NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Playoffs in Their 8th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 8th NBA season, ranked by playoff 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 Playoffs in his 8th year?

Playing for the 1975 New York Knicks, Walt Frazier averaged 3.7 steals in 3 games — the highest playoff steals per game average by any NBA player in his 8th season.

Steals Per Game, 8th Season

3.7 spg
Walt Frazier
(1975 New York Knicks)

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

Steals Per Game in a Player's 8th Season - Top 50

Playoffs

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
1	Walt Frazier (1975 Knicks)	3.7	11	3	23.7	6.7	7.0	0.0	-
2	Larry Steele (1979 Trail Blazers)	3.3	10	3	13.3	3.7	2.3	0.0	-
	Norm Van Lier (1977 Bulls)	3.3	10	3	5.3	5.0	9.7	0.3	-
4	Baron Davis (2007 Warriors)	2.9	32	11	25.3	4.5	6.5	0.6	2.3
5	Fat Lever (1990 Nuggets)	2.7	8	3	17.3	10.7	7.0	0.3	0.3
	Kermit Washington (1981 Trail Blazers)	2.7	8	3	8.7	17.3	2.3	0.7	0.0
7	Manu Ginobili (2010 Spurs)	2.6	26	10	19.4	3.7	6.0	0.2	2.0
8	Russell Westbrook (2016 Thunder)	2.6	46	18	26.0	6.9	11.0	0.1	1.9
9	Monta Ellis (2013 Bucks)	2.5	10	4	14.3	3.3	5.5	0.3	0.8
10	Ricky Rubio (2019 Jazz)	2.4	12	5	15.4	3.2	8.6	0.2	0.8

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
11	John Wall (2018 Wizards)	2.3	14	6	26.0	5.7	11.5	1.3	0.7
12	Terrell Brandon (1999 Timberwolves)	2.3	9	4	19.3	7.5	7.0	0.5	0.8
13	Larry Hughes (2006 Cavaliers)	2.2	20	9	11.1	3.0	4.0	0.1	0.6
14	Andrei Kirilenko (2009 Jazz)	2.2	11	5	11.0	2.8	2.0	0.6	0.2
15	Clyde Drexler (1991 Trail Blazers)	2.1	34	16	21.7	8.1	8.1	1.0	0.9
	John Stockton (1992 Jazz)	2.1	34	16	14.8	2.9	13.6	0.3	1.1
	Jayson Tatum (2025 Celtics)	2.1	17	8	28.1	11.5	5.4	0.8	3.6
18	Mookie Blaylock (1997 Hawks)	2.1	21	10	16.4	7.0	6.5	0.2	2.8
19	OG Anunoby (2025 Knicks)	2.0	36	18	16.3	4.6	1.3	1.2	2.3
	Sam Bowie (1993 Nets)	2.0	6	3	3.3	4.0	0.7	0.3	0.0
	Stephen Curry (2017 Warriors)	2.0	34	17	28.1	6.2	6.7	0.2	4.2
	Darryl Dawkins (1983 Nets)	2.0	4	2	18.0	5.0	1.0	2.5	0.0
	Jared Dudley (2015 Bucks)	2.0	12	6	6.7	1.8	1.3	0.3	1.3
	Avery Johnson (1996 Spurs)	2.0	20	10	12.3	3.6	9.4	0.1	0.0
	Michael Jordan (1992 Bulls)	2.0	44	22	34.5	6.2	5.8	0.7	0.8
	Aaron McKie (2002 76ers)	2.0	10	5	10.6	3.6	2.4	0.0	1.2
	James Posey (2007 Heat)	2.0	8	4	7.8	7.8	1.5	1.3	1.5
	Dennis Rodman (1994 Spurs)	2.0	6	3	8.3	16.0	0.7	1.3	0.0

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
29	Alex Caruso (2025 Thunder)	2.0	45	23	9.2	2.7	2.2	0.6	1.6
30	Jerome Kersey (1992 Trail Blazers)	2.0	41	21	16.2	7.7	3.6	0.9	0.0

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
31	Ben Wallace (2004 Pistons)	1.9	44	23	10.3	14.3	1.9	2.4	0.0
32	Kobe Bryant (2004 Lakers)	1.9	42	22	24.5	4.7	5.5	0.3	1.1
	Don Chaney (1977 Lakers)	1.9	21	11	8.0	4.7	4.4	0.3	-
	James Harden (2017 Rockets)	1.9	21	11	28.5	5.5	8.5	0.5	2.9
35	Allen Leavell (1987 Rockets)	1.9	19	10	14.1	2.5	7.2	0.3	0.4
36	Donovan Mitchell (2025 Cavaliers)	1.9	17	9	29.6	4.7	3.9	0.3	3.1
37	Rafer Alston (2007 Rockets)	1.9	13	7	10.9	6.9	5.0	0.4	2.3
38	Chris Paul (2013 Clippers)	1.8	11	6	22.8	4.0	6.3	0.0	1.0
39	Vince Carter (2006 Nets)	1.8	20	11	29.6	7.0	5.3	0.5	1.3
40	Gary Payton (1998 Supersonics)	1.8	18	10	24.0	3.4	7.0	0.1	1.9

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
41	Stephon Marbury (2004 Knicks)	1.8	7	4	21.3	4.3	6.5	0.0	1.5
42	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1977 Lakers)	1.7	19	11	34.6	17.7	4.1	3.5	-
	Devin Booker (2023 Suns)	1.7	19	11	33.7	4.8	7.2	0.8	2.8
	P.J. Tucker (2019 Rockets)	1.7	19	11	11.4	7.5	1.7	0.7	2.4
45	Magic Johnson (1987 Lakers)	1.7	31	18	21.8	7.7	12.2	0.4	0.1
46	Jason Kidd (2002 Nets)	1.7	34	20	19.6	8.2	9.1	0.4	0.9
47	Butch Beard (1978 Knicks)	1.7	10	6	9.0	3.5	4.5	0.3	-
	Raymond Felton (2013 Knicks)	1.7	20	12	14.1	3.4	4.7	0.4	0.8
	Kevin Garnett (2003 Timberwolves)	1.7	10	6	27.0	15.7	5.2	1.7	0.5
	LeBron James (2011 Heat)	1.7	35	21	23.7	8.4	5.9	1.2	1.4
	Kawhi Leonard (2019 Raptors)	1.7	40	24	30.5	9.1	3.9	0.7	2.3