player highest steals per 36 minutes nba this season minimum 500 minutes

I didn't find anything for this season, but Dru Smith had the most steals / minutes played / 36 with 500+ minutes played in 2025-26, with 3.16.

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  • Assumption:2025-26 season
  • Data note: Steals: player season data complete from 1973-74
NAMESTL/(MIN/36)MINSTLSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1Dru Smith
D. Smith
3.16
1,141
100
2025-26
70
16.3
5.6
2.5
2.6
1.4
0.3
1.9
4.6
41.5
0.5
1.8
29.5
1.2
1.5
82.9
53.2
0.9
1.6
0.8
395
173
180
21
55
109
-83
2Ausar Thompson
A. Thompson
2.77
1,896
146
2025-26
73
26.0
9.9
5.7
3.1
2.0
0.9
4.2
7.9
52.5
0.1
0.3
25.0
1.5
2.6
57.1
54.5
2.1
3.7
1.5
721
418
228
69
110
198
+396
3John Konchar
J. Konchar
2.68
1,115
83
2025-26
TOT
56
19.9
4.4
4.3
2.1
1.5
0.7
1.7
3.6
47.2
0.5
1.8
28.3
0.6
0.8
72.7
56.8
1.3
3.0
0.6
248
240
118
38
35
79
-146
4Cason Wallace
C. Wallace
2.64
2,046
150
2025-26
77
26.6
8.6
3.1
2.6
1.9
0.4
3.3
7.6
43.2
1.3
3.7
35.1
0.7
0.9
80.9
53.8
0.8
2.3
0.9
660
238
200
28
73
154
+532
5Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
2.54
1,020
72
2025-26
56
18.2
6.2
2.8
2.0
1.3
0.3
2.3
5.4
42.3
0.9
3.2
29.3
0.7
0.9
80.4
54.0
0.5
2.3
0.9
348
155
110
17
48
68
+382
6Javonte Green
J. Green
2.54
1,446
102
2025-26
82
17.6
6.9
2.8
0.7
1.2
0.3
2.3
5.0
44.7
1.1
3.0
38.1
1.3
1.5
84.0
60.7
0.8
2.0
0.5
569
230
56
25
45
107
+215
7De'Anthony Melton
D. Melton
2.46
1,125
77
2025-26
49
23.0
12.3
3.2
2.6
1.6
0.4
4.4
10.8
40.7
1.5
5.0
29.4
2.0
2.5
82.6
51.8
0.8
2.4
1.9
602
158
125
20
91
91
+95
8Jordan Goodwin
J. Goodwin
2.43
1,572
106
2025-26
70
22.5
8.7
4.9
2.2
1.5
0.2
3.3
7.9
41.3
1.6
4.3
37.1
0.6
0.8
69.6
52.5
2.0
2.9
1.0
609
341
151
14
68
133
+93
9Jalen Suggs
J. Suggs
2.4
1,574
105
2025-26
57
27.6
13.8
3.9
5.5
1.8
0.7
4.9
11.4
43.5
2.1
6.3
33.9
1.8
2.1
85.5
56.1
0.6
3.2
2.7
786
220
312
40
152
145
+181
10Kevin Porter Jr.
