youngest player to average 2.1 steals per game all-time

Chris Paul, LeBron James and Magic Johnson are tied for the youngest with 2.1+ steals per game in a season. They were 20 years old.

Interpreted as:

youngest player to average 2.1 or higher steals per game in a regular season all-time

	NAME	AGE	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	20	2.2	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
2	LeBron James L. James	20	2.2	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	3,388	2,175	588	577	177	52	262	146	+152
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	2.4	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
4	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	21	3.0	2024-25	ATL	76	33.8	14.1	5.9	4.4	0.7	6.0	12.1	49.3	1.1	3.1	34.0	1.1	1.8	59.3	54.5	1.6	4.3	2.0	2,571	1,073	449	333	229	55	155	175	-65
5	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	21	2.2	2011-12	MIN	41	34.2	10.6	4.2	8.2	0.2	3.4	9.5	35.7	0.8	2.3	34.0	3.1	3.8	80.3	47.6	0.5	3.7	3.2	1,404	436	171	336	91	8	131	97	+53
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	2.4	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	21	2.5	1982-83	DET	81	38.2	22.9	4.0	7.8	0.4	9.0	19.0	47.2	0.4	1.5	28.8	4.5	6.4	71.0	52.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	3,093	1,854	328	634	199	29	326	318
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	3.4	1980-81	LAL	37	37.1	21.6	8.6	8.6	0.7	8.4	15.9	53.2	0.1	0.5	17.6	4.6	6.1	76.0	58.2	2.7	5.9	3.9	1,371	798	320	317	127	27	143	100
9	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	22	2.4	2012-13	MIN	57	29.7	10.7	4.0	7.3	0.1	3.2	9.0	36.0	0.5	1.6	29.3	3.7	4.6	79.9	48.2	0.8	3.2	3.0	1,691	608	229	418	137	5	172	143	-88
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	22	2.7	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
11	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	22	2.6	2001-02	TOT	55	29.9	13.2	4.9	2.3	0.7	4.9	11.6	42.3	1.0	3.1	31.2	2.5	3.7	66.7	50.1	1.3	3.6	2.1	1,642	727	271	127	141	39	118	217	-22
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22	2.2	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	22.0	3.7	6.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
13	Brevin Knight B. Knight	22	2.5	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
14	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	22	2.2	1995-96	DAL	81	37.5	16.6	6.8	9.7	0.3	6.1	16.0	38.1	1.6	4.9	33.6	2.8	4.1	69.2	46.8	2.5	4.3	4.0	3,034	1,348	553	783	175	26	328	155
15	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	22	2.3	1993-94	ORL	82	36.8	16.0	5.4	6.6	0.6	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.6	2.3	26.7	3.0	4.0	74.2	53.1	2.3	3.0	3.6	3,015	1,313	439	544	190	51	292	205
16	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	22	2.5	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	22	2.2	1985-86	PHI	80	36.9	20.0	12.8	3.9	1.6	7.4	13.0	57.2	0.2	0.9	22.7	5.0	7.2	68.5	61.9	4.4	8.4	4.4	2,952	1,603	1,026	312	173	125	350	333
18	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	22	2.2	1984-85	POR	80	31.9	17.2	6.0	5.5	0.9	7.2	14.5	49.4	0.1	0.5	21.6	2.8	3.7	75.9	53.4	2.7	3.2	2.8	2,555	1,377	476	441	177	68	223	265
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22	2.5	1983-84	DET	82	36.7	21.3	4.0	11.1	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	914	204	33	307	324
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	2.7	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	18.6	9.6	9.5	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
21	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	22	2.6	1979-80	IND	82	24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	0.6	3.4	7.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.7	2.1	78.2	50.2	0.8	1.9	2.0	2,027	688	223	252	211	48	166	194
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	22	2.1	1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0				1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193	198
23	Phil Ford P. Ford	22	2.2	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5				4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
24	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	22	2.4	1976-77	MIL	79	26.5	8.6	3.3	4.7	0.3	3.8	8.7	43.4				1.1	1.9	53.9	45.0	1.2	2.2		2,095	681	264	372	192	21		291
25	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	23	2.3	2014-15	SAS	64	31.8	16.5	7.2	2.5	0.8	6.2	12.8	47.9	1.0	3.0	34.9	3.2	3.9	80.2	56.7	1.3	5.9	1.5	2,033	1,057	461	161	148	48	97	128	+441