Chris Paul has gotten the most career steals per game by an active player, with 2.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

most spg with a minimum of 200 games played all-time by an active player

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.0	1,354	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	0.2	6.0	12.8	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,608	23,011	5,978	12,499	2,717	222	3,093	3,185	+6113
2	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.7	733	31.8	20.1	6.4	3.1	0.6	7.3	14.6	49.9	1.6	4.1	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.0	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	23,281	14,733	4,662	2,236	1,255	471	1,212	1,225	+4597
3	Paul George P. George	1.7	908	33.6	20.6	6.3	3.7	0.4	7.0	16.0	44.0	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.9	4.6	85.3	57.1	0.8	5.4	2.7	30,516	18,697	5,684	3,369	1,539	401	2,423	2,418	+3384
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1.6	869	33.1	18.3	5.3	4.3	0.4	5.9	12.6	47.2	0.8	2.4	32.8	5.7	6.7	84.3	59.0	1.7	3.7	1.6	28,790	15,898	4,647	3,772	1,400	379	1,399	1,196	+2493
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.6	1,237	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,172	26,205	8,677	9,925	1,955	406	4,829	3,157	+3039
6	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1.6	635	29.5	10.6	3.4	4.6	0.4	3.6	9.2	38.8	1.6	4.9	32.4	1.9	2.4	77.6	51.6	0.8	2.6	1.9	18,726	6,735	2,183	2,895	994	228	1,198	1,611	+1727
7	Herbert Jones H. Jones	1.6	240	30.2	10.1	3.8	2.5	0.7	3.7	7.7	47.7	1.0	2.8	36.6	1.8	2.2	82.4	58.9	1.2	2.6	1.3	7,254	2,433	915	593	375	173	316	736	+429
8	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	1.6	347	20.9	4.9	2.0	1.1	0.8	1.9	4.2	43.8	0.9	2.5	34.3	0.3	0.5	66.1	55.0	0.6	1.5	0.6	7,269	1,698	710	388	542	279	199	646	-27
9	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	1.5	287	31.2	11.4	5.5	5.8	0.6	4.2	10.6	39.8	2.3	6.4	36.2	0.7	1.1	59.9	51.4	1.0	4.5	2.4	8,964	3,262	1,565	1,678	438	179	678	602	+168
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.5	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,974	25,386	4,819	6,540	1,553	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
11	LeBron James L. James	1.5	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	11,584	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
12	James Harden J. Harden	1.5	1,151	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,011	27,687	6,473	8,316	1,715	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
13	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	1.5	383	31.1	13.1	7.4	7.2	0.7	5.4	9.7	55.8	0.0	0.1	13.9	2.3	3.8	59.2	57.6	1.7	5.7	3.0	11,910	5,021	2,840	2,754	568	255	1,151	1,059	+840
14	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	1.5	503	29.3	15.5	5.8	5.4	0.3	6.2	13.6	45.3	1.2	3.5	34.0	2.0	2.5	79.0	52.7	0.9	4.9	2.1	14,745	7,803	2,925	2,718	741	139	1,061	901	-323
15	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	1.5	231	31.9	21.0	6.0	7.4	0.3	7.4	17.6	42.1	3.1	8.4	36.5	3.1	3.7	83.7	54.6	1.3	4.7	3.3	7,374	4,859	1,379	1,710	340	76	769	727	-404
16	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	1.5	333	33.0	17.5	3.7	8.8	0.6	6.3	13.3	47.7	2.6	6.6	39.2	2.3	2.7	85.5	60.6	0.6	3.0	2.1	10,997	5,842	1,218	2,947	490	199	711	440	-26
17	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	1.5	407	23.3	7.7	3.3	4.0	0.4	3.1	7.1	43.7	0.6	2.0	32.7	0.8	1.0	73.6	50.4	0.5	2.8	1.6	9,496	3,116	1,355	1,617	597	171	634	1,114	-566
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.4	462	33.1	24.4	4.8	5.1	0.8	8.5	17.0	50.1	1.3	3.7	35.5	6.0	7.0	86.2	60.7	0.8	4.0	2.3	15,291	11,294	2,211	2,362	666	370	1,072	1,044	+1274
19	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	1.4	531	33.3	21.5	3.9	6.1	0.4	7.9	16.9	47.0	1.5	4.6	33.0	4.1	5.5	74.6	55.7	0.6	3.3	2.7	17,660	11,399	2,082	3,262	756	221	1,449	1,383	-513
20	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.4	1,037	32.9	15.8	4.2	6.2	0.5	6.2	13.4	46.2	1.5	4.1	37.0	1.9	2.4	78.8	54.6	1.0	3.2	2.6	34,158	16,422	4,340	6,440	1,472	535	2,673	2,196	+2921
21	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	1.4	356	22.9	9.1	3.7	2.8	0.5	3.2	7.9	41.0	1.5	4.1	36.9	1.1	1.4	77.9	53.4	0.7	3.0	1.4	8,147	3,231	1,316	988	502	172	488	728	+638
22	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	1.4	550	31.3	14.9	3.4	5.7	0.5	5.0	12.5	40.1	2.5	6.8	37.1	2.3	2.7	86.2	54.4	0.4	3.0	1.7	17,192	8,204	1,884	3,121	757	253	910	1,205	+1913
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1.4	539	33.8	24.7	4.3	4.7	0.3	8.8	19.5	44.9	3.0	8.2	36.6	4.2	5.0	84.0	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.7	18,244	13,320	2,324	2,530	740	173	1,447	1,300	+2590
24	Mike Conley M. Conley	1.4	1,172	31.2	14.1	2.9	5.7	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.8	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.5	3.1	82.5	55.7	0.5	2.5	1.9	36,596	16,470	3,454	6,625	1,603	242	2,180	2,270	+2713
25	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1.4	215	31.3	18.1	4.6	4.3	0.6	7.0	13.7	51.3	1.4	3.7	38.2	2.7	3.3	80.3	59.7	0.8	3.8	1.8	6,735	3,901	988	924	294	126	396	524	+786