K. Porter Jr.
2.37
1,261
83
2025-26
38
33.2
17.4
5.2
7.4
2.2
0.5
6.3
13.5
46.5
1.2
3.8
32.2
3.6
4.1
87.8
56.7
0.9
4.3
2.9
661
198
280
19
110
88
-107
11Paul Reed
P. Reed
2.28
901
57
2025-26
65
13.9
7.8
4.5
1.2
0.9
0.9
3.2
5.2
61.7
0.2
0.6
32.5
1.1
1.7
66.4
65.0
2.0
2.5
0.9
504
294
80
60
58
120
+137
12Lonzo Ball
L. Ball
2.23
728
45
2025-26
35
20.8
4.6
4.0
3.9
1.3
0.3
1.5
5.0
30.1
1.1
4.2
27.2
0.4
0.6
66.7
43.2
0.7
3.3
1.5
160
140
136
9
52
46
+32
13Ziaire Williams
Z. Williams
2.14
1,281
76
2025-26
56
22.9
10.2
2.4
1.1
1.4
0.4
3.3
7.7
42.5
1.5
4.5
34.3
2.1
2.5
85.0
57.9
0.5
1.9
1.1
573
134
60
21
59
116
-282
14Ronald Holland II
R. Holland II
2.14
1,551
92
2025-26
78
19.9
8.2
4.0
1.2
1.2
0.3
3.0
7.0
43.2
0.6
2.5
25.3
1.5
1.9
80.5
52.5
1.1
3.0
1.2
640
315
95
27
96
183
+133
15Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
2.13
2,520
149
2025-26
76
33.2
11.9
6.8
5.9
2.0
0.4
5.3
10.2
51.7
0.3
1.5
18.8
1.0
1.6
61.5
54.2
2.4
4.4
1.8
901
520
449
31
135
166
+306
16Kris Dunn
K. Dunn
2.11
2,230
131
2025-26
82
27.2
7.3
3.3
3.6
1.6
0.2
2.8
5.8
47.6
1.0
2.6
37.4
0.8
1.0
76.5
58.1
0.7
2.6
1.4
596
271
295
14
111
189
+15
17Gary Payton II
G. Payton II
2.11
1,142
67
2025-26
73
15.6
7.5
3.6
1.7
0.9
0.3
3.3
5.7
58.3
0.5
1.7
29.1
0.4
0.5
65.0
63.2
1.4
2.2
0.8
547
265
123
21
62
132
-109
18Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
2.11
2,085
122
2025-26
65
32.1
27.9
6.4
3.6
1.9
0.4
9.8
19.4
50.5
2.6
6.8
38.7
5.7
6.4
89.2
62.9
1.1
5.3
2.0
1,813
413
234
27
133
78
+340
19T.J. McConnell
T.J. McConnell
2.09
963
56
2025-26
56
17.2
9.4
2.2
5.1
1.0
0.2
4.3
8.0
53.8
0.3
0.9
32.0
0.4
0.5
86.2
56.7
0.4
1.8
1.1
525
124
287
10
64
62
-134
20Will Richard
W. Richard
2.09
1,377
80
2025-26
69
20.0
6.4
2.5
1.3
1.2
0.1
2.3
5.0
46.8
1.0
3.1
33.5
0.7
0.8
85.2
59.6
1.0
1.5
0.8
441
172
93
9
53
131
-97
21Day'Ron Sharpe
D. Sharpe
2.08
1,160
67
2025-26
62
18.7
8.7
6.7
2.3
1.1
0.4
3.5
5.7
60.1
0.1
0.6
23.1
1.7
2.5
67.8
63.8
2.8
3.9
1.7
540
413
145
26
106
147
-114
22Elijah Harkless
E. Harkless
2.05
545
31
2025-26
26
21.0
6.8
2.0
2.9
1.2
0.2
2.1
6.2
33.5
0.8
3.4
23.9
1.9
2.5
76.6
47.1
0.4
1.7
1.0
178
53
75
6
26
52
-33
23Reed Sheppard
R. Sheppard
2.05
2,147
122
2025-26
82
26.2
13.5
2.9
3.4
1.5
0.7
5.0
11.5
43.0
2.8
7.0
39.4
0.8
1.0
80.2
56.4
0.3
2.6
1.5
1,110
238
277
54
123
166
+281
24Keon Ellis
K. Ellis
2.02
1,478
83
2025-26
TOT
72
20.5
6.7
1.9
1.0
1.2
0.6
2.3
5.3
44.0
1.3
3.5
36.3
0.7
1.0
72.9
57.9
0.5
1.3
0.6
480
135
72
46
41
134
-144
25Herbert Jones
H. Jones
1.99
1,588
88
2025-26
56
28.4
8.9
3.4
2.8
1.6
0.5
3.3
8.5
38.3
1.4
4.6
30.9
0.9
1.1
80.6
49.1
0.8
2.6
1.3
496
190
155
27
73
177
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