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Rockets 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 Rockets history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on March 28, 2024
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Rockets All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 2.60 | 213 | 1989 | 82 | ||||||
2. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 2.12 | 174 | 1990 | 82 | ||||||
3. | Allen Leavell | 2.09 | 165 | 1983 | 79 | ||||||
4. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 2.05 | 162 | 1988 | 79 | ||||||
5. | James Harden | 2.03 | 158 | 2019 | 78 | ||||||
6. | Robert Reid | 1.99 | 163 | 1981 | 82 | ||||||
7. | Trevor Ariza | 1.98 | 160 | 2016 | 81 | ||||||
8. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.97 | 134 | 1986 | 68 | ||||||
9. | Chris Paul | 1.97 | 114 | 2019 | 58 | ||||||
10. | Scottie Pippen | 1.96 | 98 | 1999 | 50 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | John Lucas | 1.95 | 160 | 1978 | 82 | ||||||
12. | Calvin Murphy | 1.94 | 157 | 1974 | 81 | ||||||
13. | James Harden | 1.90 | 154 | 2015 | 81 | ||||||
14. | Allen Leavell | 1.90 | 150 | 1982 | 79 | ||||||
15. | Calvin Murphy | 1.88 | 143 | 1980 | 76 | ||||||
16. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.87 | 140 | 1987 | 75 | ||||||
17. | Trevor Ariza | 1.85 | 152 | 2015 | 82 | ||||||
18. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.85 | 133 | 1995 | 72 | ||||||
19. | Calvin Murphy | 1.84 | 151 | 1976 | 82 | ||||||
20. | James Harden | 1.84 | 125 | 2020 | 68 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Trevor Ariza | 1.84 | 147 | 2017 | 80 | ||||||
22. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.83 | 150 | 1993 | 82 | ||||||
23. | Ed Ratleff | 1.83 | 146 | 1975 | 80 | ||||||
24. | James Harden | 1.82 | 142 | 2013 | 78 | ||||||
25. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.81 | 127 | 1992 | 70 | ||||||
26. | Clyde Drexler | 1.80 | 126 | 1998 | 70 | ||||||
27. | Steve Francis | 1.76 | 141 | 2001 | 80 | ||||||
28. | Steve Francis | 1.76 | 139 | 2004 | 79 | ||||||
29. | Calvin Murphy | 1.76 | 144 | 1977 | 82 | ||||||
30. | Trevor Ariza | 1.75 | 126 | 2010 | 72 | ||||||
James Harden | 1.75 | 126 | 2018 | 72 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
32. | Steve Francis | 1.74 | 141 | 2003 | 81 | ||||||
33. | Robert Reid | 1.74 | 132 | 1980 | 76 | ||||||
34. | Tracy McGrady | 1.73 | 135 | 2005 | 78 | ||||||
35. | James Harden | 1.70 | 139 | 2016 | 82 | ||||||
36. | Vernon Maxwell | 1.67 | 125 | 1994 | 75 | ||||||
37. | Chris Paul | 1.66 | 96 | 2018 | 58 | ||||||
38. | Allen Leavell | 1.65 | 127 | 1980 | 77 | ||||||
39. | Calvin Murphy | 1.64 | 128 | 1975 | 78 | ||||||
40. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.64 | 82 | 1999 | 50 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Jeremy Lin | 1.63 | 134 | 2013 | 82 | ||||||
42. | Robert Horry | 1.63 | 116 | 1996 | 71 | ||||||
43. | Russell Westbrook | 1.63 | 93 | 2020 | 57 | ||||||
44. | P.J. Tucker | 1.61 | 132 | 2019 | 82 | ||||||
45. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.60 | 128 | 1994 | 80 | ||||||
46. | Ed Ratleff | 1.58 | 114 | 1976 | 72 | ||||||
47. | James Harden | 1.58 | 115 | 2014 | 73 | ||||||
48. | Rafer Alston | 1.57 | 129 | 2007 | 82 | ||||||
49. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 1.57 | 113 | 1996 | 72 | ||||||
50. | Allen Leavell | 1.55 | 124 | 1988 | 80 |
= Season in progress
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