88-89 most steals per game by player before 1/14/1989

Michael Jordan averaged the most steals per game in 1988-89, with 3.3 per game.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3.3	1988-89	CHI	33	41.2	35.2	8.3	6.2	0.8	13.1	24.0	54.7	0.4	1.4	28.3	8.6	10.1	85.2	61.9	1.9	6.4	3.5	1,360	1,162	273	204	109	28	117	99
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.8	1988-89	SAS	33	34.8	16.7	5.8	6.1	0.5	6.9	14.5	47.8	0.1	0.8	16.0	2.8	3.6	76.7	52.1	2.4	3.5	3.6	1,148	552	193	202	94	18	120	147
3	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.8	1988-89	POR	33	38.6	28.0	7.2	5.1	0.9	10.9	21.7	50.2	0.4	1.2	34.2	5.8	7.2	80.2	56.2	3.3	3.8	3.0	1,273	923	236	169	94	31	98	108
4	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.8	1988-89	DEN	28	39.0	20.5	9.0	8.3	0.2	8.1	17.4	46.7	0.3	0.6	41.2	4.1	5.3	77.6	52.2	2.9	6.1	2.6	1,091	575	253	231	79	6	74	76
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.8	1988-89	HOU	33	36.3	24.6	13.6	1.6	3.7	9.4	18.5	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.8	8.1	71.3	55.7	4.0	9.6	3.8	1,198	813	449	53	91	121	127	132
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.7	1988-89	UTA	35	38.5	15.3	2.9	13.7	0.1	5.7	10.7	53.3	0.1	0.9	12.5	3.8	4.5	84.2	60.4	1.0	1.9	3.7	1,349	537	102	480	95	2	130	98
7	Winston Garland W. Garland	2.5	1988-89	GSW	31	34.8	15.1	4.2	6.1	0.1	5.7	13.5	42.6	0.2	0.5	33.3	3.5	4.3	81.8	49.3	1.1	3.1	2.5	1,078	469	129	189	76	2	77	93
8	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.4	1988-89	CLE	32	34.8	19.8	5.2	4.9	1.1	7.7	14.9	51.5	0.5	1.5	30.6	4.0	5.2	77.0	57.6	1.8	3.4	2.6	1,115	632	167	157	78	34	83	96
9	Darrell Walker D. Walker	2.4	1988-89	WAS	30	33.8	9.1	6.5	6.0	0.4	3.9	9.6	40.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.4	1.8	77.4	43.8	1.7	4.8	2.5	1,014	273	195	180	72	12	74	90
10	Lester Conner L. Conner	2.3	1988-89	NJN	34	28.1	10.9	4.0	6.0	0.1	4.1	8.4	48.8	0.1	0.4	35.7	2.6	3.3	77.0	55.3	0.9	3.1	2.1	957	370	135	203	79	4	71	50
11	Michael Adams M. Adams	2.3	1988-89	DEN	34	37.6	21.1	4.0	7.0	0.2	6.9	15.9	43.7	2.2	6.2	35.8	4.9	5.8	84.8	57.1	0.9	3.1	2.6	1,280	716	137	237	78	6	90	67
12	Terry Porter T. Porter	2.2	1988-89	POR	32	36.8	16.9	4.6	9.3	0.2	6.5	13.8	47.4	0.7	1.8	36.8	3.2	3.7	85.6	54.8	1.1	3.6	3.6	1,179	540	148	296	71	5	114	81
13	John Williams J. Williams	2.1	1988-89	WAS	33	29.3	13.3	6.7	4.2	0.8	5.3	10.9	48.8	0.2	0.5	27.8	2.5	3.2	77.6	53.9	1.6	5.1	1.7	968	440	220	139	68	28	57	91
14	Johnny Dawkins J. Dawkins	2.0	1988-89	SAS	24	37.0	17.5	3.8	7.5	0.0	6.8	14.5	46.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.9	4.4	89.5	53.1	1.1	2.6	3.9	887	420	90	179	49	0	94	58
15	Kevin Edwards K. Edwards	2.0	1988-89	MIA	32	28.6	12.2	2.8	4.4	0.3	5.0	12.8	39.2	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.1	2.9	72.0	43.3	1.0	1.8	3.2	915	389	90	140	64	10	102	72
16	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	2.0	1988-89	GSW	31	39.9	26.9	5.3	5.7	0.5	10.4	19.8	52.3	0.3	1.3	23.1	5.9	6.5	90.1	59.3	1.6	3.7	4.0	1,238	834	164	176	62	14	124	85
17	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.0	1988-89	ATL	29	30.6	11.2	3.2	7.1	0.3	4.2	9.2	45.7	0.4	1.4	31.0	2.3	2.7	84.8	53.7	1.0	2.2	1.9	887	324	93	207	58	9	55	102
18	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.0	1988-89	NYK	34	34.9	17.0	4.6	8.1	0.1	6.8	14.7	46.0	0.9	3.0	30.1	2.6	3.5	73.1	52.3	1.4	3.3	3.5	1,185	578	157	275	67	2	119	77
19	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.0	1988-89	DAL	32	36.1	17.6	2.5	7.6	0.6	6.6	13.8	48.2	1.1	2.9	38.0	3.3	3.8	84.6	57.0	0.7	1.8	2.6	1,154	563	79	243	63	19	84	87
20	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	1.9	1988-89	MIL	25	29.1	11.9	3.0	5.2	0.1	5.0	9.8	51.2	0.4	1.4	29.4	1.5	1.9	79.2	56.2	0.9	2.2	2.4	728	298	76	129	48	2	60	68
21	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1.9	1988-89	PHI	28	32.9	10.9	2.9	8.4	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.7	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.0	2.5	80.3	48.5	0.6	2.3	2.0	921	306	81	234	53	8	56	54
22	Pearl Washington P. Washington	1.9	1988-89	MIA	17	19.4	7.5	2.5	3.5	0.1	3.1	8.0	39.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.6	81.5	43.3	1.3	1.2	2.3	330	128	42	59	32	1	39	37
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	1988-89	DET	32	37.6	18.7	3.6	8.5	0.3	7.3	15.7	46.2	0.3	1.1	22.9	3.9	5.0	79.2	52.3	0.6	3.0	4.2	1,204	598	115	273	60	8	134	88
24	Gary Grant G. Grant	1.8	1988-89	LAC	32	21.2	9.4	2.8	4.3	0.1	4.1	9.3	43.6	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.3	1.6	80.0	47.2	0.8	2.0	3.1	678	302	90	139	59	2	99	76
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.8	1988-89	LAL	35	38.4	23.3	7.5	13.2	0.3	7.8	14.9	52.5	0.4	1.6	26.3	7.3	8.1	90.4	63.3	1.2	6.3	4.3	1,345	816	261	462	64	9	149	84