NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Their 19th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 19th NBA season, ranked by regular season 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 Regular Season in his 19th year?

Playing for the 2003 Utah Jazz, John Stockton averaged 1.7 steals in 82 games — the highest steals per game average by any NBA player in his 19th season.

Steals Per Game, 19th Season

1.7 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

Regular Season

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
1	John Stockton (2003 Jazz)	1.7	137	82	10.8	2.5	7.7	0.2	0.4
2	Jason Kidd (2013 Knicks)	1.6	125	76	6.0	4.3	3.3	0.3	1.5
3	Kobe Bryant (2015 Lakers)	1.3	47	35	22.3	5.7	5.6	0.2	1.5
4	LeBron James (2022 Lakers)	1.3	73	56	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.1	2.9
5	Chris Paul (2024 Warriors)	1.2	70	58	9.2	3.9	6.8	0.1	1.3
6	Karl Malone (2004 Lakers)	1.2	50	42	13.2	8.7	3.9	0.5	0.0
7	Al Horford (2026 Warriors)	1.0	13	13	5.6	4.4	2.0	1.0	1.3
8	Kyle Lowry (2025 76ers)	0.9	33	35	3.9	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.8
9	Jason Terry (2018 Bucks)	0.8	42	51	3.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.8
10	Vince Carter (2017 Grizzlies)	0.8	60	73	8.0	3.1	1.8	0.5	1.5

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
11	Kevin Garnett (2014 Nets)	0.8	43	54	6.5	6.6	1.5	0.7	0.0
12	Tim Duncan (2016 Spurs)	0.8	47	61	8.6	7.3	2.7	1.3	0.0
13	Carmelo Anthony (2022 Lakers)	0.7	47	69	13.3	4.2	1.0	0.8	2.2
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1988 Lakers)	0.6	48	80	14.6	6.0	1.7	1.2	0.0
15	Mike Conley (2026 Timberwolves)	0.6	14	24	5.3	1.8	3.2	0.1	1.1
16	Dirk Nowitzki (2017 Mavericks)	0.6	30	54	14.2	6.5	1.5	0.7	1.5
17	Jamal Crawford (2019 Suns)	0.5	33	64	7.9	1.3	3.6	0.2	1.0
18	Andre Iguodala (2023 Warriors)	0.5	4	8	2.1	2.1	2.4	0.4	0.1
19	Kevin Willis (2004 Spurs)	0.4	21	48	3.4	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0
20	Shaquille O'Neal (2011 Celtics)	0.4	16	37	9.2	4.8	0.7	1.1	0.0

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
21	Robert Parish (1995 Hornets)	0.3	27	81	4.8	4.3	0.5	0.4	0.0
22	Tyson Chandler (2020 Rockets)	0.2	6	26	1.3	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.0
23	Paul Pierce (2017 Clippers)	0.2	4	25	3.2	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.6
24	Moses Malone (1995 Spurs)	0.1	2	17	2.9	2.7	0.4	0.2	0.1
25	Udonis Haslem (2022 Heat)	0.1	1	13	2.5	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.1
26	James Edwards (1996 Bulls)	0.0	1	28	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.0
27	Juwan Howard (2013 Heat)	0.0	0	7	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0
	Charles Oakley (2004 Rockets)	0.0	0	7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0