NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Playoffs in Their 21st Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 21st 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 21st year?
Playing for the 2024 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 2.4 steals in 5 games — the highest playoff steals per game average by any NBA player in his 21st season.
Steals Per Game, 21st Season
2.4 spg
LeBron James
(2024 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list / 
= NBA champion in this season.
Steals Per Game in a Player's 21st Season - Full List
Playoffs
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2024 Lakers) |
2.4 | 12 | 5 | 27.8 | 6.8 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 2 | (1997 Bulls) |
0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |