Hawkeye Whitney got his most steals in a game versus the Knicks on December 27, 1980, with 5 steals.

Interpreted as:

Hawkeye Whitney 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	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	5	12/27/1980	KCK	@	NYK	21	16	1	1	0	8	12	66.7	0			0	0		66.7				2
2	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	3	12/16/1981	KCK	vs	PHX	13	0	2	2	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	2	0	1
3	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	3	12/30/1980	KCK	vs	GSW	28	18	5	1	1	7	11	63.6	0			4	4	100.0	70.5				4
4	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	3	12/28/1980	KCK	@	NJN	24	6	3	2	0	3	7	42.9	0			0	0		42.9				3
5	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	3	12/26/1980	KCK	vs	PHI	18	13	2	2	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	59.7				3
6	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	3	10/18/1980	KCK	vs	SEA	17	9	4	0	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	72.6	1	3	1	3
7	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	2/10/1982	KCK	vs	LAL	21	4	4	1	0	2	7	28.6	0			0	0		28.6				1
8	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	2/3/1982	KCK	@	SEA	14	4	2	2		1	6	16.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	27.3	2	0	1	0
9	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	1/2/1981	KCK	vs	UTA	31	8	1	5	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		0	0		44.4				3
10	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	12/3/1980	KCK	vs	PHX	18	8	6	0	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	40.5	3	3	1	4
11	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	12/2/1980	KCK	@	WAS	16	2	2	0	0	1	7	14.3	0			0	0		14.3				1
12	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	11/11/1980	KCK	@	POR	15	8	1	2	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	1	1	2
13	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	10/29/1980	KCK	vs	POR	16	14	2	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	70.9	1	1	0	1
14	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	10/23/1980	KCK	@	HOU	13	6	1	3	0	3	5	60.0	0			0	0		60.0				0
15	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	2	10/15/1980	KCK	vs	LAL	15	8	3	2	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	68.0				1
16	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	3/21/1982	KCK	vs	SDC	6	2	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	0	1
17	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	2/12/1982	KCK	vs	UTA	12	7	5	1	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	59.5				1
18	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	12/12/1981	KCK	@	GSW	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	2
19	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	12/11/1981	KCK	@	UTA	17	9	1	0	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	50.7				3
20	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	1/14/1981	KCK	vs	POR	23	6	2	5	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	0	0		37.5	0	2	2	2
21	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	1/8/1981	KCK	vs	WAS	27	20	2	6	0	9	11	81.8	0			2	2	100.0	84.2				2
22	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	1/7/1981	KCK	@	HOU	16	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0	0			0	0		0.0	0	0	1	2
23	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	12/23/1980	KCK	@	CLE	17	4	1	1	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	0	1	0	5
24	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	12/16/1980	KCK	@	DEN	13	8	2	1	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	0	2	1	3
25	Hawkeye Whitney H. Whitney	1	12/13/1980	KCK	vs	DAL	18	4	3	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	41.0			1	4