Between the 1985-86 and 1987-88 seasons, Alvin Robertson averaged the most steals per game, with 3.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most spg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player from 1985-86 to 1987-88

	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	3.3	245	34.9	18.1	5.9	5.8	0.6	7.4	15.4	48.0	0.2	0.7	27.9	3.2	4.1	76.5	52.7	2.2	3.7	3.1	8,553	4,437	1,438	1,426	804	144	750	860
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.9	182	38.7	34.7	5.2	5.0	1.5	12.7	25.3	50.3	0.1	0.8	16.1	9.1	10.8	84.9	57.8	1.8	3.4	3.1	7,043	6,317	943	915	532	277	569	553
3	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.7	47	34.1	15.7	5.3	7.2	0.2	6.3	14.1	44.8	0.1	0.6	14.8	3.0	3.8	78.8	49.8	1.6	3.7	3.2	1,604	737	250	340	125	11	150	163
4	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.5	238	36.8	22.5	6.2	6.9	0.7	8.8	17.8	49.6	0.1	0.7	21.4	4.7	6.0	78.3	55.1	2.8	3.4	3.2	8,750	5,356	1,472	1,633	604	169	771	801
5	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	2.5	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
6	Fat Lever F. Lever	2.5	242	36.1	17.3	7.5	7.8	0.3	7.2	15.7	46.3	0.2	0.8	24.6	2.6	3.3	77.0	50.4	2.3	5.2	2.3	8,731	4,178	1,814	1,877	602	70	559	637
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	229	38.3	14.9	3.1	8.4	0.3	5.8	11.2	51.9	0.0	0.2	19.6	3.2	3.9	81.6	57.6	0.7	2.4	2.5	8,765	3,413	703	1,926	554	64	571	385
8	Ron Harper R. Harper	2.4	139	35.2	19.8	4.4	4.9	1.0	7.7	16.9	45.8	0.2	0.8	20.2	4.2	6.1	69.1	50.7	1.7	2.7	3.6	4,894	2,753	615	675	331	136	503	404
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.3	246	27.0	10.1	2.3	9.8	0.2	3.7	7.0	53.1	0.1	0.5	27.5	2.5	3.1	82.2	60.4	0.5	1.8	2.4	6,635	2,482	567	2,408	576	40	594	698
10	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.1	238	32.5	15.1	2.8	7.0	0.3	6.0	12.1	49.2	0.6	1.9	32.5	2.5	3.4	73.4	55.3	0.8	2.0	2.0	7,738	3,586	671	1,659	488	83	472	525
11	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.0	215	31.0	13.0	3.8	9.4	0.4	4.5	9.8	45.7	0.1	0.3	18.6	4.0	5.3	74.8	53.5	1.0	2.8	2.6	6,663	2,799	827	2,013	431	84	568	744
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.0	222	36.3	23.2	11.7	2.3	3.1	9.1	17.6	51.6	0.0	0.0	11.1	5.1	7.5	68.1	55.6	4.3	7.4	3.0	8,052	5,157	2,598	520	436	699	666	889
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1.9	239	36.5	20.3	3.7	9.7	0.2	7.8	16.5	47.1	0.3	1.2	26.9	4.5	5.8	77.7	53.4	1.0	2.7	3.8	8,730	4,857	874	2,321	465	57	905	713
14	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1.9	153	28.9	6.5	4.4	8.4	0.6	2.5	5.2	47.4	0.1	0.2	29.0	1.5	2.3	67.1	52.5	1.4	2.9	2.2	4,425	997	669	1,285	294	92	344	476
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	1.8	232	39.2	27.9	9.4	6.9	0.8	10.6	20.6	51.6	1.2	2.8	41.2	5.5	6.0	90.7	60.0	1.8	7.6	3.1	9,083	6,466	2,190	1,590	426	178	719	524
16	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	1.8	216	33.5	13.8	5.0	7.3	0.7	4.9	10.0	48.6	0.1	0.6	23.2	3.9	5.0	78.3	56.5	1.6	3.3	2.9	7,245	2,975	1,070	1,587	390	152	624	693
17	Winston Garland W. Garland	1.7	67	31.7	12.4	3.4	6.4	0.1	5.1	11.6	43.9	0.2	0.6	33.3	2.1	2.3	87.9	49.2	1.0	2.4	2.5	2,122	831	227	429	116	7	167	188
18	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.7	228	38.9	23.8	13.0	3.9	1.5	8.4	14.3	58.4	0.4	1.5	24.4	6.8	9.2	73.5	64.9	5.0	8.1	4.3	8,862	5,431	2,971	897	392	332	976	863
19	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1.7	241	34.6	17.0	3.6	8.9	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.7	0.5	1.6	33.1	4.6	5.5	83.6	57.2	0.9	2.7	3.3	8,342	4,106	861	2,138	398	46	793	588
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1.6	224	36.2	20.9	6.2	12.2	0.3	7.4	14.4	51.4	0.1	0.6	21.0	5.9	6.9	85.6	59.8	1.3	4.8	3.8	8,119	4,671	1,379	2,742	365	65	842	448
21	Terry Porter T. Porter	1.6	241	28.7	11.7	3.5	7.2	0.1	4.4	8.7	49.8	0.2	0.7	29.2	2.8	3.4	83.5	57.4	0.7	2.7	2.5	6,919	2,829	832	1,744	390	26	605	532
22	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	1.6	79	20.6	5.0	1.7	5.1	0.0	2.1	5.4	39.0	0.0	0.2	18.8	0.7	0.9	78.4	42.9	0.4	1.3	1.3	1,628	393	136	404	127	3	101	138
23	Michael Adams M. Adams	1.6	163	25.9	10.0	2.2	4.7	0.1	3.6	8.4	43.4	1.0	3.0	34.5	1.7	2.1	83.3	53.9	0.5	1.7	1.4	4,220	1,630	352	769	262	23	236	235
24	Darwin Cook D. Cook	1.6	161	21.0	7.7	2.0	3.4	0.2	3.3	7.8	42.6	0.1	0.5	17.1	1.0	1.3	77.6	46.3	0.6	1.4	1.4	3,385	1,243	322	541	254	39	228	308
25	John Williams J. Williams	1.5	160	26.3	11.0	5.1	2.6	0.4	4.4	9.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.6	2.1	3.0	69.3	50.6	1.6	3.5	1.7	4,201	1,765	810	423	246	64	267	390