youngest player to average 2.5 steals per game in a season

Dyson Daniels and Magic Johnson are tied for the youngest with 2.5+ steals per game in a season. They were 21 years old.

Interpreted as:

youngest player to average 2.5 or higher steals per game in a season

	NAME	AGE	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	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	21	3.0	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	14.1	5.9	4.4	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	3.4	1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	798	320	317	127	27	143	100
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	22	2.7	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
4	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	22	2.6	2001-02	TOT	55	29.9	13.2	4.9	2.3	0.7	4.9	11.6	42.3	1.0	3.1	31.2	2.5	3.7	66.7	50.1	1.3	3.6	2.1	1,642	727	271	127	141	39	118	217	-22
5	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	22	2.5	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	2.7	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	18.6	9.6	9.5	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
7	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	22	2.6	1979-80	IND	82	24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	0.6	3.4	7.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.7	2.1	78.2	50.2	0.8	1.9	2.0	2,027	688	223	252	211	48	166	194
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	23	2.8	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
9	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	23	2.5	2005-06	CHA	55	34.5	15.2	7.5	1.7	2.1	5.8	10.7	53.8	0.3	0.9	28.0	3.4	5.6	61.4	57.8	2.2	5.3	1.8	1,895	836	412	96	138	115	99	150	-57
10	Ron Harper R. Harper	23	2.5	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	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
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	23	2.6	1985-86	POR	75	34.3	18.5	5.6	8.0	0.6	7.2	15.2	47.5	0.2	0.8	20.0	3.9	5.1	76.9	53.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	2,576	1,389	421	600	197	46	282	270
13	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	23	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
14	Jacob Gilyard J. Gilyard	24	3.0	2022-23	MEM	1	41.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	41	3	4	7	3	0	2	3	-13
15	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	24	2.6	1990-91	GSW	82	39.2	22.9	4.0	9.7	0.1	9.0	18.9	47.6	1.2	3.1	38.5	3.7	4.6	80.3	54.7	1.1	3.0	3.3	3,215	1,881	332	793	214	12	270	228
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	24	2.6	1989-90	CHI	82	38.4	16.5	6.7	5.4	1.2	6.9	14.0	48.9	0.3	1.4	25.0	2.4	3.6	67.5	52.8	1.8	4.8	3.4	3,148	1,351	547	444	211	101	278	298
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24	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
18	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	24	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
19	Johnny Moore J. Moore	24	2.5	1982-83	SAS	77	33.1	12.2	3.6	9.8	0.4	5.1	10.9	46.8	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.9	2.6	74.4	50.7	0.8	2.8	2.9	2,552	941	277	753	194	32	226	247
20	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	24	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
21	Slick Watts S. Watts	24	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
22	Larry Steele L. Steele	24	2.7	1973-74	POR	81	32.7	9.7	3.8	4.0	0.4	4.0	8.4	47.8				1.7	2.1	78.9	52.0	1.1	2.7		2,648	785	310	323	217	32		295
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25	2.5	2000-01	PHI	71	42.0	31.1	3.8	4.6	0.3	10.7	25.5	42.0	1.4	4.3	32.0	8.2	10.1	81.4	51.8	0.7	3.1	3.3	2,979	2,207	273	325	178	20	237	147	+368
24	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	25	2.5	1992-93	ATL	80	35.3	13.4	3.5	8.4	0.3	5.2	12.1	42.9	1.5	3.9	37.5	1.5	2.1	72.8	51.5	1.1	2.4	2.3	2,820	1,069	280	671	203	23	187	156
25	Micheal Williams M. Williams	25	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