nba player to average more than 2 steals per game in a season with the pacers

Don Buse stole the ball 3.5 times per game for the Pacers in 1976-77.

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 Don 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
2 Adrian 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
3 Ricky 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
4 Dudley 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
5 Dudley 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
6 Micheal 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
7 Micheal 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
8 Metta 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
9 Metta 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
10 Metta 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
11 Jamaal 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
12 Metta 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
13 Victor 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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