Alvin Robertson averaged the most steals per game when playing 10+ games, with 2.7 per game.

nba player averages the highest steals per game eith a minimum games of 10 played

NAME	GP	SPG	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	+/-
Alvin Robertson	779	2.7	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638
Micheal Ray Richardson	556	2.6	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
Jerry West	31	2.6	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
Michael Jordan	1,072	2.3	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Mookie Blaylock	889	2.3	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
Fat Lever	752	2.2	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	1,471	1,803
Slick Watts	437	2.2	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
John Stockton	1,504	2.2	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
Allen Iverson	914	2.2	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
Jerry Sloan	177	2.2	34.2	12.4	6.8	1.9	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.9				2.5	3.4	72.6	48.5	2.1	4.8		6,054	2,194	1,210	332	381	32		615
Maurice Cheeks	1,101	2.1	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
Chris Paul	1,272	2.1	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	0.2	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	58.1	0.6	3.9	2.3	43,316	22,288	5,682	11,894	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6112
Clyde Drexler	1,086	2.0	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
Rick Barry	554	2.0	35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	3.9	4.2	91.6	50.5	0.9	4.3	2.5	19,585	11,729	2,876	3,163	1,104	269	574	1,464
Gus Williams	825	2.0	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	1,638	291	1,646	1,637
Scottie Pippen	1,178	2.0	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
Johnny Moore	520	2.0	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
Ron Lee	448	1.9	21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.9	7.0	41.6	0.2	0.6	32.1	1.5	2.1	70.5	46.6	0.9	1.8	2.1	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	783	1,368
Nate McMillan	796	1.9	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	2.3	5.2	44.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	1.0	1.5	65.0	50.8	1.2	2.9	1.9	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,486	2,408	+280
Jason Kidd	1,391	1.9	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
Magic Johnson	906	1.9	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
Isiah Thomas	979	1.9	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
Walt Frazier	359	1.9	38.0	18.7	5.4	5.6	0.2	7.6	15.9	47.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.5	4.2	81.9	52.6	1.1	4.2	2.1	13,626	6,731	1,926	2,028	681	63	139	922
Doug Christie	827	1.9	31.5	11.2	4.1	3.6	0.5	3.9	9.2	42.6	1.0	2.7	35.4	2.4	3.0	82.1	53.5	1.0	3.1	2.1	26,079	9,301	3,382	2,992	1,555	392	1,721	2,051	+1057
Quinn Buckner	719	1.9	22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	0.1	3.5	7.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	18.4	1.2	1.8	65.7	48.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	1,337	80	1,382	2,097