NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th NBA season, ranked by regular season 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 Regular Season in his 20th year?
Playing for the 2025 San Antonio Spurs, Chris Paul averaged 1.3 steals in 82 games — the highest steals per game average by any NBA player in his 20th season.
Steals Per Game, 20th Season
1.3 spg
Chris Paul
(2025 San Antonio Spurs)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Steals Per Game in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2025 Spurs) |
1.3 | 103 | 82 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 2 | (2015 more than 1 team) |
1.0 | 46 | 47 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2016 Lakers) |
0.9 | 62 | 66 | 17.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 4 | (2023 Lakers) |
0.9 | 50 | 55 | 28.9 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 5 | (2018 Kings) |
0.7 | 42 | 58 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 6 | (2018 Mavericks) |
0.6 | 43 | 77 | 12.0 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| 7 | (1989 Lakers) |
0.5 | 38 | 74 | 10.1 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| 8 | (1996 Hornets) |
0.3 | 21 | 74 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 9 | (2005 Hawks) |
0.3 | 8 | 29 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 10 | (2023 Heat) |
0.1 | 1 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 11 | (2020 Nets) |
0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |