Michael Jordan has gotten the most career steals per game when playing 36.0+ minutes per game, with 2.3 per game.
Interpreted as:
steal leaders per 36 or higher mins| NAME | SPG | MPG | GP | 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 |  | M. Jordan | 2.3 | 38.3 | 1,072 | 30.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 11.4 | 22.9 | 49.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 32.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 83.5 | 56.9 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 41,011 | 32,292 | 6,672 | 5,633 | 2,514 | 893 | 2,924 | 2,783 | +1438 |
| 2 |  | A. Iverson | 2.2 | 41.1 | 914 | 26.7 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 21.8 | 42.5 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 31.3 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 78.0 | 51.8 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 37,584 | 24,368 | 3,394 | 5,624 | 1,983 | 164 | 3,262 | 1,777 | +799 |
| 3 |  | J. Kidd | 1.9 | 36.0 | 1,391 | 12.6 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 11.2 | 40.0 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 34.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 78.5 | 50.7 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 50,111 | 17,529 | 8,725 | 12,091 | 2,684 | 450 | 4,003 | 2,572 | +3868 |
| 4 |  | M. Johnson | 1.9 | 36.7 | 906 | 19.5 | 7.2 | 11.2 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 52.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 30.3 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 84.8 | 61.0 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 33,245 | 17,707 | 6,559 | 10,141 | 1,724 | 374 | 3,506 | 2,050 | |
| 5 |  | I. Thomas | 1.9 | 36.3 | 979 | 19.2 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 16.2 | 45.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 29.0 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 75.9 | 51.6 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 35,516 | 18,822 | 3,478 | 9,061 | 1,861 | 249 | 3,682 | 2,971 | |
| 6 |  | W. Frazier | 1.9 | 38.0 | 359 | 18.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 7.6 | 15.9 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 81.9 | 52.6 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 13,626 | 6,731 | 1,926 | 2,028 | 681 | 63 | 139 | 922 | |
| 7 |  | L. Bird | 1.7 | 38.4 | 897 | 24.3 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 9.6 | 19.3 | 49.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 37.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 88.6 | 56.4 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 34,443 | 21,791 | 8,974 | 5,695 | 1,556 | 755 | 2,816 | 2,279 | |
| 8 |  | C. Barkley | 1.5 | 36.7 | 1,073 | 22.1 | 11.7 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 14.5 | 54.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 26.6 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 73.5 | 61.2 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 39,330 | 23,757 | 12,546 | 4,215 | 1,648 | 888 | 3,376 | 3,287 | +532 |
| 9 |  | L. James | 1.5 | 37.6 | 1,622 | 26.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 9.8 | 19.4 | 50.7 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 34.8 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 73.7 | 59.0 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 61,031 | 43,440 | 12,095 | 12,016 | 2,417 | 1,185 | 5,650 | 2,862 | +7508 |
| 10 |  | S. Francis | 1.5 | 37.6 | 576 | 18.1 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 14.4 | 42.9 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 34.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 79.7 | 53.3 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 21,632 | 10,446 | 3,215 | 3,473 | 846 | 223 | 2,030 | 1,813 | +51 |
| 11 |  | K. Bryant | 1.4 | 36.1 | 1,346 | 25.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 19.5 | 44.7 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 32.9 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 83.7 | 55.0 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 48,637 | 33,643 | 7,047 | 6,306 | 1,944 | 640 | 4,010 | 3,353 | +4153 |
| 12 |  | C. Webber | 1.4 | 37.1 | 831 | 20.7 | 9.8 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 18.1 | 47.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 29.9 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 64.9 | 51.3 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 30,847 | 17,182 | 8,124 | 3,526 | 1,197 | 1,200 | 2,313 | 2,700 | +1550 |
| 13 |  | L. Sprewell | 1.4 | 38.6 | 913 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 15.7 | 42.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 33.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 80.4 | 51.6 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 35,270 | 16,712 | 3,724 | 3,664 | 1,294 | 399 | 2,450 | 1,689 | -111 |
| 14 |  | K. Malone | 1.4 | 37.2 | 1,476 | 25.0 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 17.8 | 51.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 27.4 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 74.2 | 57.7 | 2.4 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 54,852 | 36,928 | 14,968 | 5,248 | 2,085 | 1,145 | 4,524 | 4,578 | +3010 |
