which nba player has highest average steals per game in a season before 2004

Before 2003-04, Alvin Robertson had the most steals per game in a season, with 3.7 per game in 1985-86.

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Which NBA player has highest average steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in a season before 2004?

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.7	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
2	Don Buse D. Buse	3.5	1976-77	IND	81	36.4	8.0	3.3	8.5	0.2	3.3	7.9	41.6				1.4	1.8	78.6	46.0	0.8	2.5		2,947	646	270	685	281	16		129
3	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.2	1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	832	265	35	359	260
4	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.2	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	0.4	7.3	15.6	46.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.0	4.0	75.3	51.0	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,697	1,435	424	421	260	35	243	264
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	3.2	1988-89	UTA	82	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	1,118	263	14	308	241
6	Slick Watts S. Watts	3.2	1975-76	SEA	82	33.9	13.0	4.5	8.1	0.2	5.3	12.4	42.7				2.4	4.2	57.8	45.7	1.4	3.1		2,776	1,065	365	661	261	16		270
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.2	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	259	131	252	270
8	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.0	1990-91	MIL	81	32.1	13.6	5.7	5.5	0.2	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.3	0.8	36.5	2.5	3.2	75.7	53.8	2.4	3.3	2.6	2,598	1,098	459	444	246	16	212	273
9	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.0	1988-89	SAS	65	35.2	17.3	5.9	6.0	0.6	7.2	14.8	48.3	0.1	0.7	20.0	2.8	3.9	72.3	52.3	2.4	3.5	3.6	2,287	1,122	384	393	197	36	231	259
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	3.0	1991-92	UTA	82	36.6	15.8	3.3	13.7	0.3	5.5	11.5	48.2	1.0	2.5	40.7	3.8	4.5	84.2	59.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	3,002	1,297	270	1,126	244	22	286	234
11	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.0	1987-88	SAS	82	36.3	19.6	6.1	6.8	0.8	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.3	1.2	28.4	3.3	4.5	74.8	51.3	2.0	4.1	3.1	2,978	1,610	498	557	243	69	251	300
12	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3.0	1984-85	NJN	82	38.1	20.1	5.6	8.2	0.3	8.4	17.9	46.9	0.4	1.4	25.2	2.9	3.8	76.7	51.3	1.9	3.7	3.0	3,127	1,649	457	669	243	22	249	277
13	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	3.0	1993-94	SEA	73	25.8	6.0	3.9	5.3	0.3	2.4	5.4	44.7	0.7	1.8	39.1	0.4	0.8	56.4	52.0	0.7	3.2	1.7	1,887	437	283	387	216	22	126	201
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	3.0	1987-88	UTA	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	1,128	242	16	262	247
15	Micheal Williams M. Williams	2.9	1991-92	IND	79	34.8	15.0	3.6	8.2	0.3	5.1	10.4	49.0	0.1	0.4	24.2	4.7	5.4	87.1	58.7	0.9	2.6	3.0	2,750	1,188	282	647	233	22	240	262
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	232	89	271	238
17	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.9	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	7.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	627	232	35	302	258
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.9	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	211	58	232	227
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.9	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	234	65	290	247
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.9	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.9	1990-91	UTA	82	37.8	17.2	2.9	14.2	0.2	6.0	11.9	50.7	0.7	2.0	34.5	4.4	5.3	83.6	60.4	0.6	2.3	3.6	3,103	1,413	237	1,164	234	16	298	233
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.9	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.9	1974-75	GSW	80	40.4	30.6	5.7	6.2	0.4	12.9	27.7	46.4				4.9	5.5	90.4	50.9	1.2	4.6		3,235	2,450	456	492	228	33		225
24	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.8	1982-83	TOT	64	32.4	12.6	4.6	6.8	0.4	5.4	12.7	42.5	0.1	0.8	15.7	1.7	2.5	65.0	45.4	1.8	2.8	3.8	2,076	806	295	432	182	24	244	240
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	1992-93	CHI	78	39.3	32.6	6.7	5.5	0.8	12.7	25.7	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.2	6.1	7.3	83.7	56.4	1.7	5.0	2.7	3,067	2,541	522	428	221	61	207	188

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