nba player to average 2 steals per game in a season for pacers

Don Buse got 3.5 steals per game for the Pacers in 1976-77.

Interpreted as:
NBA player to average 2 or higher steals per game in a season for pacers
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Don Buse
D. Buse
3.5
1976-77
IND IND
81
36.4
8.0
3.3
8.5
0.2
3.3
7.9
41.6
1.4
1.8
78.6
46.0
0.8
2.5
2,947
646
270
685
281
16
129
2Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
2.1
1977-78
IND IND
23
41.2
26.5
9.4
2.8
0.7
8.7
17.5
49.9
9.0
11.4
78.7
58.7
4.1
5.3
2.9
948
609
216
65
48
17
67
76
3Ricky Sobers
R. Sobers
2.2
1977-78
IND IND
79
38.2
18.2
4.1
7.4
0.3
7.0
15.5
45.3
4.2
5.1
82.5
51.4
1.2
3.0
4.5
3,019
1,436
327
584
170
23
352
308
4Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
2.6
1979-80
IND IND
82
24.7
8.4
2.7
3.1
0.6
3.4
7.4
45.2
0.0
0.1
40.0
1.7
2.1
78.2
50.2
0.8
1.9
2.0
2,027
688
223
252
211
48
166
194
5Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
2.3
1980-81
IND IND
82
22.8
8.0
2.4
2.3
0.5
3.2
6.8
47.4
0.0
0.2
12.5
1.5
2.2
70.2
51.5
0.9
1.5
1.5
1,867
657
193
188
186
37
122
236
6Don Buse
D. Buse
2.0
1981-82
IND IND
82
30.8
9.7
2.7
5.0
0.3
3.8
8.4
45.5
0.9
2.3
38.6
1.2
1.5
81.3
53.9
0.6
2.2
1.2
2,529
797
223
407
164
27
95
176
7Ralph Jackson
R. Jackson
2.0
1984-85
IND 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
8Micheal Williams
M. Williams
2.1
1990-91
IND IND
73
23.4
11.1
2.4
4.8
0.2
3.6
7.2
49.9
0.0
0.1
14.3
4.0
4.5
87.9
60.8
0.7
1.7
2.1
1,706
813
176
348
150
17
150
202
9Micheal Williams
M. Williams
2.9
1991-92
IND IND
79
34.8
15.0
3.6
8.2
0.3
5.1
10.4
49.0
0.1
0.4
24.2
4.7
5.4
87.1
58.7
0.9
2.6
3.0
2,750
1,188
282
647
233
22
240
262
10Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
2.4
2001-02
IND IND
28
29.3
10.9
5.0
1.8
0.6
4.2
10.2
41.1
0.6
2.8
21.5
2.0
2.7
73.3
48.1
1.2
3.8
1.8
819
306
140
50
66
16
49
109
+66
11Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
2.3
2002-03
IND IND
69
33.6
15.5
5.2
2.9
0.7
5.2
12.3
42.8
1.0
3.1
33.6
4.0
5.4
73.6
52.9
1.5
3.8
2.1
2,317
1,068
362
198
159
50
145
242
+336
12Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
2.1
2003-04
IND IND
73
37.2
18.3
5.3
3.7
0.7
6.4
15.2
42.1
1.0
3.3
31.0
4.4
6.0
73.3
51.1
1.4
3.9
2.8
2,714
1,333
385
272
152
50
202
194
+486
13Jamaal Tinsley
J. Tinsley
2.0
2004-05
IND IND
40
32.5
15.4
4.0
6.4
0.3
5.5
13.1
41.8
1.5
3.9
37.2
3.1
4.1
74.4
51.8
0.7
3.4
3.4
1,301
616
160
257
81
12
134
112
+103
14Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
2.6
2005-06
IND IND
16
37.7
19.4
4.9
2.2
0.7
6.8
14.8
46.0
1.1
3.4
33.3
4.6
7.6
61.2
53.4
1.6
3.3
2.7
603
310
78
35
42
11
43
45
+128
15Victor Oladipo
V. Oladipo
2.4
2017-18
IND IND
75
34.0
23.1
5.2
4.3
0.8
8.5
17.9
47.7
2.1
5.8
37.1
3.9
4.9
79.9
57.7
0.6
4.6
2.9
2,552
1,735
390
323
177
57
219
175
+336
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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