Chris Paul averaged the most steals per game in 2011-12, with 2.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2012

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.5	2011-12	LAC	60	36.4	19.8	3.6	9.1	0.1	7.1	14.8	47.8	1.3	3.6	37.1	4.3	5.0	86.1	58.1	0.7	2.9	2.1	2,181	1,189	213	543	152	4	124	138	+326
2	Mike Conley M. Conley	2.2	2011-12	MEM	62	35.1	12.7	2.5	6.5	0.2	4.8	11.0	43.3	1.0	2.6	37.7	2.2	2.5	86.1	52.3	0.4	2.2	2.0	2,174	788	156	404	136	11	125	133	+258
3	LeBron James L. James	1.9	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	6.2	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473
4	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	1.8	2011-12	UTA	64	32.8	16.6	8.8	2.3	0.8	6.7	13.5	49.5	0.1	0.5	22.6	3.2	4.0	79.2	54.5	2.8	6.0	1.8	2,100	1,061	563	150	118	52	112	222	+196
5	Tony Allen T. Allen	1.8	2011-12	MEM	58	26.3	9.8	4.0	1.4	0.6	3.6	7.7	46.9	0.1	0.4	30.8	2.4	3.0	80.0	54.1	1.7	2.3	1.6	1,525	568	233	79	104	33	94	142	+165
6	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.8	2011-12	BOS	53	36.9	11.9	4.8	11.7	0.1	4.8	10.8	44.8	0.2	0.8	23.8	2.0	3.4	59.7	48.3	1.2	3.7	3.6	1,957	630	257	620	95	3	193	99	+196
7	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1.7	2011-12	PHI	62	35.6	12.4	6.1	5.5	0.5	4.6	10.2	45.4	1.2	3.1	39.4	2.0	3.2	61.7	53.7	0.9	5.2	1.9	2,209	771	381	339	107	30	115	92	+217
8	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	1.7	2011-12	NYK	59	28.9	9.5	3.2	2.8	0.1	3.6	9.1	40.1	0.8	2.7	30.6	1.5	1.8	79.8	48.4	0.7	2.4	1.9	1,705	563	186	164	101	8	111	173	+113
9	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.7	2011-12	DAL	48	28.7	6.2	4.1	5.5	0.2	2.1	5.7	36.3	1.6	4.6	35.4	0.5	0.6	78.6	52.4	0.3	3.8	1.9	1,379	299	198	264	82	10	91	83	+66
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.7	2011-12	OKC	66	35.3	23.6	4.6	5.5	0.3	8.8	19.2	45.7	0.9	3.0	31.6	5.2	6.3	82.3	53.8	1.5	3.1	3.6	2,331	1,558	301	362	112	21	239	147	+366
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1.7	2011-12	MIA	49	33.2	22.1	4.8	4.6	1.3	8.5	17.1	49.7	0.3	1.1	26.8	4.8	6.1	79.1	55.9	1.5	3.3	2.6	1,625	1,082	237	225	82	63	129	110	+344
12	Paul George P. George	1.6	2011-12	IND	66	29.7	12.1	5.6	2.4	0.6	4.3	9.7	44.0	1.4	3.5	38.5	2.2	2.8	80.2	55.5	0.8	4.8	1.8	1,958	798	370	158	108	38	117	191	+248
13	Jeff Teague J. Teague	1.6	2011-12	ATL	66	33.1	12.6	2.4	4.9	0.6	4.8	10.2	47.6	0.8	2.3	34.2	2.1	2.8	75.7	55.1	0.3	2.1	2.0	2,183	831	159	321	106	37	134	145	+232
14	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.6	2011-12	PHI	65	33.8	13.5	3.3	4.5	0.3	5.5	12.8	43.2	1.0	2.6	38.0	1.4	1.8	78.3	49.6	0.9	2.4	2.1	2,196	879	212	290	103	18	135	137	+215
15	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	1.6	2011-12	MIL	66	35.3	19.1	3.4	5.5	0.3	7.1	17.0	41.8	2.0	5.9	33.2	2.9	3.6	80.8	51.4	0.7	2.7	2.2	2,331	1,260	226	365	104	22	146	114	-106
16	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1.6	2011-12	HOU	47	32.1	14.3	4.5	6.6	0.3	4.5	10.9	40.9	1.7	4.5	37.4	3.6	4.2	86.4	55.8	0.8	3.7	2.8	1,510	670	213	310	73	14	130	133	+45
17	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	1.5	2011-12	MIA	64	28.5	9.8	2.7	3.5	0.2	3.5	7.8	44.8	1.6	4.1	38.8	1.3	1.6	79.2	57.8	0.3	2.4	2.2	1,825	627	171	222	97	11	142	166	+389
18	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1.5	2011-12	ORL	54	38.3	20.6	14.5	1.9	2.1	7.7	13.4	57.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	10.6	49.1	56.9	3.7	10.8	3.2	2,070	1,113	785	104	81	116	175	159	+179
19	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1.5	2011-12	TOT	58	36.6	20.4	3.4	6.0	0.3	7.8	17.9	43.3	1.1	3.5	30.8	3.8	4.7	79.6	50.9	0.3	3.1	3.1	2,120	1,181	200	346	85	18	177	136	-29
20	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	1.5	2011-12	TOT	58	35.8	13.8	6.7	2.8	0.6	4.9	10.9	45.4	0.8	2.6	30.7	3.1	3.9	80.0	54.7	1.5	5.2	1.9	2,076	800	386	164	85	36	111	145	+97
21	Carlos Delfino C. Delfino	1.5	2011-12	MIL	54	28.5	9.0	3.9	2.3	0.2	3.4	8.4	40.2	1.6	4.4	36.0	0.7	0.9	79.2	51.5	0.4	3.5	1.2	1,537	488	208	123	79	10	66	99	-182
22	Rudy Gay R. Gay	1.5	2011-12	MEM	65	37.3	19.0	6.4	2.3	0.8	7.5	16.4	45.5	0.8	2.7	31.2	3.2	4.0	79.1	52.1	2.0	4.4	2.5	2,422	1,232	417	147	95	55	161	138	+95
23	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	1.5	2011-12	POR	66	33.8	13.7	3.4	1.7	0.2	4.8	11.6	41.2	2.0	5.1	38.3	2.2	2.6	86.0	53.9	0.8	2.5	1.1	2,228	904	224	113	96	15	73	148	+65
24	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1.5	2011-12	SAC	64	30.5	18.1	11.0	1.6	1.2	7.0	15.6	44.8	0.0	0.2	14.3	4.1	5.8	70.2	49.9	4.1	6.8	2.7	1,950	1,160	703	102	93	75	170	257	-174
25	John Wall J. Wall	1.4	2011-12	WAS	66	36.2	16.3	4.5	8.0	0.9	5.7	13.5	42.3	0.0	0.6	7.1	4.8	6.1	78.9	50.2	0.7	3.8	3.9	2,386	1,076	300	530	95	57	255	137	-256