highest spg in nba history; first 5 seasons

Alvin Robertson had the most steals per game by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 2.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in NBA history; first 5 seasons

	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	2.9	389	32.2	16.2	5.4	5.4	0.5	6.6	13.7	48.2	0.2	0.6	26.8	2.8	3.7	75.4	52.7	2.1	3.3	3.0	12,525	6,285	2,087	2,094	1,128	204	1,148	1,336
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	345	39.0	32.6	6.2	5.9	1.2	11.9	23.3	51.3	0.2	0.8	20.2	8.6	10.1	84.8	58.9	1.9	4.3	3.3	13,442	11,263	2,129	2,046	962	411	1,150	1,085
3	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.6	379	33.2	14.0	5.7	7.1	0.4	5.8	12.7	45.4	0.3	1.2	21.2	2.2	3.4	65.7	49.2	1.8	3.9	3.5	12,573	5,291	2,177	2,676	992	153	1,337	1,263
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.5	338	37.4	18.2	8.4	9.8	0.6	6.9	12.7	54.2	0.1	0.4	17.3	4.3	5.5	79.0	60.1	2.5	5.9	4.0	12,631	6,136	2,841	3,327	848	198	1,341	910
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.4	345	37.3	19.3	4.7	10.0	0.1	6.8	14.5	47.3	0.9	2.5	35.3	4.7	5.6	84.8	57.0	0.8	3.9	2.6	12,881	6,668	1,624	3,446	822	31	888	887	+612
6	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.4	376	27.8	9.8	3.4	6.5	0.3	4.0	9.7	41.4				1.7	2.9	59.6	44.5	1.1	2.3	2.4	10,467	3,676	1,295	2,435	888	97	168	1,171
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	400	31.0	10.5	3.1	6.9	0.4	4.3	8.1	53.0	0.0	0.1	31.1	1.9	2.5	76.6	57.3	0.8	2.3	2.4	12,410	4,217	1,230	2,757	943	147	946	1,055
8	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.4	355	34.2	13.3	3.8	7.3	0.5	5.4	13.1	41.6	0.8	2.5	31.3	1.6	2.1	74.4	47.2	1.2	2.7	2.4	12,135	4,705	1,362	2,603	836	161	853	772
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.3	393	36.7	20.8	3.8	10.3	0.3	7.9	17.1	46.2	0.3	1.1	29.1	4.6	6.2	74.9	52.4	1.2	2.6	3.9	14,412	8,156	1,502	4,066	911	124	1,523	1,428
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.3	410	27.6	10.6	2.2	9.6	0.2	3.8	7.3	52.7	0.1	0.5	25.9	2.8	3.4	82.3	60.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	11,296	4,340	920	3,941	948	65	1,052	1,142
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.3	402	37.8	24.3	5.9	6.0	0.5	9.9	22.0	45.0				4.6	5.0	91.2	50.4	1.0	4.8	2.7	15,203	9,781	2,363	2,393	929	203	224	1,087
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.2	295	35.6	19.8	4.8	5.1	1.0	7.6	16.5	46.2	0.4	1.5	26.6	4.2	5.8	71.6	52.0	1.7	3.2	3.3	10,495	5,840	1,418	1,500	663	286	962	844
13	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	2.2	278	31.5	10.1	4.3	8.3	0.1	3.2	8.6	36.8	0.6	2.0	31.8	3.2	3.9	81.5	49.3	0.7	3.6	2.8	8,748	2,817	1,193	2,309	619	35	781	718	+354
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.2	400	31.8	18.4	5.5	5.6	0.7	7.3	14.9	49.1	0.1	0.5	21.5	3.7	4.8	77.4	54.2	2.5	3.0	2.8	12,713	7,361	2,183	2,227	888	266	1,117	1,275
15	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.2	391	25.6	9.8	3.2	5.3	0.2	4.2	9.0	46.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	1.4	2.1	66.1	49.3	1.0	2.2	2.6	9,998	3,832	1,257	2,063	868	64	821	1,275
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.2	345	40.6	26.2	4.0	5.6	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.6	1.4	4.2	32.3	6.2	8.4	74.5	51.4	1.1	2.9	3.5	14,017	9,025	1,384	1,937	765	81	1,215	840	+155
17	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.2	379	28.4	10.4	3.4	8.6	0.3	4.2	9.1	46.3	0.2	0.6	25.2	1.8	2.5	71.2	50.7	0.8	2.6	2.5	10,763	3,927	1,304	3,270	829	104	934	1,094
18	Don Buse D. Buse	2.2	384	30.3	7.5	2.7	4.9	0.2	3.2	7.1	44.6	0.3	1.0	27.7	1.1	1.5	76.3	48.8	0.7	2.1	1.2	11,632	2,895	1,053	1,892	828	66	349	594
19	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.2	409	32.4	13.4	3.3	6.1	0.2	5.7	11.7	48.9	0.2	0.9	27.0	1.8	2.6	68.7	52.4	1.3	2.0	2.1	13,237	5,500	1,369	2,510	881	89	876	1,180
20	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	2.2	177	34.2	12.4	6.8	1.9	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.9				2.5	3.4	72.6	48.5	2.1	4.8		6,054	2,194	1,210	332	381	32		615
21	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	404	30.3	12.6	5.0	6.6	0.3	5.2	11.7	44.7	0.1	0.5	26.1	2.1	2.8	75.5	49.0	1.7	3.3	2.1	12,259	5,104	2,003	2,649	869	125	842	1,006
22	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.1	344	34.8	15.4	3.8	3.1	0.7	5.5	11.9	46.2	1.5	4.0	37.7	2.8	3.7	77.3	56.7	1.0	2.8	1.7	11,954	5,293	1,304	1,076	734	248	582	855	+1071
23	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.1	345	32.7	14.2	4.7	3.0	0.6	5.0	12.1	41.6	0.9	2.8	31.4	3.3	4.6	71.8	50.4	1.1	3.6	2.3	11,274	4,901	1,620	1,027	723	223	790	1,066	+93
24	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.1	347	37.0	13.5	6.0	9.1	0.3	4.9	12.2	40.2	1.1	3.4	32.5	2.5	3.5	72.3	48.9	1.8	4.2	3.3	12,844	4,669	2,081	3,170	726	115	1,131	665	+599
25	Ron Lee R. Lee	2.1	367	22.1	8.2	2.9	3.7	0.3	3.3	7.8	42.1	0.2	0.5	33.3	1.5	2.2	70.4	46.6	1.0	1.9	2.3	8,119	3,007	1,064	1,376	753	102	660	1,147