year by year nba finals steals per game leader with steals per game 1977-78 to 1981-82

Magic Johnson stole the ball 2.7 times per game in the 1980 NBA Finals in his rookie season.

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	SERIES	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.7	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	30	17
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2.5	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	15	2	26	23
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.5	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.8	14.7	3.2	6.7	0.2	6.8	11.8	57.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	58.7	0.5	2.7	2.0	221	88	19	40	15	1	12	14
4	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	2.3	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	3	11.3	3.3	1.0	4.0	0.0	1.7	5.3	31.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		31.3	0.0	1.0	1.7	34	10	3	12	7	0	5	5
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	2.3	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	7.0	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	14	3	19	16
6	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	2.2	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.3	15.5	3.7	7.0	0.2	6.2	14.2	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	4.2	76.0	48.4	1.0	2.7	3.7	254	93	22	42	13	1	22	19
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2.0	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	37.2	14.7	2.5	8.7	0.2	6.0	14.0	42.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.7	3.5	76.2	47.2	0.8	1.7	2.8	223	88	15	52	12	1	17	12
8	Robert Reid R. Reid	2.0	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.7	14.7	7.5	3.2	0.8	6.0	16.0	37.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.8	69.6	41.5	3.8	3.7	2.0	244	88	45	19	12	5	12	24
9	Julius Erving J. Erving	2.0	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	40.7	25.5	7.0	5.0	2.3	9.8	18.8	52.2	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.7	8.0	70.8	57.0	1.8	5.2	2.8	244	153	42	30	12	14	17	16
10	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	2.0	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.0	12.8	3.7	8.8	0.3	5.3	14.0	38.1	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.2	2.3	92.9	42.7	0.7	3.0	2.7	216	77	22	53	12	2	16	17
11	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	2.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	35.7	12.9	2.7	5.7	0.4	4.4	10.3	43.1				4.0	5.7	70.0	50.2	1.1	1.6	1.7	250	90	19	40	14	3	12	21
12	Gus Williams G. Williams	2.0	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	32.0	16.3	4.6	3.6	0.7	5.9	13.4	43.6				4.6	6.3	72.7	50.3	1.1	3.4	3.7	224	114	32	25	14	5	26	21
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	1.8	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	38.3	25.0	8.2	3.3	1.3	9.5	17.5	54.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	6.0	8.3	72.0	59.1	3.2	5.0	3.2	230	150	49	20	11	8	19	12
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1.8	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	44.8	22.6	6.0	6.0	2.2	9.0	19.6	45.9				4.6	6.4	71.9	50.4	1.8	4.2	3.0	224	113	30	30	9	11	15	19
15	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1.7	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	17.7	3.7	10.0	0.2	7.5	17.0	44.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.7	72.7	47.5	1.7	2.0	2.5	236	106	22	60	10	1	15	20
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	39.4	20.7	11.9	1.4	2.0	8.7	18.1	48.0				3.3	5.0	65.7	50.9	4.7	7.1	2.1	276	145	83	10	11	14	15	31
17	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	1.6	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	22.3	10.7	2.6	2.6	0.0	4.9	12.3	39.5				1.0	1.4	70.0	41.5	1.3	1.3	1.1	156	75	18	18	11	0	8	14
18	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1.5	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.0	19.7	5.8	2.8	0.0	8.3	19.2	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	47.0	3.2	2.7	3.2	234	118	35	17	9	0	19	21
19	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	1.4	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	29.4	9.0	6.2	1.8	0.6	4.2	10.8	38.9				0.6	1.2	50.0	39.7	2.6	3.6	2.2	147	45	31	9	7	3	11	25
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1.3	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.3	18.0	7.7	3.8	3.2	7.2	13.5	53.1	0.0	0.0		3.7	6.8	53.7	54.5	2.2	5.5	2.7	212	108	46	23	8	19	16	21
21	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	1.3	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	27.0	13.3	4.7	3.7	0.3	5.3	9.5	56.1	0.2	0.3	50.0	2.5	3.3	75.0	60.8	1.5	3.2	2.3	162	80	28	22	8	2	14	20
22	John Johnson J. Johnson	1.2	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	39.2	11.6	8.4	7.0	0.0	4.4	10.4	42.3				2.8	4.0	70.0	47.7	2.6	5.8	2.8	196	58	42	35	6	0	14	14
23	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1.2	1978-79	NBA Finals	SEA	5	44.0	15.8	14.8	2.0	3.2	7.0	13.6	51.5				1.8	2.8	64.3	53.3	2.4	12.4	2.4	220	79	74	10	6	16	12	20
24	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	1.2	1978-79	NBA Finals	WAS	5	42.4	11.0	11.4	3.6	0.8	4.6	9.6	47.9				1.8	2.4	75.0	51.6	4.0	7.4	1.6	212	55	57	18	6	4	8	20
25	Andrew Toney A. Toney	1.2	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	37.8	26.0	2.7	7.8	0.0	10.7	20.2	52.9	0.5	1.0	50.0	4.2	4.8	86.2	58.3	0.8	1.8	3.2	227	156	16	47	7	0	19	23