which rookie is leading the wnba in total steals

Tamika Catchings has the most steals by a rookie in a season, with 94 steals in 2002.

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Data note: Steals: player season data complete from 1997

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	94	2002	IND	32	1,168	594	275	118	43	184	438	42.0	76	192	39.6	150	184	81.5	57.2	91	184	82	105	-22	36.5	18.6	8.6	3.7	2.9	1.3	2.6
2	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	85	1997	NYL	28	922	196	116	173	2	64	137	46.7	3	35	8.6	65	100	65.0	54.1	25	91	94	72	+123	32.9	7.0	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	3.4
3	Alexis Hornbuckle A. Hornbuckle	79	2008	DET	34	747	184	138	71	10	63	178	35.4	16	45	35.6	42	66	63.6	44.4	53	85	49	97	+121	22.0	5.4	4.1	2.1	2.3	0.3	1.4
4	Debbie Black D. Black	77	1999	UTA	32	1,013	163	111	161	6	62	164	37.8	8	41	19.5	31	50	62.0	43.8	31	80	67	116	-37	31.7	5.1	3.5	5.0	2.4	0.2	2.1
5	Nicky Anosike N. Anosike	75	2008	MIN	34	920	314	231	45	43	99	226	43.8	0	1	0.0	116	166	69.9	52.5	78	153	42	125	-10	27.1	9.2	6.8	1.3	2.2	1.3	1.2
6	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	74	2009	ATL	34	735	435	105	71	12	160	336	47.6	15	51	29.4	100	135	74.1	55.0	35	70	72	92	+54	21.6	12.8	3.1	2.1	2.2	0.4	2.1
7	Glory Johnson G. Johnson	73	2012	TUL	34	958	392	232	38	20	131	272	48.2	0	0		130	192	67.7	55.0	95	137	71	103	-119	28.2	11.5	6.8	1.1	2.1	0.6	2.1
8	Yolanda Griffith Y. Griffith	73	1999	SAC	29	978	545	329	45	54	200	370	54.1	0	1	0.0	145	235	61.7	57.6	141	188	66	91	+194	33.7	18.8	11.3	1.6	2.5	1.9	2.3
9	Michele Timms M. Timms	71	1997	PHX	27	967	326	99	135	3	99	295	33.6	49	142	34.5	79	104	76.0	47.8	23	76	80	95	+156	35.8	12.1	3.7	5.0	2.6	0.1	3.0
10	Alana Beard A. Beard	69	2004	WAS	34	1,026	446	143	91	34	159	380	41.8	21	56	37.5	107	149	71.8	50.0	28	115	80	98	-41	30.2	13.1	4.2	2.7	2.0	1.0	2.4
11	Nykesha Sales N. Sales	69	1999	ORL	32	1,037	437	135	91	8	153	397	38.5	36	109	33.0	95	118	80.5	48.7	44	91	69	97	-7	32.4	13.7	4.2	2.8	2.2	0.3	2.2
12	Kim Perrot K. Perrot	69	1997	HOU	28	694	161	75	85	2	59	163	36.2	28	99	28.3	15	37	40.5	44.9	17	58	65	53	+149	24.8	5.8	2.7	3.0	2.5	0.1	2.3
13	Umeki Webb U. Webb	68	1997	PHX	28	773	141	117	68	8	47	158	29.7	1	15	6.7	46	67	68.7	37.6	42	75	55	91	+148	27.6	5.0	4.2	2.4	2.4	0.3	2.0
14	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	65	2019	MIN	34	1,131	444	223	87	32	167	341	49.0	30	83	36.1	80	101	79.2	57.6	60	163	65	99	+132	33.3	13.1	6.6	2.6	1.9	0.9	1.9
15	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	65	1998	SAC	29	1,045	176	138	217	3	52	161	32.3	10	43	23.3	62	98	63.3	43.1	13	125	108	88	-162	36.0	6.1	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.1	3.7
16	Saniya Rivers S. Rivers	62	2025	CON	42	1,097	371	118	113	38	142	349	40.7	43	126	34.1	44	59	74.6	49.5	29	89	62	70	-265	26.1	8.8	2.8	2.7	1.5	0.9	1.5
17	Kedra Holland-Corn K. Holland-Corn	62	1999	SAC	32	1,032	379	68	51	10	123	321	38.3	57	167	34.1	76	108	70.4	51.4	24	44	72	100	+192	32.3	11.8	2.1	1.6	1.9	0.3	2.3
18	Laura Juškaitė L. Juškaitė	60	2026	TOR	44	1,118	495	186	77	11	172	367	46.9	44	138	31.9	107	131	81.7	58.3	49	137	91	145	-197	25.4	11.3	4.2	1.8	1.4	0.3	2.1
19	Flau'jae Johnson F. Johnson	58	2026	SEA	42	1,204	626	202	123	29	221	550	40.2	60	203	29.6	124	155	80.0	50.6	49	153	110	116	-110	28.7	14.9	4.8	2.9	1.4	0.7	2.6
20	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	58	1997	HOU	28	981	621	110	131	6	191	408	46.8	67	160	41.9	172	199	86.4	62.7	33	77	110	69	+161	35.0	22.2	3.9	4.7	2.1	0.2	3.9
21	Paige Bueckers P. Bueckers	57	2025	DAL	36	1,199	692	142	194	18	259	543	47.7	39	118	33.1	135	152	88.8	56.7	25	117	72	82	-104	33.3	19.2	3.9	5.4	1.6	0.5	2.0
22	Sophia Young-Malcolm S. Young-Malcolm	57	2006	SAN	34	1,059	408	257	50	13	154	370	41.6	0	4	0.0	100	137	73.0	47.4	85	172	45	70	-58	31.1	12.0	7.6	1.5	1.7	0.4	1.3
23	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	57	1999	ORL	32	1,043	420	239	51	38	153	319	48.0	20	45	44.4	94	141	66.7	55.1	81	158	80	96	+28	32.6	13.1	7.5	1.6	1.8	1.2	2.5
24	Gabby Williams G. Williams	56	2018	CHI	34	781	247	146	56	8	102	236	43.2	7	26	26.9	36	46	78.3	48.2	42	104	38	66	-211	23.0	7.3	4.3	1.6	1.6	0.2	1.1
25	Rita Williams R. Williams	56	1998	WAS	29	688	127	66	67	2	39	122	32.0	11	52	21.2	38	60	63.3	42.8	12	54	66	47	-292	23.7	4.4	2.3	2.3	1.9	0.1	2.3

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Tamika Catchings has the most steals by a rookie in a season, with 94 steals in 2002.

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