NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Playoffs in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th 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 20th year?
Playing for the 2023 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 1.1 steals in 16 games — the highest playoff steals per game average by any NBA player in his 20th season.
Steals Per Game, 20th Season
1.1 spg
LeBron James
(2023 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Steals Per Game in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Playoffs
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2023 Lakers) |
1.1 | 17 | 16 | 24.5 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | (1989 Lakers) |
0.3 | 5 | 15 | 11.1 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2023 Heat) |
0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |