Micheal Ray Richardson averaged the most steals per game in 1984-85, with 3.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader 1985

	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	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.0	1984-85	NJN	82	38.1	20.1	5.6	8.2	0.3	8.4	17.9	46.9	0.4	1.4	25.2	2.9	3.8	76.7	51.3	1.9	3.7	3.0	3,127	1,649	457	669	243	22	249	277
2	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.8	1984-85	SAS	82	32.8	12.8	4.6	10.0	0.2	5.1	11.1	45.7	0.3	1.1	28.1	2.3	3.0	76.2	51.3	1.1	3.5	2.9	2,689	1,046	378	816	229	18	236	247
3	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.5	1984-85	DEN	82	31.2	12.8	5.0	7.5	0.4	5.2	12.0	43.0	0.1	0.3	25.0	2.4	3.1	77.0	47.9	1.8	3.2	2.5	2,559	1,051	411	613	202	30	203	226
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.4	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
5	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.4	1984-85	ATL	69	30.8	14.1	3.1	5.9	0.8	4.8	10.2	47.6	0.2	0.5	41.7	4.2	5.5	77.0	56.1	1.0	2.1	2.6	2,126	974	214	410	163	53	176	250
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.3	1984-85	DET	81	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	0.3	8.0	17.4	45.8	0.4	1.4	25.7	4.9	6.1	80.9	52.9	1.4	3.0	3.7	3,089	1,720	361	1,123	187	25	302	288
7	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.3	1984-85	WAS	79	37.5	20.0	2.5	7.7	0.4	8.1	18.8	43.0	0.6	2.2	29.0	3.2	4.4	72.5	48.2	0.9	1.6	2.7	2,960	1,578	195	608	178	32	213	159
8	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.2	1984-85	POR	80	31.9	17.2	6.0	5.5	0.9	7.2	14.5	49.4	0.1	0.5	21.6	2.8	3.7	75.9	53.4	2.7	3.2	2.8	2,555	1,377	476	441	177	68	223	265
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.2	1984-85	PHI	78	33.5	13.1	2.8	6.4	0.3	5.4	9.5	57.0	0.1	0.3	23.1	2.2	2.6	87.9	61.9	0.7	2.1	2.0	2,616	1,025	217	497	169	24	155	184
10	Lester Conner L. Conner	2.0	1984-85	GSW	79	28.6	8.1	3.1	4.7	0.2	3.1	6.9	45.1	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	50.8	1.1	2.0	1.7	2,258	640	246	369	161	13	138	136
11	Darrell Walker D. Walker	2.0	1984-85	NYK	82	30.4	13.5	3.4	5.0	0.3	5.2	12.1	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.0	4.2	70.0	48.3	1.6	1.8	2.5	2,489	1,103	278	408	167	21	204	244
12	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	1.9	1984-85	POR	75	30.4	11.6	2.9	7.0	0.1	4.3	9.1	47.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	3.9	79.3	54.1	0.7	2.2	2.6	2,278	872	219	522	143	5	194	189
13	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	1.8	1984-85	SEA	79	33.5	13.4	2.4	7.1	0.1	5.4	11.3	47.9	0.1	0.5	23.7	2.5	3.2	78.0	52.9	0.9	1.5	2.9	2,648	1,062	190	559	140	9	231	196
14	Derek Harper D. Harper	1.8	1984-85	DAL	82	27.0	9.6	2.4	4.4	0.5	4.0	7.7	52.0	0.3	0.7	34.4	1.4	1.9	72.1	56.4	0.6	1.9	1.5	2,218	790	199	360	144	37	123	194
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	1.7	1984-85	PHI	78	32.5	20.0	5.3	3.0	1.4	7.8	15.8	49.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	4.3	5.7	76.5	54.6	2.2	3.1	2.7	2,535	1,561	414	233	135	109	208	199
16	T.R. Dunn	1.7	1984-85	DEN	81	28.3	5.4	4.8	1.9	0.2	2.2	4.4	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	72.4	53.1	2.1	2.7	0.8	2,290	434	385	153	140	14	65	213
17	Rickey Green R. Green	1.7	1984-85	UTA	77	31.6	13.0	2.5	7.8	0.0	4.9	10.4	47.7	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.0	3.5	86.9	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.3	2,431	1,000	189	597	132	3	177	131
18	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1.7	1984-85	UTA	78	35.6	22.6	4.4	3.1	0.4	9.3	20.4	45.7	1.2	3.3	35.8	2.8	3.8	72.5	51.2	1.6	2.8	3.2	2,776	1,764	344	243	133	30	247	178
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1.7	1984-85	ATL	81	37.3	27.4	6.9	2.5	0.7	10.5	23.3	45.1	0.3	1.0	30.9	6.0	7.4	80.6	51.4	2.8	4.1	2.8	3,023	2,217	557	200	135	54	225	170
20	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1.6	1984-85	GSW	82	35.0	19.5	2.5	5.0	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.5	0.5	1.7	29.4	4.1	5.1	81.0	51.4	0.8	1.7	3.1	2,873	1,598	202	406	134	41	251	226
21	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1.6	1984-85	BOS	75	34.2	12.9	3.6	5.3	0.1	5.6	10.6	52.9	0.2	0.7	26.8	1.6	1.8	86.8	57.0	1.0	2.6	2.0	2,564	971	268	399	122	6	149	228
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.6	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	129	98	248	208
23	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	1.6	1984-85	MIL	80	36.0	16.1	5.4	6.8	0.7	6.0	11.6	51.7	0.1	0.3	35.0	4.0	5.2	75.8	57.7	1.9	3.5	3.1	2,876	1,284	429	543	129	56	247	258
24	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1.6	1984-85	SAS	79	21.3	9.2	3.4	3.5	0.3	3.8	7.6	49.8	0.1	0.1	36.4	1.6	2.1	73.4	53.8	1.5	1.9	2.1	1,685	726	265	275	127	24	167	217
25	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1.6	1984-85	MIL	73	37.5	21.7	5.4	5.2	0.5	7.7	15.9	48.3	0.1	0.5	27.3	6.2	7.5	82.8	56.5	2.0	3.3	2.5	2,734	1,585	391	382	117	39	184	197