NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Their 2nd Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 2nd NBA season, ranked by regular season steals per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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Which NBA player averaged the most steals in the Regular Season in his 2nd year?

Playing for the 1986 San Antonio Spurs, Alvin Robertson averaged 3.7 steals in 82 games — the highest steals per game average by any NBA player in his 2nd season.

Steals Per Game, 2nd Season

3.7 spg
Alvin Robertson
(1986 San Antonio Spurs)

Note: No game minimums were used for this list / = NBA champion in this season.

Steals Per Game in a Player's 2nd Season - Top 50

Regular Season

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
1	Alvin Robertson (1986 Spurs)	3.7	301	82	17.0	6.3	5.5	0.5	0.1
2	Magic Johnson (1981 Lakers)	3.4	127	37	21.6	8.6	8.6	0.7	0.1
3	Micheal Ray Richardson (1980 Knicks)	3.2	265	82	15.3	6.6	10.1	0.4	0.3
4	Ron Lee (1978 Suns)	2.7	225	82	12.2	3.1	3.7	0.2	-
5	Tim Hardaway (1991 Warriors)	2.6	214	82	22.9	4.0	9.7	0.1	1.2
6	Isiah Thomas (1983 Pistons)	2.5	199	81	22.9	4.0	7.8	0.4	0.4
7	Gary Grant (1990 Clippers)	2.5	108	44	13.1	4.4	10.0	0.1	0.1
8	Eddie Jordan (1979 Nets)	2.5	201	82	12.4	2.6	4.5	0.5	-
	Norm Nixon (1979 Lakers)	2.5	201	82	17.1	2.8	9.0	0.2	-
10	Ricky Rubio (2013 Timberwolves)	2.4	137	57	10.7	4.0	7.3	0.1	0.5

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
11	Doc Rivers (1985 Hawks)	2.4	163	69	14.1	3.1	5.9	0.8	0.2
12	Mookie Blaylock (1991 Nets)	2.3	169	72	14.1	3.5	6.1	0.6	0.2
13	Slick Watts (1975 Supersonics)	2.3	190	82	6.8	3.2	6.1	0.1	-
14	Maurice Cheeks (1980 76ers)	2.3	183	79	11.4	3.5	7.0	0.4	0.1
15	Quinn Buckner (1978 Bucks)	2.3	188	82	9.3	3.0	5.6	0.2	-
16	Mike Gale (1978 Spurs)	2.3	159	70	9.1	3.2	5.4	0.4	-
17	Dudley Bradley (1981 Pacers)	2.3	186	82	8.0	2.4	2.3	0.5	0.0
18	Don Buse (1978 Suns)	2.3	185	82	8.4	3.0	4.8	0.2	-
19	Winston Garland (1989 Warriors)	2.2	175	79	14.5	4.2	6.4	0.2	0.1
20	Clyde Drexler (1985 Trail Blazers)	2.2	177	80	17.2	6.0	5.5	0.9	0.1
	LeBron James (2005 Cavaliers)	2.2	177	80	27.2	7.4	7.2	0.7	1.4

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
22	Tom Gugliotta (1994 Bullets)	2.2	172	78	17.1	9.3	3.5	0.7	0.5
23	Eric Murdock (1993 Bucks)	2.2	174	79	14.4	3.6	7.6	0.1	0.4
24	Allen Iverson (1998 76ers)	2.2	176	80	22.0	3.7	6.2	0.3	0.9
25	Latrell Sprewell (1994 Warriors)	2.2	180	82	21.0	4.9	4.7	0.9	1.7
26	Lionel Hollins (1977 Trail Blazers)	2.2	166	76	14.7	2.8	4.1	0.5	-
27	Charles Barkley (1986 76ers)	2.2	173	80	20.0	12.8	3.9	1.6	0.2
28	Jason Kidd (1996 Mavericks)	2.2	175	81	16.6	6.8	9.7	0.3	1.6
29	Darnell Valentine (1983 Trail Blazers)	2.1	101	47	12.5	2.5	6.2	0.1	0.0
30	Ron Harper (1988 Cavaliers)	2.1	122	57	15.4	3.9	4.9	0.9	0.1

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
31	Wilbur Holland (1977 Bulls)	2.1	169	79	14.9	3.2	3.2	0.2	-
32	Paul Pierce (2000 Celtics)	2.1	152	73	19.5	5.4	3.0	0.8	1.3
33	Baron Davis (2001 Hornets)	2.1	170	82	13.8	5.0	7.3	0.4	1.0
34	George McGinnis (1977 76ers)	2.1	163	79	21.4	11.5	3.8	0.5	-
	Johnny Moore (1982 Spurs)	2.1	163	79	9.4	3.5	9.6	0.2	0.0
36	Nate McMillan (1988 Supersonics)	2.1	169	82	7.6	4.1	8.6	0.6	0.1
37	Michael Jordan (1986 Bulls)	2.1	37	18	22.7	3.6	2.9	1.2	0.2
38	Darrell Walker (1985 Knicks)	2.0	167	82	13.5	3.4	5.0	0.3	0.0
39	Metta World Peace (2001 Bulls)	2.0	152	76	11.9	3.9	3.0	0.6	0.6
	Kris Dunn (2018 Bulls)	2.0	104	52	13.4	4.3	6.0	0.5	0.8

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
41	Terry Porter (1987 Trail Blazers)	2.0	159	80	13.1	4.2	8.9	0.1	0.2
42	Lester Conner (1984 Warriors)	2.0	162	82	11.1	3.7	4.9	0.1	0.0
43	Hakeem Olajuwon (1986 Rockets)	2.0	134	68	23.5	11.5	2.0	3.4	0.0
44	Larry Bird (1981 Celtics)	2.0	161	82	21.2	10.9	5.5	0.8	0.2
45	John Lucas (1978 Rockets)	2.0	160	82	12.4	3.1	9.4	0.1	-
	Kemba Walker (2013 Bobcats)	2.0	160	82	17.7	3.5	5.7	0.4	1.3
47	Kendall Gill (1992 Hornets)	1.9	154	79	20.5	5.1	4.2	0.6	0.1
48	Mark Jackson (1989 Knicks)	1.9	139	72	16.9	4.7	8.6	0.1	1.1
49	Jim Price (1974 Lakers)	1.9	157	82	15.4	4.6	4.5	0.4	-
	John Stockton (1986 Jazz)	1.9	157	82	7.7	2.2	7.4	0.1	0.0