| 15 |  | P. Maravich | 1.4 | 37.0 | 432 | 24.8 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 22.1 | 44.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 66.7 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 83.0 | 49.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 15,999 | 10,730 | 1,847 | 2,269 | 587 | 108 | 530 | 1,175 | |
| 16 |  | S. Marbury | 1.2 | 37.7 | 846 | 19.3 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 15.7 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 32.5 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 78.4 | 52.8 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 31,891 | 16,297 | 2,516 | 6,471 | 1,022 | 121 | 2,547 | 2,014 | -1016 |
| 17 |  | J. Havlicek | 1.2 | 36.8 | 395 | 18.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 16.5 | 45.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 84.3 | 50.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 14,531 | 7,295 | 1,999 | 1,885 | 476 | 117 | 204 | 1,024 | ||||
| 18 | | G. Robinson | 1.2 | 36.8 | 688 | 20.7 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 17.6 | 45.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 34.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 82.0 | 52.9 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 25,346 | 14,234 | 4,189 | 1,879 | 826 | 389 | 2,147 | 1,847 | +10 |
| 19 | | C. Mobley | 1.2 | 37.0 | 747 | 16.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 13.4 | 43.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 37.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 83.5 | 53.6 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 27,618 | 11,964 | 2,902 | 2,015 | 878 | 313 | 1,520 | 1,710 | -59 |
| 20 |  | D. Cowens | 1.1 | 37.9 | 524 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 15.7 | 46.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 80.3 | 50.1 | 3.0 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 19,878 | 8,970 | 6,696 | 2,104 | 599 | 488 | 543 | 1,945 | |
| 21 | | J. Walker | 1.1 | 37.4 | 229 | 17.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 47.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 84.5 | 52.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 8,570 | 3,939 | 620 | 709 | 253 | 36 | 578 | ||||||
| 22 |  | G. Petrie | 1.1 | 37.6 | 225 | 20.4 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 17.9 | 46.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 84.1 | 51.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 8,466 | 4,599 | 585 | 1,069 | 247 | 33 | 608 | ||||||
| 23 | | J. Mashburn | 1.0 | 37.3 | 611 | 19.1 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 41.8 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 34.5 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 76.6 | 50.4 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 22,762 | 11,644 | 3,271 | 2,414 | 632 | 109 | 1,585 | 1,533 | +1003 |
| 24 |  | K. Durant | 1.0 | 36.7 | 1,201 | 27.1 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 9.4 | 18.6 | 50.3 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 39.2 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 88.2 | 62.2 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 44,076 | 32,597 | 8,254 | 5,280 | 1,235 | 1,344 | 3,799 | 2,279 | +5072 |
| 25 |  | D. Lillard | 1.0 | 36.2 | 900 | 25.1 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 18.4 | 43.9 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 37.1 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 89.9 | 59.0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 32,612 | 22,598 | 3,845 | 6,069 | 874 | 267 | 2,541 | 1,708 | +2415 |
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.
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| Eastern | W | L | PCT | GB | |
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| 1 |  Pistons - z | 60 | 22 | .732 | |
| 2 |  Celtics - x | 56 | 26 | .683 | 4.0 |
| 3 |  Knicks - x | 53 | 29 | .646 | 7.0 |
| 4 |  Cavaliers - x | 52 | 30 | .634 | 8.0 |
| 5 |  Raptors - x | 46 | 36 | .561 | 14.0 |
| 6 |  Hawks - x | 46 | 36 | .561 | 14.0 |
| 7 |  76ers - x | 45 | 37 | .549 | 15.0 |
| 8 |  Magic - x | 45 | 37 | .549 | 15.0 |
| 9 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 16.0 | |
| 10 | 43 | 39 | .524 | 17.0 | |
| 11 |  Bucks - e | 32 | 50 | .390 | 28.0 |
| 12 |  Bulls - e | 31 | 51 | .378 | 29.0 |
| 13 |  Nets - e | 20 | 62 | .244 | 40.0 |
| 14 |  Pacers - e | 19 | 63 | .232 | 41.0 |
| 15 |  Wizards - e | 17 | 65 | .207 | 43.0 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thunder - z | 64 | 18 | .780 | |
| 2 |  Spurs - x | 62 | 20 | .756 | 2.0 |
| 3 |  Nuggets - x | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10.0 |
| 4 |  Lakers - x | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11.0 |
| 5 |  Rockets - x | 52 | 30 | .634 | 12.0 |
| 6 |  Timberwolves - x | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15.0 |
| 7 |  Suns - x | 45 | 37 | .549 | 19.0 |
| 8 |  Trail Blazers - x | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 |
| 9 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22.0 | |
| 10 | 37 | 45 | .451 | 27.0 | |
| 11 |  Pelicans - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 12 |  Mavericks - e | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38.0 |
| 13 |  Grizzlies - e | 25 | 57 | .305 | 39.0 |
| 14 |  Kings - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
| 15 |  Jazz - e | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42.0 |
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