what is the highest spg in a season as a bull rookie

Michael Jordan has the most steals per game by a Bulls rookie, with 2.4 per game in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:
What is the highest spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games in a season as a bull rookie?
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2.4
1984-85
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
2Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
1.7
1999-00
72
31.1
12.0
4.3
2.8
0.5
4.3
10.5
40.7
0.8
2.7
31.4
2.6
3.9
67.4
49.1
0.9
3.4
2.3
2,238
866
308
202
119
39
166
159
-340
3Ennis Whatley
E. Whatley
1.5
1983-84
80
27.0
8.4
2.5
8.3
0.2
3.3
7.0
46.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.5
73.0
51.9
0.8
1.7
3.4
2,159
668
197
662
119
17
268
223
4Kirk Hinrich
K. Hinrich
1.3
2003-04
76
35.6
12.0
3.4
6.8
0.3
4.2
10.8
38.6
1.9
4.9
39.0
1.8
2.2
80.4
51.0
0.6
2.9
2.7
2,706
915
259
517
101
21
204
276
-257
5Mitchell Wiggins
M. Wiggins
1.3
1983-84
82
25.9
12.4
4.0
2.3
0.1
4.9
10.9
44.8
0.1
0.4
24.1
2.6
3.5
74.2
50.1
1.7
2.3
1.7
2,123
1,018
328
187
106
11
139
278
6Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
1.2
1987-88
79
20.9
7.9
3.8
2.1
0.7
3.3
7.1
46.3
0.1
0.3
17.4
1.3
2.2
57.6
48.9
1.5
2.3
1.7
1,650
625
298
169
91
52
131
214
7Jay Williams
J. Williams
1.1
2002-03
75
26.1
9.5
2.6
4.7
0.2
3.6
9.1
39.9
0.9
2.7
32.2
1.4
2.1
64.0
47.2
0.4
2.2
2.3
1,961
714
195
350
86
17
171
179
-380
8Reggie Theus
R. Theus
1.1
1978-79
82
33.6
16.3
2.8
5.2
0.2
6.5
13.6
48.0
3.2
4.2
76.1
52.6
1.1
1.7
3.7
2,753
1,338
228
429
93
18
303
270
9Scott May
S. May
1.1
1976-77
72
32.9
14.6
6.1
2.0
0.2
6.0
13.3
45.1
2.6
3.2
82.8
49.8
2.0
4.1
2,369
1,050
437
145
78
17
185
10Toni Kukoc
T. Kukoc
1.1
1993-94
75
24.1
10.9
4.0
3.4
0.4
4.2
9.7
43.1
0.4
1.6
27.1
2.1
2.8
74.3
49.7
1.3
2.7
2.2
1,808
814
297
252
81
33
167
122
11Chris Duhon
C. Duhon
1.0
2004-05
82
26.5
5.9
2.6
4.9
0.0
2.1
6.0
35.2
1.1
3.2
35.5
0.6
0.8
73.1
47.1
0.3
2.3
1.5
2,177
487
213
398
82
3
119
205
+113
12Khalid El-Amin
K. El-Amin
1.0
2000-01
50
18.7
6.3
1.6
2.9
0.0
2.3
6.2
37.0
0.6
1.7
33.3
1.1
1.4
77.8
45.8
0.4
1.2
1.1
936
314
81
145
48
2
54
99
-178
13Quintin Dailey
Q. Dailey
0.9
1982-83
76
27.4
15.1
3.4
3.7
0.1
6.2
13.3
46.6
0.1
0.3
20.0
2.7
3.7
73.0
50.8
1.1
2.3
2.7
2,081
1,151
260
280
72
10
205
248
14Joakim Noah
J. Noah
0.9
2007-08
74
20.7
6.6
5.6
1.1
0.9
2.4
5.0
48.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.6
69.1
53.9
2.4
3.3
1.2
1,534
488
416
84
68
64
89
173
-29
15Linton Johnson
L. Johnson
0.9
2003-04
41
17.9
4.2
4.5
0.7
0.8
1.8
5.0
35.5
0.2
0.8
21.2
0.5
0.9
59.5
39.4
1.4
3.0
0.9
734
173
183
27
37
32
37
90
-151
16Patrick Williams
P. Williams
0.9
2020-21
71
27.9
9.2
4.6
1.4
0.6
3.6
7.4
48.3
0.8
1.9
39.1
1.3
1.8
72.8
56.2
0.9
3.7
1.4
1,983
655
327
99
64
46
98
126
-292
17Sam Worthen
S. Worthen
0.9
1980-81
64
14.8
3.7
1.8
1.8
0.1
1.5
3.0
49.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.9
75.0
53.8
0.3
1.5
1.4
945
235
115
115
57
6
91
115
18Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
0.9
1985-86
77
23.0
9.6
8.6
1.7
0.4
3.6
7.0
51.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.5
66.2
56.1
3.3
5.3
2.3
1,772
740
664
133
68
30
175
250
19Derrick Rose
D. Rose
0.8
2008-09
81
37.0
16.8
3.9
6.3
0.2
7.1
14.9
47.5
0.2
0.9
22.2
2.4
3.1
78.8
51.6
1.2
2.7
2.5
3,000
1,361
317
512
66
18
202
125
-121
20Elton Brand
E. Brand
0.8
1999-00
81
37.0
20.1
10.0
1.9
1.6
7.8
16.1
48.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.6
68.5
52.8
4.3
5.7
2.8
2,999
1,627
810
155
66
132
228
259
-647
21Rod Higgins
R. Higgins
0.8
1982-83
82
26.8
10.3
4.5
2.1
0.8
3.8
8.5
44.8
0.2
0.5
31.7
2.5
3.2
79.2
52.1
1.9
2.5
1.5
2,196
848
366
175
66
65
127
248
22John Laskowski
J. Laskowski
0.8
1975-76
71
22.1
9.2
3.1
0.8
0.1
4.0
9.7
41.2
1.2
1.7
72.5
44.1
0.7
2.4
1,570
655
219
55
56
10
90
23Luol Deng
L. Deng
0.8
2004-05
61
27.3
11.7
5.3
2.2
0.4
4.6
10.6
43.4
0.5
1.9
26.5
2.0
2.7
74.1
49.6
1.5
3.8
1.9
1,663
711
322
135
48
27
118
98
+158
24Ayo Dosunmu
A. Dosunmu
0.8
2021-22
77
27.4
8.8
2.8
3.3
0.4
3.6
6.9
52.0
0.9
2.4
37.6
0.7
1.0
67.9
59.6
0.4
2.4
1.4
2,110
679
214
256
60
29
108
182
-199
25Coby White
C. White
0.8
2019-20
65
25.8
13.2
3.5
2.7
0.1
4.8
12.2
39.4
2.0
5.8
35.4
1.6
2.0
79.1
50.6
0.4
3.1
1.7
1,674
859
230
175
49
6
109
117
-163
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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.593
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.464
9.0
11
11
18
.379
11.5
12
9
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.321
13.0
13
8
19
.296
13.5
14
6
22
.214
16.0
15
5
22
.185
16.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
3
.893
2
21
7
.750
4.0
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
19
8
.704
5.5
5
19
10
.655
6.5
6
17
9
.654
7.0
7
15
13
.536
10.0
8
14
15
.483
11.5
9
13
15
.464
12.0
10
12
16
.429
13.0
11
11
18
.379
14.5
12
10
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.370
14.5
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