steals leader in 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Chris Paul had the most steals per game, with 2.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
steals with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leader in 2000s
NAMESPGGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Chris Paul
C. Paul
2.4
300
37.2
19.4
4.8
9.9
0.1
6.8
14.5
47.0
0.9
2.5
34.4
4.9
5.8
84.9
56.8
0.8
4.0
2.6
11,169
5,827
1,433
2,966
726
23
776
769
+603
2Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
2.2
682
41.8
28.1
3.6
6.2
0.2
9.7
22.9
42.4
1.1
3.6
31.1
7.5
9.5
79.3
51.8
0.7
2.9
3.6
28,534
19,154
2,471
4,227
1,521
106
2,450
1,198
+1187
3Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
2.1
604
34.8
16.1
5.1
3.2
0.6
5.7
13.6
42.2
1.2
3.5
34.2
3.5
4.8
72.3
51.3
1.2
3.9
2.3
21,037
9,722
3,092
1,915
1,244
375
1,372
1,776
+923
4Mario Chalmers
M. Chalmers
2.0
82
32.0
10.0
2.8
4.9
0.1
3.4
8.1
42.0
1.4
3.8
36.7
1.8
2.4
76.7
54.8
0.5
2.3
2.0
2,626
818
228
403
160
8
165
240
+30
5Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
1.9
760
37.3
14.0
7.0
9.2
0.3
5.0
12.3
40.2
1.5
4.2
34.8
2.6
3.3
81.1
50.9
1.3
5.7
3.1
28,311
10,649
5,327
7,029
1,472
236
2,331
1,438
+2576
6Baron Davis
B. Davis
1.9
673
35.4
16.9
4.0
7.3
0.4
6.1
14.9
40.9
1.7
5.3
32.3
2.9
4.2
69.7
50.2
1.0
3.0
2.8
23,825
11,364
2,705
4,901
1,292
286
1,875
1,947
+1028
7Terrell Brandon
T. Brandon
1.9
181
35.2
15.8
3.5
8.2
0.3
6.4
14.0
45.3
0.5
1.4
36.6
2.6
2.9
90.1
51.6
0.7
2.8
2.1
6,370
2,859
629
1,476
347
57
382
345
+615
8Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
1.9
177
30.6
9.6
3.4
6.0
0.3
3.9
10.1
38.9
1.1
3.2
33.3
0.7
1.0
69.3
45.7
0.8
2.6
1.7
5,410
1,701
594
1,065
333
46
308
276
-873
9Doug Christie
D. Christie
1.9
463
33.0
10.4
4.1
4.1
0.5
3.6
8.4
43.2
0.9
2.5
35.8
2.2
2.6
85.8
54.4
0.9
3.2
1.9
15,283
4,834
1,886
1,894
868
211
876
1,099
+1774
10Shawn Marion
S. Marion
1.8
745
37.6
17.8
9.9
2.0
1.3
7.2
14.9
48.1
0.9
2.7
33.7
2.5
3.1
82.0
54.6
2.6
7.3
1.6
28,020
13,254
7,384
1,511
1,363
975
1,192
1,869
+2061
11Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
1.8
394
37.9
25.2
4.9
6.7
1.0
8.8
18.2
48.3
0.4
1.5
28.5
7.2
9.3
77.2
56.5
1.2
3.6
3.8
14,925
9,922
1,925
2,625
720
379
1,497
1,019
+1026
12Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1.8
404
38.0
15.6
5.7
4.4
0.5
5.4
11.5
46.9
0.8
2.5
32.5
4.0
5.3
75.5
56.4
1.1
4.5
2.4
15,345
6,305
2,296
1,758
727
187
989
941
-99
13LeBron James
L. James
1.8
472
40.6
27.5
7.0
6.7
0.9
9.8
20.9
47.1
1.4
4.1
32.8
6.5
8.8
73.8
55.5
1.3
5.7
3.3
19,142
12,993
3,307
3,159
830
405
1,541
951
+1669
14Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
1.8
433
37.4
22.8
4.2
5.5
0.2
7.3
17.2
42.7
2.1
5.8
35.8
6.0
7.4
80.9
55.7
0.9
3.3
3.3
16,175
9,853
1,828
2,387
758
103
1,438
1,365
