NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Top 10 Trailers for Steals Per Game

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Season Lg 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
2024-25 NBA D. Eubanks (0.20) J. Howard (0.22) J. Huff (0.25) J. Smith (0.27) N. Smith (0.28) J. Battle (0.29) N. Queta (0.29) A. Holiday (0.31) D. Knecht (0.31) G. Niang (0.35)
2023-24 NBA J. Thor (0.17) J. Wiseman (0.19) J. Green (0.21) D. Mitchell (0.24) D. McDermott (0.25) C. Houstan (0.25) Z. Nnaji (0.26) J. Smith (0.28) J. Hawkins (0.28) T. Lyles (0.29)
2022-23 NBA A. Gill (0.12) L. Kornet (0.16) N. Richards (0.17) D. McDermott (0.20) G. Dragić (0.22) J. Landale (0.23) M. Muscala (0.24) J. Valančiūnas (0.25) K. Love (0.26) O. Agbaji (0.27), T. Bryant (0.27)
2021-22 NBA E. Paschall (0.16) J. McGee (0.30) I. Stewart (0.31) M. Wagner (0.32) B. Forbes (0.33) H. Whiteside (0.34) O. Toppin (0.35) K. Love (0.35) P. Pritchard (0.35) D. Dedmon (0.36)
2020-21 NBA M. Mulder (0.20) M. Oni (0.20) R. Lopez (0.21) B. Biyombo (0.26) O. Toppin (0.27) A. Simons (0.28) D. Jordan (0.30) D. McDermott (0.30) S. Ojeleye (0.30) A. Len (0.31)
2019-20 NBA P. Patterson (0.12) R. Lopez (0.15) D. McDermott (0.17) G. Bitadze (0.19) B. Biyombo (0.19) M. Belinelli (0.21) I. Zubac (0.22) J. Jackson (0.23) T. Bradley (0.24) G. Niang (0.27)
2018-19 NBA R. Lopez (0.15) T. Leaf (0.16) G. Niang (0.17) C. Felício (0.18) M. Leonard (0.21) S. Thornwell (0.22) A. Žižić (0.22) D. McDermott (0.23) I. Zubac (0.24) A. McKinnie (0.25)
2017-18 NBA J. Huestis (0.22) R. Lopez (0.22) T. Zeller (0.23) D. McDermott (0.23) M. Beasley (0.24), D. Davis (0.24)   B. Biyombo (0.26) Z. Collins (0.26) D. Bender (0.27) A. Baynes (0.27)
2016-17 NBA M. Teletović (0.17) M. Leonard (0.18) D. McDermott (0.20) R. Lopez (0.22) A. Baynes (0.23) B. Diaw (0.25) J. McGee (0.25) B. Portis (0.25) W. Reed (0.25) M. Speights (0.28)
2015-16 NBA M. Leonard (0.13) T. Zeller (0.17) D. McDermott (0.17) R. Lopez (0.20) M. Muscala (0.22) J. Lauvergne (0.22) B. Biyombo (0.23) T. Snell (0.25) N. Collison (0.25) J. Jerebko (0.26)
2014-15 NBA K. Séraphin (0.13) M. Bonner (0.14) C. Landry (0.21) T. Zeller (0.22) A. Baynes (0.23) C. Villanueva (0.23) K. Perkins (0.24), D. Rudež (0.24)   R. Hibbert (0.24) L. Allen (0.24)
2013-14 NBA B. Biyombo (0.09) M. Speights (0.13) R. Hollins (0.15) N. Mohammed (0.17) J. Ayres (0.18) P. Jones (0.23) A. Nicholson (0.24) M. Bonner (0.25) T. Zeller (0.26) J. Withey (0.26)
2012-13 NBA G. Smith (0.26) D. Jones (0.28) S. Hawes (0.29) F. Ezeli (0.29) L. Allen (0.30), K. Séraphin (0.30), M. Speights (0.30)     A. Nicholson (0.32) S. Novak (0.35) B. Biyombo (0.35), S. Ibaka (0.35)
