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Cavaliers All-Time Steals Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average

List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season steals per game average in Cavaliers history.

Notes: - These stats were updated on April 26, 2024
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements

Cavaliers All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50

Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
1. Ron Harper 2.55 209 1987 82
2. Brevin Knight 2.45 196 1998 80
3. Foots Walker 2.36 130 1979 55
4. Ron Harper 2.26 185 1989 82
5. LeBron James 2.21 177 2005 80
6. Foots Walker 2.17 176 1978 81
7. Foots Walker 2.04 155 1980 76
8. LeBron James 1.84 138 2008 75
9. Terrell Brandon 1.77 138 1997 78
10. Terrell Brandon 1.76 132 1996 75
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
11. Mike Bratz 1.70 136 1981 80
12. LeBron James 1.69 137 2009 81
13. LeBron James 1.65 130 2004 79
14. LeBron James 1.64 125 2010 76
15. LeBron James 1.60 125 2007 78
16. John Bagley 1.59 129 1985 81
17. Ricky Davis 1.58 125 2003 79
18. LeBron James 1.58 109 2015 69
19. Wesley Person 1.57 129 1998 82
20. John Bagley 1.56 122 1986 78
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
21. Mark Price 1.56 114 1990 73
22. LeBron James 1.56 123 2006 79
23. Craig Ehlo 1.56 126 1990 81
Andre Miller 1.56 126 2002 81
25. Mark Price 1.53 115 1989 75
26. Randy Smith 1.52 125 1980 82
27. Kyrie Irving 1.52 108 2014 71
28. Kyrie Irving 1.52 114 2015 75
29. Jim Cleamons 1.51 124 1976 82
30. Larry Nance Jr. 1.49 100 2019 67
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
31. Craig Ehlo 1.48 121 1991 82
32. Donovan Mitchell 1.46 99 2023 68
33. Andre Miller 1.45 119 2001 82
34. Bobby Phills 1.44 115 1995 80
35. Lamond Murray 1.42 105 2000 74
36. Bobby Phills 1.42 102 1996 72
37. LeBron James 1.41 116 2018 82
38. Randy Smith 1.38 113 1981 82
39. LeBron James 1.37 104 2016 76
40. Mark Price 1.36 103 1994 76
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
41. Shawn Kemp 1.35 108 1998 80
42. Craig Ehlo 1.34 110 1989 82
43. Campy Russell 1.32 98 1979 74
44. Alonzo Gee 1.32 83 2012 63
45. Lenny Wilkens 1.31 97 1974 74
46. Darius Garland 1.31 89 2022 68
47. Mark Price 1.31 94 1992 72
48. Alonzo Gee 1.30 107 2013 82
49. Gerald Wilkins 1.28 105 1994 82
50. Larry Hughes 1.27 89 2007 70

Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 125 steals
    with the exceptions of
    1998-99: 43 games or 76 steals
    and 2011-12: 56 games or 100 steals
2013-14 to present: 58 games
    with the exceptions of
    2019-20: 70% of games played
    and season in progress: 70% of games played
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