highest steals per game by a rookie pointguard in a season

Leila Lacan has averaged the most steals per game by a rookie guard, with 2.2 per game this season.

Interpreted as:
highest steals per game with a minimum of 20 games played per 44 team games by a rookie pointguard in a season
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Leila Lacan
L. Lacan
2.2
2025
CON 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
2Moriah Jefferson
M. Jefferson
1.6
2016
SAN SAN
34
30.4
13.9
2.1
4.2
0.1
5.4
12.8
42.6
1.0
2.6
37.5
2.0
2.6
77.5
49.9
0.4
1.7
1.7
1,034
472
73
142
55
4
59
71
-248
3Lynette Woodard
L. Woodard
1.6
1997
CLE CLE
28
25.5
7.8
4.1
2.4
0.4
3.1
7.8
40.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
1.5
2.3
67.2
44.3
1.3
2.8
2.5
713
217
115
67
45
10
69
44
+55
4Rhyne Howard
R. Howard
1.6
2022
ATL ATL
34
31.4
16.2
4.5
2.8
0.8
5.4
15.0
36.1
2.5
7.3
34.3
2.9
3.7
79.2
48.9
0.8
3.7
1.6
1,066
552
154
96
54
26
53
87
-149
5Paige Bueckers
P. Bueckers
1.6
2025
DAL DAL
36
33.3
19.2
3.9
5.4
0.5
7.2
15.1
47.7
1.1
3.3
33.1
3.8
4.2
88.8
56.7
0.7
3.3
2.0
1,199
692
142
194
57
18
72
82
-104
6Allisha Gray
A. Gray
1.5
2017
DAL DAL
34
27.2
13.0
3.9
1.3
0.6
4.4
11.6
38.1
1.0
3.4
29.9
3.1
3.9
80.3
48.8
1.6
2.3
1.2
924
441
134
45
52
20
42
71
-119
7Saniya Rivers
S. Rivers
1.5
2025
CON CON
42
26.1
8.8
2.8
2.7
0.9
3.4
8.3
40.7
1.0
3.0
34.1
1.0
1.4
74.6
49.5
0.7
2.1
1.5
1,097
371
118
113
62
38
62
70
-265
8Rebekah Gardner
R. Gardner
1.4
2022
CHI CHI
35
21.7
8.4
3.3
1.3
0.5
3.3
6.1
54.2
0.4
1.2
35.7
1.4
1.7
80.0
61.4
1.3
2.0
1.6
759
295
115
44
49
19
55
81
+18
9Jazmine Jones
J. Jones
1.4
2020
NYL NYL
20
21.4
10.8
4.1
2.3
0.5
3.5
8.6
40.4
0.8
2.3
33.3
3.2
4.0
78.8
52.4
0.9
3.2
2.9
428
216
81
45
28
9
57
59
-148
10Caitlin Clark
C. Clark
1.3
2024
IND IND
40
35.4
19.2
5.7
8.4
0.7
6.1
14.5
41.7
3.1
8.9
34.4
4.1
4.5
90.6
58.3
0.4
5.3
5.6
1,416
769
227
337
53
27
223
111
-63
11Ariel Atkins
A. Atkins
1.3
2018
WAS WAS
29
22.5
11.3
2.4
2.1
0.3
4.1
9.6
43.2
1.6
4.3
35.7
1.4
1.8
82.4
54.4
1.0
1.4
1.3
652
327
69
60
38
10
38
73
+192
12Sonia Citron
S. Citron
1.3
2025
WAS WAS
44
32.2
14.9
4.0
2.4
0.4
5.1
10.8
47.0
1.8
4.1
44.5
3.0
3.4
87.2
60.9
0.7
3.3
2.1
1,415
657
174
104
55
17
91
94
-109
13Jordan Horston
J. Horston
1.2
2023
