NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Their 22nd Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 22nd 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 22nd year?
Playing for the 2025 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 1.0 steals in 70 games — the highest steals per game average by any NBA player in his 22nd season.
Steals Per Game, 22nd Season
1.0 spg
LeBron James
(2025 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Steals Per Game in a Player's 22nd Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Steals | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2025 Lakers) |
1.0 | 70 | 70 | 24.4 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | (2020 Hawks) |
0.4 | 23 | 60 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 |