steals average rankings among forwards in nba history

Rick Barry has gotten the most career steals per game by a forward, with 2.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
steals with a minimum of 400 games played average rankings among forwards in NBA history
NAMESPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Rick Barry
R. Barry
2.0
554
35.4
21.2
5.2
5.7
0.5
8.6
19.1
44.9
1.0
3.1
33.0
3.9
4.2
91.6
50.5
0.9
4.3
2.5
19,585
11,729
2,876
3,163
1,104
269
574
1,464
2Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
2.0
1,178
34.9
16.1
6.4
5.2
0.8
6.3
13.3
47.3
0.8
2.5
32.6
2.7
3.8
70.4
53.6
1.8
4.6
2.8
41,069
18,940
7,494
6,135
2,307
947
3,257
3,329
+2022
3Julius Erving
J. Erving
1.9
702
34.6
22.8
7.1
4.0
1.6
9.0
17.6
51.2
0.0
0.2
25.3
4.8
6.2
77.4
56.2
2.5
4.5
3.1
24,285
16,019
4,967
2,785
1,319
1,117
1,951
1,953
4Paul George
P. George
1.8
751
35.2
22.2
6.5
4.0
0.4
7.6
17.3
43.9
2.8
7.3
38.4
4.2
4.9
85.7
57.1
0.9
5.7
2.9
26,405
16,668
4,913
3,022
1,324
326
2,145
2,028
+2929
5George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
1.7
528
30.7
17.2
9.8
3.8
0.4
6.4
14.3
44.8
0.0
0.1
8.0
4.4
6.7
65.1
49.8
3.0
6.8
3.5
16,194
9,090
5,177
1,985
923
236
1,291
1,984
6Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
1.7
991
31.7
13.2
4.5
2.7
0.5
4.7
11.4
41.4
1.2
3.4
33.9
2.6
3.6
71.5
50.8
1.2
3.3
1.8
31,440
13,058
4,448
2,631
1,721
522
1,791
2,586
+1818
7Larry Bird
L. Bird
1.7
897
38.4
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
8Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
1.7
758
31.8
20.4
6.4
3.1
0.6
7.4
14.8
49.8
1.7
4.2
39.0
3.9
4.6
86.4
60.5
1.2
5.2
1.7
24,138
15,435
4,826
2,323
1,308
489
1,266
1,264
+4643
9Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
1.7
802
34.7
19.5
4.6
3.8
0.6
7.4
14.3
51.2
0.9
2.4
38.9
3.9
4.5
86.7
59.8
1.2
3.4
2.6
27,813
15,659
3,662
3,047
1,334
481
2,058
1,643
+243
10Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
1.6
601
32.8
19.2
5.6
4.9
0.4
6.2
12.7
48.5
0.7
2.2
33.3
6.1
7.2
85.2
60.4
1.9
3.8
1.7
19,703
11,533
3,386
2,919
970
243
1,002
799
+1758
11Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
1.5
1,073
36.7
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
12Robert Covington
R. Covington
1.5
614
28.2
10.8
5.5
1.4
0.9
3.6
8.9
40.9
2.1
5.7
36.2
1.5
1.8
81.1
55.7
0.9
4.6
1.4
17,326
6,637
3,385
884
938
578
861
1,738
+416
13LeBron James
L. James
1.5
1,455
37.8
27.3
7.6
7.5
0.7
10.0
19.6
51.1
1.7
4.7
35.0
5.6
7.6
73.7
59.5
1.2
6.4
3.5
54,983
39,765
11,042
10,883
2,183
1,077
5,074
2,588
+7208
14Shawn Marion
S. Marion
1.5
1,082
34.0
14.7
8.4
1.9
1.0
6.1
12.7
48.0
0.6
1.9
33.1
1.9
2.4
81.0
53.7
2.3
6.2
1.5
36,834
15,931
9,142
2,055
1,599
1,096
1,625
2,312
+1559
15Chris Webber
C. Webber
1.5
675
37.7
21.1
10.0
4.4
1.3
8.8
18.7
47.2
0.3
1.0
30.0
3.2
4.7
66.9
50.8
2.6
7.3
2.8
25,474
14,259
6,724
2,963
989
906
1,911
2,167
+1526
16Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
1.5
1,118
29.4
10.4
4.8
2.1
0.3
3.7
8.8
42.2
1.4
4.1
35.1
1.5
2.1
73.1
53.5
1.0
3.8
1.3
32,912
11,593
5,356
2,379
1,628
355
1,473
2,205
+936
17Gerald Wallace
G. Wallace
1.4
832
29.7
11.9
5.8
2.1
0.8
4.2
9.0
46.9
0.5
1.6
31.2
3.0
4.2
70.9
54.9
1.4
4.4
1.8
24,731
9,933
4,838
1,725
1,200
681
1,486
1,829
-176
18Tom Gugliotta
T. Gugliotta
1.4
763
30.9
13.0
7.3
2.8
0.6
5.1
11.3
45.1
0.3
1.0
28.4
2.5
3.4
75.7
50.9
2.1
5.2
2.3
23,556
9,895
5,589
2,140
1,079
492
1,735
1,884
-131
19Karl Malone
K. Malone
1.4
1,476
37.2
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
20John Drew
J. Drew
1.4
639
30.6
21.2
7.3
1.6
0.3
7.6
16.2
47.1
0.0
0.1
12.9
6.0
8.0
74.4
53.8
3.1
4.2
2.8
19,568
13,553
4,668
1,054
894
189
1,168
2,368
21Andrei Kirilenko
A. Kirilenko
1.4
797
30.0
11.8
5.5
2.7
1.8
3.9
8.3
47.4
0.5
1.5
31.0
3.5
4.6
75.4
57.1
1.8
3.7
1.9
23,916
9,431
4,352
2,169
1,097
1,461
1,518
1,605
+1445
22Thaddeus Young
T. Young
1.4
1,172
28.2
12.1
5.6
1.8
0.4
5.2
10.4
50.3
0.4
1.4
32.8
1.2
1.8
66.1
54.1
2.0
3.7
1.4
33,012
14,225
6,614
2,135
1,612
458
1,641
2,486
-276
23Bobby Jones
B. Jones
1.4
774
26.1
11.5
5.5
2.4
1.3
4.4
8.0
55.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
3.5
78.0
60.4
1.7
3.8
1.8
20,177
8,911
4,256
1,888
1,050
982
1,217
2,104
24Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1.3
848
31.3
11.2
4.7
4.3
0.5
4.1
8.9
46.3
0.9
2.8
33.1
2.1
3.0
69.1
55.0
0.8
3.9
1.7
26,555
9,521
4,024
3,639
1,144
444
1,414
1,361
+2956
25Gar Heard
G. Heard
1.3
583
26.6
8.9
8.0
1.8
1.3
3.7
8.9
41.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.2
65.8
44.9
2.3
5.7
1.2
15,493
5,167
4,653
1,060
784
780
349
1,711
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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.639
6.5
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.583
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.514
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.459
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9
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2
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12
.657
3.5
3
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.639
4.0
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.595
5.5
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.559
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11
16
20
.444
11.0
12
13
23
.361
14.0
13
11
22
.333
14.5
14
9
25
.265
17.0
15
6
30
.167
21.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
30
7
.811
2
25
10
.714
4.0
3
22
11
.667
6.0
4
24
12
.667
5.5
5
22
11
.667
6.0
6
23
13
.639
6.5
7
21
15
.583
8.5
8
19
18
.514
11.0
9
17
20
.459
13.0
10
15
20
.429
14.0
11
13
22
.371
16.0
12
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.361
16.5
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.343
17.0
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