which nba player had the most steals in a season at age 20

Magic Johnson has the most steals by a 20-year-old player in a season, with 187 steals in his rookie season in 1979-80.

	NAME	STL	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	187	20	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	41	305	218
2	LeBron James L. James	177	20	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	52	262	146	+152
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	175	20	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	6	183	218	-181
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	150	20	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	17	299	253
5	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	142	20	2014-15	ORL	82	30.4	8.9	4.3	6.5	1.7	0.2	3.7	8.6	42.5	0.1	0.5	26.2	1.4	2.6	55.1	45.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	2,489	731	349	533	20	203	193	-204
6	Eric Money E. Money	137	20	1975-76	DET	80	28.3	13.0	2.6	4.2	1.7	0.1	5.6	11.8	47.4				1.8	2.3	80.6	50.8	1.0	1.6		2,267	1,043	207	338	11		243
7	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	133	20	2014-15	PHI	75	30.8	9.9	8.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	142	146	208	-430
8	John Williams J. Williams	129	20	1986-87	WAS	78	22.7	9.2	4.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	3.6	8.0	45.4	0.1	0.5	22.2	1.8	2.9	64.6	49.7	1.7	3.0	1.6	1,773	718	366	191	30	122	173
9	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	128	20	2006-07	BOS	78	23.5	6.4	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.1	2.4	5.8	41.8	0.1	0.4	20.7	1.5	2.4	64.7	47.2	0.9	2.8	1.8	1,831	501	292	297	8	137	181	+38
10	Nene	127	20	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	65	181	295	-261
11	John Wall J. Wall	121	20	2010-11	WAS	69	37.8	16.4	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	5.8	14.1	40.9	0.5	1.7	29.6	4.4	5.7	76.6	49.4	0.5	4.1	3.8	2,606	1,131	317	574	35	261	175	-440
12	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	120	20	2010-11	PHI	82	35.4	14.0	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	5.4	12.2	44.6	1.0	2.7	36.5	2.1	2.5	82.3	52.5	0.8	3.2	2.7	2,901	1,145	332	531	29	218	203	+175
13	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	119	20	2021-22	CHA	75	32.3	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	7.2	16.7	42.9	2.9	7.5	38.9	2.8	3.2	87.2	55.4	1.4	5.2	3.3	2,422	1,508	501	571	30	245	237	+99
14	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	119	20	1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	12.0	4.3	2.8	1.7	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	39	166	159	-340
15	John Drew J. Drew	119	20	1974-75	ATL	78	29.3	18.5	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.8	42.8				5.0	7.0	71.3	49.1	4.6	6.1		2,289	1,442	836	138	39		274
16	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	116	20	2001-02	UTA	82	26.2	10.7	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	45.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	3.5	4.5	76.8	55.3	1.8	3.1	1.3	2,151	880	402	94	159	108	156	+347
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	110	20	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	5.3	13.4	39.8	0.4	1.6	27.1	4.3	5.2	81.5	48.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	2,668	1,256	399	435	16	274	191	-272
18	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	109	20	2009-10	SAC	72	37.2	20.1	5.3	5.8	1.5	0.4	7.4	16.2	45.8	0.5	2.0	25.5	4.8	6.5	74.8	52.9	0.9	4.4	3.0	2,677	1,450	380	414	26	216	204	-334
19	VJ Edgecombe	107	20	2025-26	PHI	75	35.0	16.0	5.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	6.0	13.7	43.8	2.0	5.6	35.4	2.0	2.4	81.8	54.0	1.6	4.0	1.8	2,623	1,199	423	315	39	137	214	+57
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	105	20	2021-22	MIN	72	34.3	21.3	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.3	44.1	3.0	8.4	35.7	3.1	3.9	78.6	56.0	0.9	3.9	2.6	2,466	1,533	343	275	46	190	164	+188
21	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	105	20	2009-10	MIL	82	32.6	15.5	3.4	5.7	1.3	0.2	5.5	14.8	37.1	1.8	4.7	37.4	2.7	3.3	81.7	47.5	0.6	2.8	2.4	2,671	1,270	282	470	18	200	191	+116
22	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	105	20	1996-97	MIN	77	38.9	17.0	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	7.1	14.3	49.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.7	3.5	75.4	53.7	2.5	5.6	2.3	2,995	1,309	618	236	163	175	199	+116
23	Antoine Walker A. Walker	105	20	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	17.5	9.0	3.2	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	53	230	271	-559
24	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	104	20	1997-98	MIN	82	38.0	17.7	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	6.3	15.1	41.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	4.0	5.5	73.1	50.5	0.7	2.1	3.1	3,112	1,450	230	704	7	256	222	+23
25	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	101	20	2013-14	DET	81	32.3	13.5	13.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	5.9	9.5	62.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	4.0	41.8	59.9	5.4	7.8	1.4	2,619	1,095	1,071	35	131	110	273	-233

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