2011-12 NBA M. Bonner (0.23) T. Murphy (0.25) E. Freedom (0.27) R. Lopez (0.28) D. White (0.29) B. Biyombo (0.32), N. Mohammed (0.32)   B. Mullens (0.32) K. Séraphin (0.33) M. Speights (0.35)
2010-11 NBA J. Anthony (0.13) J. Hill (0.19) B. Haywood (0.22) Ö. Aşık (0.24) D. Stevenson (0.29) R. Hollins (0.31), G. Vásquez (0.31)   Z. Ilgauskas (0.32) G. Neal (0.34) J. Smith (0.34)
2009-10 NBA M. Gortat (0.21) D. Jordan (0.23) J. Anthony (0.25) R. Hollins (0.26) W. Ellington (0.26) S. Graham (0.29) L. Amundson (0.30) A. Bargnani (0.31) H. Warrick (0.32) S. Pavlović (0.32)
2008-09 NBA M. Moore (0.24) J. Kapono (0.28) S. Novak (0.28) R. Hibbert (0.29) K. Perkins (0.29) E. Dampier (0.30) J. Maxiell (0.32) B. Bass (0.33) T. Battie (0.34) M. Speights (0.34)
2007-08 NBA J. Collins (0.14) J. Przybilla (0.17) A. Foyle (0.20) S. Hawes (0.20) J. Maxiell (0.26) M. Allen (0.26) B. Bass (0.28) R. Nesterović (0.28) D. McGuire (0.29) J. Smith (0.29)
2006-07 NBA A. Bynum (0.15) J. Collins (0.16) A. Mourning* (0.17) S. Hunter (0.19) R. Turiaf (0.24) J. Magloire (0.26) T. Hassell (0.29) D. Mutombo* (0.29) E. Dampier (0.32) F. Oberto (0.32)
2005-06 NBA O. Harrington (0.10) E. Griffin (0.19) P. Brezec (0.24) N. Mohammed (0.26), R. Nesterović (0.26)   E. Thomas (0.28) B. Scalabrine (0.30) J. Reed (0.32) R. Ivey (0.33) E. Dampier (0.33)
2004-05 NBA S. Hunter (0.05) C. Mihm (0.19) D. Mutombo* (0.20) J. Collier (0.21) M. Moore (0.26) P. Garrity (0.27) M. Doleac (0.29), J. James (0.29)   A. Jefferson (0.31) J. Przybilla (0.32)
2003-04 NBA S. Smith (0.21) C. Booth (0.24) Y. Ming* (0.27) C. Kaman (0.28) A. Croshere (0.31) M. Doleac (0.32) J. Collins (0.32) M. Curry (0.33) E. Curry (0.33) K. Korver (0.34)
2002-03 NBA K. Rush (0.13) O. Harrington (0.16) M. Doleac (0.21), D. Ham (0.21)   E. Curry (0.22) G. Ostertag (0.25) J. McInnis (0.28) K. Willis (0.28) R. Butler (0.29) M. Jackson (0.31)
2001-02 NBA S. Mitchell (0.16) G. Ostertag (0.20) E. Curry (0.22) E. Dampier (0.23), E. Griffin (0.23)   C. Mihm (0.24) J. Bender (0.24) H. Möttölä (0.24) J. Przybilla (0.28) R. Bell (0.28)
2000-01 NBA M. Madsen (0.11) H. Möttölä (0.15) J. Magloire (0.24) J. McCoy (0.26) G. Ostertag (0.27) A. Davis (0.28) M. Moore (0.30) S. Mitchell (0.32) O. Polynice (0.33) J. Amaechi (0.34)
1999-00 NBA S. Walker (0.14) J. O'Neal (0.16) G. Ostertag (0.25) R. Smits (0.25) R. Nesterović (0.26) H. Davis (0.30) L. Longley (0.31) C. Maggette (0.31) Q. Lewis (0.32) D. Mutombo* (0.33)
1998-99 NBA M. West (0.08) T. Hammonds (0.16) T. Bailey (0.21) G. Ostertag (0.25), J. Wallace (0.25)   E. Montross (0.26) C. Dudley (0.28) S. Perkins (0.31) D. Mutombo* (0.32) C. Brown (0.33)
