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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 December 16, 2025
- 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
= 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 (19 games)
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