Jimmy Butler III had the most steals per game in 2020-21, with 2.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2021

	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	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	2.1	2020-21	MIA	52	33.6	21.5	6.9	7.1	0.3	7.0	14.2	49.7	0.5	2.0	24.5	6.9	8.0	86.3	60.7	1.8	5.1	2.1	1,745	1,116	359	369	108	18	109	71	+196
2	T.J. McConnell	1.9	2020-21	IND	69	26.0	8.6	3.7	6.6	0.3	4.0	7.1	55.9	0.2	0.7	31.3	0.5	0.7	68.8	58.3	0.8	2.9	2.0	1,796	596	256	456	128	23	135	113	+70
3	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	1.7	2020-21	TOR	52	36.5	19.6	4.2	6.3	0.7	6.5	16.7	38.9	3.3	9.2	36.6	3.3	3.7	88.5	53.4	0.6	3.6	1.8	1,898	1,019	220	328	87	37	95	119	+140
4	Draymond Green D. Green	1.7	2020-21	GSW	63	31.5	7.0	7.1	8.9	0.8	2.7	6.0	44.7	0.5	2.0	27.0	1.1	1.4	79.5	53.0	0.9	6.2	3.0	1,982	444	448	558	105	52	188	194	+241
5	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.6	2020-21	MIL	59	32.3	17.7	4.5	6.1	0.6	7.0	13.9	50.3	1.9	4.8	39.2	1.8	2.3	78.7	59.2	1.2	3.3	2.2	1,907	1,046	268	357	96	37	127	98	+379
6	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	1.6	2020-21	PHI	65	20.0	3.9	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.6	3.7	42.0	0.7	2.2	30.1	0.1	0.3	44.4	50.8	0.5	1.4	0.5	1,298	255	124	63	105	71	32	127	+96
7	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	1.6	2020-21	PHI	58	32.4	14.3	7.2	6.9	0.6	5.6	10.1	55.7	0.1	0.2	30.0	3.0	4.9	61.3	58.4	1.6	5.6	3.0	1,877	829	417	401	93	35	173	171	+329
8	Delon Wright D. Wright	1.6	2020-21	TOT	63	27.7	10.2	4.3	4.4	0.5	3.8	8.2	46.3	1.0	2.7	37.2	1.6	2.0	80.2	56.2	1.0	3.2	1.3	1,748	645	269	278	101	30	83	75	-108
9	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	1.6	2020-21	CHA	51	28.8	15.7	5.9	6.1	0.4	5.7	13.2	43.6	1.8	5.1	35.2	2.5	3.2	75.8	53.9	1.2	4.7	2.8	1,468	803	302	313	81	18	145	136	-84
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.6	2020-21	LAC	52	34.1	24.8	6.5	5.2	0.4	8.9	17.5	51.2	1.9	4.9	39.8	5.0	5.7	88.5	62.2	1.1	5.4	2.0	1,772	1,292	337	269	81	21	105	82	+447
11	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	1.5	2020-21	SAS	67	31.9	15.7	7.1	5.4	0.1	6.6	14.5	45.3	0.9	3.0	31.7	1.6	2.0	79.1	50.9	0.9	6.2	1.7	2,139	1,051	473	363	101	7	117	135	+88
12	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	1.5	2020-21	SAC	58	35.1	25.2	3.5	7.2	0.5	9.1	19.1	47.7	1.8	5.5	32.2	5.2	7.2	71.9	56.5	0.6	2.9	3.0	2,036	1,461	203	417	87	27	174	170	-195
13	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	1.5	2020-21	NOP	55	31.8	14.6	4.8	5.7	0.6	5.3	12.7	41.4	3.1	8.3	37.8	0.9	1.2	78.1	55.1	0.6	4.2	2.2	1,747	802	263	316	82	31	123	103	+49
14	Robert Covington R. Covington	1.4	2020-21	POR	70	32.0	8.5	6.7	1.7	1.2	2.9	7.3	40.1	1.9	5.1	37.9	0.7	0.9	80.6	55.3	0.9	5.8	0.9	2,243	593	466	117	101	84	64	195	+203
15	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	1.4	2020-21	MIN	68	26.0	8.6	3.3	6.4	0.1	2.8	7.3	38.8	1.0	3.1	30.8	1.9	2.2	86.7	51.6	0.4	2.9	1.6	1,771	582	223	433	98	4	111	139	-186
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	1.4	2020-21	PHX	70	31.4	16.4	4.5	8.9	0.3	6.3	12.6	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.5	2.4	2.6	93.4	59.9	0.4	4.1	2.2	2,199	1,149	312	622	99	19	156	166	+310
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1.4	2020-21	BKN	54	34.9	26.9	4.8	6.0	0.7	10.2	20.1	50.6	2.8	7.0	40.2	3.7	4.0	92.2	61.4	1.0	3.8	2.4	1,886	1,451	257	324	76	37	130	140	+229
18	Mike Conley M. Conley	1.4	2020-21	UTA	51	29.4	16.2	3.5	6.0	0.2	5.6	12.5	44.4	2.7	6.6	41.2	2.4	2.8	85.2	58.9	0.7	2.8	1.9	1,498	827	177	305	70	9	99	98	+548
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.4	2020-21	WAS	65	36.4	22.2	11.5	11.7	0.4	8.4	19.0	43.9	1.3	4.2	31.5	4.2	6.4	65.6	50.9	1.7	9.9	4.8	2,369	1,445	750	763	89	23	312	190	-87
20	Danny Green D. Green	1.3	2020-21	PHI	69	28.0	9.5	3.8	1.7	0.8	3.2	7.9	41.2	2.5	6.3	40.5	0.4	0.6	77.5	58.2	0.8	3.0	1.0	1,934	654	260	118	92	56	67	125	+312
21	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	1.3	2020-21	SAC	58	30.1	13.0	3.0	5.3	0.5	5.0	10.7	47.2	2.1	5.1	40.9	0.8	1.0	85.7	58.5	0.7	2.3	1.6	1,746	753	173	309	77	28	92	83	-180
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.3	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	8.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
23	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	1.3	2020-21	CHA	69	34.5	20.4	4.4	4.2	0.4	7.4	16.4	45.0	3.2	8.3	38.9	2.4	2.9	81.7	57.5	0.7	3.7	1.9	2,383	1,407	302	293	87	26	128	119	-89
24	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1.2	2020-21	BOS	58	34.5	24.7	6.0	3.4	0.6	9.3	19.2	48.4	2.8	7.1	39.7	3.3	4.3	76.4	58.6	1.2	4.8	2.7	1,999	1,430	347	195	72	32	158	168	+69
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.2	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	32.0	5.5	5.8	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242