Gary Payton got the most steals per game in 1995-96, with 2.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

95-96 NBA steal 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	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.9	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	231	19	260	221
2	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.6	1995-96	ATL	81	35.7	15.7	4.1	5.9	0.2	5.6	13.9	40.5	2.9	7.7	37.1	1.6	2.1	74.7	52.9	1.4	2.7	2.3	2,893	1,268	332	478	212	17	188	151
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.2	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	30.4	6.6	4.3	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
4	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.2	1995-96	DAL	81	37.5	16.6	6.8	9.7	0.3	6.1	16.0	38.1	1.6	4.9	33.6	2.8	4.1	69.2	46.8	2.5	4.3	4.0	3,034	1,348	553	783	175	26	328	155
5	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.2	1995-96	TOR	77	32.2	9.3	4.4	4.2	0.5	3.7	7.9	47.0	0.5	2.0	27.2	1.4	2.1	67.7	53.1	1.4	3.0	2.4	2,478	718	342	323	166	36	183	268
6	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2.0	1995-96	ORL	82	36.8	21.7	4.3	7.1	0.5	7.6	14.8	51.3	1.1	3.5	31.4	5.4	7.1	76.7	60.5	1.6	2.7	2.8	3,015	1,780	354	582	166	41	229	160
7	Eric Murdock E. Murdock	1.8	1995-96	TOT	73	22.9	8.9	2.3	4.5	0.1	3.3	8.0	41.6	0.6	2.0	31.0	1.6	2.0	79.7	49.8	0.4	2.0	1.8	1,673	647	169	327	135	9	132	140
8	Eddie Jones E. Jones	1.8	1995-96	LAL	70	31.2	12.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	4.8	9.8	49.2	1.2	3.2	36.6	1.9	2.6	73.9	58.3	0.6	2.7	1.4	2,184	893	233	246	129	45	99	162
9	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1.8	1995-96	SEA	82	34.4	15.6	3.6	2.7	0.2	5.4	11.4	47.3	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.5	87.4	60.3	1.0	2.6	2.0	2,823	1,281	297	218	149	14	164	172
10	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	1.8	1995-96	MIN	78	36.3	16.2	8.8	3.1	1.2	6.1	12.9	47.1	0.3	1.1	30.2	3.7	4.8	77.3	54.0	2.3	6.6	3.0	2,835	1,261	690	238	139	96	234	265
11	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	1.8	1995-96	CLE	75	34.3	19.3	3.3	6.5	0.4	6.8	14.6	46.5	1.2	3.1	38.7	4.5	5.1	88.7	57.3	0.6	2.7	1.9	2,570	1,449	248	487	132	33	142	146
12	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.7	1995-96	CHI	77	36.7	19.4	6.4	5.9	0.7	7.3	15.8	46.3	1.9	5.2	37.4	2.9	4.2	67.9	55.1	2.0	4.5	2.7	2,825	1,496	496	452	133	57	207	198
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	1.7	1995-96	UTA	82	35.5	14.7	2.8	11.2	0.2	5.4	10.0	53.8	1.2	2.7	42.2	2.9	3.4	83.0	64.2	0.7	2.1	3.0	2,915	1,209	226	916	140	15	246	207
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	1.7	1995-96	UTA	82	38.0	25.7	9.8	4.2	0.7	9.6	18.5	51.9	0.2	0.5	40.0	6.2	8.6	72.3	57.5	2.1	7.7	2.4	3,113	2,106	804	345	138	56	199	245
15	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	1.7	1995-96	VAN	69	30.4	14.0	2.5	6.9	0.2	4.7	11.3	41.5	1.3	3.9	33.2	3.3	4.3	77.1	53.0	0.4	2.1	2.3	2,096	967	174	476	116	11	160	137
16	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1.7	1995-96	TOT	80	31.7	15.2	2.9	8.0	0.2	5.2	12.4	42.2	1.7	4.7	36.4	3.0	3.8	79.0	54.0	0.4	2.4	2.9	2,534	1,217	229	640	132	17	235	201
17	Robert Horry R. Horry	1.6	1995-96	HOU	71	37.1	12.0	5.8	4.0	1.5	4.2	10.3	41.0	2.0	5.5	36.6	1.6	2.0	77.6	53.7	1.4	4.4	2.3	2,634	853	412	281	116	109	160	197
18	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	1.6	1995-96	GSW	78	39.3	18.9	4.9	4.2	0.6	6.6	15.4	42.8	1.2	3.6	32.3	4.5	5.7	78.9	52.7	1.6	3.3	2.8	3,064	1,473	380	328	127	45	222	150
19	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	1.6	1995-96	TOT	69	34.0	15.2	2.9	8.3	0.2	5.1	12.1	41.8	1.3	3.7	35.9	3.8	4.9	76.9	53.4	0.9	2.0	2.1	2,344	1,050	203	575	111	14	146	178
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.6	1995-96	PHX	71	37.1	23.2	11.6	3.7	0.8	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.7	2.5	28.0	6.2	8.0	77.7	58.5	3.4	8.1	3.1	2,632	1,649	821	262	114	56	218	208
21	Derek Harper D. Harper	1.6	1995-96	NYK	82	35.3	14.0	2.5	4.3	0.1	5.3	11.5	46.4	1.5	4.0	37.2	1.9	2.5	75.7	55.8	0.4	2.1	2.2	2,893	1,149	202	352	131	5	178	201
22	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	1.6	1995-96	ORL	77	35.3	14.7	5.4	3.6	0.6	5.2	11.7	44.2	2.2	5.6	39.1	2.2	3.1	69.2	56.2	1.2	4.2	1.8	2,717	1,134	415	279	121	46	141	135
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.6	1995-96	HOU	72	38.8	26.9	10.9	3.6	2.9	10.7	20.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.5	7.6	72.4	55.8	2.4	8.4	3.4	2,797	1,936	784	257	113	207	247	242
24	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1.5	1995-96	SAC	81	36.4	23.1	3.3	3.1	0.2	7.5	16.9	44.7	2.8	6.4	43.7	5.2	6.1	86.6	59.1	0.7	2.7	2.7	2,946	1,872	269	255	125	19	220	233
25	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	1.5	1995-96	SAS	82	37.6	13.1	2.5	9.6	0.3	5.3	10.8	49.4	0.1	0.4	19.4	2.3	3.2	72.1	53.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	3,084	1,071	206	789	119	21	195	179