nba all-time playoff total steals leaders before turning 23

Mario Chalmers has the most career steals per game by a player younger than 23 in the playoffs, with 2.9 per game.

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NBA all-time playoff total steals leaders before turning 23 years old

	NAME	SPG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	TPG
1	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	2.9	7	231	51	19	31	20	1	20	50	40.0	6	21	28.6	5	7	71.4	48.0	6	13	17	21	+1	33.0	7.3	2.7	4.4	0.1	2.4
2	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	2.8	5	192	49	23	15	14	5	20	43	46.5	3	9	33.3	6	12	50.0	50.7	8	15	5	12	-25	38.4	9.8	4.6	3.0	1.0	1.0
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2.8	4	171	117	23	34	11	4	34	78	43.6	1	8	12.5	48	58	82.8	56.5	7	16	15	15		42.8	29.3	5.8	8.5	1.0	3.8
4	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	2.6	5	167	59	30	16	13	3	22	54	40.7	6	13	46.2	9	13	69.2	49.4	6	24	9	19	+13	33.4	11.8	6.0	3.2	0.6	1.8
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.6	5	198	107	19	55	13	6	39	83	47.0	2	6	33.3	27	35	77.1	54.4	7	12	23	22		39.6	21.4	3.8	11.0	1.2	4.6
6	Brevin Knight B. Knight	2.5	4	132	18	16	23	10	1	6	21	28.6	0	0		6	10	60.0	35.4	0	16	8	16	+4	33.0	4.5	4.0	5.8	0.3	2.0
7	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	2.4	5	130	68	10	16	12	4	16	32	50.0	0	3	0.0	36	41	87.8	67.9	7	3	9	16		26.0	13.6	2.0	3.2	0.8	1.8
8	Baron Davis B. Davis	2.3	14	454	201	50	64	32	5	69	146	47.3	21	56	37.5	42	60	70.0	58.3	12	38	25	39	+56	32.4	14.4	3.6	4.6	0.4	1.8
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.1	7	284	170	34	85	15	2	63	126	50.0	4	14	28.6	40	51	78.4	57.3	7	27	9	23	+82	40.6	24.3	4.9	12.1	0.3	1.3
10	Ja'Kobe Walter J. Walter	2.0	7	224	78	22	10	14	2	25	67	37.3	17	52	32.7	11	12	91.7	54.0	2	20	4	20	-49	32.1	11.1	3.1	1.4	0.3	0.6
11	Billy Owens B. Owens	2.0	4	157	77	33	13	8	2	30	57	52.6	0	0		17	27	63.0	55.9	13	20	6	14		39.3	19.3	8.3	3.3	0.5	1.5
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	2.0	4	144	87	30	4	8	0	38	72	52.8	0	0		11	26	42.3	52.1	6	24	6	18		36.0	21.8	7.5	1.0	0.0	1.5
13	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	2.0	3	88	30	30	3	6	2	11	21	52.4	0	0		8	13	61.5	56.1	10	20	5	13		29.3	10.0	10.0	1.0	0.7	1.7
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2.0	14	424	186	72	91	28	10	70	169	41.4	2	8	25.0	44	52	84.6	48.5	34	38	36	48		30.3	13.3	5.1	6.5	0.7	2.6
15	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	1.9	8	198	82	37	16	15	9	31	77	40.3	0	7	0.0	20	24	83.3	46.8	17	20	12	21	+18	24.8	10.3	4.6	2.0	1.1	1.5
16	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	1.9	7	256	146	83	37	13	3	59	131	45.0	3	8	37.5	25	40	62.5	49.1	21	62	15	26	+33	36.6	20.9	11.9	5.3	0.4	2.1
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.8	13	408	194	144	26	23	15	75	139	54.0	4	6	66.7	40	63	63.5	58.2	52	92	35	49		31.4	14.9	11.1	2.0	1.2	2.7
18	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	1.8	8	326	133	28	61	14	0	48	137	35.0	13	45	28.9	24	33	72.7	43.9	7	21	27	25	-59	40.8	16.6	3.5	7.6	0.0	3.4
19	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1.7	26	831	266	107	172	45	8	107	263	40.7	5	20	25.0	47	68	69.1	45.4	39	68	47	74	+62	31.9	10.2	4.1	6.6	0.3	1.8
20	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	1.7	7	231	110	48	23	12	6	42	85	49.4	1	4	25.0	25	36	69.4	54.5	19	29	12	18	+4	33.1	15.7	6.9	3.3	0.9	1.7
21	Josh Smith J. Smith	1.7	7	237	110	45	20	12	20	35	88	39.8	3	18	16.7	37	44	84.1	51.2	7	38	26	26	-75	33.8	15.7	6.4	2.9	2.9	3.7
22	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	1.7	9	202	73	7	29	15	6	27	90	30.0	16	56	28.6	3	4	75.0	39.8	1	6	13	15	-34	22.5	8.1	0.8	3.2	0.7	1.4
23	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.7	18	682	277	80	95	30	10	98	237	41.4	31	70	44.3	50	59	84.7	52.7	20	60	37	34	-50	37.9	15.4	4.4	5.3	0.6	2.1
24	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	1.7	3	133	56	20	21	5	6	22	50	44.0	5	11	45.5	7	10	70.0	51.5	8	12	20	10		44.3	18.7	6.7	7.0	2.0	6.7
25	Bradley Beal B. Beal	1.6	21	875	445	110	96	34	14	156	377	41.4	45	116	38.8	88	108	81.5	52.4	29	81	49	50	+53	41.7	21.2	5.2	4.6	0.7	2.3

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Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
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Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
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7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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