what are the most steals in a game by a rookie point guard

4 players are tied for the most steals by a rookie point guard in a game, with 9 steals. The first three are Michael Carter-Williams on October 30, 2013, John Wall on November 2, 2010 and Mario Chalmers on November 5, 2008.

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What are the most steals in a regular-season game by a rookie point guard?

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	9	10/30/2013	PHI	vs	MIA	36	22	7	12	0	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	6	8	75.0	81.4	0	7	1	1	+12
2	John Wall J. Wall	9	11/2/2010	WAS	vs	PHI	45	29	2	13	0	9	16	56.3	0	1	0.0	11	14	78.6	65.4	0	2	8	5	+1
3	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	9	11/5/2008	MIA	vs	PHI	31	6	4	6	0	3	8	37.5	0	4	0.0	0	0		37.5	1	3	2	1	+18
4	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	9	1/2/1977	MIL	vs	IND	33	16	7	7	0	8	17	47.1				0	1	0.0	45.9				4
5	Brevin Knight B. Knight	8	1/24/1998	CLE	vs	PHI	36	8	1	11	0	1	5	20.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	52.4	0	1	2	2	+26
6	Winston Garland W. Garland	8	4/20/1988	GSW	vs	POR	37	16	6	13	0	8	13	61.5	0	0		0	0		61.5	3	3	1	2
7	Rob Williams R. Williams	8	2/17/1983	DEN	@	NJN	28	13	4	6	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	50.9	2	2	4	5
8	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	8	1/4/1978	NJN	vs	PHX	27	11	2	7	1	5	14	35.7				1	1	100.0	38.1	0	2	1	3
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8	11/2/1977	LAL	@	NJN	40	16	5	10	1	6	13	46.2				4	8	50.0	48.4	1	4	3	2
10	Ron Lee R. Lee	8	1/19/1977	PHX	vs	NYK	35	18	7	3	2	7	12	58.3				4	4	100.0	65.4	1	6		2
11	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	8	11/27/1976	MIL	vs	NYN	35	10	4	2	1	5	10	50.0				0	0		50.0				4
12	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	7	11/14/2025	NOP	vs	LAL	29	19	4	3	0	8	16	50.0	2	2	100.0	1	2	50.0	56.3	0	4	3	2	-24
13	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	7	11/23/2013	PHI	@	IND	38	29	6	3	1	11	21	52.4	1	5	20.0	6	11	54.5	56.1	3	3	2	4	-5
14	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	7	3/5/2011	LAC	vs	DEN	22	20	4	3	0	7	11	63.6	2	5	40.0	4	5	80.0	75.8	1	3	3	2	+12
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	4/7/2010	GSW	@	MIN	44	27	8	14	0	12	22	54.5	3	5	60.0	0	0		61.4	2	6	4	4	+5
16	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	7	3/26/2010	PHI	vs	ATL	39	13	2	12	0	4	12	33.3	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	44.4	1	1	2	3	+5
17	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7	4/7/2007	BOS	@	IND	40	14	8	8	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	5	40.0	49.3	2	6	2	5	-8
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	7	2/22/2006	NOK	vs	UTA	39	18	2	7	1	6	15	40.0	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	51.0	0	2	3	0	+2
19	Jameer Nelson J. Nelson	7	1/22/2005	ORL	vs	PHI	31	12	3	3	0	5	9	55.6	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	58.1	0	3	1	4	+13
20	Marcus Banks M. Banks	7	4/2/2004	BOS	vs	GSW	17	13	2	5	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		1	1	100.0	68.9	0	2	2	2	+11
21	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	7	1/23/1998	BOS	@	ATL	35	18	5	8	0	7	13	53.8	1	4	25.0	3	6	50.0	57.5	1	4	3	1	-4
22	Brevin Knight B. Knight	7	1/20/1998	CLE	vs	POR	39	6	3	8	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	2	1	4	2	+1
23	Brevin Knight B. Knight	7	12/11/1997	CLE	@	MIL	40	6	2	6	0	3	10	30.0	0	0		0	0		30.0	0	2	4	3	-6
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	7	2/2/1991	SEA	@	IND	35	19	0	5	0	9	13	69.2	0	0		1	2	50.0	68.4	0	0	4	4
25	Kenny Smith K. Smith	7	3/19/1988	SAC	vs	HOU	39	20	2	5	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	55.3	0	2	3	3

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