+96
15Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
1.7
235
28.8
9.7
4.4
5.7
0.1
3.9
8.2
48.0
0.1
0.4
27.1
1.7
2.7
63.5
51.6
1.1
3.3
2.1
6,779
2,268
1,030
1,349
406
32
493
561
+1160
16John Stockton
J. Stockton
1.7
328
29.5
12.0
2.8
8.3
0.2
4.3
8.5
50.2
0.5
1.3
38.4
2.9
3.5
84.0
59.5
0.6
2.1
2.4
9,670
3,920
906
2,719
564
76
772
779
+1481
17Caron Butler
C. Butler
1.7
486
36.5
16.7
6.0
3.0
0.3
6.1
13.9
44.3
0.6
1.8
31.6
3.8
4.5
85.2
52.6
1.7
4.2
2.3
17,715
8,112
2,908
1,478
817
142
1,124
1,356
-567
18Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1.7
748
39.4
28.2
5.9
5.2
0.6
9.8
21.5
45.7
1.4
4.1
34.2
7.2
8.5
84.4
55.9
1.3
4.6
3.1
29,476
21,065
4,381
3,921
1,246
431
2,326
2,092
+3470
19Jamaal Tinsley
J. Tinsley
1.7
398
30.2
10.4
3.4
7.0
0.3
3.9
9.9
39.5
0.9
2.8
30.7
1.7
2.4
71.3
47.4
0.8
2.7
2.9
12,016
4,144
1,368
2,786
660
128
1,145
1,076
+582
20Larry Hughes
L. Hughes
1.6
623
32.3
15.0
4.3
3.3
0.4
5.5
13.4
40.9
0.8
2.4
31.5
3.3
4.3
75.6
49.0
1.0
3.3
2.2
20,151
9,364
2,703
2,069
994
226
1,399
1,468
-1109
21Brevin Knight
B. Knight
1.6
610
23.8
7.0
2.3
5.8
0.1
2.7
6.5
40.7
0.0
0.2
15.0
1.6
2.0
79.2
46.8
0.3
2.0
1.8
14,507
4,246
1,401
3,523
963
62
1,068
1,470
-1424
22Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1.5
765
37.8
23.3
6.3
4.0
0.6
7.6
17.1
44.3
1.7
4.6
36.3
6.4
8.0
80.1
56.3
1.0
5.3
3.1
28,893
17,812
4,798
3,068
1,183
480
2,376
2,201
+1925
23Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
1.5
478
27.7
14.7
4.1
3.6
0.3
4.7
10.4
45.4
1.4
3.7
37.6
3.9
4.8
82.1
59.0
0.8
3.2
2.1
13,237
7,044
1,943
1,704
734
162
999
1,115
+2692
24Gerald Wallace
G. Wallace
1.5
468
27.9
12.3
5.4
1.9
0.9
4.4
9.3
47.8
0.4
1.3
30.3
3.1
4.4
69.6
54.9
1.4
4.0
1.8
13,065
5,770
2,533
892
708
435
820
1,091
-531
25Speedy Claxton
S. Claxton
1.5
334
25.6
9.3
2.5
4.3
0.1
3.4
8.2
40.9
0.1
0.7
19.3
2.4
3.2
76.2
48.1
0.6
1.9
1.7
8,548
3,096
830
1,441
503
40
580
827
-201
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11
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10.5
12
11
21
.344
13.0
13
10
20
.333
13.0
14
7
24
.226
16.5
15
6
27
.182
18.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
28
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23
9
.719
4.5
3
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10
.688
5.5
4
20
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.667
6.5
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6.5
6
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.636
7.0
7
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9
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12.5
10
14
19
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14.0
11
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12
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