Maurice Cheeks had the most steals per game in the 1979 playoffs, with 4.1 per game in his rookie season.

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	4.1	1978-79	PHI	9	36.7	18.8	3.9	7.0	0.4	7.3	13.4	54.5	4.1	6.2	66.1	58.0	1.4	2.4	3.2	330	169	35	63	37	4	29	29
2	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	4.0	1978-79	NJN	2	41.5	19.0	7.5	8.5	1.5	7.5	19.0	39.5	4.0	4.5	88.9	45.3	3.0	4.5	3.0	83	38	15	17	8	3	6	6
3	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	4.0	1978-79	HOU	2	36.5	13.0	1.5	3.0	0.5	4.5	15.5	29.0	4.0	4.5	88.9	37.2	1.0	0.5	1.0	73	26	3	6	8	1	2	9
4	Larry Steele L. Steele	3.3	1978-79	POR	3	24.3	13.3	3.7	2.3	0.0	5.3	9.3	57.1	2.7	3.0	88.9	62.6	2.0	1.7	1.0	73	40	11	7	10	0	3	8
5	Bill Robinzine B. Robinzine	2.6	1978-79	KCK	5	23.6	10.0	7.2	0.6	0.0	4.4	10.2	43.1	1.2	1.6	75.0	45.9	3.0	4.2	1.6	118	50	36	3	13	0	8	20
6	Phil Ford P. Ford	2.4	1978-79	KCK	5	28.6	7.8	2.4	5.8	0.0	3.0	11.4	26.3	1.8	3.2	56.3	30.4	0.4	2.0	3.0	143	39	12	29	12	0	15	14
7	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	2.0	1978-79	KCK	5	33.6	21.0	3.6	1.8	0.0	7.8	15.2	51.3	5.4	7.6	71.1	56.6	1.6	2.0	2.0	168	105	18	9	10	0	10	13
8	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.0	1978-79	PHI	9	41.3	25.4	7.8	5.9	1.9	9.9	19.1	51.7	5.7	7.4	76.1	56.8	3.2	4.6	4.2	372	229	70	53	18	17	38	22
9	Bernard King B. King	2.0	1978-79	NJN	2	40.5	26.0	5.5	3.5	0.0	10.5	21.0	50.0	5.0	12.0	41.7	49.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	81	52	11	7	4	0	6	10
10	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.0	1978-79	HOU	2	21.5	7.0	3.5	3.5	0.5	3.0	7.5	40.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	42.9	2.0	1.5	3.5	43	14	7	7	4	1	7	8
11	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	1978-79	SEA	17	36.4	26.7	4.1	3.7	0.6	10.7	22.5	47.6	5.3	7.5	70.9	51.8	2.1	2.0	2.5	619	454	70	63	34	11	42	42
12	John Williamson J. Williamson	2.0	1978-79	NJN	2	46.0	29.5	3.0	4.0	0.0	11.5	31.0	37.1	6.5	8.0	81.3	42.7	1.5	1.5	7.0	92	59	6	8	4	0	14	8
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	1.9	1978-79	SAS	14	36.6	28.6	5.9	2.5	1.0	11.3	21.1	53.6	6.0	7.4	80.8	58.7	2.4	3.5	2.9	513	400	82	35	27	14	40	51
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1.9	1978-79	LAL	8	38.4	18.4	8.5	2.0	0.3	7.6	16.0	47.7	3.1	4.6	67.6	50.9	2.5	6.0	1.9	307	147	68	16	15	2	15	21
15	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.8	1978-79	KCK	5	35.2	9.4	10.2	4.2	2.0	3.2	8.4	38.1	3.0	3.8	78.9	46.7	3.4	6.8	3.8	176	47	51	21	9	10	19	20
16	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	1.8	1978-79	KCK	5	34.8	19.2	7.4	1.8	0.6	7.2	15.6	46.2	4.8	6.4	75.0	52.1	2.6	4.8	2.8	174	96	37	9	9	3	14	18
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	1.7	1978-79	PHX	15	32.7	22.1	4.6	5.3	0.3	8.5	16.3	52.0	5.2	6.4	81.3	58.0	1.6	3.0	4.4	490	332	69	79	26	5	66	41
18	T.R. Dunn	1.7	1978-79	POR	3	17.3	3.3	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.7	3.7	45.5	0.0	0.0		45.5	0.7	1.3	0.3	52	10	6	4	5	0	1	7
19	Dave Twardzik D. Twardzik	1.7	1978-79	POR	3	25.7	8.3	2.3	3.3	0.0	2.3	4.7	50.0	3.7	4.0	91.7	64.8	1.3	1.0	3.0	77	25	7	10	5	0	9	14
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.6	1978-79	SEA	17	40.1	20.9	6.1	4.1	1.5	8.0	17.8	45.0	4.9	6.4	77.1	50.9	2.6	3.5	3.0	681	356	104	69	28	26	51	63
21	Don Buse D. Buse	1.5	1978-79	PHX	15	34.1	7.9	3.7	3.5	0.3	3.1	7.7	40.5	1.6	2.2	72.7	45.2	1.1	2.5	1.0	512	118	55	52	23	5	15	31
22	James Silas J. Silas	1.5	1978-79	SAS	14	33.9	19.1	3.0	4.7	0.1	7.3	15.4	47.4	4.5	5.7	78.8	53.4	0.9	2.1	2.6	475	267	42	66	21	1	36	39
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1.4	1978-79	SAS	14	39.8	21.1	11.4	3.0	0.1	9.1	20.9	43.8	2.8	3.8	73.6	46.8	4.1	7.4	2.4	557	295	160	42	20	1	33	42
24	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1.4	1978-79	LAL	8	40.9	15.4	3.5	11.8	0.0	7.0	14.9	47.1	1.4	1.9	73.3	49.0	0.8	2.8	3.0	327	123	28	94	11	0	24	37
25	Armond Hill A. Hill	1.3	1978-79	ATL	9	29.7	7.3	1.9	5.6	0.1	3.2	7.9	40.8	0.9	1.3	66.7	43.3	0.2	1.7	2.6	267	66	17	50	12	1	23	33

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