nba rookie leaders in steals 2026

VJ Edgecombe got the most steals per game by a rookie in 2025-26, with 1.4 per game.

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  • Assumption:57.4+ GP/82TG
  • Data note: Steals Per Game: player season data complete from 1973-74
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
1.4
2025-26
75
35.0
16.0
5.6
4.2
0.5
6.0
13.7
43.8
2.0
5.6
35.4
2.0
2.4
81.8
54.0
1.6
4.0
1.8
2,623
1,199
423
315
107
39
137
214
+57
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
1.2
2025-26
70
33.5
21.0
6.7
4.5
0.9
8.0
17.1
46.8
1.0
3.5
29.5
4.0
4.9
82.7
54.8
1.2
5.4
2.3
2,344
1,473
466
316
84
64
161
142
-266
3Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
1.2
2025-26
82
25.8
14.3
3.7
3.4
0.4
5.3
12.3
43.4
1.2
3.7
33.0
2.4
3.0
78.9
52.5
0.7
2.9
2.2
2,112
1,169
300
279
97
30
178
151
-287
4Will Richard
W. Richard
1.2
2025-26
69
20.0
6.4
2.5
1.3
0.1
2.3
5.0
46.8
1.0
3.1
33.5
0.7
0.8
85.2
59.6
1.0
1.5
0.8
1,377
441
172
93
80
9
53
131
-97
5Derik Queen
D. Queen
1.0
2025-26
81
25.0
11.7
7.1
3.7
0.9
4.4
9.2
47.3
0.3
1.1
26.1
2.7
3.4
79.5
54.6
1.7
5.4
2.3
2,023
948
572
298
84
74
190
215
-304
6Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
0.9
2025-26
75
25.1
8.6
3.8
2.4
0.3
3.3
7.9
41.8
1.0
3.1
33.3
0.9
1.3
72.2
50.5
0.9
2.9
1.5
1,882
645
282
179
68
24
116
156
-219
7Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
0.8
2025-26
72
27.6
13.8
4.2
1.8
0.7
5.5
12.4
44.3
1.9
5.5
34.4
0.9
1.2
75.0
53.3
1.4
2.8
1.5
1,988
993
302
131
60
49
107
193
-448
8Dylan Harper
D. Harper
0.8
2025-26
69
22.6
11.8
3.4
3.9
0.3
4.8
9.5
50.5
0.9
2.6
34.3
1.3
1.7
75.6
57.4
0.8
2.6
1.4
1,558
813
234
266
54
24
99
139
+303
9Will Riley
W. Riley
0.7
2025-26
74
22.1
10.3
2.9
2.0
0.1
3.7
8.4
43.9
1.1
3.3
31.6
1.9
2.4
80.0
54.8
0.8
2.1
1.3
1,633
764
212
146
54
9
94
91
-484
10Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
0.7
2025-26
68
19.9
7.3
2.3
1.6
0.1
2.6
5.6
46.6
1.2
2.9
40.8
0.8
1.0
82.6
59.7
0.4
1.8
1.2
1,351
495
153
109
49
10
81
146
+32
11Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
0.7
2025-26
61
15.0
4.3
1.9
1.0
0.1
1.7
4.5
38.5
0.5
1.8
25.9
0.4
0.5
75.9
45.5
0.8
1.2
0.3
913
262
117
61
43
9
20
96
-104
12Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
0.7
2025-26
81
31.5
18.5
5.3
3.4
0.2
6.4
13.4
47.5
3.4
7.9
42.5
2.4
2.8
86.3
63.3
1.2
4.1
2.0
2,551
1,498
432
274
57
19
161
169
+322
13Cedric Coward
C. Coward
0.6
2025-26
62
25.8
13.6
5.9
2.8
0.4
4.9
10.5
47.1
1.5
4.4
33.8
2.3
2.7
84.3
58.5
1.3
4.5
1.7
1,598
843
364
171
40
27
105
126
+23
14Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
0.6
2025-26
TOT
69
20.4
7.8
2.0
4.0
0.3
2.6
6.7
38.4
1.1
3.5
30.7
1.6
1.8
90.1
52.3
0.4
1.7
1.7
1,410
538
139
279
44
19
116
119
-285
15Sion James
S. James
0.6
2025-26
82
22.5
5.4
3.5
2.0
0.2
1.7
4.5
37.1
1.0
2.9
35.2
1.0
1.2
83.7
53.1
0.6
2.9
0.8
1,843
441
287
163
52
20
65
148
+65
16Drake Powell
D. Powell
0.6
2025-26
63
21.0
6.5
1.8
1.4
0.2
2.3
5.7
40.2
0.8
2.9
28.0
1.1
1.2
89.6
52.1
0.3
1.4
1.0
1,320
408
111
91
36
14
60
89
-447
17Hugo González
H. González
0.6
2025-26
74
14.6
3.9
3.3
0.5
0.3
1.6
3.3
47.6
0.6
1.6
36.2
0.2
0.4
50.0
56.1
0.8
2.5
0.5
1,084
289
246
40
42
21
38
124
+246
18Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
0.6
2025-26
60
24.1
12.2
2.8
2.0
0.3
4.5
10.8
41.9
1.9
5.4
35.8
1.3
1.5
87.4
53.5
0.5
2.4
1.6
1,443
733
170
122
33
18
93
122
-338
19Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
0.5
2025-26
74
26.5
12.5
7.5
1.4
0.5
5.2
9.1
57.1
0.3
1.0
32.4
1.8
2.3
78.6
61.9
1.9
5.6
1.3
1,964
922
556
100
38
39
94
170
-461
20Noah Penda
N. Penda
0.5
2025-26
59
12.8
3.8
3.2
1.2
0.3
1.4
3.4
40.4
0.5
1.6
32.3
0.6
0.8
68.8
50.6
1.1
2.0
0.7
757
227
187
70
30
18
42
70
-55
21Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
0.5
2025-26
69
21.4
7.6
5.5
0.8
1.5
3.2
4.2
75.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.7
71.6
76.2
2.4
3.0
0.9
1,479
521
377
54
32
101
62
107
+46
22Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
0.4
2025-26
60
19.5
6.6
2.2
5.3
0.0
2.7
6.5
41.5
0.8
2.3
35.6
0.4
0.5
80.6
49.2
0.2
2.0
1.4
1,171
397
133
316
25
2
85
86
-24
23Mohamed Diawara
M. Diawara
0.2
2025-26
69
9.2
3.6
1.4
0.8
0.1
1.3
3.1
42.3
0.7
1.9
36.9
0.3
0.3
75.0
55.0
0.2
1.1
0.4
634
246
94
53
17
6
30
50
+58
24Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
0.2
2025-26
71
11.5
4.2
2.5
0.7
0.3
1.5
3.7
40.8
0.7
2.2
33.5
0.4
0.6
71.4
52.6
0.5
2.0
0.5
818
298
178
47
16
23
33
94
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