nba most individual steals per game shooting guards 1978-79

Randy Smith had the most steals per game by a shooting guard in 1978-79, with 2.2 per game.

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NBA most individual steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games shooting guards 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Ray Williams R. Williams	1.6	1978-79	NYK	81	29.3	17.3	3.6	6.2	0.2	7.1	15.5	45.7	3.1	3.9	80.2	50.2	1.3	2.3	3.5	2,370	1,401	291	504	128	19	285	274
7	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1.6	1978-79	ATL	78	30.9	16.0	2.2	4.6	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	3.1	3.7	83.2	56.1	0.8	1.3	2.7	2,413	1,245	170	360	121	11	213	241
8	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1.5	1978-79	KCK	82	34.6	21.7	4.3	3.4	0.2	9.0	17.8	50.9	3.6	5.0	72.5	54.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2,839	1,778	354	281	125	17	200	255
9	Wilbur Holland W. Holland	1.5	1978-79	CHI	82	30.3	12.6	3.1	4.0	0.1	5.4	11.5	47.3	1.7	2.1	80.1	50.7	1.0	2.1	2.3	2,483	1,031	254	330	122	12	185	240
10	Chris Ford C. Ford	1.4	1978-79	TOT	81	33.8	15.4	3.4	4.6	0.3	6.6	14.1	47.1	2.1	2.8	75.8	50.2	1.5	1.9	2.6	2,737	1,248	274	374	115	25	210	209
11	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1.4	1978-79	PHX	81	32.6	24.0	2.0	6.5	0.3	9.9	18.5	53.5	4.2	5.0	83.7	58.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	2,641	1,941	159	529	111	26	232	159
12	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	1.3	1978-79	POR	81	30.3	13.3	2.8	2.0	1.0	5.4	10.8	49.4	2.6	3.2	82.0	54.4	1.1	1.7	1.9	2,454	1,078	229	165	102	79	153	181
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.3	1978-79	SEA	80	34.0	15.9	4.7	3.5	1.2	6.0	13.9	43.4	3.8	4.9	78.1	49.5	1.8	2.9	2.4	2,717	1,270	374	280	100	97	191	209
14	John Long J. Long	1.2	1978-79	DET	82	30.5	16.1	3.2	1.5	0.2	7.1	15.1	46.9	1.9	2.3	82.6	49.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	2,498	1,319	266	121	102	19	137	224
15	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	1.2	1978-79	NOJ	74	28.8	12.7	2.5	4.8	0.2	5.2	11.5	44.9	2.4	2.8	85.3	49.9	0.9	1.6	2.5	2,130	938	183	357	90	13	185	177
16	John Williamson J. Williamson	1.2	1978-79	NJN	74	33.1	22.2	2.6	3.4	0.2	8.6	18.5	46.5	5.0	5.9	85.4	52.7	0.7	1.9	3.1	2,451	1,643	196	255	89	12	233	215
17	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	1.2	1978-79	WAS	82	22.2	9.2	2.5	2.2	0.1	4.2	9.6	43.5	0.8	1.0	84.8	45.8	0.9	1.6	1.1	1,819	751	202	177	95	6	87	161
18	Don Chaney D. Chaney	1.1	1978-79	BOS	65	16.5	5.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.7	6.4	42.0	0.6	0.6	85.7	44.4	1.0	1.2	1.0	1,074	384	141	75	72	11	65	167
19	T.R. Dunn	1.1	1978-79	POR	80	22.9	7.7	4.3	1.3	0.3	3.1	6.9	44.8	1.5	2.0	77.2	49.6	1.8	2.5	1.2	1,828	614	344	103	86	23	93	166
20	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	1.1	1978-79	MIL	82	23.9	15.5	3.6	2.0	0.5	6.6	13.0	50.6	2.3	2.8	82.9	54.4	1.4	2.2	1.7	1,963	1,269	297	163	88	41	138	184
21	Brian Winters B. Winters	1.1	1978-79	MIL	79	32.6	19.8	2.2	4.8	0.5	8.4	17.0	49.3	3.0	3.5	85.6	53.3	0.6	1.6	3.3	2,575	1,561	177	383	83	40	257	243
22	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	1.0	1978-79	TOT	79	15.6	7.7	1.6	0.9	0.4	3.5	7.9	44.7	0.7	0.9	73.2	46.5	0.5	1.1	1.1	1,233	612	125	73	78	34	88	165
23	Austin Carr A. Carr	0.9	1978-79	CLE	82	33.1	17.0	3.5	2.6	0.2	6.7	14.2	47.5	3.6	4.4	81.6	52.9	1.9	1.6	2.1	2,714	1,394	290	217	77	14	175	210
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	0.9	1978-79	DEN	76	35.1	24.0	3.6	3.0	1.1	9.1	17.8	51.2	5.8	7.7	75.3	56.7	1.4	2.2	2.4	2,670	1,825	274	225	70	82	186	180
25	Ron Boone R. Boone	0.8	1978-79	LAL	82	19.3	7.4	1.8	1.9	0.1	3.2	6.9	45.5	1.1	1.3	86.5	49.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1,583	608	145	154	66	11	147	171