Alvin Robertson has averaged the most career steals per game, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

all-time steals with a minimum of 400 games played leader

	NAME	SPG	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.7	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.6	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.3	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	1,471	1,803
6	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.2	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3				1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239	1,314
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.0	554	35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	3.9	4.2	91.6	50.5	0.9	4.3	2.5	19,585	11,729	2,876	3,163	1,104	269	574	1,464
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	1,638	291	1,646	1,637
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.0	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
15	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.0	520	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
16	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	448	21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.9	7.0	41.6	0.2	0.6	32.1	1.5	2.1	70.5	46.6	0.9	1.8	2.1	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	783	1,368
17	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	796	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	2.3	5.2	44.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	1.0	1.5	65.0	50.8	1.2	2.9	1.9	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,486	2,408	+280
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
21	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	827	31.5	11.2	4.1	3.6	0.5	3.9	9.2	42.6	1.0	2.7	35.4	2.4	3.0	82.1	53.5	1.0	3.1	2.1	26,079	9,301	3,382	2,992	1,555	392	1,721	2,051	+1057
22	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1.9	719	22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	0.1	3.5	7.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	18.4	1.2	1.8	65.7	48.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	1,337	80	1,382	2,097
23	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.9	453	24.7	7.4	2.5	4.3	0.4	3.1	6.6	47.4	0.0	0.1	16.0	1.1	1.4	82.5	51.4	0.5	2.0	1.7	11,189	3,372	1,122	1,965	840	163	647	1,010
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.8	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	5.0	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.8	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928