NBA Players with the Highest Steal Averages in Their 9th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 9th 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 9th year?

Playing for the 1993 Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan averaged 2.8 steals in 78 games — the highest steals per game average by any NBA player in his 9th season.

Steals Per Game, 9th Season

2.8 spg
Michael Jordan
(1993 Chicago Bulls)

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

Steals Per Game in a Player's 9th Season - Top 50

Regular Season

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
1	Michael Jordan (1993 Bulls)	2.8	221	78	32.6	6.7	5.5	0.8	1.0
2	Kendall Gill (1999 Nets)	2.7	134	50	11.8	4.9	2.5	0.5	0.0
3	Maurice Cheeks (1987 76ers)	2.6	180	68	15.6	3.2	7.9	0.2	0.1
4	Mookie Blaylock (1998 Hawks)	2.6	183	70	13.2	4.9	6.7	0.3	1.3
5	Chris Paul (2014 Clippers)	2.5	154	62	19.1	4.3	10.7	0.1	1.3
6	John Stockton (1993 Jazz)	2.4	199	82	15.1	2.9	12.0	0.3	0.9
7	Allen Iverson (2005 76ers)	2.4	180	75	30.7	4.0	7.9	0.1	1.4
8	Jerry Sloan (1974 Bulls)	2.4	183	77	13.2	7.2	1.9	0.1	-
9	Metta World Peace (2008 Kings)	2.3	133	57	20.5	5.8	3.5	0.7	1.5
10	Baron Davis (2008 Warriors)	2.3	191	82	21.8	4.7	7.6	0.5	2.1

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
11	Brevin Knight (2006 Bobcats)	2.3	157	69	12.6	3.2	8.8	0.1	0.0
12	Doug Christie (2001 Kings)	2.3	183	81	12.3	4.4	3.6	0.6	1.2
13	Gus Williams (1985 Bullets)	2.3	178	79	20.0	2.5	7.7	0.4	0.6
14	Alvin Robertson (1993 more than 1 team)	2.2	155	69	9.0	3.9	3.8	0.3	0.6
15	Jason Kidd (2003 Nets)	2.2	179	80	18.7	6.3	8.9	0.3	1.6
16	Paul George (2019 Thunder)	2.2	170	77	28.0	8.2	4.1	0.4	3.8
17	Gary Payton (1999 Supersonics)	2.2	109	50	21.7	4.9	8.7	0.2	1.7
18	Nate McMillan (1995 Supersonics)	2.1	165	80	5.2	3.8	5.3	0.7	0.7
19	Sedale Threatt (1992 Lakers)	2.0	168	82	15.1	3.1	7.2	0.2	0.2
20	Shawn Marion (2008 more than 1 team)	2.0	125	63	15.4	10.2	2.2	1.3	1.0

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
21	Hersey Hawkins (1997 Supersonics)	1.9	159	82	13.9	3.9	3.0	0.1	1.7
22	T.R. Dunn (1986 Nuggets)	1.9	155	82	5.0	4.6	2.1	0.2	0.0
23	Terrell Brandon (2000 Timberwolves)	1.9	134	71	17.1	3.4	8.9	0.4	0.7
24	Doc Rivers (1992 Clippers)	1.9	111	59	10.9	2.5	3.9	0.3	0.4
25	LeBron James (2012 Heat)	1.9	115	62	27.1	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.9
26	Norm Van Lier (1978 Bulls)	1.8	144	78	7.3	3.6	6.8	0.1	-
27	Hakeem Olajuwon (1993 Rockets)	1.8	150	82	26.1	13.0	3.5	4.2	0.0
28	Clyde Drexler (1992 Trail Blazers)	1.8	138	76	25.0	6.6	6.7	0.9	1.5
29	Kawhi Leonard (2020 Clippers)	1.8	103	57	27.1	7.1	4.9	0.6	2.2
30	Walt Frazier (1976 Knicks)	1.8	106	59	19.1	6.8	5.9	0.2	-

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
31	Paul Millsap (2015 Hawks)	1.8	130	73	16.7	7.8	3.1	0.9	1.1
32	Jimmy Butler (2020 Heat)	1.8	103	58	19.9	6.7	6.0	0.6	0.5
33	James Harden (2018 Rockets)	1.8	126	72	30.4	5.4	8.8	0.7	3.7
34	Rod Strickland (1997 Bullets)	1.7	143	82	17.2	4.1	8.9	0.2	0.2
35	Andre Iguodala (2013 Nuggets)	1.7	139	80	13.0	5.3	5.4	0.7	1.1
36	Julius Erving (1985 76ers)	1.7	135	78	20.0	5.3	3.0	1.4	0.0
37	Kris Dunn (2025 Clippers)	1.7	128	74	6.4	3.4	2.8	0.4	1.0
38	Scottie Pippen (1996 Bulls)	1.7	133	77	19.4	6.4	5.9	0.7	1.9
39	Chris Mullin (1994 Warriors)	1.7	107	62	16.8	5.6	5.1	0.9	0.9
40	Monta Ellis (2014 Mavericks)	1.7	141	82	19.0	3.6	5.7	0.3	0.8

		Steals			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	3pm
41	Isiah Thomas (1990 Pistons)	1.7	139	81	18.4	3.8	9.4	0.2	0.5
42	Kenny Anderson (2000 Celtics)	1.7	139	82	14.0	2.7	5.1	0.1	1.0
43	Dwyane Wade (2012 Heat)	1.7	82	49	22.1	4.8	4.6	1.3	0.3
44	Draymond Green (2021 Warriors)	1.7	105	63	7.0	7.1	8.9	0.8	0.5
	Chris Webber (2002 Kings)	1.7	90	54	24.5	10.1	4.8	1.4	0.1
46	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1978 Lakers)	1.7	103	62	25.8	12.9	4.3	3.0	-
47	Darrell Armstrong (2003 Magic)	1.6	135	82	9.4	3.6	3.9	0.2	1.0
48	Larry Bird (1988 Celtics)	1.6	125	76	29.9	9.3	6.1	0.8	1.3
49	Aaron McKie (2003 76ers)	1.6	131	80	9.0	4.4	3.5	0.1	0.5
50	Russell Westbrook (2017 Thunder)	1.6	132	81	31.6	10.7	10.4	0.4	2.5