nba most individual steals per game 1978-79

M.L. Carr had the most steals per game in 1978-79, with 2.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA most individual steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 1978-79

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	M.L. Carr	2.5	1978-79	DET	80	40.1	18.7	7.4	3.3	0.6	7.3	14.3	51.4	4.0	5.4	74.3	56.1	2.7	4.6	3.2	3,207	1,497	589	262	197	46	255	279
2	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	2.5	1978-79	NJN	82	27.6	12.4	2.6	4.5	0.5	4.9	11.7	41.8	2.6	3.3	77.7	47.0	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,260	1,015	215	365	201	40	244	209
3	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	2.5	1978-79	LAL	82	38.4	17.1	2.8	9.0	0.2	7.6	14.0	54.2	1.9	2.5	77.5	56.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	3,145	1,404	231	737	201	17	231	250
4	Phil Ford P. Ford	2.2	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5	4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
5	Randy Smith R. Smith	2.2	1978-79	SDC	82	37.9	20.5	3.6	4.8	0.1	8.5	18.6	45.5	3.6	4.4	81.3	49.9	1.2	2.4	3.1	3,111	1,678	295	395	177	5	255	177
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.1	1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0	1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193	198
7	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.1	1978-79	SEA	76	29.8	19.2	3.2	4.0	0.4	8.0	16.1	49.5	3.2	4.2	77.5	53.4	1.5	1.8	2.5	2,266	1,457	245	307	158	29	190	162
8	Kevin Porter K. Porter	1.9	1978-79	DET	82	37.4	15.4	2.5	13.4	0.1	6.5	13.5	48.1	2.3	3.2	72.2	51.3	0.8	1.8	4.1	3,064	1,260	209	1,099	158	5	337	302
9	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1.9	1978-79	MIL	81	21.7	7.2	2.6	5.8	0.2	3.1	6.8	45.4	1.0	1.5	63.2	47.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	1,757	581	210	468	156	17	208	224
10	Don Buse D. Buse	1.9	1978-79	PHX	82	31.0	7.8	2.6	4.3	0.2	3.5	7.0	49.5	0.9	1.1	76.9	51.9	0.5	2.1	1.2	2,544	640	217	356	156	18	96	149
11	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1.9	1978-79	SAS	81	36.4	22.1	9.8	4.1	0.2	9.2	18.3	50.4	3.6	4.3	84.5	54.7	3.2	6.5	3.7	2,947	1,791	790	335	154	19	300	192
12	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	1.9	1978-79	NOJ	79	34.2	16.9	2.7	5.7	0.6	6.8	13.9	49.1	3.3	4.3	76.2	53.6	0.8	1.9	3.0	2,698	1,337	215	453	148	49	237	183
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	1.9	1978-79	PHX	79	30.8	23.6	4.7	4.3	0.3	9.7	17.2	56.1	4.3	5.2	83.1	60.6	1.4	3.3	3.7	2,437	1,868	373	339	147	26	293	250
14	Mike Gale M. Gale	1.9	1978-79	SAS	82	25.9	8.0	2.3	4.6	0.5	3.5	7.5	46.4	1.1	1.3	84.3	50.0	0.5	1.8	1.9	2,121	659	186	374	152	40	153	192
15	John Lucas J. Lucas	1.9	1978-79	GSW	82	37.7	16.1	3.0	9.3	0.1	6.5	14.0	46.2	3.2	3.9	82.2	51.4	0.8	2.2	3.1	3,095	1,324	247	762	152	9	255	229
16	Sonny Parker S. Parker	1.8	1978-79	GSW	79	36.6	15.2	5.6	3.7	0.4	6.5	12.9	50.2	2.2	2.8	78.8	53.7	2.1	3.5	2.4	2,893	1,199	444	291	144	33	193	187
17	Ron Lee R. Lee	1.8	1978-79	TOT	60	22.4	8.9	2.8	3.4	0.1	3.6	8.5	43.0	1.6	2.4	69.5	46.9	1.1	1.8	2.8	1,346	534	168	205	107	6	165	182
18	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	1.8	1978-79	POR	64	30.7	15.3	2.3	5.1	0.4	6.3	13.8	45.4	2.7	3.5	77.8	49.6	0.5	1.8	3.5	1,967	976	149	325	114	24	223	199
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	1.7	1978-79	SAS	80	36.1	29.6	5.0	2.7	1.1	11.8	21.9	54.1	5.9	7.1	82.6	59.1	1.8	3.2	3.6	2,888	2,365	400	219	137	91	286	275
20	Phil Smith P. Smith	1.7	1978-79	GSW	59	38.8	19.9	3.6	4.4	0.4	8.3	16.6	50.1	3.3	4.3	76.1	53.8	0.8	2.8	2.9	2,288	1,172	212	261	101	23	170	159
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	1.7	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	100	315	207
22	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	1.7	1978-79	IND	81	34.9	17.3	3.7	5.6	0.3	6.8	14.7	46.3	3.7	4.2	88.2	52.3	1.5	2.3	3.8	2,825	1,404	301	450	138	23	304	315
23	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1.7	1978-79	DEN	76	33.6	22.6	11.4	3.7	0.7	7.9	16.8	47.4	6.7	10.1	66.5	53.3	3.4	8.0	4.6	2,552	1,715	864	283	129	52	346	321
24	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1.6	1978-79	LAL	82	35.5	18.6	7.4	2.8	0.3	7.6	15.1	50.4	3.3	4.4	75.1	54.4	2.0	5.4	2.7	2,915	1,524	609	227	134	27	224	275
25	John Drew J. Drew	1.6	1978-79	ATL	79	30.5	22.7	6.6	1.5	0.2	8.2	17.4	47.3	6.3	8.6	73.1	53.6	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,410	1,795	522	119	128	16	211	332