Stephen Curry averaged the most steals per game in 2015-16, with 2.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA league leader in steals with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2016

	NAME	SPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2.1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
2	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	2.1	2015-16	MIN	76	30.6	10.1	4.3	8.7	0.1	2.9	7.7	37.4	0.8	2.5	32.6	3.5	4.1	84.7	52.9	0.5	3.8	2.5	2,323	766	326	658	162	10	193	201	+18
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.1	2015-16	LAC	74	32.7	19.5	4.2	10.0	0.2	7.0	15.1	46.2	1.6	4.4	37.1	4.0	4.4	89.6	57.5	0.5	3.7	2.6	2,420	1,446	310	738	152	13	194	185	+553
4	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	2.1	2015-16	TOR	77	37.0	21.2	4.7	6.4	0.4	6.6	15.6	42.7	2.8	7.1	38.8	5.2	6.4	81.1	57.8	0.7	4.0	2.9	2,851	1,634	365	494	158	34	225	211	+380
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2.0	2015-16	OKC	80	34.4	23.5	7.8	10.4	0.3	8.2	18.1	45.4	1.3	4.3	29.6	5.8	7.2	81.2	55.4	1.8	6.0	4.3	2,749	1,878	626	834	163	20	342	200	+635
6	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	2.0	2015-16	HOU	81	34.8	12.7	4.5	2.3	0.3	4.4	10.6	41.6	2.3	6.2	37.1	1.6	2.0	78.3	55.1	0.8	3.7	1.4	2,818	1,025	366	188	160	26	113	177	+41
7	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	2.0	2015-16	SAC	72	35.2	11.9	6.0	11.7	0.1	4.9	10.9	45.4	0.9	2.4	36.5	1.2	2.1	58.0	50.6	1.1	5.0	3.9	2,537	859	435	839	141	10	278	175	-149
8	John Wall J. Wall	1.9	2015-16	WAS	77	36.2	19.9	4.9	10.2	0.8	7.4	17.5	42.4	1.5	4.3	35.1	3.5	4.5	79.1	51.0	0.5	4.4	4.1	2,784	1,531	379	789	145	59	318	159	+101
9	Paul George P. George	1.9	2015-16	IND	81	34.8	23.1	7.0	4.1	0.4	7.5	17.9	41.8	2.6	7.0	37.1	5.6	6.5	86.0	55.7	1.0	6.0	3.3	2,819	1,874	563	329	152	29	265	230	+182
10	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1.9	2015-16	IND	81	33.8	13.8	3.3	4.7	0.5	5.4	12.6	42.7	1.1	3.5	30.9	2.0	2.5	78.6	50.4	0.5	2.8	2.5	2,734	1,121	271	383	150	37	203	174	+108
11	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	1.8	2015-16	ATL	81	32.7	17.1	9.0	3.3	1.7	6.2	13.2	47.0	0.9	2.9	31.9	3.8	5.0	75.7	55.6	2.4	6.6	2.4	2,647	1,385	732	265	147	139	191	237	+216
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1.8	2015-16	SAS	72	33.1	21.2	6.8	2.6	1.0	7.7	15.1	50.6	1.8	4.0	44.3	4.1	4.6	87.4	61.6	1.3	5.5	1.5	2,380	1,523	493	186	128	71	105	133	+653
13	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	1.8	2015-16	PHI	67	29.3	11.1	8.1	1.8	1.5	4.6	8.8	52.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.0	3.4	59.0	54.4	2.3	5.8	2.4	1,965	747	542	122	118	100	158	192	-459
14	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	1.7	2015-16	BOS	73	31.6	14.2	5.1	1.8	0.5	4.9	11.1	44.3	1.7	5.0	33.6	2.7	3.3	82.0	56.5	1.0	4.2	1.1	2,308	1,038	373	135	126	35	83	198	+215
15	Tony Allen T. Allen	1.7	2015-16	MEM	64	25.3	8.4	4.6	1.1	0.3	3.4	7.3	45.8	0.2	0.7	35.7	1.4	2.2	65.2	50.5	1.6	3.0	1.2	1,620	535	296	70	110	18	78	175	-92
16	James Harden J. Harden	1.7	2015-16	HOU	82	38.1	29.0	6.1	7.5	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	2,376	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
17	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	1.7	2015-16	MIL	79	36.1	18.2	3.8	4.2	0.2	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.8	4.6	39.6	3.5	3.9	88.8	56.0	0.6	3.3	2.3	2,852	1,434	302	331	131	19	180	204	-29
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1.6	2015-16	CHI	67	36.9	20.9	5.3	4.8	0.6	7.0	15.4	45.4	1.0	3.1	31.2	5.9	7.1	83.2	56.2	1.2	4.2	2.0	2,474	1,399	358	321	110	43	132	124	-13
19	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	1.6	2015-16	ORL	72	33.0	16.0	4.8	3.9	0.8	5.9	13.5	43.8	1.4	3.9	34.8	2.8	3.4	83.0	53.4	0.7	4.1	2.1	2,379	1,153	345	282	116	54	153	174	-24
20	Robert Covington R. Covington	1.6	2015-16	PHI	67	28.4	12.8	6.3	1.4	0.6	4.1	10.6	38.5	2.5	7.2	35.3	2.1	2.6	79.1	54.3	1.0	5.3	2.1	1,903	858	419	97	105	40	143	232	-281
21	Kemba Walker K. Walker	1.6	2015-16	CHA	81	35.6	20.9	4.4	5.2	0.5	7.0	16.4	42.7	2.2	6.0	37.1	4.6	5.4	84.7	55.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	2,885	1,689	357	421	126	39	171	111	+239
22	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1.6	2015-16	SAC	65	34.6	26.9	11.5	3.3	1.4	9.2	20.5	45.1	1.1	3.2	33.3	7.3	10.2	71.8	53.8	2.4	9.1	3.8	2,246	1,748	747	214	101	92	249	236	+42
23	Avery Bradley A. Bradley	1.5	2015-16	BOS	76	33.4	15.2	2.9	2.1	0.3	6.0	13.4	44.7	1.9	5.4	36.1	1.3	1.6	78.0	53.8	0.6	2.3	1.4	2,536	1,155	220	158	117	19	109	164	+212
24	Thaddeus Young T. Young	1.5	2015-16	BKN	73	33.0	15.1	9.0	1.9	0.5	6.8	13.2	51.4	0.1	0.4	23.3	1.4	2.2	64.4	53.3	2.4	6.6	1.9	2,407	1,102	660	136	112	37	136	182	-232
25	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1.5	2015-16	BOS	61	27.3	9.1	4.2	3.0	0.3	3.0	8.7	34.8	1.0	4.0	25.3	2.1	2.7	77.7	46.3	1.2	2.9	1.3	1,667	558	255	185	91	18	80	183	+85