Alvin Robertson has the best steal percentage in a season, at 4.8 percent in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

highest steal% with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player single season

	NAME	STL%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	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	4.8	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
2	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	4.8	1979-80	IND	82	24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6	3.4	7.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.7	2.1	78.2	50.2	0.8	1.9	2.0	2,027	688	223	252	211	48	166	194
3	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	4.7	1990-91	MIL	81	32.1	13.6	5.7	5.5	3.0	0.2	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.3	0.8	36.5	2.5	3.2	75.7	53.8	2.4	3.3	2.6	2,598	1,098	459	444	246	16	212	273
4	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	4.6	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	3.2	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
5	Kendall Gill K. Gill	4.4	1998-99	NJN	50	32.1	11.8	4.9	2.5	2.7	0.5	4.7	11.9	39.8	0.0	0.3	11.8	2.3	3.3	68.3	44.1	1.2	3.7	1.4	1,606	588	244	123	134	26	71	162	-138
6	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	4.3	1991-92	MIL	82	30.0	12.3	4.3	4.4	2.6	0.4	4.8	11.2	43.0	0.8	2.6	31.9	1.8	2.4	76.3	50.0	2.1	2.1	2.7	2,463	1,010	350	360	210	32	223	263
7	Don Buse D. Buse	4.3	1976-77	IND	81	36.4	8.0	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	3.3	7.9	41.6				1.4	1.8	78.6	46.0	0.8	2.5		2,947	646	270	685	281	16		129
8	Brevin Knight B. Knight	4.2	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
9	Slick Watts S. Watts	4.2	1974-75	SEA	82	25.1	6.8	3.2	6.1	2.3	0.1	2.8	6.7	42.1				1.1	1.9	60.8	45.0	1.2	2.0		2,056	557	262	499	190	12		254
10	Slick Watts S. Watts	4.2	1975-76	SEA	82	33.9	13.0	4.5	8.1	3.2	0.2	5.3	12.4	42.7				2.4	4.2	57.8	45.7	1.4	3.1		2,776	1,065	365	661	261	16		270
11	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	4.2	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	14.1	5.9	4.4	3.0	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
12	Micheal Williams M. Williams	4.1	1991-92	IND	79	34.8	15.0	3.6	8.2	2.9	0.3	5.1	10.4	49.0	0.1	0.4	24.2	4.7	5.4	87.1	58.7	0.9	2.6	3.0	2,750	1,188	282	647	233	22	240	262
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	4.1	1991-92	UTA	82	36.6	15.8	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	5.5	11.5	48.2	1.0	2.5	40.7	3.8	4.5	84.2	59.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	3,002	1,297	270	1,126	244	22	286	234
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	4.1	1988-89	UTA	82	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	1,118	263	14	308	241
15	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	4.1	1976-77	MIL	79	26.5	8.6	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	3.8	8.7	43.4				1.1	1.9	53.9	45.0	1.2	2.2		2,095	681	264	372	192	21		291
16	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	4.0	1982-83	TOT	64	32.4	12.6	4.6	6.8	2.8	0.4	5.4	12.7	42.5	0.1	0.8	15.7	1.7	2.5	65.0	45.4	1.8	2.8	3.8	2,076	806	295	432	182	24	244	240
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	4.0	1987-88	UTA	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	1,128	242	16	262	247
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	4.0	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	2.9	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	232	89	271	238
19	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	4.0	1977-78	MIL	82	25.3	9.3	3.0	5.6	2.3	0.2	3.8	8.2	46.8				1.6	2.5	64.5	49.9	1.0	2.1	2.8	2,072	759	247	456	188	19	228	287
20	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	4.0	1994-95	SEA	80	25.9	5.2	3.8	5.3	2.1	0.7	2.1	5.0	41.8	0.7	1.9	34.2	0.4	0.7	58.6	49.6	0.8	3.0	1.6	2,070	419	302	421	165	53	126	275
21	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	4.0	1993-94	CHI	72	38.3	22.0	8.7	5.6	2.9	0.8	8.7	17.8	49.1	0.9	2.7	32.0	3.8	5.7	66.0	54.4	2.4	6.3	3.2	2,759	1,587	629	403	211	58	232	227
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	4.0	1981-82	PHI	79	31.6	11.2	3.1	8.4	2.6	0.4	4.5	8.6	52.1	0.1	0.3	27.3	2.2	2.8	77.7	57.0	0.6	2.5	2.3	2,498	881	248	667	209	33	184	247
23	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	4.0	1988-89	SAS	65	35.2	17.3	5.9	6.0	3.0	0.6	7.2	14.8	48.3	0.1	0.7	20.0	2.8	3.9	72.3	52.3	2.4	3.5	3.6	2,287	1,122	384	393	197	36	231	259
24	Eric Murdock E. Murdock	4.0	1993-94	MIL	82	30.9	15.3	3.2	6.7	2.4	0.1	5.8	12.4	46.8	0.8	2.0	41.1	2.9	3.5	81.3	54.9	1.1	2.1	2.5	2,533	1,257	261	546	197	12	206	189
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	3.9	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350