Michael Jordan has the most games by a rookie with 2+ steals, with 62 games in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:

most 2+ steal regular-season game by a rookie

	NAME	GP	STL	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	62	186	1984-85	CHI	38.6	29.2	6.6	5.7	3.0	0.9	10.5	20.0	52.6	0.1	0.6	17.1	8.0	9.5	84.6	60.3	2.0	4.6	3.8	2,395	1,811	408	356	54	236	220
2	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	58	176	1993-94	ORL	37.1	16.2	5.3	7.0	3.0	0.7	6.2	13.4	46.4	0.6	2.2	26.4	3.2	4.3	74.4	53.0	2.1	3.2	3.6	2,153	940	309	406	39	208	144
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	57	183	1987-88	NYK	40.1	14.3	4.9	11.0	3.2	0.0	5.6	12.9	43.7	0.4	1.6	25.5	2.6	3.4	78.1	49.8	1.5	3.4	3.2	2,288	816	279	625	2	182	170
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	53	156	2005-06	NOK	36.6	16.8	5.3	7.8	2.9	0.1	5.5	12.4	44.7	0.6	2.0	31.4	5.0	5.9	85.0	55.8	0.8	4.5	2.3	1,938	888	280	414	6	122	156	-132
5	Brevin Knight B. Knight	53	181	1997-98	CLE	32.3	9.6	3.3	8.9	3.4	0.2	3.4	7.6	45.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.7	3.4	80.1	52.7	0.9	2.4	2.5	1,714	507	174	470	9	131	180	+319
6	Ron Harper R. Harper	53	187	1986-87	CLE	37.6	22.9	4.9	5.1	3.5	0.9	8.9	20.0	44.3	0.2	1.2	15.2	5.0	7.2	69.5	49.4	2.1	2.8	4.1	1,993	1,214	260	272	49	217	154
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	140	1996-97	PHI	40.3	23.9	4.4	7.4	2.8	0.4	8.3	20.0	41.5	2.1	6.0	34.2	5.3	7.6	69.3	51.3	1.6	2.8	4.7	2,017	1,197	221	371	18	234	157	-214
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	49	150	1990-91	SEA	29.5	8.1	3.2	6.8	3.1	0.2	3.7	8.1	45.5	0.0	0.2	11.1	0.7	1.1	64.2	47.1	1.3	1.8	2.4	1,445	395	156	331	9	119	157
9	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	47	130	1994-95	DAL	36.6	12.3	5.7	8.3	2.8	0.3	4.4	11.3	39.0	0.9	3.3	26.1	2.7	3.8	70.6	47.5	2.1	3.7	3.4	1,721	579	270	391	16	159	95
10	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	46	127	1989-90	MIA	31.4	15.5	2.8	7.4	2.8	0.1	6.2	12.1	51.0	0.1	0.3	20.0	3.0	4.2	72.2	55.3	0.9	1.8	3.0	1,444	711	127	340	6	140	119
11	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	45	132	1996-97	NJN	38.4	18.0	4.0	3.5	2.9	0.5	6.7	15.8	42.5	2.0	5.8	34.7	2.6	3.3	79.1	52.3	1.4	2.6	1.6	1,728	812	182	158	24	72	90	-113
12	Mark Macon M. Macon	45	133	1991-92	DEN	31.3	11.7	2.7	2.6	3.0	0.2	4.7	12.3	38.5	0.1	0.4	16.7	2.2	2.9	74.2	43.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	1,410	527	123	118	7	107	147
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	45	143	1989-90	GSW	36.1	16.3	4.2	9.8	3.2	0.2	6.6	13.6	48.5	0.2	1.1	21.6	2.9	3.7	78.8	53.6	0.8	3.4	3.9	1,625	735	189	442	10	177	141
14	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	45	129	1988-89	SAS	35.2	20.0	5.4	5.0	2.9	0.8	8.4	16.4	51.6	0.0	0.3	16.7	3.1	3.8	81.3	55.5	2.1	3.2	3.3	1,583	901	241	224	37	148	164
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	43	129	2009-10	GSW	38.0	20.3	4.7	6.8	3.0	0.3	7.5	15.1	49.7	2.5	5.3	47.3	2.9	3.1	93.9	62.0	0.6	4.1	3.3	1,634	875	203	292	12	141	147	-11
16	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	43	136	2008-09	MIA	33.3	11.3	2.7	5.3	3.2	0.1	3.8	8.4	45.3	1.6	3.9	40.2	2.1	2.8	75.0	58.6	0.4	2.3	2.0	1,432	484	115	230	4	84	105	+119
17	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	42	114	2004-05	PHI	34.1	10.5	5.9	3.2	2.7	0.6	3.9	7.7	50.3	0.7	1.9	34.6	2.0	2.9	69.7	58.1	1.2	4.7	1.8	1,433	439	248	135	25	77	98	+131
18	Stacey Augmon S. Augmon	42	104	1991-92	ATL	32.0	14.2	5.8	2.8	2.5	0.3	5.7	11.6	49.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.7	4.3	63.2	52.8	2.5	3.2	2.5	1,346	598	242	118	14	104	84
19	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	41	117	2014-15	ORL	33.0	9.6	4.8	7.0	2.9	0.3	4.0	9.2	43.9	0.1	0.5	28.6	1.4	2.3	60.6	47.1	1.6	3.2	2.8	1,355	395	197	286	12	116	98	-28
20	John Williams J. Williams	41	106	1986-87	WAS	25.2	10.2	5.5	2.8	2.6	0.3	4.0	9.0	44.1	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.2	3.2	67.7	49.1	1.9	3.6	1.7	1,035	418	225	114	14	69	100
21	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	40	106	2018-19	PHX	30.2	9.0	2.9	2.4	2.7	0.4	3.2	6.9	47.1	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.2	1.5	78.3	59.9	0.6	2.3	1.0	1,207	360	117	94	17	40	108	-160
22	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	40	117	2017-18	PHI	33.5	16.8	8.3	8.0	2.9	1.1	7.1	13.1	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	4.6	57.7	55.9	1.9	6.5	3.5	1,341	673	333	321	42	140	105	+264
23	LeBron James L. James	40	110	2003-04	CLE	40.5	22.1	5.4	6.0	2.8	0.8	8.4	19.4	43.3	0.7	2.8	25.9	4.6	5.8	78.9	50.3	1.2	4.2	3.3	1,621	884	216	238	31	131	75	-85
24	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	40	106	1989-90	MIN	32.7	11.1	2.5	7.2	2.7	0.4	5.0	11.2	44.8	0.3	1.3	20.0	0.9	1.5	58.6	47.1	0.7	1.9	2.0	1,306	444	100	288	14	80	74
25	Gary Grant G. Grant	40	124	1988-89	LAC	30.0	13.9	3.8	8.5	3.1	0.2	5.9	13.3	44.1	0.1	0.4	26.7	2.1	2.8	73.9	47.8	1.4	2.5	3.5	1,200	554	152	339	6	140	101