Mookie Blaylock got the most steals per game in 1996-97, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

1996-1997 steal with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader

	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	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.7	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
2	Doug Christie D. Christie	2.5	1996-97	TOR	81	38.6	14.5	5.3	3.9	0.6	4.9	11.7	41.7	1.8	4.7	38.4	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.3	1.0	4.3	2.5	3,127	1,176	432	315	201	45	200	245	-121
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.4	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
4	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.4	1996-97	LAL	80	37.5	17.2	4.1	3.4	0.6	5.9	13.5	43.8	1.9	4.9	39.1	3.5	4.2	81.9	55.9	1.1	3.0	2.1	2,998	1,374	326	270	189	49	169	226	+263
5	Rick Fox R. Fox	2.2	1996-97	BOS	76	34.9	15.4	5.2	3.8	0.5	5.7	12.5	45.6	1.3	3.7	36.3	2.7	3.5	78.7	55.1	1.5	3.7	2.3	2,650	1,174	394	286	167	40	178	279	-352
6	David Wesley D. Wesley	2.2	1996-97	BOS	74	40.4	16.8	3.6	7.3	0.2	6.2	13.2	46.8	1.4	3.9	36.0	3.0	3.9	78.1	56.3	0.9	2.7	2.9	2,991	1,240	264	537	162	13	211	221	-407
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.0	1996-97	UTA	82	35.3	14.4	2.8	10.5	0.2	5.1	9.3	54.8	0.9	2.2	42.2	3.4	4.0	84.6	65.6	0.5	2.2	3.0	2,896	1,183	228	860	166	15	248	194	+658
9	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	2.0	1996-97	VAN	65	28.7	9.5	2.8	6.3	0.1	3.1	7.8	39.3	1.4	3.7	37.0	2.0	2.7	73.0	52.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	1,863	616	184	407	129	4	129	122	-315
10	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	2.0	1996-97	POR	82	37.6	17.5	4.4	7.1	0.2	5.9	13.9	42.7	1.6	4.5	36.1	4.1	5.3	76.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	2.4	3,081	1,436	363	584	162	15	193	222	+342
11	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1.9	1996-97	SEA	82	33.6	13.9	3.9	3.0	0.1	4.5	9.7	46.4	1.7	4.3	40.3	3.1	3.6	87.5	61.6	1.1	2.8	1.6	2,755	1,139	320	250	159	12	130	146	+540
12	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1.9	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365
13	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	1.9	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	127	165	-266
14	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	1.9	1996-97	ORL	63	34.3	12.0	4.8	2.9	0.5	4.6	11.5	39.7	2.3	6.4	35.3	0.6	1.5	40.4	49.4	1.0	3.8	1.4	2,163	757	304	182	120	32	86	160	+163
15	Kendall Gill K. Gill	1.9	1996-97	NJN	82	39.0	21.8	6.1	4.0	0.6	7.9	17.7	44.3	0.9	2.7	33.6	5.2	6.5	79.7	53.0	2.2	3.9	2.7	3,199	1,789	499	326	154	46	218	225	-185
16	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.9	1996-97	CHI	82	37.7	20.2	6.5	5.7	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	2.5	3.5	70.1	55.4	2.0	4.5	2.6	3,095	1,656	531	467	154	45	214	213	+807
17	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1.9	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	695	151	9	230	165	+535
18	Grant Hill G. Hill	1.8	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	583	144	48	259	186	+413
19	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.8	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	0.4	7.4	16.8	43.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	490	138	30	178	177	+128
20	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	1.7	1996-97	WAS	82	36.5	17.2	4.1	8.9	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	0.2	0.9	16.9	4.5	6.1	73.8	53.3	1.2	2.9	3.3	2,997	1,410	335	727	143	14	270	166	+78
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.7	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
22	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	1.7	1996-97	LAL	70	25.2	6.8	5.2	1.3	0.7	2.8	6.4	43.2	0.2	0.9	26.2	1.0	1.7	60.2	47.5	1.6	3.6	1.1	1,766	476	363	89	119	49	74	219	+156
23	Chris Webber C. Webber	1.7	1996-97	WAS	72	39.0	20.1	10.3	4.6	1.9	8.4	16.2	51.8	0.8	2.1	39.7	2.5	4.3	56.5	55.4	3.3	7.0	3.2	2,806	1,445	743	331	122	137	230	258	+158
24	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	1.7	1996-97	GSW	80	41.9	24.2	4.6	6.3	0.6	8.1	18.1	44.9	1.8	5.2	35.4	6.2	7.3	84.3	57.0	0.7	3.9	4.0	3,353	1,938	366	507	132	45	322	153	-215
25	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	1.6	1996-97	GSW	79	34.6	14.5	4.0	4.1	0.4	5.5	10.0	55.3	1.1	2.6	41.1	2.3	2.7	86.4	64.5	0.9	3.1	2.4	2,733	1,143	317	322	130	33	192	155	-270