NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Playoffs in Their 5th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 5th NBA season, ranked by playoff steals per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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

Steals Per Game in a Player's 5th Season - Top 50

Playoffs

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
1	John Stockton (1989 Jazz)	3.7	11	3	27.3	3.3	13.7	1.7	1.0
2	Jerome Kersey (1989 Trail Blazers)	3.3	10	3	20.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	0.0
3	Clyde Drexler (1988 Trail Blazers)	3.0	12	4	22.0	7.0	5.3	0.5	0.8
	Russell Westbrook (2013 Thunder)	3.0	6	2	24.0	6.5	7.0	0.0	1.0
5	Rick Barry (1975 Warriors)	2.9	50	17	28.2	5.5	6.1	0.9	-
6	T.R. Dunn (1982 Nuggets)	2.7	8	3	6.3	6.0	3.3	0.3	0.0
7	Kawhi Leonard (2016 Spurs)	2.6	26	10	22.5	6.3	2.8	1.4	1.7
8	Kevin Grevey (1980 Bullets)	2.5	5	2	20.5	3.0	4.0	1.0	2.5
	Hakeem Olajuwon (1989 Rockets)	2.5	10	4	25.3	13.0	3.0	2.8	0.0
	Micheal Ray Richardson (1983 Nets)	2.5	5	2	9.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	0.0

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
11	Michael Jordan (1989 Bulls)	2.5	42	17	34.8	7.0	7.6	0.8	0.6
12	Victor Oladipo (2018 Pacers)	2.4	17	7	22.7	8.3	6.0	0.4	3.3
13	Reggie Lewis (1992 Celtics)	2.4	24	10	28.0	4.3	3.9	0.8	0.2
14	Allen Iverson (2001 76ers)	2.4	52	22	32.9	4.7	6.1	0.3	2.2
15	Larry Bird (1984 Celtics)	2.3	54	23	27.5	11.0	5.9	1.2	0.3
16	Chris Ford (1977 Pistons)	2.3	7	3	13.7	6.3	4.0	0.0	-
	Tom Gugliotta (1997 Timberwolves)	2.3	7	3	18.3	5.3	4.3	0.7	1.0
	Fat Lever (1987 Nuggets)	2.3	7	3	15.3	6.0	7.3	0.0	0.7
	Paul Pressey (1987 Bucks)	2.3	28	12	14.3	5.2	8.6	0.7	0.1
20	Danny Ainge (1986 Celtics)	2.3	41	18	15.6	4.2	5.2	0.1	0.8

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
31	Bonzi Wells (2003 Trail Blazers)	2.1	15	7	19.0	6.9	3.7	0.4	1.3
32	Paul Pierce (2003 Celtics)	2.1	21	10	27.1	9.0	6.7	0.8	1.6
33	Doc Rivers (1988 Hawks)	2.1	25	12	15.7	4.9	9.6	0.2	0.6
34	Al-Farouq Aminu (2015 Mavericks)	2.0	10	5	11.2	7.2	1.2	1.6	1.4
	Greg Ballard (1982 Bullets)	2.0	14	7	13.3	9.0	3.1	0.4	0.0
	DeJuan Blair (2014 Mavericks)	2.0	12	6	6.7	6.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
	Bojan Bogdanovic (2019 Pacers)	2.0	8	4	18.0	5.8	2.8	0.0	1.8
	Maurice Cheeks (1983 76ers)	2.0	26	13	16.3	3.0	7.0	0.2	0.1
	James Harden (2014 Rockets)	2.0	12	6	26.8	4.7	5.8	0.2	2.7
	Grant Hill (1999 Pistons)	2.0	10	5	19.4	7.2	7.4	0.4	0.0
	Magic Johnson (1984 Lakers)	2.0	42	21	18.2	6.6	13.5	1.0	0.0
	Shawn Kemp (1994 Supersonics)	2.0	10	5	14.8	9.8	3.4	2.4	0.0
	Sam Lacey (1975 Kings)	2.0	12	6	9.5	15.7	5.0	1.5	-
	Kyle Macy (1985 Suns)	2.0	6	3	10.3	2.7	3.0	0.0	0.3
	Khris Middleton (2017 Bucks)	2.0	12	6	14.5	4.7	5.3	0.0	1.2
	Johnny Moore (1985 Spurs)	2.0	10	5	13.2	6.0	8.4	0.4	0.2
	Jim Price (1977 Nuggets)	2.0	12	6	7.2	4.0	4.2	0.2	-
	Mark Strickland (2000 Heat)	2.0	2	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Buck Williams (1986 Nets)	2.0	6	3	20.7	10.3	0.7	0.3	0.0
	Ray Williams (1982 Nets)	2.0	4	2	17.0	6.0	7.0	0.0	1.0