Brittney Sykes averaged the most steals per game in 2021, with 1.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

2021 league leader in steals per game with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games

	NAME	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	Brittney Sykes B. Sykes	1.8	2021	LAS	32	29.3	9.4	4.6	2.2	0.5	3.6	8.9	40.5	0.3	1.3	26.2	1.9	2.5	77.2	47.4	1.2	3.4	1.4	939	302	146	70	58	15	45	79	-28
2	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	1.8	2021	MIN	31	30.1	16.0	10.1	1.4	1.8	6.7	10.5	64.0	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.4	75.5	66.7	2.1	8.0	2.3	934	496	312	44	56	56	72	79	+97
3	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	1.7	2021	CHI	32	30.5	10.5	3.4	8.6	0.4	4.0	9.3	43.3	1.1	3.3	34.6	1.3	1.5	85.7	52.6	0.5	2.9	3.0	977	336	109	275	54	12	96	66	+70
4	Rebecca Allen R. Allen	1.6	2021	NYL	25	24.2	9.2	3.7	1.1	1.2	3.0	8.6	34.3	1.9	5.0	38.1	1.3	1.5	89.2	49.3	0.8	2.9	0.8	605	229	92	28	40	31	21	54	-210
5	Ariel Atkins A. Atkins	1.6	2021	WAS	30	30.6	16.2	2.8	2.6	0.5	5.4	13.2	40.7	2.2	6.1	35.9	3.3	3.9	83.1	54.3	1.1	1.6	2.0	918	486	83	79	48	16	61	96	-46
6	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	1.6	2021	ATL	21	28.3	14.7	3.2	3.0	0.2	5.0	11.4	43.8	1.6	4.0	40.5	3.0	3.6	85.3	56.4	0.7	2.5	1.5	595	308	67	63	33	4	31	65	-42
7	Danielle Robinson D. Robinson	1.5	2021	IND	24	27.5	9.9	3.5	3.7	0.1	3.7	8.8	41.7	0.2	1.0	20.0	2.3	2.6	88.9	49.6	0.3	3.2	1.8	659	237	85	89	37	2	42	50	-123
8	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	1.5	2021	SEA	31	31.0	17.9	4.0	3.8	0.2	6.2	14.8	42.0	2.1	5.6	37.6	3.4	3.8	88.9	54.4	0.8	3.3	2.3	962	555	125	117	46	5	71	64	+157
9	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	1.4	2021	LAS	18	31.7	14.5	6.5	2.7	0.3	6.1	11.4	53.2	0.6	1.7	36.7	1.8	2.2	80.0	58.6	1.4	5.1	2.2	570	261	117	48	26	5	39	32	-61
10	Brionna Jones B. Jones	1.4	2021	CON	32	30.6	14.7	7.3	1.8	0.5	6.1	10.6	57.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.2	79.6	61.0	3.2	4.2	2.2	980	470	234	56	44	17	70	97	+295
11	Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	1.4	2021	WAS	27	31.6	8.7	3.6	6.4	0.1	3.0	7.7	38.9	1.0	3.5	27.4	1.7	2.0	83.6	50.4	0.4	3.2	2.2	852	234	98	174	37	4	59	62	-63
12	Erica Wheeler E. Wheeler	1.3	2021	LAS	32	30.2	13.6	3.1	4.8	0.3	5.0	12.0	41.7	1.0	2.9	35.5	2.5	3.1	82.7	50.8	0.5	2.6	2.7	967	434	98	152	43	8	87	86	-146
13	Myisha Hines-Allen M. Hines-Allen	1.3	2021	WAS	18	25.7	12.9	7.0	2.5	0.6	4.9	11.9	41.4	0.7	2.3	31.7	2.3	3.1	73.2	48.4	1.8	5.2	1.8	462	232	126	45	24	11	32	45	-53
14	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	1.3	2021	MIN	29	34.6	16.2	6.6	3.2	1.3	6.0	13.7	44.1	0.7	2.9	25.3	3.4	3.9	86.0	52.4	1.7	4.9	2.3	1,002	469	192	92	38	37	68	82	+153
15	Jasmine Thomas J. Thomas	1.3	2021	CON	30	29.6	10.6	2.4	4.0	0.2	3.8	9.8	38.6	1.4	3.5	40.0	1.6	1.9	87.5	49.9	0.4	2.0	2.2	887	317	73	121	39	6	67	53	+286
16	Jonquel Jones J. Jones	1.3	2021	CON	27	31.7	19.4	11.2	2.8	1.3	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.6	4.3	36.2	3.6	4.5	80.2	61.4	2.5	8.7	2.9	856	523	303	75	34	34	78	84	+335
17	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	1.3	2021	CON	32	31.9	15.2	6.4	3.4	0.7	5.0	12.6	39.5	1.4	4.3	31.7	3.9	4.3	89.2	52.4	0.7	5.8	2.2	1,022	486	205	110	40	23	69	52	+279
18	Odyssey Sims O. Sims	1.2	2021	ATL	30	25.1	8.7	2.5	3.6	0.1	3.5	9.5	37.0	0.5	2.3	23.2	1.2	1.6	72.9	42.8	0.5	2.0	1.6	753	261	75	108	37	2	49	45	-171
19	Crystal Bradford C. Bradford	1.2	2021	ATL	24	18.3	8.8	3.8	1.5	0.4	3.4	8.0	42.9	1.2	3.4	35.8	0.8	1.6	46.2	50.7	1.3	2.5	1.0	440	211	91	36	29	9	23	56	-53
20	Monique Billings M. Billings	1.2	2021	ATL	31	23.8	8.1	6.5	1.0	1.0	3.2	6.5	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.5	67.5	53.4	2.8	3.6	1.4	739	252	200	32	37	32	44	79	-86
21	Diamond DeShields D. DeShields	1.2	2021	CHI	32	26.9	11.3	3.5	2.3	0.4	3.8	9.8	39.3	0.8	2.5	30.0	2.8	3.5	82.0	49.9	0.4	3.1	1.9	860	361	112	75	38	12	60	101	-7
22	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	1.2	2021	SEA	28	33.4	20.3	9.5	2.7	1.8	6.9	15.8	43.9	1.7	5.1	33.3	4.8	5.6	84.7	55.7	1.2	8.3	1.7	934	569	267	76	33	49	47	51	+211
23	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	1.2	2021	LVA	32	28.9	11.1	2.9	5.9	0.3	4.6	10.2	45.4	0.8	2.2	38.0	1.0	1.1	88.9	51.9	0.5	2.4	2.8	926	355	92	189	37	9	88	43	+183
24	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	1.2	2021	DAL	32	31.3	18.7	3.2	3.3	0.0	6.2	16.3	38.3	2.5	6.7	37.6	3.8	4.4	86.4	51.5	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,003	599	103	104	37	0	68	72	-47
25	Victoria Vivians V. Vivians	1.1	2021	IND	31	21.3	6.8	3.1	1.3	0.1	2.5	7.5	33.3	1.0	4.1	25.2	0.8	1.0	83.3	43.2	0.5	2.6	1.3	661	211	95	40	35	4	41	57	-194