rookie with the highest steals per game in single season playoff

Maurice Cheeks has gotten the most steals per game by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 4.1 per game in 1978-79.

	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	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	4.1	1978-79	PHI	9	36.7	18.8	3.9	7.0	0.4	7.3	13.4	54.5				4.1	6.2	66.1	58.0	1.4	2.4	3.2	330	169	35	63	37	4	29	29
2	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	4.0	1977-78	ATL	2	32.0	15.5	3.0	3.0	0.5	6.0	9.5	63.2				3.5	4.0	87.5	68.8	1.0	2.0	2.5	64	31	6	6	8	1	5	10
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3.1	1979-80	LAL	16	41.1	18.3	10.5	9.4	0.4	6.4	12.4	51.8	0.1	0.5	25.0	5.3	6.6	80.2	59.6	3.3	7.3	4.1	658	293	168	151	49	6	65	47
4	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.9	2008-09	MIA	7	33.0	7.3	2.7	4.4	0.1	2.9	7.1	40.0	0.9	3.0	28.6	0.7	1.0	71.4	48.0	0.9	1.9	2.4	231	51	19	31	20	1	17	21	+1
5	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	2.8	2004-05	PHI	5	38.4	9.8	4.6	3.0	1.0	4.0	8.6	46.5	0.6	1.8	33.3	1.2	2.4	50.0	50.7	1.6	3.0	1.0	192	49	23	15	14	5	5	12	-25
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1984-85	CHI	4	42.8	29.3	5.8	8.5	1.0	8.5	19.5	43.6	0.3	2.0	12.5	12.0	14.5	82.8	56.5	1.8	4.0	3.8	171	117	23	34	11	4	15	15
7	Scott May S. May	2.7	1976-77	CHI	3	32.3	10.7	4.7	1.0	0.7	3.3	8.7	38.5				4.0	5.0	80.0	49.1	2.0	2.7		97	32	14	3	8	2		10
8	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.5	1997-98	CLE	4	33.0	4.5	4.0	5.8	0.3	1.5	5.3	28.6	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.5	60.0	35.4	0.0	4.0	2.0	132	18	16	23	10	1	8	16	+4
9	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.5	1987-88	NYK	4	42.8	14.3	4.8	9.8	0.0	5.5	15.0	36.7	1.3	3.0	41.7	2.0	2.8	72.7	44.0	1.5	3.3	3.5	171	57	19	39	10	0	14	13
10	Albert King A. King	2.5	1981-82	NJN	2	29.0	20.0	4.0	3.0	0.5	9.0	16.5	54.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	80.0	56.8	1.5	2.5	2.5	58	40	8	6	5	1	5	8
11	Louis Orr L. Orr	2.5	1980-81	IND	2	28.0	12.0	5.0	2.0	0.5	4.5	12.5	36.0	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.5	85.7	42.7	3.0	2.0	3.0	56	24	10	4	5	1	6	4
12	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.4	1983-84	ATL	5	26.0	13.6	2.0	3.2	0.8	3.2	6.4	50.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	7.2	8.2	87.8	67.9	1.4	0.6	1.8	130	68	10	16	12	4	9	16
13	Phil Ford P. Ford	2.4	1978-79	KCK	5	28.6	7.8	2.4	5.8	0.0	3.0	11.4	26.3				1.8	3.2	56.3	30.4	0.4	2.0	3.0	143	39	12	29	12	0	15	14
14	Chris Mills C. Mills	2.3	1993-94	CLE	3	37.3	17.0	7.7	2.7	0.3	6.3	12.7	50.0	1.3	1.7	80.0	3.0	3.7	81.8	59.5	3.3	4.3	1.7	112	51	23	8	7	1	5	9
15	Josh Minott J. Minott	2.0	2022-23	MIN	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	-4
16	Marquis Daniels M. Daniels	2.0	2003-04	DAL	5	36.8	15.8	6.2	3.0	0.6	6.4	15.0	42.7	0.2	1.4	14.3	2.8	4.4	63.6	46.6	2.0	4.2	3.0	184	79	31	15	10	3	15	14	+11
17	Tyus Edney T. Edney	2.0	1995-96	SAC	4	30.3	12.0	3.0	2.8	0.0	4.5	10.5	42.9	0.5	2.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	83.3	50.8	0.5	2.5	2.3	121	48	12	11	8	0	9	11
18	Billy Owens B. Owens	2.0	1991-92	GSW	4	39.3	19.3	8.3	3.3	0.5	7.5	14.3	52.6	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.8	63.0	55.9	3.3	5.0	1.5	157	77	33	13	8	2	6	14
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	2.0	1985-86	UTA	4	36.0	21.8	7.5	1.0	0.0	9.5	18.0	52.8	0.0	0.0		2.8	6.5	42.3	52.1	1.5	6.0	1.5	144	87	30	4	8	0	6	18
20	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	2.0	1985-86	CHI	3	29.3	10.0	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.7	7.0	52.4	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.3	61.5	56.1	3.3	6.7	1.7	88	30	30	3	6	2	5	13
21	Darrell Walker D. Walker	2.0	1983-84	NYK	12	16.3	6.8	2.9	1.7	0.2	2.3	6.1	37.0	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.8	60.9	44.0	1.7	1.3	2.7	195	82	35	20	24	2	32	29
22	Kelvin Ransey K. Ransey	2.0	1980-81	POR	3	43.7	16.3	4.0	8.3	0.3	7.7	21.7	35.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	36.2	1.7	2.3	3.7	131	49	12	25	6	1	11	8
23	Charlie Criss C. Criss	2.0	1977-78	ATL	2	32.5	13.5	2.0	1.5	0.5	5.0	12.0	41.7				3.5	4.5	77.8	48.3	0.0	2.0	2.5	65	27	4	3	4	1	5	5
24	John Lucas J. Lucas	2.0	1976-77	HOU	12	35.8	14.7	2.8	6.9	0.3	6.3	11.6	54.0				2.2	2.8	76.5	57.2	0.3	2.4		430	176	33	83	24	4		33
25	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	1.9	1998-99	PHI	8	24.8	10.3	4.6	2.0	1.1	3.9	9.6	40.3	0.0	0.9	0.0	2.5	3.0	83.3	46.8	2.1	2.5	1.5	198	82	37	16	15	9	12	21	+18