1978-79 NBA Regular Season: Total Steals Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total steals in the 1978-1979 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total steals in the 1978-79 Regular Season?
Eddie Jordan and Norm Nixon led the NBA with a total of 201 steals.
Total Steals Leaders - TOP 50
1978-79 Regular Season
| Steals | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Nets) |
201 | 2.5 | 82 |
(Lakers) |
201 | 2.5 | 82 | |
| 3 | (Pistons) |
197 | 2.5 | 80 |
| 4 | (Clippers) |
177 | 2.2 | 82 |
| 5 | (76ers) |
174 | 2.1 | 82 |
(Kings) |
174 | 2.2 | 79 | |
| 7 | (Pistons) |
158 | 1.9 | 82 |
(Supersonics) |
158 | 2.1 | 76 | |
| 9 | (Bucks) |
156 | 1.9 | 81 |
(Suns) |
156 | 1.9 | 82 | |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Spurs) |
154 | 1.9 | 81 |
| 12 | (Spurs) |
152 | 1.9 | 82 |
(Warriors) |
152 | 1.9 | 82 | |
| 14 | (Jazz) |
148 | 1.9 | 79 |
| 15 | (Suns) |
147 | 1.9 | 79 |
| 16 | (Warriors) |
144 | 1.8 | 79 |
| 17 | (Pacers) |
138 | 1.7 | 81 |
| 18 | (Spurs) |
137 | 1.7 | 80 |
| 19 | (Lakers) |
134 | 1.6 | 82 |
| 20 | (76ers) |
133 | 1.7 | 78 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (Cavaliers) |
130 | 2.4 | 55 |
| 22 | (Nuggets) |
129 | 1.7 | 76 |
| 23 | (Hawks) |
128 | 1.6 | 79 |
(Knicks) |
128 | 1.6 | 81 | |
| 25 | (Jazz) |
126 | 1.6 | 80 |
| 26 | (Kings) |
125 | 1.5 | 82 |
| 27 | (Bulls) |
122 | 1.5 | 82 |
| 28 | (Hawks) |
121 | 1.6 | 78 |
| 29 | (Supersonics) |
119 | 1.5 | 77 |
| 30 | (Nets) |
118 | 1.4 | 82 |
(Nuggets) |
118 | 1.5 | 80 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 32 | (Rockets) |
117 | 1.4 | 82 |
| 33 | (Bucks) |
116 | 1.5 | 77 |
| 34 | (2 teams) |
115 | 1.4 | 81 |
| 35 | (Trail Blazers) |
114 | 1.8 | 64 |
| 36 | (Clippers) |
111 | 1.4 | 78 |
(Suns) |
111 | 1.4 | 81 | |
| 38 | (Suns) |
110 | 1.4 | 77 |
| 39 | (76ers) |
107 | 1.3 | 80 |
(2 teams) |
107 | 1.8 | 60 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Kings) |
106 | 1.3 | 82 |
| 42 | (Kings) |
105 | 1.3 | 82 |
| 43 | (Pistons) |
104 | 1.3 | 82 |
| 44 | (Trail Blazers) |
102 | 1.3 | 81 |
(Hawks) |
102 | 1.2 | 82 | |
(Pistons) |
102 | 1.2 | 82 | |
| 47 | (Warriors) |
101 | 1.7 | 59 |
| 48 | (Supersonics) |
100 | 1.3 | 80 |
(Warriors) |
100 | 1.3 | 76 | |
(Knicks) |
100 | 1.4 | 72 |