.0	37.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		37.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	41	6	5	1	4	1	0	6	0
16	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	2.0	2025-26	SAC	1	23.7	2.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	3.0	5.0	1.0	24	2	8	2	2	1	1	4	+3
17	Renaldo Major R. Major	2.0	2006-07	GSW	1	27.4	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	10.0	20.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	23.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	27	5	2	0	2	0	1	4	+15
18	Ralph Jackson R. Jackson	2.0	1984-85	IND	1	12.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	12	2	1	4	2	0	1	1
19	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.0	2008-09	MIA	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	54.8	0.5	2.3	2.0	2,626	818	228	403	160	8	165	240	+30
20	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	1.9	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	127	165	-266
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1994-95	DAL	79	33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	0.9	3.3	27.2	2.4	3.5	69.8	47.1	1.9	3.5	3.2	2,668	922	430	607	151	24	250	146
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.9	2009-10	GSW	80	36.2	17.5	4.5	5.9	0.2	6.6	14.3	46.2	2.1	4.8	43.7	2.2	2.5	88.5	56.8	0.6	3.9	3.0	2,896	1,399	356	472	152	19	243	252	-186
23	Jason Williams J. Williams	1.9	1998-99	SAC	50	36.1	12.8	3.1	6.0	0.0	4.6	12.3	37.4	2.0	6.5	31.0	1.6	2.1	75.2	48.3	0.3	2.8	2.9	1,805	641	153	299	95	1	143	91	-44
24	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	1.9	2013-14	PHI	70	34.5	16.7	6.2	6.3	0.6	6.1	15.1	40.5	0.8	3.0	26.4	3.7	5.2	70.3	48.0	1.4	4.8	3.5	2,414	1,167	437	441	130	43	247	213	-450
25	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	1.9	1988-89	SAS	81	33.8	18.6	5.1	4.6	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.8	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,738	1,508	417	372	150	62	261	295