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Timberwolves 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 Timberwolves 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
Timberwolves All-Time Steals Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
1. | Ricky Rubio | 2.40 | 137 | 2013 | 57 | ||||||
2. | Ricky Rubio | 2.33 | 191 | 2014 | 82 | ||||||
3. | Micheal Williams | 2.17 | 165 | 1993 | 76 | ||||||
4. | Tyrone Corbin | 2.13 | 175 | 1990 | 82 | ||||||
5. | Ricky Rubio | 2.13 | 162 | 2016 | 76 | ||||||
6. | Terrell Brandon | 2.06 | 161 | 2001 | 78 | ||||||
7. | Tyrone Corbin | 1.98 | 162 | 1991 | 82 | ||||||
8. | Jimmy Butler | 1.97 | 116 | 2018 | 59 | ||||||
9. | Terrell Brandon | 1.89 | 134 | 2000 | 71 | ||||||
10. | Corey Brewer | 1.86 | 151 | 2014 | 81 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
11. | Tom Gugliotta | 1.78 | 139 | 1996 | 78 | ||||||
12. | Ricky Rubio | 1.71 | 128 | 2017 | 75 | ||||||
13. | Kevin Garnett | 1.70 | 139 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
14. | Robert Covington | 1.67 | 80 | 2020 | 48 | ||||||
15. | Micheal Williams | 1.66 | 118 | 1994 | 71 | ||||||
16. | Kevin Garnett | 1.66 | 78 | 1999 | 47 | ||||||
17. | Pooh Richardson | 1.62 | 133 | 1990 | 82 | ||||||
18. | Tom Gugliotta | 1.60 | 130 | 1997 | 81 | ||||||
19. | Pooh Richardson | 1.60 | 131 | 1991 | 82 | ||||||
20. | Anthony Edwards | 1.58 | 125 | 2023 | 79 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
21. | Tony Campbell | 1.57 | 121 | 1991 | 77 | ||||||
22. | Kevin Garnett | 1.48 | 120 | 2000 | 81 | ||||||
23. | Kevin Garnett | 1.48 | 121 | 2005 | 82 | ||||||
24. | Kevin Garnett | 1.46 | 120 | 2004 | 82 | ||||||
25. | Anthony Edwards | 1.46 | 105 | 2022 | 72 | ||||||
26. | Jeff Teague | 1.46 | 102 | 2018 | 70 | ||||||
27. | Pooh Richardson | 1.45 | 119 | 1992 | 82 | ||||||
28. | Ricky Rubio | 1.44 | 98 | 2021 | 68 | ||||||
29. | Marko Jaric | 1.44 | 108 | 2006 | 75 | ||||||
30. | Corey Brewer | 1.43 | 117 | 2010 | 82 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
31. | Kevin Garnett | 1.38 | 113 | 2003 | 82 | ||||||
32. | Kevin Garnett | 1.37 | 111 | 2001 | 81 | ||||||
33. | Kevin Garnett | 1.37 | 104 | 2006 | 76 | ||||||
34. | Kevin Garnett | 1.36 | 105 | 1997 | 77 | ||||||
35. | Tony Campbell | 1.35 | 111 | 1990 | 82 | ||||||
36. | Jarred Vanderbilt | 1.34 | 99 | 2022 | 74 | ||||||
37. | Christian Laettner | 1.30 | 105 | 1993 | 81 | ||||||
38. | Marko Jaric | 1.29 | 97 | 2008 | 75 | ||||||
39. | Stephon Marbury | 1.27 | 104 | 1998 | 82 | ||||||
40. | Anthony Edwards | 1.26 | 87 | 2024 | 69 |
Player |
Steals |
Total Steals |
Season | Games | |||||||
41. | Sam Cassell | 1.26 | 102 | 2004 | 81 | ||||||
42. | Luke Ridnour | 1.25 | 89 | 2011 | 71 | ||||||
43. | Christian Laettner | 1.25 | 101 | 1995 | 81 | ||||||
44. | Christian Laettner | 1.24 | 87 | 1994 | 70 | ||||||
45. | Anthony Peeler | 1.21 | 91 | 2001 | 75 | ||||||
46. | Tyus Jones | 1.19 | 81 | 2019 | 68 | ||||||
47. | Josh Okogie | 1.19 | 88 | 2019 | 74 | ||||||
48. | Kevin Garnett | 1.19 | 96 | 2002 | 81 | ||||||
49. | Kevin Garnett | 1.17 | 89 | 2007 | 76 | ||||||
50. | Tyus Jones | 1.16 | 95 | 2018 | 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