Michael Jordan had the most steals per game in 1987-88, with 3.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader in 1988

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.2	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.0	1987-88	SAS	82	36.3	19.6	6.1	6.8	0.8	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.3	1.2	28.4	3.3	4.5	74.8	51.3	2.0	4.1	3.1	2,978	1,610	498	557	243	69	251	300
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	3.0	1987-88	UTA	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	1,128	242	16	262	247
4	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.7	1987-88	DEN	82	37.3	18.9	8.1	7.8	0.3	7.8	16.6	47.3	0.1	0.7	21.1	3.0	3.9	78.5	51.6	2.5	5.6	2.2	3,061	1,546	665	639	223	21	182	214
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.5	1987-88	POR	81	37.8	27.0	6.6	5.8	0.6	10.5	20.7	50.6	0.1	0.6	21.2	5.9	7.2	81.1	56.4	3.2	3.4	2.9	3,060	2,185	533	467	203	52	236	250
6	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.5	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1987-88	PHI	79	36.3	13.7	3.2	8.0	0.3	5.4	10.9	49.5	0.0	0.3	13.6	2.9	3.5	82.5	55.1	0.7	2.5	2.0	2,871	1,086	253	635	167	22	160	116
8	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	2.1	1987-88	SEA	82	29.9	7.6	4.1	8.6	0.6	2.9	6.0	47.4	0.1	0.3	37.5	1.8	2.5	70.7	53.2	1.4	2.7	2.3	2,453	624	338	702	169	47	189	238
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	1987-88	HOU	79	35.8	22.8	12.1	2.1	2.7	9.0	17.5	51.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.9	69.5	55.5	3.8	8.3	3.1	2,825	1,805	959	163	162	214	243	324
10	Michael Adams M. Adams	2.0	1987-88	DEN	82	33.9	13.9	2.7	6.1	0.2	5.1	11.3	44.9	1.7	4.6	36.7	2.0	2.4	83.4	56.0	0.5	2.2	1.8	2,778	1,137	223	503	168	16	144	138
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.0	1987-88	DAL	82	37.0	17.0	3.0	7.7	0.4	6.5	14.2	45.9	0.7	2.3	31.3	3.2	4.2	75.9	52.8	0.9	2.1	2.3	3,032	1,393	246	634	168	35	190	164
12	Byron Scott B. Scott	1.9	1987-88	LAL	81	37.6	21.7	4.1	4.1	0.3	8.8	16.6	52.7	0.8	2.2	34.6	3.4	3.9	85.8	59.0	0.9	3.2	2.0	3,048	1,754	333	335	155	27	161	204
13	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	1.9	1987-88	GSW	60	33.9	20.2	3.4	4.8	0.5	7.8	15.4	50.8	0.6	1.6	35.1	4.0	4.5	88.5	58.0	1.0	2.5	2.6	2,033	1,213	205	290	113	32	156	136
14	Terry Porter T. Porter	1.8	1987-88	POR	82	36.5	14.9	4.6	10.1	0.2	5.6	10.9	51.9	0.3	0.8	34.8	3.3	4.0	84.6	59.2	0.8	3.8	3.0	2,991	1,222	378	831	150	16	244	204
15	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	1.8	1987-88	TOT	65	22.1	6.5	2.0	2.3	0.7	2.4	5.6	42.7	0.6	1.6	36.3	1.1	1.5	76.3	51.9	0.4	1.6	1.4	1,437	423	127	151	114	43	88	172
16	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	1.8	1987-88	ATL	80	31.3	14.2	4.6	9.3	0.5	5.0	11.1	45.3	0.1	0.4	27.3	4.0	5.3	75.8	52.7	1.0	3.5	2.6	2,502	1,134	366	747	140	41	210	272
17	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.7	1987-88	DET	81	36.1	19.5	3.4	8.4	0.2	7.7	16.6	46.3	0.4	1.2	30.9	3.8	4.9	77.4	52.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	2,927	1,577	278	678	141	17	273	217
18	Winston Garland W. Garland	1.7	1987-88	GSW	67	31.7	12.4	3.4	6.4	0.1	5.1	11.6	43.9	0.2	0.6	33.3	2.1	2.3	87.9	49.2	1.0	2.4	2.5	2,122	831	227	429	116	7	167	188
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.6	1987-88	BOS	76	39.0	29.9	9.3	6.1	0.8	11.6	22.0	52.7	1.3	3.1	41.4	5.5	6.0	91.6	60.8	1.4	7.8	2.8	2,965	2,275	703	467	125	57	213	157
20	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	1.6	1987-88	WAS	79	20.6	5.0	1.7	5.1	0.0	2.1	5.4	39.0	0.0	0.2	18.8	0.7	0.9	78.4	42.9	0.4	1.3	1.3	1,628	393	136	404	127	3	101	138
21	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	1.6	1987-88	POR	79	36.6	19.2	8.3	3.1	0.8	7.7	15.5	49.9	0.0	0.2	20.0	3.7	5.0	73.5	54.2	2.7	5.6	2.0	2,888	1,516	657	243	127	65	161	302
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.6	1987-88	LAL	72	36.6	19.6	6.2	11.9	0.2	6.8	13.8	49.2	0.2	0.8	19.6	5.8	6.8	85.3	58.1	1.2	5.0	3.7	2,637	1,408	449	858	114	13	269	147
23	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	1.6	1987-88	HOU	80	26.9	10.2	1.9	5.1	0.1	3.6	8.3	43.7	0.2	1.1	21.6	2.7	3.1	86.9	52.7	0.3	1.6	1.6	2,150	819	148	405	124	9	130	162
24	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	1.5	1987-88	LAC	79	20.7	7.1	2.0	4.8	0.1	2.8	6.7	41.8	0.2	0.4	45.5	1.3	1.7	74.3	47.4	0.5	1.5	1.9	1,636	562	156	382	122	8	148	135
25	Kenny Smith K. Smith	1.5	1987-88	SAC	61	35.6	13.8	2.3	7.1	0.1	5.4	11.4	47.7	0.2	0.6	30.8	2.7	3.3	81.9	53.7	0.7	1.6	3.0	2,170	841	138	434	92	8	184	140