Eddie Jones got the most steals per game in 1999-00, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

1999-00 steals 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	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.7	1999-00	CHA	72	39.0	20.1	4.8	4.2	0.7	6.6	15.5	42.7	1.8	4.7	37.5	5.0	5.8	86.4	55.5	1.1	3.6	2.2	2,807	1,446	343	305	192	49	160	176	+358
2	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2.1	1999-00	BOS	73	35.4	19.5	5.4	3.0	0.8	6.7	15.1	44.2	1.3	3.8	34.3	4.9	6.2	79.8	55.0	1.1	4.3	2.4	2,583	1,427	396	221	152	62	178	237	+188
3	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	2.1	1999-00	ORL	82	31.6	16.2	3.3	6.1	0.1	5.9	13.6	43.3	1.7	4.9	34.0	2.7	3.0	91.1	54.2	0.8	2.5	3.0	2,590	1,330	270	501	169	9	248	137	+61
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	1999-00	PHI	70	40.8	28.4	3.8	4.7	0.1	10.4	24.8	42.1	1.3	3.7	34.1	6.3	8.9	71.3	49.6	1.0	2.8	3.3	2,853	1,989	267	328	144	5	230	162	+133
5	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.0	1999-00	GSW	73	33.7	11.3	3.7	6.7	0.3	4.5	11.5	39.1	1.4	4.1	33.6	0.9	1.3	70.5	46.8	0.8	2.9	2.0	2,459	822	270	489	146	22	143	122	-461
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.0	1999-00	PHX	67	39.0	14.3	7.2	10.1	0.4	5.2	12.8	40.9	0.8	2.5	33.7	3.0	3.7	82.9	49.8	1.4	5.8	3.4	2,616	959	483	678	134	28	226	148	+305
7	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.9	1999-00	MIN	71	36.4	17.1	3.4	8.9	0.4	6.8	14.7	46.6	0.7	1.9	40.2	2.6	2.9	89.9	53.5	0.6	2.7	2.6	2,587	1,212	238	629	134	30	184	158	+359
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.9	1999-00	SEA	82	41.8	24.2	6.5	8.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
9	Kendall Gill K. Gill	1.8	1999-00	NJN	76	31.0	13.1	3.7	2.8	0.5	5.2	12.6	41.4	0.3	1.0	25.6	2.4	3.4	71.0	46.5	1.1	2.6	1.2	2,355	993	283	210	139	41	89	211	-52
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.7	1999-00	UTA	82	29.7	12.1	2.6	8.6	0.2	4.4	8.8	50.1	0.5	1.5	35.5	2.7	3.1	86.0	59.1	0.5	2.1	2.2	2,432	990	215	703	143	15	179	192	+513
11	Eric Snow E. Snow	1.7	1999-00	PHI	82	35.0	7.9	3.2	7.6	0.1	3.1	7.3	43.0	0.1	0.5	24.4	1.5	2.2	71.2	48.2	0.5	2.7	2.0	2,866	651	261	624	140	8	162	243	+101
12	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	1.7	1999-00	BOS	82	31.6	14.0	2.7	5.1	0.1	5.3	12.0	44.0	1.0	2.7	38.6	2.4	3.1	77.5	52.4	0.7	2.1	1.6	2,593	1,149	225	420	139	8	130	230	+99
13	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1.7	1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	12.0	4.3	2.8	0.5	4.3	10.5	40.7	0.8	2.7	31.4	2.6	3.9	67.4	49.1	0.9	3.4	2.3	2,238	866	308	202	119	39	166	159	-340
14	Brevin Knight B. Knight	1.6	1999-00	CLE	65	27.0	9.3	3.0	7.0	0.3	3.5	8.6	41.2	0.0	0.2	20.0	2.2	2.8	76.1	47.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	1,754	602	193	458	107	21	157	185	-126
15	Adrian Griffin A. Griffin	1.6	1999-00	BOS	72	26.8	6.7	5.2	2.5	0.2	2.4	5.7	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.1	1.7	2.2	75.3	50.3	1.8	3.4	1.3	1,927	485	372	177	116	15	93	222	-30
16	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	1.6	1999-00	VAN	82	38.5	14.5	3.7	8.1	0.2	5.6	12.6	44.5	0.9	2.6	36.3	2.4	3.0	78.0	52.1	0.9	2.8	3.0	3,155	1,190	306	665	132	15	247	171	-398
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.6	1999-00	LAL	66	38.2	22.5	6.3	4.9	0.9	8.4	17.9	46.8	0.7	2.2	31.9	5.0	6.1	82.1	54.6	1.6	4.7	2.8	2,524	1,485	416	323	106	62	182	220	+531
18	Chris Webber C. Webber	1.6	1999-00	SAC	75	38.4	24.5	10.5	4.6	1.7	10.0	20.6	48.3	0.4	1.3	28.4	4.1	5.5	75.1	53.0	2.5	8.0	2.9	2,880	1,834	787	345	120	128	218	264	+131
19	George Lynch G. Lynch	1.6	1999-00	PHI	75	32.2	9.6	7.8	1.8	0.5	4.0	8.6	46.1	0.2	0.5	41.7	1.5	2.4	61.7	49.8	2.9	4.9	1.6	2,416	722	582	136	119	38	120	231	+104
20	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	1.6	1999-00	DET	82	35.6	12.7	3.0	4.0	0.3	4.6	10.9	42.5	2.0	4.7	43.2	1.4	1.9	76.0	54.3	0.4	2.6	1.8	2,919	1,043	250	327	129	22	145	216	+108
21	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	1.6	1999-00	PHX	60	37.6	16.9	5.8	5.3	0.6	6.3	13.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	32.4	3.8	4.8	79.0	54.9	1.5	4.3	2.6	2,253	1,015	347	315	94	38	153	164	+366
22	Bryon Russell B. Russell	1.6	1999-00	UTA	82	35.4	14.1	5.2	1.9	0.3	5.0	11.1	44.6	1.3	3.3	39.6	2.9	3.9	75.0	55.0	1.2	4.0	1.2	2,900	1,159	427	158	128	23	101	255	+522
23	Erick Strickland E. Strickland	1.5	1999-00	DAL	68	29.8	12.8	4.8	3.1	0.2	4.6	10.7	43.3	1.1	2.7	39.2	2.4	2.9	83.1	53.1	1.0	3.7	1.5	2,025	867	323	211	105	13	102	190	+77
24	Steve Francis S. Francis	1.5	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	5.3	6.6	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	2,776	1,388	409	507	118	29	306	231	-158
25	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	1.5	1999-00	NJN	74	38.9	22.2	3.2	8.4	0.2	7.7	17.8	43.2	0.9	3.1	28.3	5.9	7.2	81.3	52.8	0.8	2.4	3.6	2,881	1,640	240	622	112	15	270	195	+17