most steals per game in the 1980/81 nba season

Micheal Ray Richardson got the most steals per game in 1980-81, with 2.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

most steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in the 1980/81 NBA season

	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	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	2.9	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	7.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	627	232	35	302	258
2	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	2.4	1980-81	MIL	82	29.1	13.3	3.6	4.7	0.0	5.7	11.7	49.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.8	2.5	73.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.9	2,384	1,092	298	384	197	3	236	271
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	1980-81	PHI	81	29.8	9.4	3.0	6.9	0.5	3.8	7.2	53.4	0.0	0.1	37.5	1.7	2.2	78.7	57.9	0.8	2.2	2.1	2,415	763	245	560	193	39	174	231
4	Ray Williams R. Williams	2.3	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	19.7	4.1	5.5	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	1,560	321	432	185	37	235	270
5	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	2.3	1980-81	IND	82	22.8	8.0	2.4	2.3	0.5	3.2	6.8	47.4	0.0	0.2	12.5	1.5	2.2	70.2	51.5	0.9	1.5	1.5	1,867	657	193	188	186	37	122	236
6	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.1	1980-81	PHI	82	35.0	24.6	8.0	4.4	1.8	9.7	18.6	52.1	0.0	0.2	22.2	5.1	6.5	78.7	57.2	3.0	5.0	3.2	2,874	2,014	657	364	173	147	266	233
7	Ron Lee R. Lee	2.0	1980-81	DET	82	22.3	4.2	2.7	4.4	0.4	1.4	3.9	35.0	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.4	1.9	72.4	43.5	0.8	1.9	2.1	1,829	341	220	362	166	29	173	260
8	Robert Reid R. Reid	2.0	1980-81	HOU	82	36.1	15.9	7.1	4.2	0.8	6.5	13.6	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.7	75.6	52.2	2.0	5.1	2.4	2,963	1,301	583	344	163	66	198	325
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.0	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	21.2	10.9	5.5	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
10	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1.8	1980-81	LAL	79	37.5	17.1	2.9	8.8	0.1	7.3	15.3	47.6	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.5	3.2	77.8	51.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	2,962	1,350	232	696	146	11	285	226
11	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	1.8	1980-81	POR	79	34.2	17.1	2.7	3.8	0.1	7.4	13.8	53.6	0.0	0.4	6.7	2.3	3.1	73.4	56.4	0.9	1.7	1.7	2,701	1,354	211	299	140	9	131	172
12	Darwin Cook D. Cook	1.7	1980-81	NJN	81	24.4	11.2	2.9	3.7	0.4	4.7	10.1	46.8	0.1	0.3	24.0	1.6	2.2	73.3	50.3	1.2	1.7	2.2	1,980	904	236	297	141	36	176	197
13	Sly Williams S. Williams	1.7	1980-81	NYK	67	29.5	13.2	6.2	2.7	0.3	5.2	10.6	49.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.8	4.0	69.0	53.6	2.4	3.8	2.1	1,976	885	416	180	116	18	141	199
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.7	1980-81	PHX	79	33.1	18.8	4.6	3.7	0.8	6.7	15.4	43.6	0.1	0.6	21.6	5.2	6.3	82.0	51.6	2.0	2.6	2.6	2,615	1,486	363	291	136	61	208	244
15	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	1.7	1980-81	CLE	80	32.4	10.0	2.5	5.7	0.2	4.0	10.2	39.0	0.7	2.1	33.7	1.3	1.7	81.1	45.8	0.8	1.7	2.0	2,595	802	198	452	136	17	162	194
16	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1.7	1980-81	ATL	75	35.9	19.1	2.4	5.4	0.1	7.6	15.1	50.4	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.7	4.7	78.4	55.4	0.8	1.6	2.6	2,693	1,431	179	407	126	11	197	188
17	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1.6	1980-81	LAL	81	32.4	9.4	4.1	4.1	1.0	4.0	8.1	49.1	0.0	0.2	21.1	1.4	1.8	78.5	53.0	1.5	2.7	2.0	2,625	763	336	332	133	78	164	249
18	John Long J. Long	1.6	1980-81	DET	59	29.7	17.7	3.3	1.8	0.4	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.0	0.2	18.2	2.7	3.1	87.0	50.3	1.6	1.7	2.6	1,750	1,044	197	106	95	22	151	164
19	Johnny High J. High	1.6	1980-81	PHX	81	21.6	8.4	2.8	2.5	0.3	3.0	7.1	42.7	0.0	0.3	8.3	2.3	3.3	69.3	48.9	1.1	1.7	2.3	1,750	677	228	202	129	26	188	251
20	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1.5	1980-81	MIL	76	33.4	20.3	6.8	4.6	0.5	8.4	15.2	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.0	70.6	58.3	3.0	3.9	2.5	2,542	1,541	518	346	115	41	190	196
21	Phil Ford P. Ford	1.5	1980-81	KCK	66	34.7	17.5	1.9	8.8	0.1	6.4	13.4	47.8	0.2	0.5	30.6	4.5	5.4	83.1	55.3	0.4	1.5	3.7	2,287	1,153	128	580	99	6	241	190
22	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1.5	1980-81	LAL	81	37.4	22.6	5.4	2.9	0.4	9.7	18.5	52.6	0.0	0.2	7.7	3.1	4.1	75.8	55.6	1.8	3.6	2.6	3,028	1,827	435	235	121	29	207	223
23	Reggie Theus R. Theus	1.5	1980-81	CHI	82	34.4	18.9	3.5	5.2	0.2	6.6	13.4	49.5	0.2	1.1	20.0	5.4	6.7	80.9	57.8	1.5	2.0	3.2	2,820	1,549	287	426	122	20	259	258
24	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	1.5	1980-81	SDC	80	28.9	10.1	1.9	5.5	0.3	3.9	7.4	52.5	0.6	1.4	38.3	1.8	2.3	78.9	60.2	0.7	1.2	1.4	2,312	810	151	440	118	23	111	212
25	Johnny Moore J. Moore	1.5	1980-81	SAS	82	19.2	7.4	2.4	4.5	0.3	3.0	6.3	47.9	0.0	0.2	5.3	1.3	2.1	61.0	50.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	1,578	604	196	373	120	22	154	178