nba rookie leaders in steals per game 2021-22

Herbert Jones averaged the most steals per game by a rookie in 2021-22, with 1.7 per game.

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NBA rookie leaders in steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2021-22

	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	Herbert Jones H. Jones	1.7	2021-22	NOP	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
2	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1.2	2021-22	DET	64	32.6	17.4	5.5	5.6	0.7	6.7	16.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.4	2.2	2.6	84.5	50.4	0.9	4.6	3.7	2,088	1,114	354	356	78	43	234	200	-275
3	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	1.1	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
4	Josh Christopher J. Christopher	0.9	2021-22	HOU	74	18.0	7.9	2.5	2.0	0.2	3.0	6.8	44.8	0.8	2.6	29.6	1.1	1.5	73.5	53.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	1,334	587	186	150	65	13	114	97	-272
5	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	0.9	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
6	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	0.8	2021-22	HOU	72	20.7	9.6	5.5	2.6	0.9	3.5	7.3	47.4	0.4	1.6	24.8	2.3	3.2	71.1	55.2	1.9	3.5	2.0	1,489	692	393	185	59	68	145	214	-309
7	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	0.8	2021-22	CLE	69	33.8	15.0	8.3	2.5	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	174	56	115	133	147	+94
8	Tre Mann T. Mann	0.8	2021-22	OKC	60	22.8	10.4	2.9	1.5	0.2	3.9	9.8	39.3	1.6	4.5	36.0	1.1	1.4	79.3	50.1	0.4	2.4	1.2	1,367	625	171	91	47	12	71	102	-278
9	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	0.8	2021-22	CHI	77	27.4	8.8	2.8	3.3	0.4	3.6	6.9	52.0	0.9	2.4	37.6	0.7	1.0	67.9	59.6	0.4	2.4	1.4	2,110	679	214	256	60	29	108	182	-199
10	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.7	2021-22	SAC	75	27.7	11.5	2.2	4.2	0.3	4.7	11.2	41.8	1.3	4.3	31.6	0.7	1.1	65.9	48.9	0.4	1.8	1.5	2,076	861	166	313	55	24	114	141	-273
11	Jalen Green J. Green	0.7	2021-22	HOU	67	31.9	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.3	6.1	14.2	42.6	2.3	6.8	34.3	2.8	3.5	79.7	54.7	0.5	2.9	2.0	2,138	1,157	226	176	44	18	135	103	-519
12	Bones Hyland B. Hyland	0.6	2021-22	DEN	69	19.0	10.1	2.7	2.8	0.3	3.3	8.3	40.3	1.9	5.2	36.6	1.6	1.8	85.6	55.8	0.2	2.5	1.2	1,310	698	188	191	41	20	86	153	+39
13	Ziaire Williams Z. Williams	0.6	2021-22	MEM	62	21.7	8.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	3.1	6.8	45.0	1.2	3.9	31.4	0.7	0.9	78.2	55.9	0.4	1.7	0.7	1,346	501	129	65	35	12	41	113	+122
14	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	0.5	2021-22	BKN	67	17.6	8.5	2.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	7.5	43.3	0.7	2.6	27.0	1.3	1.6	82.9	51.9	0.2	2.2	0.8	1,176	570	161	78	33	8	55	66	-139
15	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	0.5	2021-22	LAL	61	23.2	7.3	3.2	1.8	0.3	2.4	5.2	45.9	0.9	2.7	31.7	1.6	1.9	83.9	60.0	0.7	2.4	0.7	1,418	444	193	110	29	20	40	87	+54
16	Corey Kispert C. Kispert	0.5	2021-22	WAS	77	23.4	8.2	2.7	1.1	0.3	3.0	6.7	45.5	1.5	4.2	35.0	0.7	0.8	87.1	58.6	0.7	2.0	0.6	1,801	634	209	85	35	22	50	93	+40
17	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	0.4	2021-22	GSW	70	16.9	9.3	3.3	0.9	0.3	3.4	6.6	51.3	0.7	2.1	33.6	1.9	2.7	68.4	60.0	0.8	2.6	1.1	1,185	652	234	64	31	22	74	146	+35
18	Dalano Banton D. Banton	0.4	2021-22	TOR	64	10.9	3.2	1.9	1.5	0.2	1.3	3.2	41.1	0.2	0.8	25.5	0.4	0.7	59.1	46.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	696	205	124	99	28	10	53	68	+32
19	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	0.4	2021-22	NOP	62	13.9	5.4	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.8	4.5	39.4	1.1	3.0	38.2	0.7	0.8	88.2	55.8	0.8	1.6	0.3	864	334	147	38	23	7	16	60	-1