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Lakers 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 Lakers history.

Notes: - These stats were updated on November 14, 2025
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements

Lakers All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50

Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
1. Magic Johnson 3.43 127 1981 37
2. Magic Johnson 2.67 208 1982 78
3. Norm Nixon 2.45 201 1979 82
4. Magic Johnson 2.43 187 1980 77
5. Eddie Jones 2.36 189 1997 80
6. Magic Johnson 2.24 150 1984 67
7. Magic Johnson 2.23 176 1983 79
8. Kobe Bryant 2.21 181 2003 82
9. Marcus Smart 2.20 22 2026 10
10. Sedale Threatt 2.05 168 1992 82
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
11. Eddie Jones 2.05 131 1995 64
12. Eddie Jones 2.00 160 1998 80
13. Jim Price 1.91 157 1974 82
14. Byron Scott 1.91 155 1988 81
15. Norm Nixon 1.85 146 1981 79
16. Eddie Jones 1.84 129 1996 70
17. Kobe Bryant 1.84 151 2008 82
18. Kobe Bryant 1.84 147 2006 80
19. Norm Nixon 1.79 147 1980 82
20. Magic Johnson 1.79 138 1989 77
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
21. Sedale Threatt 1.73 142 1993 82
22. Don Chaney 1.73 140 1977 81
23. Magic Johnson 1.73 138 1987 80
24. Smush Parker 1.71 140 2006 82
25. Norm Nixon 1.70 138 1978 81
26. Jerome Kersey 1.70 119 1997 70
27. Magic Johnson 1.67 132 1990 79
28. Trevor Ariza 1.67 137 2009 82
29. Michael Cooper 1.64 133 1981 81
30. Gail Goodrich 1.64 123 1976 75
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
31. Jamaal Wilkes 1.63 134 1979 82
32. Metta World Peace 1.63 122 2013 75
33. Norm Nixon 1.61 132 1982 82
34. Magic Johnson 1.58 114 1988 72
35. Michael Cooper 1.58 120 1982 76
36. Jamaal Wilkes 1.57 129 1980 82
37. Magic Johnson 1.57 113 1986 72
38. Vlade Divac 1.56 128 1993 82
39. Robert Horry 1.56 112 1998 72
40. Kobe Bryant 1.55 113 2010 73
Player
Steals
 Total
Steals		 Season Games
41. Byron Scott 1.54 114 1989 74
42. Gail Goodrich 1.54 126 1974 82
43. Byron Scott 1.52 125 1987 82
44. Metta World Peace 1.51 124 2011 82
45. Jamaal Wilkes 1.49 121 1981 81
46. Lucius Allen 1.49 116 1977 78
47. Connie Hawkins 1.48 105 1974 71
48. Kobe Bryant 1.48 118 2002 80
49. Anthony Davis 1.47 91 2020 62
50. Magic Johnson 1.47 113 1985 77
= 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 (9 games)
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