Billy Ray Bates got his most steals in a game on March 29, 1981, on January 3, 1981 and on December 26, 1980, with 4 steals.

Interpreted as:

Billy Ray Bates most steals in a regular-season game

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	4	3/29/1981	POR	@	SDC	32	40	4	6	1	16	23	69.6	2	2	100.0	6	7	85.7	76.7	2	2	1	0
2	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	4	1/3/1981	POR	@	UTA	17	11	0	0	0	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	0	0	1
3	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	4	12/26/1980	POR	@	SEA	31	13	4	5	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	52.3	1	3	4	3
4	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	4/9/1982	POR	vs	SDC	27	22	2	4	0	10	15	66.7	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	0	2	3	4
5	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	2/7/1982	POR	vs	NYK	15	10	3	2	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		2	2	100.0	42.1	2	1	0	0
6	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	2/5/1982	POR	vs	UTA	23	29	6	6	0	11	18	61.1	0	0		7	9	77.8	66.0	3	3	3	0
7	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	1/19/1982	POR	@	ATL	23	22	5	1	0	9	17	52.9	0	2	0.0	4	8	50.0	53.6	2	3	1	3
8	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	3/25/1981	POR	@	SEA	34	24	3	5	0	10	17	58.8	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	61.1	1	2	2	1
9	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	2/24/1981	POR	vs	SDC	26	23	2	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	51.8	1	1	3	1
10	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	2/20/1981	POR	@	NJN	26	21	3	5	0	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	68.5	0	3	4	5
11	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	2/3/1981	POR	vs	WAS	34	24	1	4	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	5	80.0	56.6	1	0	1	2
12	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	3	1/26/1981	POR	@	LAL	26	21	1	4	0	8	17	47.1	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	56.0	1	0	3	1
13	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	11/14/1982	WAS	@	PHI	26	8	2	1	2	3	7	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.8	1	1	1	1
14	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	11/2/1982	WAS	@	ATL	20	4	1	2	0	2	8	25.0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	22.5	1	0	0	3
15	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	4/6/1982	POR	vs	DEN	18	24	3	2	0	11	13	84.6	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	86.5	0	3	3	0
16	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	2/3/1982	POR	@	UTA	18	13	3	1	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		1	4	25.0	47.2	1	2	0	3
17	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	1/16/1982	POR	@	DAL	20	15	0	0	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	61.5	0	0	3	4
18	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	1/5/1982	POR	vs	SAS	20	25	2	4	0	10	16	62.5	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	70.4	2	0	1	3
19	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	1/3/1982	POR	vs	KCK	14	4	1	0	1	2	8	25.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		25.0	0	1	1	1
20	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	12/13/1981	POR	vs	DET	8	4	1	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	0	1	0	0
21	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	11/6/1981	POR	vs	UTA	20	9	3	0	0	2	9	22.2	0	0		5	6	83.3	38.7	1	2	2	1
22	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	3/21/1981	POR	vs	LAL	19	17	1	5	0	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	60.4	0	1	0	0
23	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	3/17/1981	POR	vs	SDC	23	13	3	5	0	6	7	85.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	82.5	2	1	2	1
24	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	3/5/1981	POR	@	KCK	14	4	1	2	0	2	8	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	0	1	3	0
25	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	2	3/3/1981	POR	vs	IND	15	9	1	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	61.5	1	0	1	0