nba most steals per game from 2015-16 to 2021-22

Between the 2015-16 and 2021-22 seasons, Jimmy Butler III averaged the most steals per game, with 1.8 per game.

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	NAME	SPG	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	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1.8	434	35.2	21.3	5.9	5.3	0.5	6.9	14.8	46.7	0.9	2.7	31.5	6.6	7.7	85.3	58.4	1.6	4.3	2.0	15,267	9,229	2,565	2,320	797	215	851	665	+1425
2	Paul George P. George	1.8	445	35.0	23.8	6.7	4.0	0.4	8.0	18.3	43.9	3.1	7.8	39.1	4.7	5.5	85.7	57.6	0.9	5.8	3.0	15,557	10,588	2,974	1,802	799	186	1,332	1,202	+1858
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	1.8	456	32.0	17.3	4.7	8.8	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.2	1.7	4.7	37.3	3.3	3.7	89.3	59.2	0.5	4.2	2.4	14,591	7,876	2,136	4,027	812	103	1,091	1,076	+3029
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.8	324	33.1	24.7	6.6	3.8	0.7	8.6	17.5	49.2	1.9	4.9	39.1	5.5	6.3	87.4	60.7	1.1	5.5	2.0	10,724	7,988	2,143	1,215	569	213	650	546	+2387
5	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	1.7	275	33.9	15.9	8.1	7.7	0.7	6.5	11.6	56.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	2.9	4.9	59.7	57.9	1.9	6.2	3.4	9,326	4,382	2,217	2,127	464	199	925	777	+896
6	John Wall J. Wall	1.7	268	35.2	21.0	4.1	9.6	0.8	7.6	17.6	43.1	1.5	4.4	33.4	4.3	5.6	76.7	52.1	0.6	3.5	4.0	9,422	5,619	1,100	2,567	450	213	1,060	507	+157
7	Herbert Jones H. Jones	1.7	78	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	0.8	3.5	7.4	47.6	0.7	2.2	33.7	1.8	2.1	84.0	57.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	2,335	742	296	167	130	60	100	238	+68
8	Robert Covington R. Covington	1.7	460	30.6	11.4	6.1	1.5	1.1	3.9	9.5	40.8	2.2	6.2	35.8	1.5	1.8	81.1	55.5	0.9	5.2	1.5	14,071	5,263	2,801	698	762	496	689	1,404	+445
9	James Harden J. Harden	1.6	490	36.7	29.8	6.9	9.0	0.7	8.8	19.9	44.1	3.5	9.8	35.7	8.7	10.1	86.3	61.1	0.9	6.0	4.7	18,001	14,591	3,361	4,389	804	326	2,309	1,336	+1996
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1.6	514	35.4	24.5	9.5	9.7	0.3	8.9	20.0	44.3	1.4	4.7	30.6	5.3	7.0	75.0	52.9	1.7	7.8	4.6	18,191	12,578	4,882	4,992	841	167	2,348	1,460	+1388
11	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	1.6	310	32.5	18.2	4.8	3.9	0.5	6.8	15.2	44.3	1.9	5.4	35.2	2.9	3.6	78.5	54.2	0.6	4.2	2.3	10,082	5,656	1,486	1,202	499	162	719	706	+531
12	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	1.6	463	29.6	11.6	4.1	7.3	0.1	3.8	9.5	39.8	1.1	3.3	33.0	2.9	3.4	86.4	52.6	0.6	3.5	2.5	13,702	5,348	1,893	3,394	743	63	1,149	1,170	+619
13	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	1.6	196	21.8	4.8	1.9	1.1	1.0	1.9	4.1	45.0	0.7	2.3	32.4	0.3	0.5	65.7	55.0	0.6	1.4	0.6	4,270	939	382	217	313	189	122	426	+218
14	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1.6	453	30.2	10.8	3.6	4.7	0.4	3.6	9.4	38.4	1.6	4.9	32.0	2.1	2.6	79.4	51.4	0.8	2.8	1.9	13,676	4,915	1,645	2,110	722	173	849	1,157	+1406
15	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	1.6	126	30.9	18.3	6.4	7.0	0.4	6.6	15.3	43.1	2.5	6.6	37.8	2.7	3.2	82.6	54.9	1.4	5.0	3.1	3,890	2,311	803	884	200	48	390	373	+15
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.6	410	33.7	27.7	5.2	6.2	0.2	9.2	19.3	47.6	4.7	11.2	42.0	4.6	5.0	91.4	64.3	0.7	4.5	3.1	13,801	11,350	2,119	2,522	650	98	1,281	884	+3917
17	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	1.6	135	32.9	14.3	3.6	6.9	0.6	5.3	11.3	47.3	2.1	5.1	41.2	1.5	1.8	84.6	59.1	0.7	2.8	2.2	4,439	1,934	484	937	211	77	291	204	-507
18	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	1.6	252	32.5	11.9	5.7	6.2	0.6	4.4	11.1	40.0	2.4	6.5	36.4	0.7	1.1	57.8	51.3	1.0	4.7	2.5	8,187	2,995	1,447	1,563	391	162	637	547	+68
19	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1.5	467	33.4	18.2	4.3	6.6	0.6	7.1	15.0	47.4	1.7	4.7	35.8	2.3	3.0	76.9	55.8	0.9	3.4	2.7	15,581	8,513	2,020	3,105	723	298	1,278	1,006	+1447
20	Draymond Green D. Green	1.5	445	31.8	9.7	7.7	7.3	1.2	3.5	7.8	45.3	0.9	2.8	31.3	1.7	2.4	72.1	54.7	1.1	6.6	2.8	14,164	4,301	3,434	3,237	688	515	1,239	1,279	+2905
21	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	1.5	245	24.1	8.1	3.3	4.2	0.4	3.3	7.9	42.0	0.5	1.7	29.9	1.0	1.3	73.9	47.9	0.4	2.9	1.8	5,896	1,995	815	1,029	376	106	446	724	-780
22	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1.5	404	32.2	10.9	4.9	2.2	0.3	3.8	9.2	41.0	2.1	5.9	35.3	1.3	1.7	78.6	55.0	0.7	4.2	1.1	13,005	4,407	1,961	893	609	119	432	758	+426
23	Tony Allen T. Allen	1.5	157	24.2	8.2	4.7	1.1	0.3	3.4	7.4	46.1	0.2	0.7	31.5	1.2	1.8	62.6	50.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	3,806	1,281	734	177	236	50	197	402	-119
24	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1.5	495	30.1	14.6	13.9	1.8	1.4	6.1	11.5	52.9	0.0	0.2	13.0	2.4	4.9	50.0	53.6	4.5	9.5	2.3	14,904	7,237	6,887	883	743	676	1,124	1,546	-285
25	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1.5	155	30.5	11.3	3.1	4.0	0.4	4.4	10.2	43.3	0.8	2.7	31.2	1.6	2.2	76.3	50.8	0.4	2.7	2.2	4,732	1,751	475	619	228	64	338	323	+37

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.7

Powell

RPG

10.0

Adebayo

APG

6.5

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.7

13th

DRTG

114.5

13th

NETRTG

2.2

13th

3P%

36.1

11th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM

Last Game

Heat

0 - 1

126

Final

127

Hornets

1 - 0

Tue 14 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
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
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0