SEA SEA
36
22.4
6.9
5.1
1.6
0.6
2.8
7.6
36.7
0.3
1.1
24.4
1.0
1.4
71.2
41.8
1.3
3.8
2.0
806
249
182
58
44
21
71
79
-65
14Brittany Boyd-Jones
B. Boyd-Jones
1.2
2015
NYL NYL
30
13.8
6.6
2.7
2.3
0.1
2.0
5.0
39.1
0.3
1.0
26.7
2.4
3.4
71.3
50.7
0.6
2.1
1.6
413
198
81
70
35
2
48
58
+96
15Julie Allemand
J. Allemand
1.1
2020
IND IND
22
32.5
8.5
4.5
5.8
0.4
2.8
6.0
45.9
2.0
4.2
47.8
1.0
1.4
73.3
64.3
0.4
4.2
2.6
716
188
100
128
25
9
58
57
-176
16Sonja Tate
S. Tate
1.1
1999
MIN MIN
32
25.8
4.5
4.0
3.1
0.1
1.6
4.6
35.4
0.5
2.1
23.9
0.7
0.9
76.7
44.6
1.5
2.5
2.0
825
143
127
100
36
3
65
84
-14
17Diamond DeShields
D. DeShields
1.1
2018
CHI CHI
34
28.4
14.4
4.9
2.2
0.3
4.9
11.5
42.5
1.2
3.6
32.8
3.4
4.1
83.6
54.0
1.1
3.8
2.1
967
489
167
74
37
10
70
74
-91
18Celine Dumerc
C. Dumerc
1.1
2014
ATL ATL
28
18.8
3.3
2.0
4.0
0.1
1.0
3.4
29.5
0.4
1.9
23.1
0.9
1.3
69.4
42.0
0.6
1.4
2.1
527
93
56
112
30
2
58
54
+57
19Arike Ogunbowale
A. Ogunbowale
1.1
2019
DAL DAL
33
32.1
19.1
2.4
3.2
0.0
6.5
16.7
38.8
1.7
4.9
35.2
4.4
5.4
81.5
50.1
0.6
1.8
2.1
1,059
630
80
106
35
1
68
85
-187
20Marta Fernandez
M. Fernandez
1.1
2007
LAS LAS
34
26.2
8.7
2.1
3.0
0.4
3.1
8.3
37.9
0.4
1.4
24.5
2.1
2.6
79.8
46.2
0.4
1.8
2.6
891
297
72
101
36
14
90
31
-108
21Aerial Powers
A. Powers
1.0
2016
DAL DAL
32
19.3
10.4
2.7
1.1
0.2
3.1
7.9
39.4
1.0
2.7
36.8
3.2
3.8
83.5
54.2
0.8
1.9
1.6
618
333
87
35
33
7
51
74
-56
22Corissa Yasen
C. Yasen
0.9
1997
SAC SAC
19
10.0
2.7
1.1
0.3
0.1
1.2
3.0
40.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.6
50.0
41.7
0.6
0.4
0.8
190
52
20
6
18
2
16
17
-47
23Veronica Burton
V. Burton
0.9
2022
DAL DAL
36
15.2
2.6
1.5
1.9
0.3
0.7
2.1
32.9
0.3
1.2
27.9
0.9
0.9
100.0
52.2
0.5
1.0
1.0
548
94
53
68
34
11
35
51
+38
24Victoria Vivians
V. Vivians
0.9
2018
IND IND
34
27.1
8.9
3.1
1.2
0.1
3.1
7.6
40.4
1.9
4.8
39.9
0.8
0.9
93.1
55.4
0.5
2.6
1.0
920
302
107
41
32
5
33
62
-177
25Sevgi Uzun
S. Uzun
0.9
2024
DAL DAL
40
20.5
4.4
1.6
3.0
0.3
1.7
5.0
34.2
0.5
2.1
23.8
0.5
0.6
82.6
41.8
0.2
1.4
1.8
820
175
65
119
37
11
73
60
-112
StatMuse has season-level data for GP/44TG and steals per game going back to the 1997 season.

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23
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