most steals per game in 1987 nba playoffs (minimum 10 games)

Isiah Thomas got the most steals per game among players with 10+ games played in the 1987 playoffs, with 2.6 per game.

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Data note: Steals Per Game: player season data complete from 1973-74 · postseason

	NAME	SPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.6	15	1986-87	DET	37.5	24.1	4.5	8.7	0.3	8.9	19.8	45.1	0.7	2.2	30.3	5.5	7.3	75.5	52.3	1.4	3.1	2.8	562	361	67	130	39	4	42	51
2	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	2.3	12	1986-87	MIL	38.8	14.3	5.2	8.6	0.7	5.7	12.2	46.6	0.1	0.7	12.5	2.8	3.8	73.9	51.4	2.3	2.8	2.9	465	171	62	103	28	8	35	51
3	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	1.9	10	1986-87	HOU	38.4	14.1	2.5	7.2	0.3	4.4	10.7	41.1	0.4	1.6	25.0	4.9	6.0	81.7	52.8	0.6	1.9	2.8	384	141	25	72	19	3	28	42
4	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1.8	10	1986-87	GSW	41.4	21.4	3.0	10.2	0.2	7.7	15.2	50.7	1.3	2.8	46.4	4.7	5.1	92.2	61.3	0.9	2.1	3.5	414	214	30	102	18	2	35	24
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.7	18	1986-87	LAL	37.0	21.8	7.7	12.2	0.4	8.1	15.1	53.9	0.1	0.6	20.0	5.4	6.6	83.1	60.7	1.6	6.2	2.8	666	392	139	219	31	7	51	37
6	James Worthy J. Worthy	1.6	18	1986-87	LAL	37.8	23.6	5.6	3.5	1.2	9.8	16.6	59.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.4	75.3	62.4	1.7	3.9	2.2	681	425	101	63	28	22	40	42
7	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	1.5	14	1986-87	SEA	37.7	20.3	8.4	3.0	0.6	8.9	18.1	48.8	0.1	0.7	20.0	2.4	4.0	60.7	51.0	3.7	4.6	3.0	528	284	117	42	21	9	42	63
8	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1.4	10	1986-87	GSW	33.4	18.9	6.5	1.9	2.5	7.4	16.3	45.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.1	80.4	51.0	1.6	4.9	3.1	334	189	65	19	14	25	31	42
9	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1.4	18	1986-87	LAL	29.0	13.0	3.3	5.0	0.8	4.3	8.8	48.4	1.9	3.9	48.6	2.6	3.0	85.2	64.0	0.4	2.8	2.1	522	234	59	90	25	14	37	46
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.3	10	1986-87	HOU	38.9	29.2	11.3	2.5	4.3	11.0	17.9	61.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.2	9.7	74.2	65.9	3.9	7.4	3.6	389	292	113	25	13	43	36	44
11	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1.3	12	1986-87	MIL	35.5	16.2	10.8	1.9	0.8	6.1	12.5	48.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	4.1	98.0	56.5	2.8	8.1	1.5	426	194	130	23	15	10	18	56
12	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1.2	20	1986-87	BOS	38.1	14.8	2.6	4.6	0.2	5.8	11.9	48.7	1.6	3.7	43.8	1.6	1.8	86.1	58.1	0.7	2.0	2.1	762	295	52	92	24	4	41	62
13	Purvis Short P. Short	1.2	10	1986-87	GSW	25.3	14.6	3.3	2.7	0.2	5.7	12.3	46.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	3.6	88.9	52.6	1.2	2.1	2.1	253	146	33	27	12	2	21	34
14	Larry Smith L. Smith	1.2	10	1986-87	GSW	32.9	10.3	13.7	1.7	0.6	4.3	8.1	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.4	70.8	56.2	6.1	7.6	1.4	329	103	137	17	12	6	14	39
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.2	23	1986-87	BOS	44.1	27.0	10.0	7.2	0.8	9.4	19.7	47.6	0.6	1.8	34.1	7.7	8.4	91.2	57.7	1.8	8.3	3.1	1,015	622	231	165	27	19	71	55
16	John Lucas J. Lucas	1.2	12	1986-87	MIL	30.2	15.6	2.1	5.2	0.1	5.7	12.5	45.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	3.3	4.0	81.3	54.6	0.3	1.8	1.7	362	187	25	62	14	1	20	17
17	Kevin Williams K. Williams	1.1	14	1986-87	SEA	18.2	8.6	2.4	2.1	0.1	3.2	6.7	47.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	2.9	75.0	53.8	1.4	1.1	0.7	255	120	34	30	16	1	10	44
18	Rod Higgins R. Higgins	1.1	10	1986-87	GSW	17.7	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.6	1.8	4.6	39.1	0.1	0.1	100.0	0.6	0.9	66.7	43.0	0.5	1.6	0.2	177	43	21	12	11	6	2	20
19	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1.1	12	1986-87	MIL	35.5	19.4	4.5	3.0	0.5	6.5	13.8	47.3	0.3	1.2	28.6	6.1	7.5	81.1	56.9	1.8	2.8	2.0	426	233	54	36	13	6	24	43
20	Danny Young D. Young	1.1	14	1986-87	SEA	14.9	4.1	1.1	3.4	0.0	1.5	3.7	40.4	0.4	1.1	31.3	0.7	0.7	100.0	50.5	0.3	0.9	0.5	208	57	16	48	15	0	7	21
21	Byron Scott B. Scott	1.1	18	1986-87	LAL	33.8	14.8	3.4	3.2	0.2	5.7	11.7	49.0	0.4	1.9	20.6	2.9	3.7	79.1	55.5	1.1	2.3	1.4	608	266	62	57	19	4	25	52
22	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1.0	12	1986-87	MIL	36.9	22.3	7.9	2.3	1.1	8.8	17.9	48.8	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.9	68.7	53.1	2.4	5.5	1.3	443	267	95	28	12	13	15	51
23	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	1.0	15	1986-87	DET	36.2	12.3	10.4	2.5	0.8	5.6	10.9	51.5	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.0	1.6	62.5	53.0	2.0	8.4	1.3	543	184	156	37	15	12	20	53
24	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.0	14	1986-87	SEA	25.4	5.1	3.9	8.0	0.7	1.9	4.4	43.5	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.7	70.8	48.9	0.9	2.9	1.9	356	71	54	112	14	10	26	42
25	Robert Reid R. Reid	1.0	10	1986-87	HOU	43.1	12.9	3.6	4.8	0.3	5.6	15.5	36.1	0.2	1.7	11.8	1.5	2.3	65.2	39.1	0.6	3.0	2.7	431	129	36	48	10	3	27	36

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