Shawn Bradley had the most steals per game + blocks per game in 1996-97, with 3.95.

Interpreted as:

most spg+bpg by a player 1997 regular season

	NAME	SPG+BPG	SPG	BPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	3.95	0.5	3.4	1996-97	TOT	73	31.3	13.2	8.4	0.7	5.6	12.4	44.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	3.1	65.4	47.8	3.0	5.3	1.8	2,288	961	611	52	40	248	134	237	-243
2	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3.91	0.6	3.3	1996-97	ATL	80	37.2	13.3	11.6	1.4	4.8	9.0	52.7	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.4	70.5	58.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	2,973	1,066	929	110	49	264	186	249	+432
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3.78	0.9	2.9	1996-97	LAL	51	38.1	26.2	12.5	3.1	10.8	19.4	55.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	9.4	48.4	55.6	3.8	8.7	2.9	1,941	1,336	640	159	46	147	146	180	+268
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3.72	1.5	2.2	1996-97	HOU	78	36.6	23.2	9.2	3.0	9.3	18.3	51.0	0.1	0.2	31.3	4.5	5.7	78.7	55.8	2.2	7.0	3.6	2,852	1,810	716	236	117	173	281	249	+382
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	3.71	0.8	2.9	1996-97	MIA	66	35.2	19.8	9.9	1.6	7.2	13.4	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	5.5	8.6	64.2	57.8	2.9	7.1	3.4	2,320	1,310	656	104	56	189	226	272	+465
6	Chris Webber C. Webber	3.6	1.7	1.9	1996-97	WAS	72	39.0	20.1	10.3	4.6	8.4	16.2	51.8	0.8	2.1	39.7	2.5	4.3	56.5	55.4	3.3	7.0	3.2	2,806	1,445	743	331	122	137	230	258	+158
7	Ervin Johnson E. Johnson	3.56	0.8	2.8	1996-97	DEN	82	31.7	7.1	11.1	0.9	3.0	5.7	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	61.5	54.3	2.8	8.3	1.4	2,599	582	913	71	65	227	118	288	-314
8	Vlade Divac V. Divac	3.49	1.3	2.2	1996-97	CHA	81	35.1	12.6	9.0	3.7	5.2	10.5	49.4	0.1	0.6	23.4	2.2	3.2	68.3	53.3	3.0	6.0	2.4	2,840	1,024	725	301	103	180	193	277	+276
9	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	3.48	1.4	2.1	1996-97	MIN	77	38.9	17.0	8.0	3.1	7.1	14.3	49.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.7	3.5	75.4	53.7	2.5	5.6	2.3	2,995	1,309	618	236	105	163	175	199	+116
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3.31	0.9	2.4	1996-97	NYK	78	37.0	22.4	10.7	2.0	8.4	17.2	48.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.6	7.5	75.4	54.8	2.2	8.4	3.4	2,887	1,751	834	156	69	189	269	250	+315
11	Marcus Camby M. Camby	3.11	1.0	2.1	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	14.8	6.3	1.5	6.0	12.3	48.2	0.0	0.2	14.3	2.9	4.2	69.3	52.3	2.1	4.2	2.1	1,897	935	394	97	66	130	134	214	-37
12	Doug Christie D. Christie	3.04	2.5	0.6	1996-97	TOR	81	38.6	14.5	5.3	3.9	4.9	11.7	41.7	1.8	4.7	38.4	2.9	3.8	77.5	54.3	1.0	4.3	2.5	3,127	1,176	432	315	201	45	200	245	-121
13	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.97	2.4	0.6	1996-97	LAL	80	37.5	17.2	4.1	3.4	5.9	13.5	43.8	1.9	4.9	39.1	3.5	4.2	81.9	55.9	1.1	3.0	2.1	2,998	1,374	326	270	189	49	169	226	+263
14	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.97	2.7	0.3	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	463	212	20	185	141	+585
15	Bo Outlaw B. Outlaw	2.88	1.1	1.7	1996-97	LAC	82	26.8	7.6	5.5	1.9	3.1	5.1	60.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	2.8	50.4	60.2	2.1	3.4	1.3	2,195	625	454	157	94	142	107	227	+166
16	Dino Radja D. Radja	2.84	0.9	1.9	1996-97	BOS	25	35.0	14.0	8.4	1.9	6.0	13.6	44.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	71.8	47.1	1.8	6.7	2.8	874	349	211	48	23	48	70	76	-69
17	Rick Fox R. Fox	2.72	2.2	0.5	1996-97	BOS	76	34.9	15.4	5.2	3.8	5.7	12.5	45.6	1.3	3.7	36.3	2.7	3.5	78.7	55.1	1.5	3.7	2.3	2,650	1,174	394	286	167	40	178	279	-352
18	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	2.7	1.6	1.1	1996-97	MIN	81	38.7	20.6	8.7	4.1	7.3	16.5	44.2	0.3	1.1	25.8	5.7	7.0	82.0	52.6	2.3	6.4	3.6	3,131	1,672	702	335	130	89	293	237	-154
19	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.62	2.3	0.4	1996-97	TOT	55	35.7	10.9	4.5	9.0	3.9	9.6	40.3	1.1	3.0	37.0	2.0	3.0	67.9	49.8	1.2	3.4	2.6	1,964	599	249	496	124	20	142	114	+80
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.56	2.4	0.2	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	583	197	13	215	208	+624
21	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	2.54	1.5	1.0	1996-97	SEA	81	34.0	18.7	10.0	1.9	6.5	12.7	51.0	0.1	0.4	36.4	5.6	7.5	74.2	58.3	3.4	6.6	3.5	2,750	1,516	807	156	125	81	280	320	+462
22	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	2.54	0.8	1.7	1996-97	DEN	74	34.7	18.3	7.3	1.4	7.2	15.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.1	3.7	5.2	70.8	50.9	2.1	5.2	2.7	2,565	1,352	537	106	62	126	199	276	-367
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.5	1.9	0.6	1996-97	HOU	62	36.6	18.0	6.0	5.7	6.4	14.5	44.2	1.9	5.4	35.5	3.2	4.3	75.0	54.8	1.9	4.1	2.5	2,271	1,114	373	354	119	36	156	151	+365
24	Horace Grant H. Grant	2.48	1.5	1.0	1996-97	ORL	67	37.3	12.6	9.0	2.4	5.3	10.4	51.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.9	2.7	71.5	54.6	3.1	5.9	1.5	2,496	845	600	163	101	65	99	157	+87
25	Jim McIlvaine J. McIlvaine	2.48	0.5	2.0	1996-97	SEA	82	18.0	3.8	4.0	0.3	1.6	3.4	47.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	0.6	1.3	49.5	48.6	1.6	2.4	0.8	1,477	314	330	23	39	164	62	247	+253