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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 May 15, 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