youngest player to average 3 steals per game in a season

Dyson Daniels and Magic Johnson are tied for the youngest with 3.0+ steals per game in a season. They were 21 years old.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to average 3 or higher steals per game in a season
NAMEAgeSPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
21
3.0
2024-25
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
2Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21
3.4
1980-81
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
3Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
23
3.7
1985-86
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
4Jacob Gilyard
J. Gilyard
24
3.0
2022-23
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
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
24
3.2
1987-88
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
6Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
24
3.2
1986-87
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
7Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
24
3.2
1979-80
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
8Slick Watts
S. Watts
24
3.2
1975-76
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
9Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
26
3.0
1988-89
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
10John Stockton
J. Stockton
26
3.2
1988-89
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
11Don Buse
D. Buse
26
3.5
1976-77
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
12Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
28
3.0
1990-91
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
StatMuse has season-level data for steals per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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37.1

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53
28
.654
6.0
4
51
30
.630
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5
Hawks Hawks
46
35
.568
13.0
6
45
36
.556
14.0
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45
36
.556
14.0
Schedule
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Sun
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@
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102

Final

124

ATL Hawks

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
59
22
.728
2
55
26
.679
4.0
3
53
28
.654
6.0
4
51
30
.630
8.0
5
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46
35
.568
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6
45
36
.556
14.0
7
45
36
.556
14.0
8
44
37
.543
15.0
9
43
38
.531
16.0
10
42
39
.519
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
49
.395
27.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
50
.383
28.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
61
.247
39.0
14
19
62
.235
40.0
15
17
64
.210
42.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
17
.790
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
19
.765
2.0
3
53
28
.654
11.0
4
52
29
.642
12.0
5
51
30
.630
13.0
6
48
33
.593
16.0
7
44
37
.543
20.0
8
41
40
.506
23.0
9
41
40
.506
23.0
10
37
44
.457
27.0
11
26
55
.321
38.0
12
25
56
.309
39.0
13
25
56
.309
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
59
.272
42.0
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Jazz Jazz - e
22
59
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
3/15
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112-120
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3/15
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107-132
Sun
3/15
@
100-92
Sun
3/15
@
119-115
Mon
3/16
@
106-136

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM