nba rookies with the most steals in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Chris Paul had the most steals by a rookie, with 175 steals in 2005-06.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Chris Paul C. Paul	175	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	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	6	183	218	-181
2	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	160	2008-09	MIA	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	2.0	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	8	165	240	+30
3	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	138	2004-05	PHI	82	32.8	9.0	5.7	3.0	1.7	0.6	3.3	6.7	49.3	0.6	1.7	33.1	1.9	2.6	74.3	58.0	1.1	4.6	1.7	2,686	741	464	246	48	139	204	-13
4	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	138	2001-02	IND	80	30.5	9.4	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.6	9.5	38.0	0.5	2.2	24.0	1.6	2.3	70.4	44.6	1.0	2.8	3.4	2,442	751	298	647	40	270	248	+43
5	Caron Butler C. Butler	137	2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	15.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	5.5	13.2	41.6	0.4	1.4	31.8	4.0	4.8	82.4	50.2	1.7	3.4	2.5	2,858	1,201	397	213	31	192	230	-383
6	LeBron James L. James	130	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	58	273	149	-144
7	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	128	2006-07	BOS	78	23.5	6.4	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	2.4	5.8	41.8	0.1	0.4	20.7	1.5	2.4	64.7	47.2	0.9	2.8	1.8	1,831	501	292	297	8	137	181	+38
8	Nene	127	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	65	181	295	-261
9	Shane Battier S. Battier	121	2001-02	MEM	78	39.7	14.4	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	5.3	12.3	42.9	1.3	3.5	37.3	2.5	3.6	70.0	51.8	2.3	3.1	2.0	3,097	1,125	418	216	81	155	215	-289
10	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	119	1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	12.0	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	4.3	10.5	40.7	0.8	2.7	31.4	2.6	3.9	67.4	49.1	0.9	3.4	2.3	2,238	866	308	202	39	166	159	-340
11	Steve Francis S. Francis	118	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	2,776	1,388	409	507	29	306	231	-158
12	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	116	2001-02	UTA	82	26.2	10.7	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	45.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	3.5	4.5	76.8	55.3	1.8	3.1	1.3	2,151	880	402	94	159	108	156	+347
13	Adrian Griffin A. Griffin	116	1999-00	BOS	72	26.8	6.7	5.2	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.4	5.7	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.1	1.7	2.2	75.3	50.3	1.8	3.4	1.3	1,927	485	372	177	15	93	222	-30
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	110	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	5.3	13.4	39.8	0.4	1.6	27.1	4.3	5.2	81.5	48.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	2,668	1,256	399	435	16	274	191	-272
15	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	106	2001-02	GSW	80	32.9	14.4	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	5.8	13.6	42.6	1.0	3.1	33.3	1.8	2.6	67.1	48.7	1.6	2.7	2.0	2,629	1,151	340	236	31	160	195	-274
16	Raymond Felton R. Felton	102	2005-06	CHA	80	30.1	11.9	3.3	5.6	1.3	0.1	4.3	11.0	39.1	1.2	3.4	35.8	2.0	2.8	72.5	48.3	1.0	2.4	2.3	2,406	948	265	446	8	182	181	-117
17	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	101	2003-04	CHI	76	35.6	12.0	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.6	1.9	4.9	39.0	1.8	2.2	80.4	51.0	0.6	2.9	2.7	2,706	915	259	517	21	204	276	-257
18	James Posey J. Posey	98	1999-00	DEN	81	25.3	8.2	3.9	1.8	1.2	0.4	2.8	6.6	42.9	1.0	2.7	37.3	1.5	1.9	80.0	55.0	1.0	2.9	1.2	2,052	662	317	146	33	95	207	-70
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	97	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	2,995	1,725	498	227	41	247	225	+65
20	Marko Jaric M. Jaric	97	2002-03	LAC	66	20.9	7.4	2.4	2.9	1.5	0.2	2.7	6.8	40.1	0.8	2.5	31.9	1.2	1.6	75.2	49.8	0.5	1.9	1.6	1,379	490	160	193	11	103	125	+14
21	Baron Davis B. Davis	97	1999-00	CHA	82	18.6	5.9	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	2.2	5.3	42.0	0.3	1.4	22.5	1.2	1.9	63.4	48.6	0.6	1.4	1.7	1,523	486	165	309	19	140	201	+54
22	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	96	2002-03	SAS	69	20.7	7.6	2.3	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.5	5.8	43.8	0.7	2.1	34.5	1.8	2.5	73.7	55.6	0.7	1.7	1.4	1,431	525	161	138	17	100	170	+145
23	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	95	2001-02	PHI	67	22.8	7.2	2.4	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.7	6.7	40.0	0.1	0.5	12.1	1.7	2.0	83.8	46.9	0.7	1.7	1.4	1,528	480	160	198	6	95	145	-31
24	Leandro Barbosa L. Barbosa	93	2003-04	PHX	70	21.4	7.9	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	6.7	44.7	1.2	3.0	39.5	0.7	0.9	77.0	55.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1,500	550	123	165	7	120	184	-110
25	Anthony Carter A. Carter	93	1999-00	MIA	79	23.5	6.3	2.5	4.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	6.4	39.5	0.0	0.3	13.0	1.2	1.6	75.0	44.2	0.6	1.9	2.2	1,859	498	199	378	5	173	167	+22