Dudley Bradley has the most steals per game by a rookie, with 2.6 per game in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:

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

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	TPG
1	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	2.6	1979-80	IND	82	2,027	688	223	252	211	48	275	609	45.2	2	5	40.0	136	174	78.2	50.2	69	154	166	194		24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	0.6	2.0
2	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.5	1986-87	CLE	82	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	734	1,614	45.5	20	94	21.3	386	564	68.4	50.3	169	223	345	247		37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	1.0	4.2
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.5	1987-88	NYK	82	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	438	1,013	43.2	32	126	25.4	206	266	77.4	49.3	120	276	258	244		39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	3.1
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.5	1997-98	CLE	80	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	261	592	44.1	0	7	0.0	201	251	80.1	51.5	67	186	194	271	+298	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	0.2	2.4
5	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.4	1976-77	MIL	79	2,095	681	264	372	192	21	299	689	43.4				83	154	53.9	45.0	91	173		291		26.5	8.6	3.3	4.7	0.3
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.4	1979-80	LAL	77	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	503	949	53.0	7	31	22.6	374	462	81.0	60.2	166	430	305	218		36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	0.5	4.0
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.4	1984-85	CHI	82	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	837	1,625	51.5	9	52	17.3	630	746	84.5	59.2	167	367	291	285		38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	0.8	3.5
8	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2.3	1993-94	ORL	82	3,015	1,313	439	544	190	51	509	1,092	46.6	50	187	26.7	245	330	74.2	53.1	192	247	292	205		36.8	16.0	5.4	6.6	0.6	3.6
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.2	2005-06	NOK	78	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	407	947	43.0	50	177	28.2	394	465	84.7	54.6	61	339	183	218	-181	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	0.1	2.3
10	Phil Ford P. Ford	2.2	1978-79	KCK	79	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	467	1,004	46.5				326	401	81.3	53.4	33	149	323	245		34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	0.1	4.1
11	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1978-79	PHI	82	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	292	572	51.0				101	140	72.1	54.1	63	191	193	198		29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	0.1	2.4
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	2.1	1989-90	GSW	79	2,663	1,162	310	689	165	12	464	985	47.1	23	84	27.4	211	276	76.4	52.5	57	253	260	232		33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	0.2	3.3
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	1981-82	DET	72	2,433	1,225	209	565	150	17	453	1,068	42.4	17	59	28.8	302	429	70.4	48.7	57	152	299	253		33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	0.2	4.2
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	1996-97	PHI	76	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	625	1,504	41.6	155	455	34.1	382	544	70.2	51.3	115	197	337	233	-439	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	0.3	4.4
15	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.0	1994-95	LAL	64	1,981	897	249	128	131	41	342	744	46.0	91	246	37.0	122	169	72.2	54.8	79	170	75	175		31.0	14.0	3.9	2.0	0.6	1.2
16	Gary Grant G. Grant	2.0	1988-89	LAC	71	1,924	846	238	506	144	9	361	830	43.5	5	22	22.7	119	162	73.5	46.9	80	158	258	170		27.1	11.9	3.4	7.1	0.1	3.6
17	Mark Macon M. Macon	2.0	1991-92	DEN	76	2,304	805	220	168	154	14	333	889	37.5	4	30	13.3	135	185	73.0	41.5	80	140	155	242		30.3	10.6	2.9	2.2	0.2	2.0
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.0	1990-91	SEA	82	2,244	588	243	528	165	15	259	575	45.0	1	13	7.7	69	97	71.1	47.6	108	135	180	249		27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	0.2	2.2
19	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.0	2008-09	MIA	82	2,626	818	228	403	160	8	278	662	42.0	114	311	36.7	148	193	76.7	54.8	37	191	165	240	+30	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	0.1	2.0
20	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	1.9	1996-97	NJN	82	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	507	1,189	42.6	158	419	37.7	175	227	77.1	52.3	106	213	127	165	-266	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	0.4	1.5
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1994-95	DAL	79	2,668	922	430	607	151	24	330	857	38.5	70	257	27.2	192	275	69.8	47.1	152	278	250	146		33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	0.3	3.2
22	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	1976-77	PHX	82	1,849	836	299	263	156	33	347	786	44.1				142	210	67.6	47.6	99	200		276		22.5	10.2	3.6	3.2	0.4
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.9	2009-10	GSW	80	2,896	1,399	356	472	152	19	528	1,143	46.2	166	380	43.7	177	200	88.5	56.8	48	308	243	252	-186	36.2	17.5	4.5	5.9	0.2	3.0
24	Jason Williams J. Williams	1.9	1998-99	SAC	50	1,805	641	153	299	95	1	231	617	37.4	100	323	31.0	79	105	75.2	48.3	14	139	143	91	-44	36.1	12.8	3.1	6.0	0.0	2.9
25	Fat Lever F. Lever	1.9	1982-83	POR	81	2,020	633	225	426	153	15	256	594	43.1	5	15	33.3	116	159	73.0	47.7	85	140	137	179		24.9	7.8	2.8	5.3	0.2	1.7