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Pistons 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 Pistons history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on April 25, 2024
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Pistons All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Isiah Thomas | 2.49 | 204 | 1984 | 82 | ||||||
2. | M.L. Carr | 2.46 | 197 | 1979 | 80 | ||||||
3. | Isiah Thomas | 2.46 | 199 | 1983 | 81 | ||||||
4. | Isiah Thomas | 2.31 | 187 | 1985 | 81 | ||||||
5. | Isiah Thomas | 2.22 | 171 | 1986 | 77 | ||||||
6. | Chris Ford | 2.18 | 179 | 1977 | 82 | ||||||
7. | Chris Ford | 2.17 | 178 | 1976 | 82 | ||||||
8. | Isiah Thomas | 2.08 | 150 | 1982 | 72 | ||||||
9. | Chris Ford | 2.02 | 166 | 1978 | 82 | ||||||
Ron Lee | 2.02 | 166 | 1981 | 82 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | M.L. Carr | 2.01 | 165 | 1977 | 82 | ||||||
12. | Andre Drummond | 1.98 | 97 | 2020 | 49 | ||||||
13. | Kevin Porter | 1.93 | 158 | 1979 | 82 | ||||||
14. | Isiah Thomas | 1.89 | 153 | 1987 | 81 | ||||||
15. | John Long | 1.87 | 129 | 1980 | 69 | ||||||
16. | M.L. Carr | 1.86 | 147 | 1978 | 79 | ||||||
17. | Chris Ford | 1.80 | 148 | 1974 | 82 | ||||||
18. | Grant Hill | 1.80 | 144 | 1997 | 80 | ||||||
19. | Ben Wallace | 1.78 | 146 | 2006 | 82 | ||||||
20. | Grant Hill | 1.77 | 124 | 1995 | 70 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Grant Hill | 1.77 | 143 | 1998 | 81 | ||||||
Ben Wallace | 1.77 | 143 | 2004 | 81 | |||||||
23. | Lindsey Hunter | 1.76 | 86 | 1999 | 49 | ||||||
24. | Isiah Thomas | 1.74 | 141 | 1988 | 81 | ||||||
25. | Lindsey Hunter | 1.73 | 123 | 1998 | 71 | ||||||
26. | Ben Wallace | 1.73 | 138 | 2002 | 80 | ||||||
27. | Andre Drummond | 1.72 | 136 | 2019 | 79 | ||||||
28. | Isiah Thomas | 1.72 | 139 | 1990 | 81 | ||||||
29. | Eric Money | 1.71 | 137 | 1976 | 80 | ||||||
30. | Isiah Thomas | 1.66 | 133 | 1989 | 80 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
31. | Eric Money | 1.62 | 123 | 1978 | 76 | ||||||
32. | Grant Hill | 1.60 | 80 | 1999 | 50 | ||||||
33. | Lindsey Hunter | 1.57 | 129 | 1997 | 82 | ||||||
Lindsey Hunter | 1.57 | 129 | 2000 | 82 | |||||||
35. | Isiah Thomas | 1.56 | 123 | 1993 | 79 | ||||||
36. | Andre Drummond | 1.53 | 124 | 2017 | 81 | ||||||
37. | Isiah Thomas | 1.51 | 118 | 1992 | 78 | ||||||
38. | Don Adams | 1.49 | 110 | 1974 | 74 | ||||||
39. | Lindsey Hunter | 1.48 | 121 | 1994 | 82 | ||||||
40. | Andre Drummond | 1.47 | 119 | 2016 | 81 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Dave Bing | 1.47 | 116 | 1975 | 79 | ||||||
42. | Andre Drummond | 1.46 | 114 | 2018 | 78 | ||||||
43. | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 1.45 | 110 | 2016 | 76 | ||||||
44. | Ben Wallace | 1.43 | 106 | 2005 | 74 | ||||||
45. | Ron Lee | 1.43 | 116 | 1982 | 81 | ||||||
46. | Ben Wallace | 1.42 | 104 | 2003 | 73 | ||||||
47. | Chris Ford | 1.41 | 113 | 1975 | 80 | ||||||
48. | Grant Hill | 1.39 | 103 | 2000 | 74 | ||||||
49. | Rodney Stuckey | 1.38 | 101 | 2010 | 73 | ||||||
50. | Stanley Johnson | 1.38 | 95 | 2018 | 69 |
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