most steals averaged by a rookie since the merger center all-time

Nerlens Noel has averaged the most steals per game by a rookie center, with 1.8 per game in 2014-15.

Interpreted as:

most steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games averaged by a rookie since the merger center all-time

	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	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	1.8	2014-15	PHI	75	30.8	9.9	8.1	1.7	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	133	142	146	208	-430
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.7	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
3	Nene	1.6	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	10.5	6.1	1.9	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	127	65	181	295	-261
4	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1.5	1975-76	PHX	80	33.2	19.0	9.1	5.6	1.5	7.9	16.8	46.9				3.3	4.4	73.5	50.7	2.7	6.4		2,656	1,519	727	450	121	116		274
5	Chris Webber C. Webber	1.2	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	9.1	3.6	2.2	7.5	13.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.2	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
7	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	1.2	2010-11	DET	80	27.8	9.4	7.5	1.3	0.6	3.8	6.9	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	62.2	57.5	3.1	4.4	1.0	2,222	751	601	105	93	45	81	196	-136
8	J.R. Reid	1.1	1989-90	CHA	82	33.6	11.1	8.4	1.2	0.7	4.4	9.9	44.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3	3.5	66.4	48.2	2.4	6.0	2.1	2,757	908	691	101	92	54	172	292
9	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1.0	2010-11	SAC	81	28.5	14.1	8.6	2.5	0.8	5.3	12.4	43.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.4	5.0	68.7	48.4	2.7	6.0	3.3	2,309	1,143	699	204	85	68	268	332	-261
10	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1.0	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	14.8	6.3	1.5	2.1	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
11	Kent Benson K. Benson	1.0	1977-78	MIL	69	18.7	7.7	4.3	1.4	0.8	3.2	6.9	46.5				1.3	2.0	65.2	49.7	1.3	3.0	1.7	1,288	532	295	99	69	54	119	177
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1.0	2015-16	DEN	80	21.7	10.0	7.0	2.4	0.6	3.8	7.5	51.2	0.4	1.1	33.3	1.9	2.4	81.1	58.2	2.3	4.7	1.3	1,733	796	560	189	79	50	104	208	+92
13	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.0	2012-13	DET	60	20.7	7.9	7.6	0.5	1.6	3.5	5.7	60.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.0	2.7	37.1	57.8	2.8	4.8	1.0	1,243	476	457	30	59	95	57	144	-51
14	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1.0	1989-90	LAL	82	19.6	8.5	6.2	0.9	1.4	3.3	6.7	49.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	70.8	54.4	2.0	4.2	1.3	1,611	701	512	75	79	114	110	240
15	Joakim Noah J. Noah	0.9	2007-08	CHI	74	20.7	6.6	5.6	1.1	0.9	2.4	5.0	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.6	69.1	53.9	2.4	3.3	1.2	1,534	488	416	84	68	64	89	173	-29
16	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	0.9	1983-84	IND	81	30.0	12.0	6.9	2.1	0.8	4.8	10.1	48.0	0.0	0.2	18.8	2.3	3.0	75.3	52.6	1.4	5.5	2.0	2,426	970	562	170	73	67	161	303
17	P.J. Brown	0.9	1993-94	NJN	79	24.7	5.7	6.2	1.2	1.2	2.1	5.1	41.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.5	1.9	75.7	48.0	2.4	3.9	0.9	1,950	450	493	93	71	93	72	177
18	Robert Traylor R. Traylor	0.9	1998-99	MIL	49	16.0	5.3	3.7	0.8	0.9	2.2	4.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.6	53.8	54.8	1.6	2.1	0.9	786	259	182	38	44	44	42	140	+68
19	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	0.9	1995-96	POR	73	23.8	14.5	8.1	1.8	1.1	5.4	9.9	54.5	0.5	1.4	37.5	3.2	4.2	75.7	61.7	2.0	6.0	2.1	1,735	1,058	588	130	64	78	154	211
20	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	0.9	2018-19	PHX	71	30.7	16.3	10.3	1.8	0.9	7.2	12.3	58.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	74.6	60.8	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	1,159	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
21	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	0.9	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	70	197	294	339
22	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	0.8	2014-15	DEN	62	17.8	6.9	6.2	0.8	1.1	2.8	6.2	44.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	63.6	48.3	2.0	4.1	1.4	1,103	426	382	50	52	68	86	207	-6
23	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	0.8	2021-22	HOU	72	20.7	9.6	5.5	2.6	0.9	3.5	7.3	47.4	0.4	1.6	24.8	2.3	3.2	71.1	55.2	1.9	3.5	2.0	1,489	692	393	185	59	68	145	214	-309
24	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	0.8	2021-22	CLE	69	33.8	15.0	8.3	2.5	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	174	56	115	133	147	+94
25	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	0.8	1985-86	LAC	79	26.4	11.1	7.6	1.0	2.6	4.1	8.4	49.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.9	3.9	74.6	55.1	2.0	5.6	1.8	2,088	878	600	79	64	206	145	286