nba steal leaders rookies 2002-2003

Caron Butler had the most steals per game by a rookie in 2002-03, with 1.8 per game.

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NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Caron Butler
C. Butler
1.8
2002-03
78
36.6
15.4
5.1
2.7
0.4
5.5
13.2
41.6
0.4
1.4
31.8
4.0
4.8
82.4
50.2
1.7
3.4
2.5
2,858
1,201
397
213
137
31
192
230
-383
2Nene
Nene
1.6
2002-03
80
28.2
10.5
6.1
1.9
0.8
4.0
7.7
51.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.3
57.8
54.5
2.6
3.5
2.3
2,258
839
491
149
127
65
181
295
-261
3Marko Jaric
M. Jaric
1.5
2002-03
66
20.9
7.4
2.4
2.9
0.2
2.7
6.8
40.1
0.8
2.5
31.9
1.2
1.6
75.2
49.8
0.5
1.9
1.6
1,379
490
160
193
97
11
103
125
+14
4Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
1.4
2002-03
69
20.7
7.6
2.3
2.0
0.2
2.5
5.8
43.8
0.7
2.1
34.5
1.8
2.5
73.7
55.6
0.7
1.7
1.4
1,431
525
161
138
96
17
100
170
+145
5Jay Williams
J. Williams
1.1
2002-03
75
26.1
9.5
2.6
4.7
0.2
3.6
9.1
39.9
0.9
2.7
32.2
1.4
2.1
64.0
47.2
0.4
2.2
2.3
1,961
714
195
350
86
17
171
179
-380
6Junior Harrington
J. Harrington
1.0
2002-03
82
24.4
5.1
3.0
3.4
0.2
2.1
5.7
36.2
0.1
0.3
25.0
0.9
1.4
65.2
40.5
0.5
2.5
1.9
2,003
418
250
277
80
15
157
250
-296
7Vincent Yarbrough
V. Yarbrough
1.0
2002-03
59
23.4
6.9
2.7
2.2
0.6
2.8
7.3
39.3
0.4
1.3
26.9
0.8
1.1
79.0
44.6
0.6
2.1
1.4
1,381
406
162
130
57
33
81
145
-180
8Drew Gooden
D. Gooden
0.8
2002-03
TOT
70
26.8
12.5
6.5
1.2
0.5
5.1
11.1
45.7
0.2
0.7
29.2
2.2
3.0
71.2
50.3
2.3
4.2
2.1
1,873
875
455
83
53
35
150
172
-141
9Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
0.8
2002-03
82
31.3
13.5
8.8
1.0
1.1
4.8
10.1
47.2
0.0
0.1
20.0
3.9
5.9
66.1
53.0
3.0
5.7
2.3
2,570
1,106
721
78
62
87
189
269
+8
10Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
0.7
2002-03
81
25.3
10.0
7.5
1.3
0.6
4.1
7.6
53.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.4
77.1
57.7
2.5
5.0
1.3
2,049
810
609
106
59
50
103
224
-497
11Smush Parker
S. Parker
0.7
2002-03
66
16.7
6.2
1.8
2.5
0.2
2.1
5.1
40.2
0.6
1.8
32.2
1.5
1.8
83.1
52.3
0.4
1.4
2.0
1,103
408
119
162
48
12
133
106
-211
12Gordan Giricek
G. Giricek
0.7
2002-03
TOT
76
28.3
12.3
3.1
1.8
0.1
4.6
10.6
43.6
1.1
3.3
34.1
2.0
2.4
82.0
52.9
0.5
2.7
1.9
2,148
935
238
137
52
8
145
159
-152
13Mike Dunleavy
M. Dunleavy
0.6
2002-03
82
15.9
5.7
2.6
1.3
0.2
2.0
5.1
40.3
0.6
1.8
34.7
1.0
1.2
78.0
50.5
0.8
1.8
1.0
1,305
466
214
106
53
19
86
120
+63
14J.R. Bremer
J.R. Bremer
0.6
2002-03
64
23.5
8.3
2.3
2.6
0.0
2.7
7.3
36.9
1.6
4.5
35.3
1.3
1.7
76.6
51.5
0.3
2.0
0.9
1,503
528
145
164
38
3
59
80
-74
15Reggie Evans
R. Evans
0.6
2002-03
67
20.4
3.2
6.6
0.5
0.2
1.0
2.1
47.1
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.3
51.9
51.0
2.5
4.1
0.8
1,365
212
445
34
38
11
52
173
-9
16Mike Batiste
M. Batiste
0.6
2002-03
75
16.6
6.4
3.4
0.7
0.2
2.6
6.2
42.2
0.2
1.1
22.2
0.9
1.2
78.4
47.6
1.1
2.3
0.9
1,248
481
257
52
42
16
69
120
-138
17Juaquin Hawkins
J. Hawkins
0.5
2002-03
58
11.8
2.3
1.3
0.8
0.1
1.0
2.6
38.5
0.2
0.4
41.7
0.2
0.3
50.0
42.7
0.3
1.1
0.5
685
134
78
47
29
6
29
57
+20
18Casey Jacobsen
C. Jacobsen
0.5
2002-03
72
15.9
5.1
1.2
1.0
0.1
1.7
4.5
37.3
0.7
2.3
31.5
1.0
1.5
68.6
49.3
0.4
0.8
0.8
1,147
368
83
73
35
6
55
90
+124
19Nikoloz Tskitishvili
N. Tskitishvili
0.4
2002-03
81
16.3
3.9
2.2
1.1
0.4
1.4
4.9
29.3
0.5
1.9
24.3
0.6
0.8
73.8
37.4
0.8
1.4
1.0
1,320
315
181
91
31
29
84
136
-200
20Yao Ming
Y. Ming
0.4
2002-03
82
29.0
13.5
8.2
1.7
1.8
4.9
9.8
49.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
3.7
4.5
81.1
57.0
2.4
5.8
2.1
2,382
1,104
675
137
31
147
173
230
+142
21Mehmet Okur
M. Okur
0.3
2002-03
72
19.0
6.9
4.7
1.0
0.5
2.5
5.9
42.6
0.5
1.6
33.9
1.3
1.8
73.3
51.4
1.6
3.0
0.9
1,366
494
335
71
25
39
66
167
+123
22Pat Burke
P. Burke
0.3
2002-03
62
12.6
4.3
2.4
0.4
0.4
1.8
4.8
38.2
0.0
0.1
14.3
0.6
0.9
69.0
41.5
0.9
1.4
0.8
783
267
146
23
19
25
47
99
-200
23Rasual Butler
R. Butler
0.3
2002-03
72
21.0
7.5
2.6
1.3
0.6
2.9
7.9
36.2
0.7
2.4
29.2
1.1
1.4
73.1
43.7
0.4
2.2
1.1
1,514
540
186
93
21
43
77
105
-224
24John Salmons
J. Salmons
0.3
2002-03
64
7.9
2.1
0.9
0.7
0.1
0.8
1.8
41.4
0.2
0.5
32.3
0.4
0.5
74.3
50.2
0.3
0.7
0.5
504
132
59
47
17
6
29
53
+4
25Kareem Rush
K. Rush
0.1
2002-03
76
11.5
3.0
1.2
0.9
0.1
1.3
3.2
39.3
0.3
0.9
27.9
0.2
0.3
69.6
44.7
0.3
0.9
0.8
872
227
94
68
10
11
63
71
-89
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