1977-78 NBA Regular Season: Total Steals Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total steals in the 1977-1978 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Total Steals Leaders - TOP 50
1977-78 Regular Season
| Steals | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Suns) |
225 | 2.7 | 82 |
| 2 | (Bucks) |
188 | 2.3 | 82 |
| 3 | (Suns) |
185 | 2.3 | 82 |
(Supersonics) |
185 | 2.3 | 79 | |
| 5 | (Cavaliers) |
176 | 2.2 | 81 |
| 6 | (Braves) |
172 | 2.1 | 82 |
| 7 | (Pacers) |
170 | 2.2 | 79 |
| 8 | (Pistons) |
166 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 9 | (Bulls) |
164 | 2.0 | 82 |
| 10 | (Rockets) |
160 | 2.0 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Spurs) |
159 | 2.3 | 70 |
| 12 | (Warriors) |
158 | 1.9 | 82 |
| 13 | (Trail Blazers) |
157 | 1.9 | 81 |
| 14 | (Hawks) |
151 | 1.8 | 82 |
| 15 | (Pistons) |
147 | 1.9 | 79 |
| 16 | (Bulls) |
144 | 1.8 | 78 |
| 17 | (2 teams) |
140 | 1.7 | 82 |
| 18 | (Lakers) |
138 | 1.7 | 81 |
(Suns) |
138 | 1.7 | 80 | |
| 20 | (Nuggets) |
137 | 1.8 | 75 |
(76ers) |
137 | 1.8 | 78 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 22 | (Spurs) |
136 | 1.7 | 82 |
| 23 | (76ers) |
135 | 1.8 | 74 |
(Warriors) |
135 | 1.6 | 82 | |
| 25 | (Suns) |
129 | 1.6 | 80 |
| 26 | (76ers) |
128 | 1.6 | 79 |
| 27 | (2 teams) |
126 | 1.7 | 73 |
(Nuggets) |
126 | 1.6 | 81 | |
| 29 | (Bucks) |
124 | 1.6 | 80 |
| 30 | (Pistons) |
123 | 1.6 | 76 |
(2 teams) |
123 | 1.5 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 32 | (Nets) |
122 | 1.5 | 79 |
| 33 | (Kings) |
120 | 1.6 | 77 |
| 34 | (Hawks) |
119 | 1.7 | 70 |
| 35 | (2 teams) |
118 | 1.5 | 79 |
(Supersonics) |
118 | 1.5 | 81 | |
| 37 | (Knicks) |
117 | 1.5 | 79 |
| 38 | (Spurs) |
115 | 1.4 | 81 |
| 39 | (2 teams) |
114 | 1.4 | 83 |
| 40 | (Suns) |
113 | 1.4 | 81 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Rockets) |
112 | 1.5 | 76 |
| 42 | (Supersonics) |
110 | 1.5 | 72 |
(2 teams) |
110 | 1.4 | 79 | |
| 44 | (Knicks) |
109 | 1.3 | 82 |
| 45 | (Hawks) |
108 | 1.4 | 77 |
(Warriors) |
108 | 1.3 | 82 | |
(2 teams) |
108 | 1.5 | 71 | |
(Knicks) |
108 | 1.3 | 81 | |
| 49 | (Trail Blazers) |
107 | 1.4 | 75 |
| 50 | (Kings) |
105 | 1.3 | 82 |
(Knicks) |
105 | 1.3 | 79 |