steals leaders 2023 nba season centers

Nikola Jokić had the most steals per game by a center in 2022-23, with 1.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2023 NBA season centers
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
1.3
2022-23
69
33.7
24.5
11.8
9.8
0.7
9.4
14.8
63.2
0.8
2.2
38.3
4.9
6.0
82.2
70.1
2.4
9.4
3.6
2,323
1,690
817
678
87
47
247
174
+640
2Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
1.2
2022-23
75
34.6
20.4
9.2
3.2
0.8
8.0
14.9
54.0
0.0
0.2
8.3
4.3
5.4
80.6
59.2
2.5
6.7
2.5
2,598
1,529
688
240
88
61
187
208
+117
3Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
1.0
2022-23
63
28.4
18.6
6.8
1.0
3.0
6.6
13.0
50.6
1.6
4.5
35.5
3.8
4.9
78.8
61.3
1.7
5.0
1.7
1,787
1,173
426
60
65
189
107
227
+367
4Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1.0
2022-23
66
34.6
33.1
10.2
4.2
1.7
11.0
20.1
54.8
1.0
3.0
33.0
10.0
11.7
85.7
65.5
1.7
8.4
3.4
2,284
2,183
670
274
66
112
226
205
+424
5Mitchell Robinson
M. Robinson
0.9
2022-23
59
26.9
7.4
9.4
0.9
1.8
3.2
4.7
67.1
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.1
48.4
65.2
4.5
4.9
0.7
1,589
435
555
53
56
109
41
160
+185
6Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
0.9
2022-23
75
28.9
14.8
9.0
3.9
0.9
5.9
10.7
55.3
0.3
0.8
33.3
2.7
3.8
71.5
59.9
3.2
5.8
2.6
2,171
1,109
678
291
70
70
193
258
-283
7Jakob Poeltl
J. Poeltl
0.9
2022-23
TOT
72
26.5
12.5
9.1
2.7
1.2
5.4
8.6
62.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.8
59.2
63.5
3.3
5.8
1.7
1,906
897
653
197
66
86
125
195
-146
8Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
0.9
2022-23
68
28.6
12.5
6.2
3.7
0.5
4.1
8.2
49.9
1.4
3.5
39.4
2.9
3.4
85.3
64.3
1.2
5.0
2.5
1,942
847
420
252
60
37
168
232
+14
9Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
0.9
2022-23
76
29.9
12.6
9.2
1.9
2.5
5.4
7.7
70.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
3.2
54.1
69.1
2.4
6.8
1.3
2,270
961
702
144
65
189
96
212
+119
10Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
0.8
2022-23
70
30.7
13.4
11.6
1.2
1.4
5.1
7.8
65.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
4.9
64.4
67.5
3.3
8.3
1.7
2,148
939
814
87
56
95
122
210
-7
11Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
0.8
2022-23
68
32.6
14.3
9.8
1.7
1.2
5.9
9.2
64.4
0.0
0.1
10.0
2.4
3.3
73.3
67.0
3.3
6.5
1.4
2,220
969
666
113
54
84
93
153
+345
12Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
0.8
2022-23
79
34.4
16.2
9.0
2.8
1.5
6.6
12.0
55.4
0.3
1.3
21.6
2.6
3.8
67.4
59.1
2.4
6.6
1.8
2,715
1,277
711
224
60
119
146
218
+339
13Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
0.7
2022-23
82
33.5
17.6
11.0
3.2
0.7
7.3
14.0
52.0
1.5
4.2
34.9
1.6
1.9
83.5
59.4
1.9
9.1
1.7
2,746
1,447
903
265
60
57
139
179
-20
14Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
0.7
2022-23
80
23.1
9.9
7.2
1.0
1.3
4.0
6.2
63.8
0.1
0.2
30.8
1.9
2.5
78.1
67.8
2.7
4.5
1.0
1,848
791
576
81
56
107
81
251
+63
15Clint Capela
C. Capela
0.7
2022-23
65
26.6
12.0
11.0
0.9
1.2
5.4
8.2
65.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.0
60.3
65.6
4.0
7.1
0.8
1,730
779
717
58
45
79
54
139
-30
16Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
0.7
2022-23
67
12.7
6.0
6.6
0.5
0.4
2.5
4.1
60.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.9
53.6
60.6
2.1
4.6
1.1
849
399
444
33
45
27
75
117
+25
17Jalen Duren
J. Duren
0.7
2022-23
67
24.9
9.1
8.9
1.1
0.9
3.9
5.9
64.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.3
61.1
65.5
3.4
5.5
1.4
1,670
612
595
75
44
59
92
182
-279
18Isaiah Hartenstein
I. Hartenstein
0.6
2022-23
82
19.9
5.0
6.5
1.2
0.8
2.1
4.0
53.5
0.1
0.5
21.6
0.6
0.9
67.6
56.7
2.5
4.0
0.8
1,628
406
536
102
53
64
66
213
+151
19Dwight Powell
D. Powell
0.6
2022-23
76
19.2
6.7
4.1
0.9
0.3
2.6
3.5
73.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.2
66.7
73.8
2.0
2.2
0.9
1,458
506
314
69
48
26
65
209
+166
20Naz Reid
N. Reid
0.6
2022-23
68
18.4
11.5
4.9
1.1
0.8
4.6
8.5
53.7
1.1
3.2
34.6
1.3
1.9
67.7
61.7
1.1
3.8
1.4
1,251
781
333
77
42
53
92
176
-128
21Mason Plumlee
M. Plumlee
0.6
2022-23
TOT
79
26.0
10.8
8.9
3.1
0.6
4.2
6.1
68.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.0
63.6
68.9
2.9
6.0
1.5
2,053
857
700
245
46
47
117
217
-269
22Myles Turner
M. Turner
0.6
2022-23
62
29.4
18.0
7.5
1.4
2.3
6.5
11.8
54.8
1.5
4.0
37.3
3.5
4.5
78.3
65.1
1.4
6.1
1.7
1,825
1,113
466
89
36
140
103
215
-47
23Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
0.6
2022-23
67
30.4
18.0
10.0
1.7
0.8
7.8
13.2
58.9
0.1
0.4
29.2
2.3
3.0
76.0
61.7
2.6
7.4
1.8
2,035
1,203
667
115
37
53
120
190
-7
24Drew Eubanks
D. Eubanks
0.5
2022-23
78
20.3
6.6
5.4
1.3
1.3
2.7
4.3
64.1
0.1
0.2
38.9
1.1
1.6
66.4
66.6
1.7
3.7
0.9
1,584
518
418
103
40
102
67
169
-131
25Al Horford
A. Horford
0.5
2022-23
63
30.5
9.8
6.2
3.0
1.0
3.6
7.6
47.6
2.3
5.2
44.6
0.2
0.3
71.4
63.1
1.2
5.0
0.6
1,921
616
390
189
30
61
37
121
+309
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29.6

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RPG

12.2

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APG

11.0

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ORTG

124.6

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DRTG

117.8

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NETRTG

6.8

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40.1

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Last Game
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23
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.676
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21
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