rookie steal leaders 2021

LaMelo Ball averaged the most steals per game by a rookie in 2020-21, with 1.6 per game.

Interpreted as:
rookie steal with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2021
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
1.6
2020-21
CHA 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
2Tyrese Haliburton
T. Haliburton
1.3
2020-21
SAC 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
3Facundo Campazzo
F. Campazzo
1.2
2020-21
DEN DEN
65
21.9
6.1
2.1
3.6
0.2
1.8
4.8
38.1
1.2
3.3
35.2
1.2
1.4
87.9
55.8
0.3
1.7
1.1
1,425
396
134
232
79
14
73
132
+78
4Jae'Sean Tate
J. Tate
1.2
2020-21
HOU HOU
70
29.2
11.3
5.3
2.5
0.5
4.5
8.9
50.6
0.9
2.8
30.8
1.5
2.1
69.4
57.6
1.9
3.5
1.4
2,043
794
374
178
85
36
98
222
-189
5Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
1.1
2020-21
MIN MIN
72
32.1
19.3
4.7
2.9
0.5
7.0
16.8
41.7
2.4
7.2
32.9
2.9
3.8
77.6
52.3
0.8
3.8
2.2
2,314
1,392
336
211
82
36
160
129
-228
6Isaac Okoro
I. Okoro
0.9
2020-21
CLE CLE
67
32.4
9.6
3.1
1.9
0.4
3.5
8.3
42.0
0.9
3.2
29.0
1.7
2.3
72.6
51.4
1.0
2.1
1.3
2,173
646
206
128
62
24
86
185
-407
7Patrick Williams
P. Williams
0.9
2020-21
CHI CHI
71
27.9
9.2
4.6
1.4
0.6
3.6
7.4
48.3
0.8
1.9
39.1
1.3
1.8
72.8
56.2
0.9
3.7
1.4
1,983
655
327
99
64
46
98
126
-292
8Theo Maledon
T. Maledon
0.9
2020-21
OKC OKC
65
27.4
10.1
3.2
3.5
0.2
3.5
9.4
36.8
1.6
4.8
33.5
1.6
2.1
74.8
48.9
0.4
2.9
2.2
1,778
658
211
227
56
11
141
126
-621
9Xavier Tillman
X. Tillman
0.7
2020-21
MEM MEM
59
18.4
6.6
4.3
1.3
0.6
2.8
5.1
55.9
0.4
1.1
33.8
0.6
0.9
64.2
60.5
1.3
3.1
0.8
1,085
390
256
75
44
33
45
116
+33
10Saddiq Bey
S. Bey
0.7
2020-21
DET DET
70
27.3
12.2
4.5
1.4
0.2
4.0
9.9
40.4
2.5
6.6
38.0
1.8
2.1
84.4
56.7
0.6
3.9
0.9
1,909
857
318
95
52
14
60
110
-213
11Kira Lewis Jr.
K. Lewis Jr.
0.7
2020-21
NOP NOP
54
16.7
6.4
1.3
2.3
0.2
2.4
6.2
38.6
0.7
2.2
33.3
0.8
0.9
84.3
47.7
0.2
1.1
0.6
904
343
71
124
38
10
34
88
+23
12Devin Vassell
D. Vassell
0.7
2020-21
SAS SAS
62
17.0
5.5
2.8
0.9
0.3
2.0
4.9
40.6
0.8
2.4
34.7
0.7
0.8
84.3
52.4
0.4
2.4
0.4
1,056
341
174
56
43
18
22
88
-65
13Desmond Bane
D. Bane
0.6
2020-21
MEM MEM
68
22.3
9.2
3.1
1.7
0.2
3.4
7.3
46.9
1.7
4.0
43.2
0.6
0.7
81.6
60.0
0.5
2.6
0.9
1,519
625
210
118
41
16
59
125
+12
14Deni Avdija
D. Avdija
0.6
2020-21
WAS WAS
54
23.3
6.3
4.9
1.2
0.3
2.4
5.8
41.7
1.0
3.1
31.5
0.5
0.8
64.4
51.5
0.4
4.4
0.6
1,257
342
262
63
32
15
33
140
-81
15Isaiah Stewart
I. Stewart
0.6
2020-21
DET DET
68
21.4
7.9
6.7
0.9
1.3
3.3
6.0
55.3
0.3
0.9
33.3
0.9
1.4
69.6
59.7
2.3
4.3
1.0
1,455
537
453
59
39
86
67
184
-60
16Payton Pritchard
P. Pritchard
0.6
2020-21
BOS BOS
66
19.2
7.7
2.4
1.8
0.1
2.8
6.3
44.0
1.5
3.8
41.1
0.6
0.7
88.9
58.2
0.5
1.9
0.8
1,267
510
158
120
37
9
53
104
+40
17Jaden McDaniels
J. McDaniels
0.6
2020-21
MIN MIN
63
24.0
6.8
3.7
1.1
1.0
2.6
5.8
44.7
1.1
3.1
36.4
0.4
0.7
60.0
55.2
0.8
2.9
0.7
1,511
427
232
71
35
60
47
172
-103
18Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
0.5
2020-21
NYK NYK
64
19.4
11.4
2.1
2.0
0.2
3.6
9.1
39.5
1.8
4.7
38.9
2.4
2.7
89.1
55.7
0.4
1.8
0.9
1,243
731
137
127
30
12
58
114
+182
19Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
0.4
2020-21
PHI PHI
61
15.3
8.0
1.7
2.0
0.2
3.2
7.0
46.2
0.5
1.7
30.1
1.0
1.1
87.1
53.1
0.2
1.5
0.7
935
488
104
120
26
13
41
79
-52
20RJ Hampton
RJ Hampton
0.4
2020-21
TOT
51
17.4
6.9
3.5
1.7
0.2
2.7
6.1
43.5
0.5
1.7
31.0
1.1
1.6
67.1
50.7
0.6
2.9
1.0
888
354
179
87
21
10
53
61
-284
21Precious Achiuwa
P. Achiuwa
0.3
2020-21
MIA MIA
61
12.1
5.0
3.4
0.5
0.5
2.0
3.7
54.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.8
50.9
55.0
1.2
2.2
0.7
737
304
208
29
20
28
43
91
-116
22Obi Toppin
O. Toppin
0.3
2020-21
NYK NYK
62
11.0
4.1
2.2
0.5
0.2
1.7
3.4
49.8
0.4
1.4
30.6
0.3
0.4
73.1
57.4
0.4
1.8
0.4
683
253
138
29
17
15
23
55
+25
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Knicks Knicks - x
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