NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Playoffs in Their 18th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 18th NBA season, ranked by playoff steals per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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Which NBA player averaged the most steals in the Playoffs in his 18th year?

Playing for the 2012 Dallas Mavericks, Jason Kidd averaged 3.0 steals in 4 games — the highest playoff steals per game average by any NBA player in his 18th season.

Steals Per Game, 18th Season

3.0 spg
Jason Kidd
(2012 Dallas Mavericks)

Note: No game minimums were used for this list / = NBA champion in this season.

Steals Per Game in a Player's 18th Season - Full List

Playoffs

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
1	Jason Kidd (2012 Mavericks)	3.0	12	4	11.5	6.0	6.0	0.3	2.3
2	John Stockton (2002 Jazz)	2.8	11	4	12.5	4.0	10.0	0.3	0.5
3	Chris Paul (2023 Suns)	1.7	12	7	12.4	5.0	7.4	0.7	1.3
4	Karl Malone (2003 Jazz)	1.6	8	5	19.6	6.8	4.0	0.4	0.0
5	LeBron James (2021 Lakers)	1.5	9	6	23.3	7.2	8.0	0.3	3.0
6	Hakeem Olajuwon (2002 Raptors)	1.4	7	5	5.6	3.8	0.4	0.8	0.0
7	Tim Duncan (2015 Spurs)	1.3	9	7	17.9	11.1	3.3	1.4	0.0
8	Jamal Crawford (2018 Timberwolves)	1.0	5	5	11.8	2.6	2.4	0.0	1.4
	Kyle Lowry (2024 76ers)	1.0	6	6	7.0	3.5	4.0	0.7	1.3
10	Kevin Garnett (2013 Celtics)	0.8	5	6	12.7	13.7	3.5	1.0	0.0

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
11	Reggie Miller (2005 Pacers)	0.8	10	13	14.8	3.1	1.5	0.1	1.6
12	Ray Allen (2014 Heat)	0.7	14	20	9.3	3.4	1.6	0.2	1.7
13	Derek Fisher (2014 Thunder)	0.7	13	19	3.8	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.6
14	Al Horford (2025 Celtics)	0.6	7	11	8.0	6.0	1.8	1.3	1.3
15	Mike Conley (2025 Timberwolves)	0.6	9	15	6.0	2.9	3.3	0.2	1.3
16	Vince Carter (2016 Grizzlies)	0.5	2	4	11.3	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.8
	Dikembe Mutombo (2009 Rockets)	0.5	1	2	0.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	0.0
	Jason Terry (2017 Bucks)	0.5	3	6	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.3
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1987 Lakers)	0.4	8	18	19.2	6.8	2.0	1.9	0.0
20	Dirk Nowitzki (2016 Mavericks)	0.4	2	5	20.4	4.8	1.6	0.6	0.8
	Paul Pierce (2016 Clippers)	0.4	2	5	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
22	Carmelo Anthony (2021 Trail Blazers)	0.3	2	6	12.3	3.2	1.5	0.2	2.3
23	Clifford Robinson (2007 Nets)	0.3	1	4	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
24	Rick Mahorn (1999 76ers)	0.2	1	5	1.0	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
25	Shaquille O'Neal (2010 Cavaliers)	0.2	2	11	11.5	5.5	1.4	1.2	0.0
26	Jermaine O'Neal (2014 Warriors)	0.1	1	7	6.0	3.4	0.1	0.4	0.0
27	Kevin Willis (2003 Spurs)	0.1	1	18	2.6	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.1
28	James Edwards (1995 Trail Blazers)	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Grant Hill (2013 Clippers)	0.0	0	1	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
	Juwan Howard (2012 Heat)	0.0	0	9	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Andre Iguodala (2022 Warriors)	0.0	0	7	1.6	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1
	Nazr Mohammed (2016 Thunder)	0.0	0	5	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0
	Tree Rollins (1995 Magic)	0.0	0	14	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
	Danny Schayes (1999 Magic)	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Jerry Stackhouse (2013 Nets)	0.0	0	4	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Herb Williams (1999 Knicks)	0.0	0	8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0