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Celtics 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 Celtics history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on May 23, 2024
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Celtics All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Rajon Rondo | 2.33 | 189 | 2010 | 81 | ||||||
2. | Rajon Rondo | 2.25 | 153 | 2011 | 68 | ||||||
3. | Rick Fox | 2.20 | 167 | 1997 | 76 | ||||||
4. | David Wesley | 2.19 | 162 | 1997 | 74 | ||||||
5. | Paul Pierce | 2.08 | 152 | 2000 | 73 | ||||||
6. | Dee Brown | 2.03 | 156 | 1994 | 77 | ||||||
7. | Larry Bird | 2.02 | 166 | 1986 | 82 | ||||||
8. | Larry Bird | 1.96 | 161 | 1981 | 82 | ||||||
9. | Paul Pierce | 1.88 | 154 | 2002 | 82 | ||||||
10. | Larry Bird | 1.87 | 148 | 1983 | 79 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | Rajon Rondo | 1.86 | 149 | 2009 | 80 | ||||||
12. | Larry Bird | 1.86 | 143 | 1982 | 77 | ||||||
13. | Kenny Anderson | 1.86 | 141 | 2002 | 76 | ||||||
14. | Larry Bird | 1.82 | 135 | 1987 | 74 | ||||||
15. | Larry Bird | 1.82 | 144 | 1984 | 79 | ||||||
16. | Marcus Smart | 1.79 | 143 | 2019 | 80 | ||||||
17. | Paul Pierce | 1.76 | 139 | 2003 | 79 | ||||||
18. | Larry Bird | 1.74 | 143 | 1980 | 82 | ||||||
19. | Antoine Walker | 1.73 | 142 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
20. | Jae Crowder | 1.73 | 126 | 2016 | 73 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Dee Brown | 1.73 | 138 | 1993 | 80 | ||||||
22. | Paul Pierce | 1.71 | 82 | 1999 | 48 | ||||||
23. | Antoine Walker | 1.70 | 138 | 2001 | 81 | ||||||
24. | Kenny Anderson | 1.70 | 139 | 2000 | 82 | ||||||
25. | Marcus Smart | 1.68 | 101 | 2020 | 60 | ||||||
26. | Paul Pierce | 1.68 | 138 | 2001 | 82 | ||||||
27. | Marcus Smart | 1.68 | 119 | 2022 | 71 | ||||||
28. | Rajon Rondo | 1.68 | 129 | 2008 | 77 | ||||||
29. | Larry Bird | 1.64 | 125 | 1988 | 76 | ||||||
30. | Rajon Rondo | 1.64 | 128 | 2007 | 78 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
31. | Paul Pierce | 1.64 | 131 | 2004 | 80 | ||||||
32. | Danny Ainge | 1.63 | 122 | 1985 | 75 | ||||||
33. | Paul Pierce | 1.62 | 133 | 2005 | 82 | ||||||
34. | Larry Bird | 1.61 | 129 | 1985 | 80 | ||||||
35. | Adrian Griffin | 1.61 | 116 | 2000 | 72 | ||||||
36. | Marcus Smart | 1.58 | 125 | 2017 | 79 | ||||||
37. | Ron Mercer | 1.56 | 125 | 1998 | 80 | ||||||
38. | Jo Jo White | 1.56 | 128 | 1975 | 82 | ||||||
39. | Avery Bradley | 1.54 | 117 | 2016 | 76 | ||||||
40. | Kyrie Irving | 1.54 | 103 | 2019 | 67 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Reggie Lewis | 1.53 | 124 | 1989 | 81 | ||||||
42. | Marcus Smart | 1.52 | 93 | 2023 | 61 | ||||||
43. | Reggie Lewis | 1.52 | 125 | 1992 | 82 | ||||||
44. | Chris Ford | 1.52 | 111 | 1980 | 73 | ||||||
45. | Antoine Walker | 1.51 | 122 | 2002 | 81 | ||||||
46. | Quinn Buckner | 1.50 | 108 | 1983 | 72 | ||||||
Gerald Henderson | 1.50 | 117 | 1984 | 78 | |||||||
48. | Marcus Smart | 1.49 | 91 | 2016 | 61 | ||||||
49. | Don Chaney | 1.49 | 122 | 1975 | 82 | ||||||
50. | Antoine Walker | 1.49 | 116 | 2003 | 78 |
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