Alvin Robertson averaged the most steals per game in 1986-87, with 3.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

best spg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1986-87 season

	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	3.2	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	0.4	7.3	15.6	46.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.0	4.0	75.3	51.0	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,697	1,435	424	421	260	35	243	264
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.9	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	236	125	272	237
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.6	1986-87	PHI	68	38.6	15.6	3.2	7.9	0.2	6.1	11.6	52.7	0.1	0.3	23.5	3.3	4.3	77.7	57.9	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,624	1,061	215	538	180	15	173	109
4	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.5	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.5	1986-87	POR	82	38.0	21.7	6.3	6.9	0.9	8.6	17.2	50.2	0.1	0.6	23.4	4.4	5.7	76.0	55.2	2.8	3.5	3.1	3,114	1,782	518	566	204	71	253	281
6	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.5	1986-87	DEN	82	37.2	18.9	8.9	8.0	0.4	7.8	16.7	46.9	0.3	1.1	23.9	3.0	3.8	78.2	51.5	2.6	6.3	2.0	3,054	1,552	729	654	201	34	167	219
7	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.2	1986-87	DAL	77	33.2	16.0	2.6	7.9	0.3	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.0	2.8	35.8	2.1	3.0	68.4	56.1	0.7	1.9	1.8	2,556	1,230	199	609	167	25	138	195
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.2	1986-87	UTA	82	22.7	7.9	1.8	8.2	0.2	2.8	5.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	18.4	2.2	2.8	78.2	57.5	0.4	1.5	2.0	1,858	648	151	670	177	14	164	224
9	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.1	1986-87	ATL	82	31.6	12.8	3.6	10.0	0.4	4.2	9.2	45.1	0.0	0.3	19.0	4.5	5.4	82.8	55.3	1.0	2.6	2.6	2,590	1,053	299	823	171	30	217	287
10	Terry Porter T. Porter	2.0	1986-87	POR	80	33.9	13.1	4.2	8.9	0.1	4.7	9.6	48.8	0.2	0.8	21.7	3.5	4.2	83.8	57.0	0.9	3.3	3.2	2,714	1,045	337	715	159	9	255	192
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	1986-87	DET	81	37.2	20.6	3.9	10.0	0.2	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.2	1.2	19.4	4.9	6.4	76.8	52.8	1.0	2.9	4.2	3,013	1,671	319	813	153	20	343	251
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	140	254	228	294
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.8	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	135	70	240	185
14	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	1.8	1986-87	MIL	61	33.7	13.9	4.9	7.2	0.8	4.8	10.1	47.7	0.3	0.9	29.1	4.0	5.4	73.8	55.6	1.6	3.2	3.0	2,057	846	296	441	110	47	186	213
15	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	1.8	1986-87	LAC	65	27.1	11.2	2.3	6.9	0.2	4.2	10.3	41.0	0.2	0.9	23.2	2.5	3.1	81.5	47.8	0.6	1.7	2.6	1,759	726	150	447	116	10	167	148
16	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1.8	1986-87	GSW	82	37.4	18.8	3.3	10.3	0.2	6.1	12.6	48.8	0.9	2.3	38.4	5.6	6.5	86.0	60.8	0.7	2.6	3.4	3,064	1,541	268	848	146	18	280	199
17	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.8	1986-87	SEA	71	27.8	5.3	4.7	8.2	0.6	2.0	4.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.0	61.7	51.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	1,972	373	331	583	125	45	155	238
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.8	1986-87	PHI	68	40.3	23.0	14.6	4.9	1.5	8.2	13.8	59.4	0.3	1.5	20.2	6.3	8.3	76.1	66.0	5.7	8.9	4.7	2,740	1,564	994	331	119	104	322	252
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.7	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
20	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	1.7	1986-87	NYK	70	24.2	11.4	1.9	2.4	0.2	4.6	9.9	47.0	1.0	2.3	42.2	1.1	1.4	76.2	54.0	0.7	1.2	1.1	1,691	795	135	166	116	13	78	169
21	John Williams J. Williams	1.7	1986-87	WAS	78	22.7	9.2	4.7	2.4	0.4	3.6	8.0	45.4	0.1	0.5	22.2	1.8	2.9	64.6	49.7	1.7	3.0	1.6	1,773	718	366	191	129	30	122	173
22	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1.6	1986-87	MIL	82	33.8	20.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	8.9	17.4	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	66.2	53.6	2.6	5.9	2.1	2,770	1,707	700	229	129	81	172	296
23	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	1.5	1986-87	MIL	68	13.2	3.1	1.5	1.0	0.1	1.1	3.1	35.7	0.2	0.7	26.0	0.7	0.9	81.0	44.4	0.5	1.0	0.5	900	212	102	66	105	8	34	118
24	Byron Scott B. Scott	1.5	1986-87	LAL	82	33.3	17.0	3.5	3.4	0.2	6.8	13.8	48.9	0.8	1.8	43.6	2.7	3.1	89.2	56.1	0.8	2.7	1.8	2,729	1,397	286	281	125	18	144	163
25	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	1.5	1986-87	POR	82	25.5	12.3	6.0	2.4	0.9	4.5	8.9	50.9	0.0	0.3	4.3	3.2	4.4	72.0	56.5	2.5	3.6	1.8	2,088	1,009	496	194	122	77	149	328