Rick Barry has averaged the most career steals per game in the NBA Finals, with 3.5 per game.

	NAME	SPG	SERIES	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	TPG
1	Rick Barry R. Barry	3.5	NBA Finals	4	172	118	16	20	14	3	44	99	44.4				30	32	93.8	52.2	4	12		12		43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	0.8
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	2.6	NBA Finals	5	194	146	44	28	13	0	59	125	47.2	11	45	24.4	17	29	58.6	53.0	0	44	23	14	+7	38.8	29.2	8.8	5.6	0.0	4.6
3	Charlie Ward C. Ward	2.6	NBA Finals	5	145	29	16	18	13	2	12	26	46.2	4	12	33.3	1	2	50.0	53.9	6	10	7	9	-13	29.0	5.8	3.2	3.6	0.4	1.4
4	Derek Harper D. Harper	2.4	NBA Finals	7	266	115	21	42	17	1	42	90	46.7	17	39	43.6	14	17	82.4	59.0	7	14	12	21		38.0	16.4	3.0	6.0	0.1	1.7
5	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.4	NBA Finals	16	587	237	43	117	38	2	103	202	51.0	0	4	0.0	31	45	68.9	53.4	11	32	40	36		36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	0.1	2.5
6	T.J. McConnell	2.1	NBA Finals	7	142	84	25	30	15	1	37	67	55.2	3	5	60.0	7	9	77.8	59.2	3	22	19	11	-12	20.3	12.0	3.6	4.3	0.1	2.7
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2.1	NBA Finals	16	595	361	67	127	34	5	133	277	48.0	18	39	46.2	77	98	78.6	56.4	15	52	61	55		37.2	22.6	4.2	7.9	0.3	3.8
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.0	NBA Finals	50	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	339	657	51.6	9	38	23.7	284	325	87.4	60.7	89	308	190	147		40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	0.3	3.8
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.0	NBA Finals	31	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	260	568	45.8	19	45	42.2	177	203	87.2	54.5	79	282	91	80		42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	0.8	2.9
10	Raja Bell R. Bell	2.0	NBA Finals	5	79	13	9	4	10	0	4	13	30.8	0	3	0.0	5	10	50.0	37.4	2	7	4	10	+5	15.8	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.8
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	2.0	NBA Finals	12	419	148	39	105	24	3	55	111	49.5	8	24	33.3	30	37	81.1	58.1	4	35	41	30	-55	34.9	12.3	3.3	8.8	0.3	3.4
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	2.0	NBA Finals	4	161	49	34	17	8	2	18	50	36.0	10	31	32.3	3	10	30.0	45.0	6	28	4	9		40.3	12.3	8.5	4.3	0.5	1.0
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.0	NBA Finals	22	875	561	166	100	44	40	216	411	52.6	1	7	14.3	128	167	76.6	57.9	49	117	45	56		39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	1.8	2.8
14	Charlie Scott C. Scott	2.0	NBA Finals	6	191	87	36	20	12	2	33	95	34.7				21	24	87.5	41.2	13	23		35		31.8	14.5	6.0	3.3	0.3
15	Butch Beard B. Beard	2.0	NBA Finals	4	75	29	13	8	8	0	10	26	38.5				9	17	52.9	43.3	1	12		15		18.8	7.3	3.3	2.0	0.0
16	Don Chaney D. Chaney	2.0	NBA Finals	7	270	78	29	19	14	2	30	67	44.8				18	20	90.0	51.5	19	10		29		38.6	11.1	4.1	2.7	0.3
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1.9	NBA Finals	17	722	467	181	58	33	54	187	383	48.8	2	2	100.0	91	123	74.0	53.4	51	130	52	70		42.5	27.5	10.6	3.4	3.2	3.1
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1.9	NBA Finals	35	1,470	664	292	207	67	39	246	579	42.5	30	117	25.6	142	190	74.7	50.1	97	195	117	118	+38	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.1	3.3
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.9	NBA Finals	18	665	362	169	41	34	16	120	242	49.6	34	84	40.5	88	104	84.6	62.9	45	124	34	53	+89	37.0	20.1	9.4	2.3	0.9	1.9
20	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	1.9	NBA Finals	15	458	183	40	88	28	4	75	198	37.9	0	5	0.0	33	45	73.3	42.0	10	30	21	44		30.5	12.2	2.7	5.9	0.3	2.3
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1.9	NBA Finals	7	267	212	32	39	13	11	70	158	44.3	8	33	24.2	64	70	91.4	56.1	2	30	24	22	+8	38.2	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.6	3.4
22	Doug Collins D. Collins	1.8	NBA Finals	6	235	118	27	17	11	1	46	91	50.5				26	32	81.3	56.1	9	18		17		39.2	19.7	4.5	2.8	0.2
23	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1.8	NBA Finals	6	196	64	20	30	11	0	24	56	42.9				16	20	80.0	49.4	7	13		18		32.7	10.7	3.3	5.0	0.0
24	Bob Gross B. Gross	1.8	NBA Finals	6	166	104	34	21	11	2	46	69	66.7				12	14	85.7	69.2	20	14		26		27.7	17.3	5.7	3.5	0.3
25	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	1.8	NBA Finals	6	213	118	64	21	11	4	43	98	43.9				32	45	71.1	50.1	15	49		27		35.5	19.7	10.7	3.5	0.7