1997-98 NBA G. Foster (0.19) W. Perdue (0.28) D. Ham (0.30) J. Buechler (0.30) C. Brown (0.30) J. McIlvaine (0.31) J. Caffey (0.31) S. Roberts (0.32) V. Potapenko (0.34) M. Stewart (0.36)
1996-97 NBA G. Foster (0.13) C. Brown (0.13) T. Fuller (0.13) M. West (0.16) T. Hammonds (0.20) B. Szabo (0.23) R. Rogers (0.26) E. Montross (0.26) E. Dampier (0.26) A. Carr (0.29)
1995-96 NBA G. Foster (0.10) G. Zídek (0.13) T. Ratliff (0.21) P. Chilcutt (0.26) J. McIlvaine (0.26) M. Conlon (0.27) L. Meyer (0.28) F. Spencer (0.28) R. Parish* (0.28) B. Wennington (0.30)
1994-95 NBA T. Hammonds (0.16) J. Kleine (0.19) G. Foster (0.19) B. Wennington (0.30) A. Carr (0.31) T. Chambers (0.31) D. Ferry (0.33) R. Parish* (0.33), W. Perdue (0.33)   D. Strong (0.34)
1993-94 NBA J. Kleine (0.19) J. Williams (0.24) T. Bailey (0.25) E. Leckner (0.25) H. Williams (0.26) T. Hammonds (0.27) A. Earl (0.32) K. Walker (0.36) M. West (0.38) E. Spencer (0.39)
1992-93 NBA S. Hastings (0.16) M. West (0.20) J. Kleine (0.22) K. McHale* (0.23) C. Dudley (0.24) J. Turner (0.25) R. Mahorn (0.26) C. Brown (0.26) S. Mitchell (0.28) T. Bailey (0.29)
1991-92 NBA M. Bol (0.15) M. West (0.17) W. Perdue (0.21) A. Kessler (0.22) D. Benoit (0.25) S. King (0.27) J. Turner (0.32) M. Bullard (0.33) J. Kleine (0.33) J. Edwards (0.33)
1990-91 NBA K. Williams (0.15) J. Edwards (0.17) E. Leckner (0.19) M. Bol (0.20) J. Kleine (0.21) T. Hammonds (0.21) A. Kessler (0.22) J. Haley (0.26) A. Lister (0.26) L. Vaught (0.27)
1989-90 NBA M. Bol (0.17) J. Kleine (0.19) E. Leckner (0.19) W. Cooper (0.23), E. Wilkins (0.23)   W. Perdue (0.25) C. Jones (0.28) J. Edwards (0.28) D. Rudd (0.29) A. Lang (0.30)
1988-89 NBA E. Leckner (0.11) M. Bol (0.14) E. Wilkins (0.14) M. Iavaroni (0.14) J. Edwards (0.14) S. Gray (0.15) T. McCormick (0.22) R. Grandison (0.25) B. Cartwright (0.27) S. Johnson (0.28)
1987-88 NBA U. Blab (0.11) M. Bol (0.14) S. Gray (0.15) C. Johnson (0.18) A. Gilmore* (0.21) D. Feitl (0.21) F. Roberts (0.22) B. Rasmussen (0.28) M. Iavaroni (0.28) B. Lohaus (0.29)
1986-87 NBA M. Iavaroni (0.21) J. Whitehead (0.22) G. Kite (0.23) M. Olberding (0.24) M. Bol (0.24) D. Schayes (0.26) C. Johnson (0.27) M. West (0.28) C. Jones (0.29) F. Roberts (0.30)
1985-86 NBA J. Wilkins (0.15) J. Whitehead (0.22) R. Carlisle (0.25), T. McCormick (0.25)   E. Johnson (0.25) J. Kleine (0.30) C. Johnson (0.31) J. Donaldson (0.34) M. Bol (0.35) W. Tisdale (0.40)
1984-85 NBA C. Aleksinas (0.20) H. Catchings (0.21) J. Meriweather (0.22) T. McCormick (0.23) R. Breuer (0.27) S. Wedman (0.29) J. Donaldson (0.34) W. Cooper (0.35) K. McHale* (0.35), P. Mokeski (0.35)  
1983-84 NBA D. Tillis (0.17) E. Hayes* (0.20) M. McNamara (0.20) R. Wittman (0.22) J. Whitehead (0.24) K. McHale* (0.28) J. Malone (0.28) S. Hawes (0.30) M. Eaton (0.30) G. Waiters (0.31)
