which guard leads the league in total steals nba

Micheal Ray Richardson has gotten the most career steals per game by a guard, with 2.8 per game.

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Which guard leads the league in total steals with a minimum of 400 games played NBA?

	NAME	SPG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	TPG
1	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.8	484	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	3,219	6,996	46.0	124	564	22.0	1,222	1,742	70.1	50.1	903	1,920	1,713	1,671		35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	0.4	3.5
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.7	779	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	4,412	9,245	47.7	236	800	29.5	1,822	2,451	74.3	52.7	1,621	2,445	2,116	2,638		31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	2.7
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.5	930	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	10,962	21,686	50.5	555	1,670	33.2	6,798	8,115	83.8	58.0	1,547	4,289	2,589	2,493	+1416	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	0.9	2.8
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	889	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	4,705	11,499	40.9	1,283	3,816	33.6	1,269	1,724	73.6	48.8	1,017	2,642	2,067	1,687	+347	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	2.3
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	752	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	4,244	9,504	44.7	162	523	31.0	1,783	2,312	77.1	49.6	1,442	3,081	1,471	1,803		31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	2.0
6	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.2	437	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	1,602	3,876	41.3				697	1,168	59.7	44.4	455	943	239	1,314		26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	1.8
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	1,504	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	7,039	13,658	51.5	845	2,202	38.4	4,788	5,796	82.6	60.8	966	3,085	4,244	3,942	+2941	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	2.8
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	914	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	8,467	19,906	42.5	1,059	3,383	31.3	6,375	8,168	78.0	51.8	745	2,649	3,262	1,777	+799	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	3.6
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1,101	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	4,906	9,374	52.3	52	204	25.5	2,331	2,938	79.3	57.2	713	2,375	2,268	2,258		31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	2.1
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1,086	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	8,335	17,673	47.2	827	2,603	31.8	4,698	5,962	78.8	54.7	2,615	4,062	2,977	3,285	+434	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	2.7
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,370	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	8,165	17,408	46.9	1,870	5,059	37.0	4,858	5,581	87.0	58.0	798	5,208	3,109	3,208	+6029	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	0.2	2.3
12	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	825	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	1,638	291	5,793	12,570	46.1	108	454	23.8	2,399	3,173	75.6	50.5	818	1,404	1,646	1,637		31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	0.4	2.5
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.0	520	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,998	4,343	46.0	94	374	25.1	800	1,123	71.2	50.5	391	1,157	1,163	1,325		25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	2.2
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	874	32,287	17,239	6,376	9,921	1,698	361	6,074	11,657	52.1	303	1,016	29.8	4,788	5,649	84.8	60.9	1,561	4,815	3,403	2,002		36.9	19.7	7.3	11.4	0.4	3.9
15	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	448	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	1,296	3,117	41.6	42	131	32.1	651	924	70.5	46.6	397	822	783	1,368		21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.1
16	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	796	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,833	4,136	44.3	298	870	34.3	769	1,183	65.0	50.8	919	2,303	1,486	2,408	+280	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	1.9
17	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	765	24,961	8,873	3,217	2,867	1,482	372	3,083	7,250	42.5	758	2,160	35.1	1,949	2,364	82.4	53.5	760	2,457	1,621	1,899	+1091	32.6	11.6	4.2	3.7	0.5	2.1
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1,391	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	6,219	15,557	40.0	1,988	5,701	34.9	3,103	3,954	78.5	50.7	1,768	6,957	4,003	2,572	+3868	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	2.9
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	979	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	7,194	15,904	45.2	398	1,373	29.0	4,036	5,316	75.9	51.6	951	2,527	3,682	2,971		36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	3.8
20	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1.9	719	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	1,337	80	2,546	5,527	46.1	7	38	18.4	830	1,264	65.7	48.7	598	1,371	1,382	2,097		22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	0.1	2.2
21	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.9	453	11,189	3,372	1,122	1,965	840	163	1,425	3,006	47.4	4	25	16.0	518	628	82.5	51.4	238	884	647	1,010		24.7	7.4	2.5	4.3	0.4	1.7
22	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.8	835	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	4,888	11,951	40.9	1,332	4,159	32.0	2,339	3,292	71.1	50.2	762	2,421	2,308	2,361	+866	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	0.4	2.8
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.8	1,335	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	8,708	18,698	46.6	1,132	3,570	31.7	3,265	4,480	72.9	52.8	1,392	3,877	3,030	3,217	+1928	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	0.2	2.3
24	Ray Williams R. Williams	1.8	655	18,462	10,158	2,370	3,779	1,198	208	3,962	8,794	45.1	91	384	23.7	2,143	2,673	80.2	50.9	814	1,556	2,099	2,165		28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	0.3	3.2
25	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	1.8	420	8,507	3,414	788	1,595	766	96	1,349	3,256	41.4	22	98	22.4	694	909	76.3	46.7	216	572	897	893		20.3	8.1	1.9	3.8	0.2	2.1

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Micheal Ray Richardson has gotten the most career steals per game by a guard, with 2.8 per game.

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