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Magic 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 Magic 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
Magic All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Penny Hardaway | 2.32 | 190 | 1994 | 82 | ||||||
2. | Penny Hardaway | 2.22 | 111 | 1999 | 50 | ||||||
3. | Darrell Armstrong | 2.16 | 108 | 1999 | 50 | ||||||
4. | Darrell Armstrong | 2.06 | 169 | 2000 | 82 | ||||||
5. | Penny Hardaway | 2.02 | 166 | 1996 | 82 | ||||||
6. | Darrell Armstrong | 1.91 | 157 | 2002 | 82 | ||||||
7. | Darrell Armstrong | 1.80 | 135 | 2001 | 75 | ||||||
8. | Elfrid Payton | 1.73 | 142 | 2015 | 82 | ||||||
9. | Penny Hardaway | 1.69 | 130 | 1995 | 77 | ||||||
10. | Victor Oladipo | 1.67 | 120 | 2015 | 72 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | Nick Anderson | 1.65 | 134 | 1994 | 81 | ||||||
12. | Tracy McGrady | 1.65 | 124 | 2003 | 75 | ||||||
13. | Darrell Armstrong | 1.65 | 135 | 2003 | 82 | ||||||
14. | Nick Anderson | 1.64 | 125 | 1995 | 76 | ||||||
15. | Nick Anderson | 1.62 | 128 | 1993 | 79 | ||||||
16. | Victor Oladipo | 1.61 | 129 | 2014 | 80 | ||||||
17. | Victor Oladipo | 1.61 | 116 | 2016 | 72 | ||||||
18. | Nick Anderson | 1.57 | 121 | 1996 | 77 | ||||||
19. | Tracy McGrady | 1.57 | 119 | 2002 | 76 | ||||||
20. | Tracy McGrady | 1.51 | 116 | 2001 | 77 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Markelle Fultz | 1.45 | 87 | 2023 | 60 | ||||||
22. | Steve Francis | 1.44 | 112 | 2005 | 78 | ||||||
23. | Jalen Suggs | 1.42 | 92 | 2024 | 65 | ||||||
24. | Chuma Okeke | 1.39 | 97 | 2022 | 70 | ||||||
25. | Bo Outlaw | 1.38 | 113 | 2000 | 82 | ||||||
26. | Dwight Howard | 1.37 | 107 | 2011 | 78 | ||||||
27. | Nick Anderson | 1.36 | 64 | 1999 | 47 | ||||||
28. | Bo Outlaw | 1.31 | 105 | 2001 | 80 | ||||||
29. | Bo Outlaw | 1.30 | 107 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
30. | Markelle Fultz | 1.25 | 90 | 2020 | 72 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
31. | Rashard Lewis | 1.22 | 99 | 2008 | 81 | ||||||
32. | Elfrid Payton | 1.22 | 89 | 2016 | 73 | ||||||
33. | Evan Fournier | 1.22 | 96 | 2016 | 79 | ||||||
34. | Maurice Harkless | 1.21 | 97 | 2014 | 80 | ||||||
35. | Jerry Reynolds | 1.19 | 95 | 1991 | 80 | ||||||
36. | Maurice Harkless | 1.16 | 88 | 2013 | 76 | ||||||
37. | Otis Smith | 1.13 | 85 | 1991 | 75 | ||||||
38. | Scott Skiles | 1.13 | 89 | 1991 | 79 | ||||||
39. | Terrence Ross | 1.12 | 77 | 2020 | 69 | ||||||
40. | Scott Skiles | 1.10 | 86 | 1993 | 78 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Dennis Scott | 1.10 | 90 | 1996 | 82 | ||||||
42. | Rashard Lewis | 1.08 | 78 | 2010 | 72 | ||||||
43. | Mario Hezonja | 1.08 | 81 | 2018 | 75 | ||||||
44. | Evan Fournier | 1.08 | 71 | 2020 | 66 | ||||||
45. | Elfrid Payton | 1.07 | 88 | 2017 | 82 | ||||||
46. | Horace Grant | 1.07 | 81 | 1998 | 76 | ||||||
47. | Nick Anderson | 1.06 | 74 | 1991 | 70 | ||||||
48. | Franz Wagner | 1.05 | 67 | 2024 | 64 | ||||||
49. | Horace Grant | 1.03 | 76 | 1995 | 74 | ||||||
50. | Rashard Lewis | 1.03 | 81 | 2009 | 79 |
= 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