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

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all-time steals with a minimum of 400 games played leaders totals NBA

	NAME	SPG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	TPG
1	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.7	779	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	4,412	9,245	47.7	236	800	29.5	1,822	2,451	74.3	52.7	1,621	2,445	2,116	2,638		31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	2.7
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.6	556	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	3,419	7,479	45.7	124	564	22.0	1,291	1,870	69.0	49.7	981	2,075	1,854	1,859		33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	0.4	3.3
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.3	1,072	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,514	893	12,192	24,537	49.7	581	1,778	32.7	7,327	8,772	83.5	56.9	1,668	5,004	2,924	2,783	+1438	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	0.8	2.7
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.3	889	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,075	300	4,705	11,499	40.9	1,283	3,816	33.6	1,269	1,724	73.6	48.8	1,017	2,642	2,067	1,687	+347	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	0.3	2.3
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	752	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	4,244	9,504	44.7	162	523	31.0	1,783	2,312	77.1	49.6	1,442	3,081	1,471	1,803		31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	2.0
6	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.2	437	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	1,602	3,876	41.3				697	1,168	59.7	44.4	455	943	239	1,314		26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	1.8
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	1,504	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	7,039	13,658	51.5	845	2,202	38.4	4,788	5,796	82.6	60.8	966	3,085	4,244	3,942	+2941	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	0.2	2.8
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	914	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	1,983	164	8,467	19,906	42.5	1,059	3,383	31.3	6,375	8,168	78.0	51.8	745	2,649	3,262	1,777	+799	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	0.2	3.6
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1,101	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	4,906	9,374	52.3	52	204	25.5	2,331	2,938	79.3	57.2	713	2,375	2,268	2,258		31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	2.1
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1,086	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	8,335	17,673	47.2	827	2,603	31.8	4,698	5,962	78.8	54.7	2,615	4,062	2,977	3,285	+434	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	2.7
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,354	45,608	23,011	5,978	12,499	2,717	222	8,147	17,352	47.0	1,860	5,029	37.0	4,857	5,579	87.1	58.1	792	5,186	3,093	3,185	+6113	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	0.2	2.3
12	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.0	554	19,585	11,729	2,876	3,163	1,104	269	4,759	10,595	44.9	73	221	33.0	2,138	2,334	91.6	50.5	510	2,366	574	1,464		35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	0.5	2.5
13	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	825	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	1,638	291	5,793	12,570	46.1	108	454	23.8	2,399	3,173	75.6	50.5	818	1,404	1,646	1,637		31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	0.4	2.5
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.0	1,178	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	2,307	947	7,420	15,700	47.3	978	3,002	32.6	3,122	4,437	70.4	53.6	2,068	5,426	3,257	3,329	+2022	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	0.8	2.8
15	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.0	520	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,998	4,343	46.0	94	374	25.1	800	1,123	71.2	50.5	391	1,157	1,163	1,325		25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	2.2
16	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	448	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	1,296	3,117	41.6	42	131	32.1	651	924	70.5	46.6	397	822	783	1,368		21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.1
17	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	796	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,833	4,136	44.3	298	870	34.3	769	1,183	65.0	50.8	919	2,303	1,486	2,408	+280	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	1.9
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1.9	1,391	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	6,219	15,557	40.0	1,988	5,701	34.9	3,103	3,954	78.5	50.7	1,768	6,957	4,003	2,572	+3868	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	0.3	2.9
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	906	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	6,211	11,951	52.0	325	1,074	30.3	4,960	5,850	84.8	61.0	1,601	4,958	3,506	2,050		36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	0.4	3.9
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	979	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	7,194	15,904	45.2	398	1,373	29.0	4,036	5,316	75.9	51.6	951	2,527	3,682	2,971		36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	3.8
21	Doug Christie D. Christie	1.9	827	26,079	9,301	3,382	2,992	1,555	392	3,238	7,604	42.6	805	2,272	35.4	2,020	2,460	82.1	53.5	797	2,585	1,721	2,051	+1057	31.5	11.2	4.1	3.6	0.5	2.1
22	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1.9	719	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	1,337	80	2,546	5,527	46.1	7	38	18.4	830	1,264	65.7	48.7	598	1,371	1,382	2,097		22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	0.1	2.2
23	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.9	453	11,189	3,372	1,122	1,965	840	163	1,425	3,006	47.4	4	25	16.0	518	628	82.5	51.4	238	884	647	1,010		24.7	7.4	2.5	4.3	0.4	1.7
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	1.8	835	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	4,888	11,951	40.9	1,332	4,159	32.0	2,339	3,292	71.1	50.2	762	2,421	2,308	2,361	+866	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	0.4	2.8
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	1.8	1,335	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	2,445	285	8,708	18,698	46.6	1,132	3,570	31.7	3,265	4,480	72.9	52.8	1,392	3,877	3,030	3,217	+1928	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	0.2	2.3