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Thunder All-Time Steals Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average
List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season steals per game average in Thunder history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on March 28, 2024
- Steals were not recorded until 1973-74.
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Thunder All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Slick Watts | 3.18 | 261 | 1976 | 82 | ||||||
2. | Nate McMillan | 2.96 | 216 | 1994 | 73 | ||||||
3. | Gary Payton | 2.85 | 231 | 1996 | 81 | ||||||
4. | Slick Watts | 2.71 | 214 | 1977 | 79 | ||||||
5. | Gary Payton | 2.49 | 204 | 1995 | 82 | ||||||
6. | Gus Williams | 2.44 | 200 | 1980 | 82 | ||||||
7. | Gary Payton | 2.40 | 197 | 1997 | 82 | ||||||
8. | Nate McMillan | 2.37 | 173 | 1993 | 73 | ||||||
9. | Gus Williams | 2.36 | 189 | 1984 | 80 | ||||||
10. | Gus Williams | 2.34 | 185 | 1978 | 79 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | Slick Watts | 2.32 | 190 | 1975 | 82 | ||||||
12. | Fred Brown | 2.31 | 187 | 1975 | 81 | ||||||
13. | Gary Payton | 2.29 | 188 | 1994 | 82 | ||||||
14. | Gus Williams | 2.28 | 182 | 1983 | 80 | ||||||
15. | Gary Payton | 2.26 | 185 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
16. | Paul George | 2.21 | 170 | 2019 | 77 | ||||||
17. | Gary Payton | 2.18 | 109 | 1999 | 50 | ||||||
18. | Gary Payton | 2.16 | 177 | 1993 | 82 | ||||||
19. | Gus Williams | 2.15 | 172 | 1982 | 80 | ||||||
20. | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 2.10 | 147 | 2024 | 70 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Russell Westbrook | 2.09 | 140 | 2015 | 67 | ||||||
22. | Nate McMillan | 2.08 | 156 | 1989 | 75 | ||||||
23. | Gus Williams | 2.08 | 158 | 1979 | 76 | ||||||
24. | Nate McMillan | 2.06 | 165 | 1995 | 80 | ||||||
25. | Nate McMillan | 2.06 | 169 | 1988 | 82 | ||||||
26. | Paul George | 2.04 | 161 | 2018 | 79 | ||||||
27. | Russell Westbrook | 2.04 | 163 | 2016 | 80 | ||||||
28. | Gary Payton | 2.01 | 165 | 1991 | 82 | ||||||
29. | Russell Westbrook | 1.95 | 142 | 2019 | 73 | ||||||
30. | Hersey Hawkins | 1.94 | 159 | 1997 | 82 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
31. | Kendall Gill | 1.91 | 151 | 1994 | 79 | ||||||
32. | Russell Westbrook | 1.89 | 155 | 2011 | 82 | ||||||
33. | Fred Brown | 1.88 | 143 | 1976 | 76 | ||||||
34. | Gary Payton | 1.87 | 153 | 2000 | 82 | ||||||
35. | Russell Westbrook | 1.84 | 147 | 2018 | 80 | ||||||
36. | Hersey Hawkins | 1.82 | 149 | 1996 | 82 | ||||||
37. | Brent Barry | 1.81 | 147 | 2002 | 81 | ||||||
Gary Payton | 1.81 | 147 | 1992 | 81 | |||||||
39. | Hersey Hawkins | 1.80 | 148 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
40. | Shawn Kemp | 1.80 | 142 | 1994 | 79 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Nate McMillan | 1.79 | 129 | 1992 | 72 | ||||||
42. | Dennis Johnson | 1.78 | 144 | 1980 | 81 | ||||||
43. | Gerald Henderson | 1.77 | 140 | 1985 | 79 | ||||||
44. | Russell Westbrook | 1.77 | 145 | 2013 | 82 | ||||||
45. | Nate McMillan | 1.76 | 125 | 1987 | 71 | ||||||
46. | Fred Brown | 1.72 | 124 | 1977 | 72 | ||||||
47. | Nate McMillan | 1.71 | 140 | 1990 | 82 | ||||||
48. | Russell Westbrook | 1.70 | 112 | 2012 | 66 | ||||||
49. | Gerald Henderson | 1.68 | 138 | 1986 | 82 | ||||||
50. | Fred Brown | 1.66 | 136 | 1974 | 82 |
= Season in progress
Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 125 steals
with the exceptions of
1998-99: 43 games or 76 steals
and 2011-12: 56 games or 100 steals
2013-14 to present: 58 games
with the exceptions of
2019-20: 70% of games played
and season in progress: 70% of games played