Michael Jordan had the most points + steals per game played in 1997-98, with 30.46.

Interpreted as:

most (points+steals) per games by a player 1998

	NAME	(PTS+STL)/GP	PTS	STL	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.46	2,357	141	82	1997-98	CHI	38.8	28.7	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	475	283	45	185	151	+598
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28.97	1,699	39	60	1997-98	LAL	36.3	28.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	681	142	144	175	193	+649
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	28.22	2,190	96	81	1997-98	UTA	37.4	27.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	834	316	70	247	237	+584
4	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	24.59	1,308	69	56	1997-98	MIL	41.0	23.4	5.5	2.8	1.2	0.6	9.5	20.3	47.0	0.4	1.2	38.5	3.8	4.8	80.8	52.2	1.5	4.0	3.6	2,294	307	158	34	200	164	+56
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	24.44	1,623	88	70	1997-98	SAC	36.7	23.2	3.3	4.0	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.4	44.5	1.9	4.8	38.9	5.8	6.7	86.4	56.9	0.7	2.6	2.6	2,569	229	279	15	181	154	-132
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	24.18	1,758	176	80	1997-98	PHI	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	296	494	25	244	200	-92
7	Antoine Walker A. Walker	24.17	1,840	142	82	1997-98	BOS	39.9	22.4	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.7	8.8	20.8	42.3	1.1	3.6	31.2	3.7	5.8	64.5	48.1	3.3	6.9	3.6	3,268	836	273	60	292	262	-267
8	Chris Webber C. Webber	23.46	1,555	111	71	1997-98	WAS	39.6	21.9	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	18.9	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	674	273	124	185	269	+45
9	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	23.39	1,829	89	82	1997-98	VAN	36.0	22.3	7.1	2.6	1.1	0.9	8.0	16.4	48.5	0.3	0.6	41.2	6.1	7.8	78.4	56.2	2.8	4.3	3.1	2,950	581	213	76	257	201	-433
10	Glen Rice G. Rice	23.21	1,826	77	82	1997-98	CHA	40.2	22.3	4.3	2.2	0.9	0.3	7.7	16.9	45.7	1.6	3.7	43.3	5.2	6.1	84.9	56.8	1.1	3.2	2.2	3,295	353	182	22	182	200	+169
11	Michael Finley M. Finley	23.11	1,763	132	82	1997-98	DAL	41.4	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	438	405	30	219	163	-410
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	22.9	1,712	143	81	1997-98	DET	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	623	551	53	285	196	+214
13	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	22.71	299	19	14	1997-98	GSW	39.1	21.4	3.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	7.9	19.8	39.7	0.6	3.4	18.8	5.0	6.7	74.5	47.0	0.5	3.1	3.1	547	51	68	5	44	26	-180
14	David Robinson D. Robinson	22.44	1,574	64	73	1997-98	SAS	33.7	21.6	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	7.5	14.6	51.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.6	9.0	73.5	58.1	3.3	7.3	2.8	2,457	775	199	192	202	204	+356
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	21.78	1,731	55	82	1997-98	SAS	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	977	224	206	279	254	+429
16	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	21.56	823	61	41	1997-98	MIN	38.6	20.1	8.7	4.1	1.5	0.5	7.8	15.5	50.2	0.0	0.4	11.8	4.5	5.4	82.1	56.1	2.6	6.1	2.7	1,582	356	167	22	109	102	+84
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	21.41	1,571	185	82	1997-98	SEA	38.4	19.2	4.6	8.3	2.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	376	679	18	229	195	+622
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21.38	540	16	26	1997-98	NYK	32.6	20.8	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	7.8	15.5	50.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.2	72.0	55.7	2.3	7.9	3.0	848	265	28	58	77	74	+84
19	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	21.23	1,471	121	75	1997-98	NJN	34.7	19.6	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.1	0.2	1.1	18.8	5.8	6.8	86.0	53.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	2,606	228	603	20	269	262	+133
20	Steve Smith S. Smith	21.08	1,464	75	73	1997-98	ATL	39.1	20.1	4.2	4.0	1.0	0.4	6.7	15.1	44.4	1.3	3.8	35.1	5.3	6.2	85.5	56.3	1.8	2.4	2.4	2,857	309	292	29	176	219	+202
21	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	20.91	841	79	44	1997-98	CHI	37.5	19.1	5.2	5.8	1.8	1.0	7.2	16.0	44.7	1.4	4.4	31.8	3.4	4.4	77.7	53.3	1.2	4.0	2.5	1,652	227	254	43	109	116	+324
22	Ray Allen R. Allen	20.89	1,602	111	82	1997-98	MIL	40.1	19.5	4.9	4.3	1.4	0.1	6.9	16.0	42.8	1.6	4.5	36.4	4.2	4.8	87.5	53.9	1.5	3.4	3.2	3,287	405	356	12	263	244	-71
23	Eric Williams E. Williams	20.75	79	4	4	1997-98	DEN	36.3	19.8	5.3	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	15.3	39.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	11.3	68.9	48.9	2.5	2.8	2.3	145	21	12	0	9	9	-11
24	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	20.69	1,219	64	62	1997-98	NJN	37.5	19.7	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.2	16.9	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	4.2	4.9	84.6	51.6	2.3	4.3	2.6	2,325	408	106	25	164	216	+145
25	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	20.54	1,528	136	81	1997-98	MIA	37.4	18.9	3.7	8.3	1.7	0.2	6.9	16.0	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	299	672	16	224	200	+454