rockets player most steals per game in a season

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most steals per game for the Rockets in a season, with 2.6 per game in 1988-89.

Interpreted as:

rockets player most steals per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in a season

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.6	1988-89	HOU	82	36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	3.4	9.6	19.0	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.5	8.0	69.6	55.2	4.1	9.4	3.4	3,024	2,034	1,105	149	213	282	275	329
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.2	1990-91	HOU	56	36.8	21.2	13.8	2.3	3.9	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	76.9	54.9	3.9	9.8	3.1	2,062	1,187	770	131	121	221	174	221
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	1989-90	HOU	82	38.1	24.3	14.0	2.9	4.6	9.8	19.6	50.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	6.5	71.3	54.1	3.6	10.4	3.9	3,124	1,995	1,149	234	174	376	316	314
4	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	2.1	1982-83	HOU	79	32.9	14.8	2.5	6.7	0.2	5.6	13.4	41.5	0.5	2.2	24.0	3.1	3.8	83.2	49.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	2,602	1,167	195	530	165	14	198	215
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.1	1987-88	HOU	79	35.8	22.8	12.1	2.1	2.7	9.0	17.5	51.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.9	69.5	55.5	3.8	8.3	3.1	2,825	1,805	959	163	162	214	243	324
6	James Harden J. Harden	2.0	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	2,818	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1995-96	HOU	52	38.4	19.3	7.2	5.8	0.5	6.4	14.7	43.3	1.5	4.5	33.2	5.1	6.5	78.4	55.1	1.9	5.3	2.6	1,997	1,005	373	302	105	24	134	153
8	Robert Reid R. Reid	2.0	1980-81	HOU	82	36.1	15.9	7.1	4.2	0.8	6.5	13.6	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.7	75.6	52.2	2.0	5.1	2.4	2,963	1,301	583	344	163	66	198	325
9	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	2.0	2015-16	HOU	81	34.8	12.7	4.5	2.3	0.3	4.4	10.6	41.6	2.3	6.2	37.1	1.6	2.0	78.3	55.1	0.8	3.7	1.4	2,818	1,025	366	188	160	26	113	177	+41
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.0	1985-86	HOU	68	36.3	23.5	11.5	2.0	3.4	9.2	17.5	52.6	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.9	64.5	56.0	4.9	6.6	2.9	2,467	1,597	781	137	134	231	195	271
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	2018-19	HOU	58	32.0	15.6	4.6	8.2	0.3	5.2	12.4	41.9	2.2	6.1	35.8	3.0	3.5	86.2	56.0	0.6	3.9	2.6	1,857	906	265	473	114	18	152	146	+300
12	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.0	1998-99	HOU	50	40.2	14.5	6.5	5.9	0.7	5.2	12.1	43.2	1.4	4.2	34.0	2.6	3.7	72.1	53.0	1.3	5.2	3.2	2,011	726	323	293	98	37	159	118	+62
13	John Lucas J. Lucas	2.0	1977-78	HOU	82	35.8	12.4	3.1	9.4	0.1	5.0	11.5	43.5				2.4	3.0	77.2	48.1	0.6	2.5	2.6	2,933	1,017	255	768	160	9	213	208
14	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.9	1973-74	HOU	81	36.1	20.4	2.3	7.4	0.0	8.3	15.9	52.2				3.8	4.4	86.8	57.3	0.6	1.7		2,922	1,652	188	603	157	4		310
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.9	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365
16	James Harden J. Harden	1.9	2014-15	HOU	81	36.8	27.4	5.7	7.0	0.7	8.0	18.1	44.0	2.6	6.9	37.5	8.8	10.2	86.8	60.5	0.9	4.7	4.0	2,981	2,217	459	565	154	60	321	208	+335
17	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	1.9	1981-82	HOU	79	27.2	10.9	2.1	5.8	0.2	4.7	10.0	46.7	0.1	0.4	29.0	1.5	1.7	85.2	50.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	2,150	864	168	457	150	15	153	182
18	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.9	1979-80	HOU	76	35.2	20.0	2.0	3.9	0.1	8.2	16.7	49.3	0.0	0.3	4.0	3.6	4.0	89.7	54.3	0.9	1.1	2.1	2,676	1,520	150	299	143	9	162	269
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	140	254	228	294
20	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1.9	2014-15	HOU	82	35.7	12.8	5.6	2.5	0.2	4.5	11.1	40.2	2.4	6.8	35.0	1.5	1.7	85.3	53.9	0.9	4.7	1.7	2,930	1,048	459	209	152	17	141	186	+235
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1994-95	HOU	72	39.6	27.8	10.8	3.5	3.4	11.1	21.5	51.7	0.0	0.2	18.8	5.6	7.5	75.6	56.3	2.4	8.4	3.3	2,853	2,005	775	255	133	242	237	250
22	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.8	1975-76	HOU	82	36.5	21.0	2.5	7.3	0.1	8.2	16.7	49.3				4.5	5.0	90.7	55.6	0.6	1.9		2,995	1,722	209	596	151	6		294
23	James Harden J. Harden	1.8	2019-20	HOU	68	36.5	34.3	6.6	7.5	0.9	9.9	22.3	44.4	4.4	12.4	35.5	10.2	11.8	86.5	62.6	1.0	5.5	4.5	2,483	2,335	446	512	125	60	308	227	+287
24	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1.8	2016-17	HOU	80	34.7	11.7	5.7	2.2	0.3	4.1	10.0	40.9	2.4	6.9	34.4	1.2	1.6	73.8	54.8	0.7	5.1	0.9	2,773	936	458	175	147	20	73	133	+367
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.8	1992-93	HOU	82	39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	4.2	10.3	19.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.0	77.9	57.7	3.5	9.6	3.2	3,242	2,140	1,068	291	150	342	262	305

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Fri 3/13	NOP	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 3/16	LAL	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Wed 3/18	LAL	@	HOU	9:30 PM
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2	Spurs	48	17	.738	2.5
3	Rockets	40	25	.615	10.5
4	Lakers	40	25	.615	10.5
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