Between the 1973-74 and 1999-00 seasons, Alvin Robertson got the most steals per game, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

most spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1973-74 to 1999-00

	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2.7	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,112	323	2,116	2,638
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.6	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.5	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	2,306	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
4	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2.4	785	35.8	14.1	4.2	6.9	0.4	5.5	13.4	41.1	1.5	4.5	33.7	1.5	2.1	73.9	49.2	1.2	3.1	2.4	28,075	11,083	3,335	5,396	1,888	276	1,902	1,533	+759
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.3	1,258	32.2	13.3	2.7	11.0	0.2	4.8	9.2	51.8	0.6	1.5	38.2	3.2	3.9	82.5	61.0	0.6	2.0	2.9	40,526	16,781	3,360	13,790	2,844	254	3,651	3,355	+1973
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	2.2	786	35.9	17.2	4.1	7.1	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.2	0.9	2.8	31.7	2.6	3.6	71.6	53.4	1.3	2.9	2.5	28,190	13,485	3,235	5,548	1,756	169	1,958	2,097	+1496
7	Eddie Jones E. Jones	2.2	416	35.5	16.2	4.0	3.3	0.7	5.7	12.6	45.4	1.6	4.1	37.7	3.2	4.1	79.6	56.4	1.0	2.9	1.8	14,761	6,739	1,647	1,381	926	297	742	1,031	+1429
8	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.2	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	1,666	209	1,471	1,803
9	Slick Watts S. Watts	2.2	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3				1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239	1,314
10	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	2.2	177	34.2	12.4	6.8	1.9	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.9				2.5	3.4	72.6	48.5	2.1	4.8		6,054	2,194	1,210	332	381	32		615
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2.1	274	40.3	24.9	4.1	5.9	0.2	8.9	20.8	42.8	1.4	4.2	32.3	5.7	7.9	72.3	51.2	1.2	2.8	3.6	11,038	6,818	1,111	1,612	587	61	978	693	-213
12	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2.1	414	37.3	13.6	6.2	9.3	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.3	1.1	3.2	32.7	2.6	3.5	74.0	49.1	1.7	4.5	3.3	15,460	5,628	2,564	3,848	860	143	1,357	813	+904
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2.1	965	35.9	17.3	6.7	5.3	0.9	6.8	14.3	47.8	0.8	2.5	32.9	2.9	4.1	69.6	54.0	1.9	4.8	2.8	34,617	16,735	6,494	5,143	1,986	843	2,739	2,822	+1590
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
16	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.0	184	29.5	9.2	3.1	7.7	0.3	3.4	8.0	42.7	0.0	0.1	9.1	2.4	3.1	77.4	49.4	0.7	2.5	2.5	5,423	1,698	577	1,416	373	46	456	571	+211
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.0	554	35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	3.9	4.2	91.6	50.5	0.9	4.3	2.5	19,585	11,729	2,876	3,163	1,104	269	574	1,464
18	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	1,638	291	1,646	1,637
19	Johnny Moore J. Moore	2.0	520	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
20	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.9	448	21.4	7.3	2.7	3.8	0.3	2.9	7.0	41.6	0.2	0.6	32.1	1.5	2.1	70.5	46.6	0.9	1.8	2.1	9,586	3,285	1,219	1,688	869	122	783	1,368
21	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	796	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	0.4	2.3	5.2	44.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	1.0	1.5	65.0	50.8	1.2	2.9	1.9	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	1,544	356	1,486	2,408	+280
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1.9	121	34.8	18.3	5.8	2.8	0.9	6.4	14.4	44.1	1.5	4.0	37.2	4.1	5.3	77.2	54.6	1.7	4.2	2.4	4,215	2,218	705	336	234	112	291	376	+124
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.9	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
25	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	1.9	359	38.0	18.7	5.4	5.6	0.2	7.6	15.9	47.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.5	4.2	81.9	52.6	1.1	4.2	2.1	13,626	6,731	1,926	2,028	681	63	139	922