1982-83 NBA R. Brown (0.17) J. Donaldson (0.23) P. Mokeski (0.29) M. Eaton (0.30), K. Nimphius (0.30)   R. Schoene (0.32) R. Johnson (0.33) W. Cooper (0.34) H. Catchings (0.35) R. Tolbert (0.36)
1981-82 NBA M. Landsberger (0.13) S. Lloyd (0.20) A. Lister (0.23) J. Duren (0.25) G. Johnson (0.27) M. Webster (0.27) P. Cummings (0.28) J. Smith (0.31) O. Woolridge (0.31) J. Edwards (0.31)
1980-81 NBA L. Demic (0.16) W. Cooper (0.25) T. McMillen (0.29) L. Douglas (0.32) K. McHale* (0.33), M. Webster (0.33)   B. Paultz (0.35) J. Meriweather (0.36) J. Edwards (0.40) M. Byrnes (0.40)
1979-80 NBA D. Corzine (0.12) T. LaGarde (0.23) W. Cooper (0.25) W. Walker (0.30) D. Ford (0.30) P. Silas (0.30) P. Cummings (0.31) H. Catchings (0.32) R. Washington (0.35) T. Boswell (0.37)
1978-79 NBA S. Lloyd (0.14) T. McMillen (0.18) J. Brown (0.23) D. Robisch (0.25) A. Wakefield (0.26) C. Johnson (0.31) M. Landsberger (0.34) M. Byrnes (0.34) B. Nash (0.35) J. Lambert (0.36)
1977-78 NBA S. Lloyd (0.20) T. LaGarde (0.22) D. Awtrey (0.23) C. Jones (0.33) W. Walker (0.34) J. Lambert (0.36) G. Ballard (0.39) T. Owens (0.40) M. Green (0.42) A. James (0.45)
1976-77 NBA S. Kuberski (0.09) T. McMillen (0.14) C. Kupec (0.22) T. Boerwinkle (0.23) K. Stacom (0.24) T. Van Arsdale (0.26) M. Kupchak (0.27) J. Fox (0.28) M. Webster (0.29) C. Rowe (0.30)
1975-76 NBA J. Ard (0.15) S. Kuberski (0.17) D. Schlueter (0.18) D. Nelson* (0.19) D. Gibbs (0.22) R. Roberson (0.24) D. Davis (0.28) H. Catchings (0.28) N. Thurmond* (0.28) D. Awtrey (0.28)
1975-76 ABA D. Issel* (1.19) G. Gervin* (1.36) B. Averitt (1.36) T. Burden (1.45) C. Williams (1.46) F. Lewis (1.47) M. Gale (1.58) D. Thompson* (1.64) M. Carr (1.72) L. Elmore (1.79)
1974-75 NBA D. Schlueter (0.24) S. Patterson (0.26) B. Kauffman (0.26) F. Foster (0.30) T. Boerwinkle (0.31) C. Haskins (0.33) R. Garrett (0.34) A. Bristow (0.35) E. Williams (0.35) C. Lee (0.38)
1974-75 ABA L. Kenon (1.27) W. Jones (1.29) C. Jones (1.30) K. Joyce (1.32) J. Silas (1.35) C. Williams (1.42) B. Knight (1.44) R. Boone (1.50) G. Gervin* (1.56) B. Lamar (1.68)
1973-74 NBA S. Kuberski (0.09) D. Nelson* (0.23) B. Christian (0.23) H. Porter (0.32) J. Gianelli (0.33) O. Moore (0.33) M. Davis (0.37) C. Warner (0.38) J. Brown (0.38) J. Lucas* (0.38)
1973-74 ABA G. Littles (1.25) W. Jones (1.30) A. Smith (1.32) G. Gervin* (1.36) R. Simpson (1.37) W. Wise (1.44) R. Boone (1.46) G. Thompson (1.50) B. Lamar (1.54) M. Calvin (1.63)
1972-73 ABA D. Buse (1.39) G. Littles (1.43), T. McClain (1.43)   R. Simpson (1.57) M. Gale (1.62) G. McGinnis* (1.95) W. Jabali (2.13) J. Caldwell (2.16) J. Erving* (2.55) B. Cunningham* (2.57)