players who average the most steals in a finals series

Kyrie Irving has the most steals per game in an NBA Finals, with 4.0 per game.

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	SERIES	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	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4.0	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	1	43.6	23.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	2.0	8.0	25.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	51.2	2.0	5.0	1.0	44	23	7	6	4	2	1	5	+5
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	3.5	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	0.8	11.0	24.8	44.4				7.5	8.0	93.8	52.2	1.0	3.0		172	118	16	20	14	3		12
3	Robert Horry R. Horry	3.0	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	46.8	17.8	10.0	3.8	2.3	5.8	13.3	43.4	2.8	7.3	37.9	3.5	5.3	66.7	57.0	2.3	7.8	1.3	187	71	40	15	12	9	5	9
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.9	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	0.7	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	63	20	2	26	23
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	1.4	12.6	22.6	55.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	61.2	1.6	5.0	3.6	220	156	33	57	14	7	18	18
6	Robert Horry R. Horry	2.8	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	39.8	8.0	7.3	4.3	1.8	2.8	6.0	45.8	1.3	2.8	45.5	1.3	1.5	83.3	60.1	1.5	5.8	1.5	159	32	29	17	11	7	6	13	+35
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.8	1982-83	NBA Finals	PHI	4	35.8	15.3	2.3	6.3	0.0	6.5	11.8	55.3	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.8	60.0	56.9	0.8	1.5	2.8	143	61	9	25	11	0	11	10
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2.7	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	43.0	25.7	4.7	5.0	0.2	8.8	21.8	40.5	1.5	4.7	32.1	6.5	8.2	79.6	50.5	1.3	3.3	3.8	258	154	28	30	16	1	23	19	-39
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2.7	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.7	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.7	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	30	17
12	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.7	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	6	41.3	30.3	6.8	5.0	1.2	11.7	21.5	54.3				7.0	8.2	85.7	60.4	1.7	5.2		248	182	41	30	16	7		17
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2.6	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	5	38.8	29.2	8.8	5.6	0.0	11.8	25.0	47.2	2.2	9.0	24.4	3.4	5.8	58.6	53.0	0.0	8.8	4.6	194	146	44	28	13	0	23	14	+7
14	Charlie Ward C. Ward	2.6	1998-99	NBA Finals	NYK	5	29.0	5.8	3.2	3.6	0.4	2.4	5.2	46.2	0.8	2.4	33.3	0.2	0.4	50.0	53.9	1.2	2.0	1.4	145	29	16	18	13	2	7	9	-13
15	LeBron James L. James	2.6	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
16	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	2.5	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	35.5	14.5	3.5	5.5	0.2	5.8	10.5	55.6	0.5	1.0	50.0	2.3	2.8	82.4	61.7	0.8	2.7	2.3	213	87	21	33	15	1	14	23
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	2.5	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	34.7	11.2	3.7	2.2	0.2	5.0	12.7	39.5	0.3	1.2	28.6	0.8	1.5	55.6	41.9	1.0	2.7	1.3	208	67	22	13	15	1	8	14
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	2.5	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	2	21.0	11.0	7.0	0.5	1.0	4.5	11.0	40.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	48.1	1.5	5.5	3.5	42	22	14	1	5	2	7	8
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.5	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	15	2	26	23
20	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.5	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.8	14.7	3.2	6.7	0.2	6.8	11.8	57.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	58.7	0.5	2.7	2.0	221	88	19	40	15	1	12	14
21	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	2.5	1974-75	NBA Finals	WAS	4	43.3	23.0	5.0	4.8	0.5	7.3	17.3	42.0				8.5	9.0	94.4	54.2	1.5	3.5		173	92	20	19	10	2		10
22	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	2.4	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	28.8	10.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	3.3	7.6	43.4	1.4	3.6	40.0	2.1	2.6	83.3	58.3	1.3	2.3	1.1	202	71	25	11	17	6	8	21	-10
23	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.4	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	38.0	16.4	3.0	6.0	0.1	6.0	12.9	46.7	2.4	5.6	43.6	2.0	2.4	82.4	59.0	1.0	2.0	1.7	266	115	21	42	17	1	12	21
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.4	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	43.6	20.8	9.4	6.6	1.0	7.8	17.2	45.3	0.2	1.0	20.0	5.0	5.8	86.2	52.7	3.0	6.4	4.0	218	104	47	33	12	5	20	22
25	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.3	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.3	15.7	8.2	5.3	1.3	5.7	16.5	34.3	1.5	6.5	23.1	2.8	4.0	70.8	42.9	3.3	4.8	1.8	248	94	49	32	14	8	11	22

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PPG

28.5

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RPG

8.7

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APG

5.8

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118.3

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DRTG

114.1

13th

NETRTG

4.2

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3P%

36.0

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	42	21	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	41	23	.641	5.5
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.0
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 3/9	PHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 3/11	CLE	@	ORL	7:30 PM
Fri 3/13	CLE	@	DAL	7:30 PM
Sun 3/15	DAL	@	CLE	3:30 PM

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Pistons

45 - 15

109

Final

113

Cavaliers

39 - 24

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

68.0

Jokić

67.5

Gobert

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.4

120.6

119.5

118.8

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.4

111.0

112.3

112.5

112.6

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

7.9

7.3

6.9

6.7

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

14-50

15-48

15-47

16-46

19-44

20-45

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,003.8

Maxey

2,970

Jokić

2,886.1

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,164

Jokić

3,062.5

Dončić

3,028.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.3

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-23

37-25-1

38-26

37-26

36-27

36-29

Worst Record ATS

24-40

25-35-1

26-36

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	16	.738
2	Celtics	42	21	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	41	23	.641	5.5
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.0
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5
7	Heat	35	29	.547	11.5
8	Magic	33	28	.541	12.0
9	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0
10	Hornets	32	32	.500	14.5
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	26	37	.413	20.0
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5
15	Pacers	15	48	.238	31.0

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1	Thunder - x	49	15	.766
2	Spurs - x	46	17	.730	2.5
3	Timberwolves	40	23	.635	8.5
4	Rockets	39	23	.629	9.0
5	Nuggets	39	25	.609	10.0
6	Lakers	38	25	.603	10.5
7	Suns	36	27	.571	12.5
8	Warriors	32	30	.516	16.0
9	Clippers	30	32	.484	18.0
10	Trail Blazers	30	34	.469	19.0
11	Grizzlies	23	38	.377	24.5
12	Mavericks	21	42	.333	27.5
13	Pelicans	20	45	.308	29.5
14	Jazz	19	44	.302	29.5
15	Kings	14	50	.219	35.0