which nba player had the most steals in a season at age 19

LeBron James has the most steals by a 19-year-old player in a season, with 130 steals in his rookie season in 2003-04.

NAMESTLAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
130
19
2003-04
79
39.5
20.9
5.5
5.9
1.6
0.7
7.9
18.9
41.7
0.8
2.7
29.0
4.4
5.8
75.4
48.8
1.3
4.2
3.5
3,122
1,654
432
465
58
273
149
-144
2Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
97
19
2025-26
82
25.8
14.3
3.7
3.4
1.2
0.4
5.3
12.3
43.4
1.2
3.7
33.0
2.4
3.0
78.9
52.5
0.7
2.9
2.2
2,112
1,169
300
279
30
178
151
-287
3Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
97
19
2003-04
82
36.5
21.0
6.1
2.8
1.2
0.5
7.6
17.9
42.6
0.8
2.6
32.2
5.0
6.4
77.7
50.9
2.2
3.8
3.0
2,995
1,725
498
227
41
247
225
+65
4D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
93
19
2015-16
80
28.2
13.2
3.4
3.3
1.2
0.2
4.9
12.0
41.0
1.6
4.6
35.1
1.8
2.4
73.7
50.7
0.6
2.8
2.5
2,259
1,054
274
266
13
196
142
-546
5Tony Parker
T. Parker
89
19
2001-02
77
29.4
9.2
2.6
4.3
1.2
0.1
3.5
8.3
41.9
0.8
2.5
32.3
1.4
2.1
67.5
49.7
0.4
2.1
2.0
2,267
705
197
334
7
151
166
+177
6Maurice Harkless
M. Harkless
88
19
2012-13
76
26.0
8.2
4.4
0.7
1.2
0.8
3.4
7.4
46.1
0.4
1.5
27.4
1.0
1.7
57.0
50.4
1.6
2.8
0.9
1,974
625
335
50
62
69
144
-468
7Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
86
19
2014-15
82
36.2
16.9
4.6
2.1
1.0
0.6
6.1
13.9
43.7
0.5
1.5
31.0
4.3
5.7
76.0
51.7
1.6
2.9
2.2
2,969
1,387
374
170
50
177
190
-550
8Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
86
19
1995-96
80
28.7
10.4
6.3
1.8
1.1
1.6
4.5
9.2
49.1
0.1
0.4
28.6
1.3
1.9
70.5
52.2
2.2
4.1
1.4
2,293
835
501
145
131
110
189
9Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
84
19
2025-26
70
33.5
21.0
6.7
4.5
1.2
0.9
8.0
17.1
46.8
1.0
3.5
29.5
4.0
4.9
82.7
54.8
1.2
5.4
2.3
2,344
1,473
466
316
64
161
142
-266
10Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
83
19
2017-18
80
30.5
13.9
5.0
1.6
1.0
0.7
5.0
10.4
47.5
1.3
3.0
43.4
2.7
3.2
82.6
58.6
0.6
4.4
1.4
2,443
1,112
402
128
58
114
170
+344
11Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
82
19
2020-21
72
32.1
19.3
4.7
2.9
1.1
0.5
7.0
16.8
41.7
2.4
7.2
32.9
2.9
3.8
77.6
52.3
0.8
3.8
2.2
2,314
1,392
336
211
36
160
129
-228
12LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
81
19
2020-21
51
28.8
15.7
5.9
6.1
1.6
0.4
5.7
13.2
43.6
1.8
5.1
35.2
2.5
3.2
75.8
53.9
1.2
4.7
2.8
1,468
803
302
313
18
145
136
-84
13Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
79
19
2009-10
73
24.2
8.0
2.6
3.8
1.1
0.2
3.2
7.1
44.2
0.8
2.2
39.0
0.9
1.2
75.6
52.6
0.8
1.8
2.1
1,767
587
191
280
18
156
153
-161
14Kevin Durant
K. Durant
78
19
2007-08
80
34.6
20.3
4.4
2.4
1.0
0.9
7.3
17.1
43.0
0.7
2.6
28.8
4.9
5.6
87.3
51.9
0.9
3.5
2.9
2,768
1,624
348
192
75
232
122
-651
15Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
77
19
2018-19
72
32.2
21.2
7.8
6.0
1.1
0.3
7.0
16.5
42.7
2.3
7.1
32.7
4.8
6.7
71.3
54.5
1.2
6.6
3.4
2,318
1,526
563
429
25
247
137
-118
16Dwight Howard
D. Howard
77
19
2004-05
82
32.6
12.0
10.0
0.9
0.9
1.7
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
5.0
67.1
57.1
3.5
6.5
2.0
2,670
981
823
75
136
165
232
-179
17Anthony Davis
A. Davis
75
19
2012-13
64
28.8
13.5
8.2
1.0
1.2
1.8
5.5
10.6
51.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.6
3.5
75.1
55.9
2.6
5.6
1.4
1,846
867
522
63
112
89
158
-153
18Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
74
19
1997-98
79
26.0
15.4
3.1
2.5
0.9
0.5
4.9
11.6
42.8
0.9
2.8
34.1
4.6
5.8
79.4
54.8
1.0
2.1
2.0
2,056
1,220
242
199
40
157
180
+264
19Thaddeus Young
T. Young
73
19
2007-08
74
21.0
8.2
4.2
0.8
1.0
0.1
3.6
6.6
53.9
0.1
0.3
31.6
1.0
1.4
73.8
57.0
1.6
2.6
0.9
1,554
610
312
58
8
64
126
+181
20Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
70
19
2004-05
80
17.3
5.9
3.0
1.1
0.9
0.2
2.2
4.9
44.2
0.0
0.2
23.1
1.5
2.2
69.5
50.3
1.1
1.9
0.9
1,382
468
242
85
18
73
150
-26
21Justise Winslow
J. Winslow
68
19
2015-16
78
28.2
6.4
5.2
1.5
0.9
0.3
2.5
5.9
42.2
0.4
1.5
27.6
1.0
1.5
68.4
48.9
1.0
4.1
1.2
2,203
502
403
118
26
95
184
+105
22Marquese Chriss
M. Chriss
67
19
2016-17
82
21.3
9.2
4.2
0.7
0.8
0.9
3.5
7.7
44.9
0.9
2.7
32.1
1.4
2.2
62.4
52.9
1.2
3.1
1.3
1,743
753
348
60
70
108
263
-380
23Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
67
19
1996-97
67
34.7
15.8
2.7
7.8
1.0
0.3
5.3
13.0
40.8
1.5
4.3
35.4
3.7
5.0
72.7
51.9
0.8
1.9
3.1
2,324
1,057
184
522
19
210
159
-157
24Frank Ntilikina
F. Ntilikina
65
19
2017-18
78
21.9
5.9
2.3
3.2
0.8
0.2
2.3
6.4
36.4
0.6
2.0
31.8
0.6
0.9
72.1
43.7
0.5
1.8
1.7
1,706
463
177
250
18
131
181
-101
25Emmanuel Mudiay
E. Mudiay
65
19
2015-16
68
30.4
12.8
3.4
5.5
1.0
0.5
4.8
13.3
36.4
1.1
3.4
31.9
2.1
3.1
67.0
43.7
0.5
2.9
3.2
2,068
872
232
372
35
217
141
-118
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