Since 1989-90, Alvin Robertson has the most steals per game, with 2.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA steals with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leader since 1990

	NAME	SPG	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.5	390	31.1	11.8	5.1	4.7	0.3	4.7	10.0	47.0	0.4	1.5	30.6	1.9	2.6	72.9	52.7	2.1	3.0	2.5	12,144	4,597	1,979	1,835	984	119	968	1,302
2	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.1	727	37.9	28.9	6.2	4.9	0.7	11.1	22.7	48.9	0.7	2.1	35.1	6.0	7.3	82.7	55.8	1.4	4.8	2.4	27,569	21,029	4,543	3,587	1,552	482	1,774	1,698	+1438
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.1	1,094	33.3	14.1	2.9	10.8	0.2	5.0	9.8	51.2	0.7	1.8	39.6	3.3	4.0	82.7	60.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	36,468	15,371	3,131	11,865	2,317	250	3,192	2,800	+2941
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.0	1,026	36.1	16.8	6.6	5.6	0.8	6.6	13.9	47.3	0.9	2.8	32.8	2.8	3.9	71.2	53.9	1.8	4.8	2.9	37,006	17,267	6,751	5,710	2,077	834	2,927	2,854	+2022
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,362	33.6	16.9	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,711	23,029	5,992	12,528	2,726	222	3,100	3,198	+6079
8	Fat Lever F. Lever	1.9	195	29.5	12.2	6.1	4.4	0.2	4.8	11.3	42.5	0.4	1.1	36.6	2.1	2.7	78.8	48.6	1.9	4.2	1.5	5,749	2,374	1,193	849	379	43	290	405
9	Micheal Williams M. Williams	1.9	364	27.6	12.1	2.8	6.4	0.3	3.9	8.4	46.8	0.1	0.6	22.8	4.2	4.8	87.4	57.9	0.8	2.0	2.5	10,045	4,406	1,023	2,315	704	92	896	1,029	-4
10	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
11	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	568	24.1	5.6	3.8	5.1	0.4	2.2	5.0	44.0	0.5	1.4	35.6	0.7	1.1	64.5	51.0	1.0	2.8	1.6	13,696	3,204	2,165	2,912	1,094	222	931	1,696	+280
12	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	827	31.5	11.2	4.1	3.6	0.5	3.9	9.2	42.6	1.0	2.7	35.4	2.4	3.0	82.1	53.5	1.0	3.1	2.1	26,079	9,301	3,382	2,992	1,555	392	1,721	2,051	+1057
13	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	1.8	204	25.6	8.5	4.5	3.2	0.5	3.5	7.4	47.4	0.7	2.3	32.8	0.7	1.2	61.0	53.5	1.1	3.4	1.4	5,231	1,735	919	661	377	95	286	396	+3
14	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.8	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	5.0	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.8	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.8	608	35.8	20.9	6.4	5.7	0.7	7.5	16.5	45.6	1.2	3.8	32.9	4.6	5.8	79.4	54.8	2.2	4.2	2.6	21,760	12,711	3,879	3,448	1,106	399	1,610	1,741	+434
17	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	1.8	698	29.6	10.8	4.1	7.4	0.1	3.5	9.1	38.8	0.9	2.8	32.4	2.9	3.4	84.3	51.1	0.6	3.4	2.5	20,693	7,570	2,830	5,160	1,226	94	1,768	1,738	+1000
18	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1.7	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,721	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.7	739	31.8	20.1	6.4	3.1	0.6	7.3	14.7	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.0	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	23,482	14,879	4,696	2,257	1,270	475	1,223	1,232	+4551
20	Eddie Jones E. Jones	1.7	954	34.4	14.8	4.0	2.9	0.6	5.2	11.8	43.7	1.6	4.3	37.3	2.9	3.6	80.9	55.4	0.8	3.2	1.6	32,778	14,155	3,857	2,812	1,620	580	1,507	2,483	+2491
21	Paul George P. George	1.7	908	33.6	20.6	6.3	3.7	0.4	7.0	16.0	44.0	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.9	4.6	85.3	57.1	0.8	5.4	2.7	30,516	18,697	5,684	3,369	1,539	401	2,423	2,418	+3384
22	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1.7	833	34.8	17.8	3.5	4.6	0.3	6.9	15.2	45.1	0.9	2.8	31.4	3.2	4.2	77.2	52.3	0.6	2.8	2.7	29,011	14,858	2,874	3,856	1,409	281	2,246	1,950	-230
23	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.7	729	24.9	7.3	2.4	6.1	0.1	2.8	6.7	41.2	0.0	0.2	13.4	1.8	2.2	78.9	47.6	0.4	2.1	1.9	18,176	5,342	1,785	4,481	1,229	87	1,367	1,856	-1087
24	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1.7	904	32.6	14.7	3.7	2.9	0.3	4.9	10.7	46.1	1.3	3.3	39.3	3.6	4.1	87.3	58.9	0.9	2.8	1.8	29,457	13,274	3,329	2,621	1,502	265	1,670	1,859	+680
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.7	852	35.5	21.2	10.6	2.7	3.1	8.5	16.8	50.9	0.0	0.1	22.9	4.1	5.6	73.6	55.2	2.7	7.9	2.9	30,232	18,063	9,071	2,278	1,414	2,629	2,492	2,821	+564