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Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
1985-86 NBA Regular Season: Steals Per Game Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more steals per game in the 1985-1986 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who averaged the most steals in the 1985-86 NBA Regular Season?
Playing for the San Antonio Spurs, Alvin Robertson led the NBA with an average of 3.7 steals in 82 games.
Note: * NBA minimums for Steals Per Game Leaders this season: 70 games or 125 steals.
Steals Per Game Leaders - TOP 50
1985-86 Regular Season
| Steals | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms |
| 1 | (Spurs) |
3.7 | 301 | 82 |
| 2 | (Nets) |
2.7 | 125 | 47 |
| 3 | (Trail Blazers) |
2.6 | 197 | 75 |
| 4 | (76ers) |
2.5 | 207 | 82 |
| 5 | (Nuggets) |
2.3 | 178 | 78 |
| 6 | (Pistons) |
2.2 | 171 | 77 |
| 7 | (76ers) |
2.2 | 173 | 80 |
| 8 | (Bucks) |
2.1 | 168 | 80 |
| 9 | (Celtics) |
2.0 | 166 | 82 |
| 10 | (Nets) |
2.0 | 156 | 79 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms |
| 11 | (Rockets) |
2.0 | 134 | 68 |
| 12 | (Mavericks) |
1.9 | 153 | 79 |
| 13 | (Warriors) |
1.9 | 157 | 82 |
(Jazz) |
1.9 | 157 | 82 | |
| 15 | (Nuggets) |
1.9 | 155 | 82 |
| 16 | (Knicks) |
1.8 | 146 | 81 |
| 17 | (Hawks) |
1.8 | 138 | 78 |
| 18 | (Supersonics) |
1.7 | 138 | 82 |
| 19 | (Pacers) |
1.6 | 131 | 80 |
| 20 | (Suns) |
1.6 | 132 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms |
| 21 | (Lakers) |
1.6 | 113 | 72 |
| 22 | (Cavaliers) |
1.6 | 122 | 78 |
| 23 | (76ers) |
1.5 | 113 | 74 |
| 24 | (Bucks) |
1.5 | 121 | 82 |
| 25 | (Clippers) |
1.4 | 107 | 75 |
| 26 | (Suns) |
1.4 | 99 | 70 |
| 27 | (Bucks) |
1.4 | 103 | 73 |
| 28 | (Celtics) |
1.4 | 110 | 78 |
| 29 | (Trail Blazers) |
1.4 | 113 | 81 |
| 30 | (Kings) |
1.4 | 112 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms |
| 31 | (Nuggets) |
1.4 | 107 | 79 |
| 32 | (Supersonics) |
1.3 | 110 | 82 |
| 33 | (76ers) |
1.3 | 93 | 70 |
| 34 | (Jazz) |
1.3 | 106 | 80 |
| 35 | (Suns) |
1.3 | 103 | 78 |
| 36 | (Jazz) |
1.3 | 105 | 81 |
| 37 | (Warriors) |
1.3 | 101 | 79 |
| 38 | (Bullets) |
1.3 | 98 | 78 |
| 39 | (Trail Blazers) |
1.3 | 94 | 75 |
| 40 | (Rockets) |
1.3 | 99 | 79 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms |
| 41 | (Bullets) |
1.2 | 96 | 77 |
| 42 | (Rockets) |
1.2 | 102 | 82 |
| 43 | (Supersonics) |
1.2 | 101 | 82 |
| 44 | (Clippers) |
1.2 | 89 | 73 |
| 45 | (Bullets) |
1.2 | 85 | 70 |
| 46 | (Cavaliers) |
1.2 | 91 | 75 |
| 47 | (Celtics) |
1.2 | 94 | 80 |
| 48 | (Spurs) |
1.2 | 87 | 75 |
| 49 | (Supersonics) |
1.2 | 92 | 80 |
| 50 | (Knicks) |
1.1 | 85 | 74 |