Larry Steele had the most steals per game in 1973-74, with 2.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA steals per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 1973-74

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Larry Steele L. Steele	2.7	1973-74	POR	81	32.7	9.7	3.8	4.0	0.4	4.0	8.4	47.8	1.7	2.1	78.9	52.0	1.1	2.7	2,648	785	310	323	217	32	295
2	Steve Mix S. Mix	2.6	1973-74	PHI	82	36.2	14.9	10.5	1.9	0.5	6.0	12.7	47.5	2.8	3.5	79.2	52.1	3.7	6.8	2,969	1,218	864	152	212	37	305
3	Randy Smith R. Smith	2.5	1973-74	BUF	82	33.5	15.5	3.8	4.7	0.0	6.5	13.2	49.2	2.5	3.5	71.2	52.5	1.1	2.8	2,745	1,267	315	383	203	4	261
4	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	2.5	1973-74	ATL	65	39.8	25.4	5.4	3.3	0.4	10.4	20.9	50.0	4.5	5.4	83.6	54.6	1.9	3.4	2,588	1,651	350	213	160	29	205
5	Jerry Sloan J. Sloan	2.4	1973-74	CHI	77	37.1	13.2	7.2	1.9	0.1	5.4	12.0	44.7	2.5	3.5	71.1	48.9	1.9	5.3	2,860	1,018	556	149	183	10	273
6	Herm Gilliam H. Gilliam	2.2	1973-74	ATL	62	32.3	14.1	4.3	5.7	0.3	6.2	13.6	45.4	1.7	2.2	79.1	48.3	1.0	3.3	2,003	874	267	355	134	18	190
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	2.1	1973-74	GSW	80	36.5	25.1	6.8	6.1	0.5	10.0	21.8	45.6	5.2	5.8	89.9	51.5	1.3	5.5	2,918	2,009	540	484	169	40	265
8	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	2.0	1973-74	CAP	76	38.7	21.9	5.1	3.1	0.9	9.2	21.1	43.4	3.6	4.4	82.0	47.5	1.5	3.6	2,942	1,668	388	239	155	67	135
9	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	2.0	1973-74	CHI	80	35.8	14.3	4.7	6.9	0.1	5.3	13.1	40.6	3.6	4.6	77.8	47.0	1.4	3.3	2,863	1,142	377	548	162	7	282
10	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	2.0	1973-74	NYK	80	41.7	20.5	6.7	6.9	0.2	8.4	17.9	47.2	3.7	4.4	83.8	51.9	1.5	5.2	3,338	1,643	536	551	161	15	212
11	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1.9	1973-74	HOU	81	36.1	20.4	2.3	7.4	0.0	8.3	15.9	52.2	3.8	4.4	86.8	57.3	0.6	1.7	2,922	1,652	188	603	157	4	310
12	Jim Price J. Price	1.9	1973-74	LAL	82	32.0	15.4	4.6	4.5	0.4	6.6	14.6	44.9	2.3	2.9	79.9	48.6	1.5	3.1	2,628	1,263	378	369	157	29	229
13	Lucius Allen L. Allen	1.9	1973-74	MIL	72	33.2	17.6	4.0	5.2	0.3	7.3	14.8	49.5	3.0	3.8	78.8	53.6	1.2	2.8	2,388	1,268	291	374	137	22	215
14	Slick Watts S. Watts	1.9	1973-74	SEA	62	23.0	8.0	2.9	5.7	0.2	3.2	8.2	38.8	1.6	2.5	64.5	42.9	1.2	1.8	1,424	496	182	351	115	13	207
15	Nate Williams N. Williams	1.8	1973-74	KCO	82	30.6	15.5	4.2	2.2	0.4	6.6	14.2	46.2	2.4	2.9	81.8	50.0	1.4	2.8	2,513	1,269	344	182	149	34	290
16	Chris Ford C. Ford	1.8	1973-74	DET	82	25.1	7.1	3.7	3.4	0.2	3.2	7.3	44.4	0.7	0.9	74.0	46.5	1.3	2.4	2,059	585	304	279	148	14	159
17	Gar Heard G. Heard	1.7	1973-74	BUF	81	35.7	15.3	11.7	2.2	2.8	6.5	14.9	43.5	2.4	3.6	65.0	46.4	3.3	8.4	2,889	1,239	947	180	136	230	300
18	Fred Brown F. Brown	1.7	1973-74	SEA	82	30.5	16.5	4.9	5.0	0.2	7.0	15.0	47.1	2.4	2.8	86.3	51.0	1.4	3.5	2,501	1,351	401	414	136	18	276
19	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1.6	1973-74	KCO	79	39.3	14.2	13.4	3.8	2.3	5.9	12.4	47.6	2.3	3.1	74.9	51.3	3.7	9.6	3,107	1,119	1,055	299	126	184	254
20	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	1.6	1973-74	BUF	82	40.5	18.6	7.4	3.1	0.3	7.3	14.8	49.4	4.0	4.6	85.8	55.2	2.6	4.8	3,322	1,525	610	256	129	26	186
21	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	1.6	1973-74	MIL	71	35.5	18.9	6.7	2.8	0.6	8.2	16.3	50.3	2.5	3.0	81.8	53.5	1.6	5.1	2,521	1,341	479	201	111	41	271
22	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	1.5	1973-74	LAL	82	37.3	25.3	3.0	5.2	0.1	9.6	21.6	44.2	6.2	7.2	86.4	51.1	1.2	1.9	3,061	2,076	250	427	126	12	227
23	Don Adams D. Adams	1.5	1973-74	DET	74	31.1	10.3	6.1	1.9	0.2	4.1	10.0	40.8	2.1	2.7	76.1	45.7	1.8	4.3	2,298	759	448	141	110	12	242
24	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	1.5	1973-74	ATL	76	38.2	27.7	4.9	5.2	0.2	10.8	23.6	45.7	6.2	7.5	82.6	51.6	1.3	3.6	2,903	2,107	374	396	111	13	261
25	Fred Carter F. Carter	1.4	1973-74	PHI	78	39.0	21.4	4.8	5.7	0.3	9.1	21.0	43.0	3.3	4.6	70.9	46.3	1.1	3.7	3,044	1,666	371	443	113	23	276