NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Playoffs in Their 19th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 19th NBA season, ranked by playoff steals per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most steals in the Playoffs in his 19th year?
Playing for the 2003 Utah Jazz, John Stockton averaged 1.6 steals in 5 games — the highest playoff steals per game average by any NBA player in his 19th season.
Steals Per Game, 19th Season
1.6 spg
John Stockton
(2003 Utah Jazz)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list / 
= NBA champion in this season.
Steals Per Game in a Player's 19th Season - Full List
Playoffs
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2003 Jazz) |
1.6 | 8 | 5 | 11.2 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 2 | (2004 Lakers) |
1.1 | 24 | 21 | 11.5 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2013 Knicks) |
1.0 | 12 | 12 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 4 | (2014 Nets) |
0.8 | 9 | 12 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 5 | (1988 Lakers) |
0.6 | 15 | 24 | 14.1 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 6 | (2011 Celtics) |
0.5 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 7 | (2017 Grizzlies) |
0.3 | 2 | 6 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
(2018 Bucks) |
0.3 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
| 9 | (2017 Clippers) |
0.3 | 2 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| 10 | (2016 Spurs) |
0.2 | 2 | 10 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 11 | (2004 Spurs) |
0.1 | 1 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 12 | (2020 Rockets) |
0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
(1996 Bulls) |
0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
(1995 Hornets) |
0.0 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |