highest steals per game by a rookie in a season

Teresa Weatherspoon has gotten the most steals per game by a rookie, with 3.0 per game in 1997.

Interpreted as:

highest steals per game with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a rookie in a 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	3.0	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Debbie Black D. Black	2.4	1999	UTA	32	31.7	5.1	3.5	5.0	0.2	1.9	5.1	37.8	0.3	1.3	19.5	1.0	1.6	62.0	43.8	1.0	2.5	2.1	1,013	163	111	161	77	6	67	116	-37
8	Alexis Hornbuckle A. Hornbuckle	2.3	2008	DET	34	22.0	5.4	4.1	2.1	0.3	1.9	5.2	35.4	0.5	1.3	35.6	1.2	1.9	63.6	44.4	1.6	2.5	1.4	747	184	138	71	79	10	49	97	+121
9	Ruthie Bolton R. Bolton	2.3	1997	SAC	24	34.3	18.5	5.7	2.5	0.0	6.8	17.0	40.0	2.8	8.0	34.4	2.2	2.9	76.8	50.9	1.3	4.3	2.4	824	445	136	59	54	1	58	71	-100
10	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	2.2	1998	SAC	29	36.0	6.1	4.8	7.5	0.1	1.8	5.6	32.3	0.3	1.5	23.3	2.1	3.4	63.3	43.1	0.4	4.3	3.7	1,045	176	138	217	65	3	108	88	-162
11	Nicky Anosike N. Anosike	2.2	2008	MIN	34	27.1	9.2	6.8	1.3	1.3	2.9	6.6	43.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.9	69.9	52.5	2.3	4.5	1.2	920	314	231	45	75	43	42	125	-10
12	Leila Lacan L. Lacan	2.2	2025	CON	25	26.6	10.4	2.4	3.7	0.2	4.2	8.7	47.7	0.6	2.7	22.4	1.4	1.7	85.7	54.8	0.7	1.7	1.9	665	259	59	92	55	4	47	83	-1
13	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	2.2	2009	ATL	34	21.6	12.8	3.1	2.1	0.4	4.7	9.9	47.6	0.4	1.5	29.4	2.9	4.0	74.1	55.0	1.0	2.1	2.1	735	435	105	71	74	12	72	92	+54
14	Nykesha Sales N. Sales	2.2	1999	ORL	32	32.4	13.7	4.2	2.8	0.3	4.8	12.4	38.5	1.1	3.4	33.0	3.0	3.7	80.5	48.7	1.4	2.8	2.2	1,037	437	135	91	69	8	69	97	-7
15	Glory Johnson G. Johnson	2.1	2012	TUL	34	28.2	11.5	6.8	1.1	0.6	3.9	8.0	48.2	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.6	67.7	55.0	2.8	4.0	2.1	958	392	232	38	73	20	71	103	-119
16	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	2.1	1997	HOU	28	35.0	22.2	3.9	4.7	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.8	2.4	5.7	41.9	6.1	7.1	86.4	62.7	1.2	2.8	3.9	981	621	110	131	58	6	110	69	+161
17	Alana Beard A. Beard	2.0	2004	WAS	34	30.2	13.1	4.2	2.7	1.0	4.7	11.2	41.8	0.6	1.6	37.5	3.1	4.4	71.8	50.0	0.8	3.4	2.4	1,026	446	143	91	69	34	80	98	-41
18	Kedra Holland-Corn K. Holland-Corn	1.9	1999	SAC	32	32.3	11.8	2.1	1.6	0.3	3.8	10.0	38.3	1.8	5.2	34.1	2.4	3.4	70.4	51.4	0.8	1.4	2.3	1,032	379	68	51	62	10	72	100	+192
19	Rita Williams R. Williams	1.9	1998	WAS	29	23.7	4.4	2.3	2.3	0.1	1.3	4.2	32.0	0.4	1.8	21.2	1.3	2.1	63.3	42.8	0.4	1.9	2.3	688	127	66	67	56	2	66	47	-292
20	Chantel Tremitiere C. Tremitiere	1.9	1997	SAC	28	37.5	7.6	4.1	4.7	0.0	2.5	7.0	35.2	0.3	1.3	18.9	2.4	3.2	74.4	45.0	0.9	3.2	4.4	1,050	212	114	131	54	1	123	80	-185
21	Vicky Bullett V. Bullett	1.9	1997	CHA	28	31.1	12.8	6.4	2.3	2.0	5.2	11.6	44.8	0.3	0.8	30.4	2.2	2.9	77.5	50.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	872	359	178	65	54	55	68	84	+56
22	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	1.9	2019	MIN	34	33.3	13.1	6.6	2.6	0.9	4.9	10.0	49.0	0.9	2.4	36.1	2.4	3.0	79.2	57.6	1.8	4.8	1.9	1,131	444	223	87	65	32	65	99	+132
23	Toni Foster T. Foster	1.9	1997	PHX	28	26.3	8.8	6.1	1.0	0.8	3.4	7.2	46.8	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.0	2.9	70.4	52.0	2.3	3.8	1.8	737	246	170	27	53	21	51	77	+47
24	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	1.9	2001	SEA	29	34.5	15.2	6.7	1.5	2.2	5.1	14.0	36.7	1.4	4.4	31.0	3.6	4.9	72.7	47.1	2.0	4.7	1.8	1,000	442	193	44	54	64	53	97	-56
25	Tamecka Dixon T. Dixon	1.8	1997	LAS	27	26.4	11.9	3.0	2.0	0.2	4.3	9.3	45.6	0.8	1.9	42.3	2.5	3.3	77.3	55.0	0.8	2.2	2.1	712	320	81	55	49	5	58	76	+117