Teresa Weatherspoon has gotten the most steals per game in a season, with 3.3 per game in 1998.

Interpreted as:

highest spg with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a player season

	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	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	3.3	1998	NYL	30	33.4	6.8	4.0	6.4	0.0	2.4	6.3	38.8	0.5	1.6	32.7	1.4	2.3	60.9	46.7	0.7	3.3	3.2	1,003	204	120	191	100	0	96	85	+94
2	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	3.1	2007	IND	21	32.3	16.6	9.0	4.7	1.0	5.1	12.3	41.7	1.1	3.5	31.1	5.2	6.3	82.0	54.8	2.6	6.4	3.0	678	348	189	98	66	22	62	64	+211
3	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	3.0	1997	NYL	28	32.9	7.0	4.1	6.2	0.1	2.3	4.9	46.7	0.1	1.3	8.6	2.3	3.6	65.0	54.1	0.9	3.3	3.4	922	196	116	173	85	2	94	72	+123
4	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	2.9	2002	IND	32	36.5	18.6	8.6	3.7	1.3	5.8	13.7	42.0	2.4	6.0	39.6	4.7	5.8	81.5	57.2	2.8	5.8	2.6	1,168	594	275	118	94	43	82	105	-22
5	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	2.9	2009	IND	34	31.9	15.1	7.2	3.1	0.5	4.6	12.0	38.6	1.2	3.6	32.8	4.6	5.3	87.3	52.6	2.5	4.7	2.6	1,084	512	245	107	99	18	88	92	+171
6	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	2.9	2006	IND	32	33.4	16.2	7.5	3.7	1.1	5.1	12.4	40.7	1.0	3.3	29.9	5.1	6.3	80.7	53.3	2.1	5.3	2.5	1,070	519	239	119	93	34	79	90	+152
7	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	2.8	2013	IND	30	31.4	17.7	7.1	2.4	1.0	6.0	15.1	39.6	1.2	3.7	32.1	4.5	5.3	86.1	50.8	1.5	5.6	1.7	942	530	213	71	85	31	51	74	+117
8	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	2.8	2000	HOU	31	35.2	20.7	6.3	3.8	1.1	7.9	15.6	50.6	1.1	2.9	37.4	3.8	4.7	82.1	58.7	1.3	5.0	2.6	1,091	643	195	119	87	33	82	67	+399
9	Kim Perrot K. Perrot	2.8	1998	HOU	30	32.9	8.5	3.1	4.7	0.0	2.9	7.3	40.4	1.0	3.6	26.9	1.6	2.3	70.0	51.0	0.6	2.5	2.7	988	254	92	142	84	0	82	70	+278
10	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	2.8	2002	HOU	32	36.1	18.5	4.9	3.3	0.7	6.9	15.9	43.4	0.7	2.5	28.8	4.0	4.8	82.5	51.3	0.9	4.0	2.7	1,154	592	158	107	88	23	87	50	+188
11	Nicky Anosike N. Anosike	2.7	2009	MIN	30	29.9	13.2	7.4	2.7	0.9	4.3	8.8	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.5	6.5	69.6	56.5	2.4	5.0	2.0	896	396	222	81	81	28	61	88	-4
12	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	2.7	2013	ATL	33	31.4	21.5	5.3	4.4	0.7	7.5	18.1	41.3	0.7	3.4	20.4	5.9	7.2	82.4	50.7	1.8	3.6	4.1	1,036	711	176	146	89	24	134	90	+148
13	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	2.7	2002	SAC	24	35.5	8.5	4.3	8.0	0.0	2.5	6.6	37.7	0.3	1.3	25.0	3.1	4.3	72.8	49.7	0.3	4.0	2.9	852	203	102	192	64	1	69	49	-16
14	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	2.6	2005	IND	34	34.5	14.7	7.8	4.2	0.5	4.6	12.1	38.3	1.0	3.6	28.5	4.5	5.7	78.8	50.6	2.0	5.7	2.7	1,173	501	264	143	90	16	91	96	+91
15	Michele Timms M. Timms	2.6	1997	PHX	27	35.8	12.1	3.7	5.0	0.1	3.7	10.9	33.6	1.8	5.3	34.5	2.9	3.9	76.0	47.8	0.9	2.8	3.0	967	326	99	135	71	3	80	95	+156
16	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	2.6	2000	SAC	32	32.1	16.3	10.3	1.5	1.9	6.0	11.3	53.5	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.1	70.6	58.6	4.6	5.7	2.6	1,027	523	331	47	83	61	82	110	+176
17	Debbie Black D. Black	2.6	2001	MIA	32	29.6	5.6	3.9	3.8	0.1	2.2	5.8	37.4	0.1	0.6	15.0	1.2	1.5	77.1	43.2	1.3	2.6	1.6	946	180	126	123	82	2	51	69	+80
18	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	2.5	1999	SAC	29	33.7	18.8	11.3	1.6	1.9	6.9	12.8	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	8.1	61.7	57.6	4.9	6.5	2.3	978	545	329	45	73	54	66	91	+194
19	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	2.5	2012	ATL	24	29.9	21.4	5.0	2.9	1.1	7.4	16.5	44.7	1.2	3.5	33.7	5.5	6.9	80.0	54.8	2.1	2.9	4.0	718	514	119	69	60	27	95	56	+121
20	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	2.5	2003	HOU	31	34.9	15.6	4.6	3.9	0.8	5.6	14.0	40.3	0.8	2.5	30.4	3.5	4.0	88.7	49.5	1.0	3.6	2.4	1,081	484	143	121	77	26	73	48	+95
21	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	2.5	1998	HOU	29	32.3	15.6	5.1	2.1	0.5	6.0	14.0	42.7	1.2	3.4	36.0	2.4	3.0	82.6	51.1	1.3	3.8	2.0	937	453	149	62	72	14	58	42	+315
22	Kim Perrot K. Perrot	2.5	1997	HOU	28	24.8	5.8	2.7	3.0	0.1	2.1	5.8	36.2	1.0	3.5	28.3	0.5	1.3	40.5	44.9	0.6	2.1	2.3	694	161	75	85	69	2	65	53	+149
23	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	2.4	1999	NYL	32	33.9	7.2	3.1	6.4	0.1	2.5	5.9	42.1	1.0	2.6	37.8	1.2	1.8	67.9	53.3	0.7	2.6	2.5	1,084	229	98	205	78	3	80	91	+78
24	Umeki Webb U. Webb	2.4	1997	PHX	28	27.6	5.0	4.2	2.4	0.3	1.7	5.6	29.7	0.0	0.5	6.7	1.6	2.4	68.7	37.6	1.5	2.7	2.0	773	141	117	68	68	8	55	91	+148
25	Sancho Lyttle S. Lyttle	2.4	2012	ATL	34	31.6	14.0	7.6	2.5	0.7	5.9	14.2	41.2	0.8	3.2	25.5	1.5	1.9	75.8	46.5	1.4	6.2	2.6	1,074	476	259	85	82	23	88	100	+105