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Suns 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 Suns history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on December 10, 2025
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Suns All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
| 1. | Ron Lee | 2.74 | 225 | 1978 | 82 | ||||||
| 2. | Paul Westphal | 2.56 | 210 | 1976 | 82 | ||||||
| 3. | Shawn Marion | 2.28 | 185 | 2003 | 81 | ||||||
| 4. | Jason Kidd | 2.28 | 114 | 1999 | 50 | ||||||
| 5. | Don Buse | 2.26 | 185 | 1978 | 82 | ||||||
| 6. | Jason Kidd | 2.16 | 166 | 2001 | 77 | ||||||
| 7. | Kevin Johnson | 2.12 | 163 | 1991 | 77 | ||||||
| 8. | Shawn Marion | 2.11 | 167 | 2004 | 79 | ||||||
| 9. | Shawn Marion | 2.01 | 163 | 2005 | 81 | ||||||
| 10. | Jason Kidd | 2.00 | 134 | 2000 | 67 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
| 11. | Jason Kidd | 1.98 | 162 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
| 12. | Shawn Marion | 1.98 | 160 | 2006 | 81 | ||||||
| 13. | Jeff Hornacek | 1.95 | 158 | 1992 | 81 | ||||||
| 14. | Shawn Marion | 1.95 | 156 | 2007 | 80 | ||||||
| 15. | Don Buse | 1.90 | 156 | 1979 | 82 | ||||||
| Ron Lee | 1.90 | 156 | 1977 | 82 | |||||||
| Elliot Perry | 1.90 | 156 | 1995 | 82 | |||||||
| 18. | Kevin Johnson | 1.87 | 125 | 1994 | 67 | ||||||
| 19. | Chris Paul | 1.86 | 121 | 2022 | 65 | ||||||
| 20. | Walter Davis | 1.86 | 147 | 1979 | 79 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
| 21. | Shawn Marion | 1.84 | 149 | 2002 | 81 | ||||||
| 22. | Kyle Macy | 1.74 | 143 | 1982 | 82 | ||||||
| 23. | Paul Westphal | 1.73 | 138 | 1978 | 80 | ||||||
| 24. | Dennis Johnson | 1.72 | 136 | 1981 | 79 | ||||||
| 25. | Dan Majerle | 1.68 | 138 | 1993 | 82 | ||||||
| 26. | Shawn Marion | 1.67 | 132 | 2001 | 79 | ||||||
| 27. | Kevin Johnson | 1.67 | 135 | 1989 | 81 | ||||||
| 28. | Paul Westphal | 1.65 | 134 | 1977 | 81 | ||||||
| 29. | Jeff Hornacek | 1.65 | 129 | 1989 | 78 | ||||||
| 30. | Don Buse | 1.63 | 132 | 1980 | 81 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
| 31. | Gar Heard | 1.61 | 129 | 1978 | 80 | ||||||
| Dan Majerle | 1.61 | 129 | 1994 | 80 | |||||||
| 33. | Goran Dragic | 1.61 | 124 | 2013 | 77 | ||||||
| 34. | Jay Humphries | 1.61 | 132 | 1986 | 82 | ||||||
| 35. | Charles Barkley | 1.61 | 114 | 1996 | 71 | ||||||
| 36. | Dan Majerle | 1.60 | 131 | 1992 | 82 | ||||||
| 37. | Johnny High | 1.59 | 129 | 1981 | 81 | ||||||
| 38. | Mikal Bridges | 1.57 | 129 | 2019 | 82 | ||||||
| 39. | Eric Bledsoe | 1.57 | 127 | 2015 | 81 | ||||||
| 40. | Charles Barkley | 1.57 | 119 | 1993 | 76 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
| 41. | Chris Paul | 1.54 | 91 | 2023 | 59 | ||||||
| 42. | Penny Hardaway | 1.53 | 122 | 2002 | 80 | ||||||
| 43. | Walter Davis | 1.52 | 114 | 1980 | 75 | ||||||
| 44. | Alvan Adams | 1.51 | 121 | 1976 | 80 | ||||||
| 45. | Dillon Brooks | 1.50 | 27 | 2026 | 18 | ||||||
| Kyle Macy | 1.50 | 123 | 1984 | 82 | |||||||
| Clifford Robinson | 1.50 | 75 | 1999 | 50 | |||||||
| 48. | Kevin Johnson | 1.49 | 116 | 1992 | 78 | ||||||
| 49. | Walter Davis | 1.46 | 117 | 1983 | 80 | ||||||
| 50. | Kevin Johnson | 1.46 | 102 | 1997 | 70 |
= 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 (17 games)