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Knicks 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 Knicks history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on March 29, 2024
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Knicks All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Micheal Ray Richardson | 3.23 | 265 | 1980 | 82 | ||||||
2. | Micheal Ray Richardson | 2.94 | 232 | 1981 | 79 | ||||||
3. | Micheal Ray Richardson | 2.60 | 213 | 1982 | 82 | ||||||
4. | Mark Jackson | 2.50 | 205 | 1988 | 82 | ||||||
5. | Walt Frazier | 2.44 | 190 | 1975 | 78 | ||||||
6. | Ray Williams | 2.34 | 185 | 1981 | 79 | ||||||
7. | Ray Williams | 2.13 | 162 | 1984 | 76 | ||||||
8. | Charlie Ward | 2.06 | 103 | 1999 | 50 | ||||||
9. | Darrell Walker | 2.04 | 167 | 1985 | 82 | ||||||
Ray Williams | 2.04 | 167 | 1980 | 82 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | Walt Frazier | 2.01 | 161 | 1974 | 80 | ||||||
12. | Mark Jackson | 1.93 | 139 | 1989 | 72 | ||||||
13. | Darrell Walker | 1.80 | 146 | 1986 | 81 | ||||||
14. | Charlie Ward | 1.76 | 144 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
15. | Walt Frazier | 1.74 | 132 | 1977 | 76 | ||||||
16. | Iman Shumpert | 1.71 | 101 | 2012 | 59 | ||||||
17. | Maurice Cheeks | 1.68 | 128 | 1991 | 76 | ||||||
18. | Trent Tucker | 1.66 | 116 | 1987 | 70 | ||||||
19. | Jason Kidd | 1.64 | 125 | 2013 | 76 | ||||||
20. | Greg Anthony | 1.61 | 113 | 1993 | 70 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Derek Harper | 1.60 | 131 | 1996 | 82 | ||||||
22. | Doc Rivers | 1.60 | 123 | 1993 | 77 | ||||||
23. | Ray Williams | 1.58 | 128 | 1979 | 81 | ||||||
24. | Charles Oakley | 1.56 | 123 | 1998 | 79 | ||||||
25. | Darrell Walker | 1.55 | 127 | 1984 | 82 | ||||||
26. | Lonnie Shelton | 1.52 | 125 | 1977 | 82 | ||||||
27. | Stephon Marbury | 1.49 | 122 | 2005 | 82 | ||||||
28. | Butch Beard | 1.48 | 117 | 1978 | 79 | ||||||
29. | Patrick Ewing | 1.46 | 117 | 1989 | 80 | ||||||
30. | Earl Monroe | 1.46 | 111 | 1976 | 76 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
31. | Toby Knight | 1.44 | 117 | 1980 | 81 | ||||||
32. | Greg Anthony | 1.43 | 114 | 1994 | 80 | ||||||
33. | Gerald Wilkins | 1.42 | 115 | 1989 | 81 | ||||||
34. | Micheal Ray Richardson | 1.39 | 100 | 1979 | 72 | ||||||
35. | Charles Oakley | 1.39 | 111 | 1997 | 80 | ||||||
36. | Earl Monroe | 1.38 | 108 | 1975 | 78 | ||||||
37. | Mark Jackson | 1.38 | 112 | 1992 | 81 | ||||||
38. | Latrell Sprewell | 1.38 | 102 | 2003 | 74 | ||||||
39. | Latrell Sprewell | 1.38 | 106 | 2001 | 77 | ||||||
40. | Johnny Newman | 1.37 | 111 | 1989 | 81 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Charles Oakley | 1.34 | 110 | 1994 | 82 | ||||||
42. | Ray Williams | 1.33 | 108 | 1978 | 81 | ||||||
43. | Mark Jackson | 1.33 | 109 | 1990 | 82 | ||||||
Lonnie Shelton | 1.33 | 109 | 1978 | 82 | |||||||
Latrell Sprewell | 1.33 | 109 | 2000 | 82 | |||||||
46. | Bob McAdoo | 1.33 | 105 | 1978 | 79 | ||||||
47. | Charlie Ward | 1.32 | 95 | 2000 | 72 | ||||||
48. | Jamal Crawford | 1.31 | 92 | 2005 | 70 | ||||||
49. | Glen Gondrezick | 1.31 | 98 | 1979 | 75 | ||||||
50. | Donte DiVincenzo | 1.30 | 92 | 2024 | 71 |
= 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