Micheal Ray Richardson had the most steals per game in 1979-80, with 3.2 per game.

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1979-80 steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders

	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	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
2	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	2.7	1979-80	NJN	82	32.4	13.3	3.3	6.8	0.3	5.3	12.4	43.0	0.1	0.6	25.0	2.5	3.1	77.9	48.1	0.8	2.5	3.1	2,657	1,087	270	557	223	27	258	238
3	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	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
4	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.4	1979-80	SEA	82	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	0.5	9.0	18.7	48.2	0.1	0.4	19.4	4.0	5.1	78.8	52.9	1.5	1.8	2.2	2,969	1,816	275	397	200	37	181	160
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.4	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	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	187	41	305	218
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.3	1979-80	PHI	79	33.2	11.4	3.5	7.0	0.4	4.5	8.4	54.0	0.1	0.1	44.4	2.3	2.9	77.9	58.9	0.9	2.5	2.7	2,623	898	274	556	183	32	216	197
7	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.2	1979-80	PHI	78	36.1	26.9	7.4	4.6	1.8	10.7	20.7	51.9	0.1	0.3	20.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	56.8	2.8	4.6	3.6	2,812	2,100	576	355	170	140	284	208
8	Sonny Parker S. Parker	2.1	1979-80	GSW	82	34.7	14.7	5.7	3.1	0.4	5.9	12.0	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.7	78.5	53.7	2.0	3.6	2.0	2,849	1,203	464	254	173	32	163	195
9	Foots Walker F. Walker	2.0	1979-80	CLE	76	31.9	9.4	3.8	8.0	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	2.6	3.2	80.2	52.7	1.0	2.8	2.1	2,422	712	287	607	155	12	157	202
10	Ray Williams R. Williams	2.0	1979-80	NYK	82	31.5	20.9	5.0	6.2	0.3	8.4	16.9	49.6	0.1	0.5	18.9	4.1	5.2	78.7	54.6	1.8	3.2	3.1	2,582	1,714	412	512	167	24	256	295
11	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.0	1979-80	MIL	67	25.2	10.7	3.6	5.7	0.1	4.6	9.8	46.7	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.6	2.1	73.4	50.1	1.0	2.5	2.2	1,690	719	238	383	135	4	149	202
12	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	1.9	1979-80	SDC	78	35.3	13.5	2.4	4.3	0.3	5.4	11.5	46.7	1.2	3.1	37.7	1.7	2.1	80.2	54.6	1.0	1.4	1.8	2,754	1,056	188	335	147	25	141	246
13	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.9	1979-80	HOU	76	35.2	20.0	2.0	3.9	0.1	8.2	16.7	49.3	0.0	0.3	4.0	3.6	4.0	89.7	54.3	0.9	1.1	2.1	2,676	1,520	150	299	143	9	162	269
14	John Long J. Long	1.9	1979-80	DET	69	34.3	19.4	4.9	3.0	0.4	8.5	16.9	50.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	2.3	2.8	82.5	53.5	2.2	2.7	3.0	2,364	1,337	337	206	129	26	206	221
15	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	1979-80	IND	82	32.3	19.1	8.3	4.2	1.4	7.2	15.5	46.3	0.1	0.4	15.6	4.7	5.9	79.9	52.8	3.1	5.2	3.5	2,647	1,566	681	344	153	112	286	291
16	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.8	1979-80	SAS	67	22.0	6.6	2.3	4.7	0.2	2.6	5.6	45.4	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.4	1.8	80.8	51.3	0.5	1.8	1.7	1,474	441	152	312	123	13	115	134
17	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1.8	1979-80	LAL	82	39.3	17.6	2.8	7.8	0.2	7.6	14.7	51.6	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.4	3.1	77.9	54.8	0.6	2.2	3.5	3,226	1,446	229	642	147	14	288	241
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.8	1979-80	SEA	81	36.3	19.0	5.1	4.1	1.0	7.1	16.8	42.2	0.1	0.7	20.7	4.7	6.0	78.0	48.9	2.1	3.0	2.8	2,937	1,540	414	332	144	82	227	267
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.7	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
20	Robert Reid R. Reid	1.7	1979-80	HOU	76	30.3	13.0	5.8	3.2	0.8	5.5	11.3	48.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.7	73.6	52.0	1.8	4.0	2.2	2,304	991	441	244	132	57	164	281
21	John Lucas J. Lucas	1.7	1979-80	GSW	80	34.5	12.6	2.8	7.5	0.0	4.9	10.4	46.7	0.2	0.5	28.6	2.8	3.6	76.8	52.8	0.8	2.0	2.3	2,763	1,010	220	602	138	3	184	196
22	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1.7	1979-80	KCK	82	35.2	22.7	4.0	2.5	0.3	9.5	18.9	50.5	0.1	0.4	27.8	3.5	5.0	69.4	53.8	2.1	2.0	2.2	2,885	1,858	331	202	136	22	179	226
23	Phil Ford P. Ford	1.7	1979-80	KCK	82	32.0	16.2	2.1	7.4	0.0	6.0	12.9	46.2	0.0	0.3	17.4	4.2	5.2	81.8	53.4	0.4	1.7	3.4	2,621	1,328	172	610	136	4	282	208
24	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	1.7	1979-80	CHI	82	32.6	14.2	3.0	5.2	0.2	5.7	12.2	46.9	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.4	2.9	83.7	52.4	0.9	2.0	3.4	2,673	1,161	242	426	136	17	282	294
25	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	1.6	1979-80	HOU	77	27.6	10.9	2.4	5.4	0.4	4.3	8.5	50.3	0.0	0.2	15.8	2.3	2.9	81.4	56.0	0.7	1.6	2.7	2,123	843	184	417	127	28	205	197

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