NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Their 21st Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 21st 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 21st year?
Playing for the 2024 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 1.3 steals in 71 games — the highest steals per game average by any NBA player in his 21st season.
Steals Per Game, 21st Season
1.3 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
Regular Season
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2024 Lakers) |
1.3 | 89 | 71 | 25.7 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | (2016 Timberwolves) |
0.7 | 28 | 38 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2026 Clippers) |
0.7 | 11 | 16 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| 4 | (2019 Hawks) |
0.6 | 44 | 76 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 5 | (2007 Mavericks) |
0.4 | 2 | 5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 6 | (2019 Mavericks) |
0.2 | 9 | 51 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 7 | (1997 Bulls) |
0.1 | 6 | 43 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |