LaMelo Ball averaged the most steals per game by a rookie in 2020-21, with 1.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

most spg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by rookies 2020-2021

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	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	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	1.6	2020-21	CHA	51	28.8	15.7	5.9	6.1	0.4	5.7	13.2	43.6	1.8	5.1	35.2	2.5	3.2	75.8	53.9	1.2	4.7	2.8	1,468	803	302	313	81	18	145	136	-84
2	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	1.3	2020-21	SAC	58	30.1	13.0	3.0	5.3	0.5	5.0	10.7	47.2	2.1	5.1	40.9	0.8	1.0	85.7	58.5	0.7	2.3	1.6	1,746	753	173	309	77	28	92	83	-180
3	Facundo Campazzo F. Campazzo	1.2	2020-21	DEN	65	21.9	6.1	2.1	3.6	0.2	1.8	4.8	38.1	1.2	3.3	35.2	1.2	1.4	87.9	55.8	0.3	1.7	1.1	1,425	396	134	232	79	14	73	132	+78
4	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	1.2	2020-21	HOU	70	29.2	11.3	5.3	2.5	0.5	4.5	8.9	50.6	0.9	2.8	30.8	1.5	2.1	69.4	57.6	1.9	3.5	1.4	2,043	794	374	178	85	36	98	222	-189
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1.1	2020-21	MIN	72	32.1	19.3	4.7	2.9	0.5	7.0	16.8	41.7	2.4	7.2	32.9	2.9	3.8	77.6	52.3	0.8	3.8	2.2	2,314	1,392	336	211	82	36	160	129	-228
6	Isaac Okoro I. Okoro	0.9	2020-21	CLE	67	32.4	9.6	3.1	1.9	0.4	3.5	8.3	42.0	0.9	3.2	29.0	1.7	2.3	72.6	51.4	1.0	2.1	1.3	2,173	646	206	128	62	24	86	185	-407
7	Patrick Williams P. Williams	0.9	2020-21	CHI	71	27.9	9.2	4.6	1.4	0.6	3.6	7.4	48.3	0.8	1.9	39.1	1.3	1.8	72.8	56.2	0.9	3.7	1.4	1,983	655	327	99	64	46	98	126	-292
8	Theo Maledon T. Maledon	0.9	2020-21	OKC	65	27.4	10.1	3.2	3.5	0.2	3.5	9.4	36.8	1.6	4.8	33.5	1.6	2.1	74.8	48.9	0.4	2.9	2.2	1,778	658	211	227	56	11	141	126	-621
9	Xavier Tillman X. Tillman	0.7	2020-21	MEM	59	18.4	6.6	4.3	1.3	0.6	2.8	5.1	55.9	0.4	1.1	33.8	0.6	0.9	64.2	60.5	1.3	3.1	0.8	1,085	390	256	75	44	33	45	116	+33
10	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	0.7	2020-21	DET	70	27.3	12.2	4.5	1.4	0.2	4.0	9.9	40.4	2.5	6.6	38.0	1.8	2.1	84.4	56.7	0.6	3.9	0.9	1,909	857	318	95	52	14	60	110	-213
11	Kira Lewis Jr. K. Lewis Jr.	0.7	2020-21	NOP	54	16.7	6.4	1.3	2.3	0.2	2.4	6.2	38.6	0.7	2.2	33.3	0.8	0.9	84.3	47.7	0.2	1.1	0.6	904	343	71	124	38	10	34	88	+23
12	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	0.7	2020-21	SAS	62	17.0	5.5	2.8	0.9	0.3	2.0	4.9	40.6	0.8	2.4	34.7	0.7	0.8	84.3	52.4	0.4	2.4	0.4	1,056	341	174	56	43	18	22	88	-65
13	Desmond Bane D. Bane	0.6	2020-21	MEM	68	22.3	9.2	3.1	1.7	0.2	3.4	7.3	46.9	1.7	4.0	43.2	0.6	0.7	81.6	60.0	0.5	2.6	0.9	1,519	625	210	118	41	16	59	125	+12
14	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	0.6	2020-21	WAS	54	23.3	6.3	4.9	1.2	0.3	2.4	5.8	41.7	1.0	3.1	31.5	0.5	0.8	64.4	51.5	0.4	4.4	0.6	1,257	342	262	63	32	15	33	140	-81
15	Isaiah Stewart I. Stewart	0.6	2020-21	DET	68	21.4	7.9	6.7	0.9	1.3	3.3	6.0	55.3	0.3	0.9	33.3	0.9	1.4	69.6	59.7	2.3	4.3	1.0	1,455	537	453	59	39	86	67	184	-60
16	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	0.6	2020-21	BOS	66	19.2	7.7	2.4	1.8	0.1	2.8	6.3	44.0	1.5	3.8	41.1	0.6	0.7	88.9	58.2	0.5	1.9	0.8	1,267	510	158	120	37	9	53	104	+40
17	Jaden McDaniels J. McDaniels	0.6	2020-21	MIN	63	24.0	6.8	3.7	1.1	1.0	2.6	5.8	44.7	1.1	3.1	36.4	0.4	0.7	60.0	55.2	0.8	2.9	0.7	1,511	427	232	71	35	60	47	172	-103
18	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	0.5	2020-21	NYK	64	19.4	11.4	2.1	2.0	0.2	3.6	9.1	39.5	1.8	4.7	38.9	2.4	2.7	89.1	55.7	0.4	1.8	0.9	1,243	731	137	127	30	12	58	114	+182
19	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	0.4	2020-21	PHI	61	15.3	8.0	1.7	2.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	46.2	0.5	1.7	30.1	1.0	1.1	87.1	53.1	0.2	1.5	0.7	935	488	104	120	26	13	41	79	-52
20	RJ Hampton	0.4	2020-21	TOT	51	17.4	6.9	3.5	1.7	0.2	2.7	6.1	43.5	0.5	1.7	31.0	1.1	1.6	67.1	50.7	0.6	2.9	1.0	888	354	179	87	21	10	53	61	-284
21	Precious Achiuwa P. Achiuwa	0.3	2020-21	MIA	61	12.1	5.0	3.4	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.7	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.8	50.9	55.0	1.2	2.2	0.7	737	304	208	29	20	28	43	91	-116
22	Obi Toppin O. Toppin	0.3	2020-21	NYK	62	11.0	4.1	2.2	0.5	0.2	1.7	3.4	49.8	0.4	1.4	30.6	0.3	0.4	73.1	57.4	0.4	1.8	0.4	683	253	138	29	17	15	23	55	+25