Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Steals in the NBA Regular Season |
| Career Average |
In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career steals averages. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.
Note that steals were not officially tracked until the 1973-1974 season, the final season of Jerry West Career. "The Logo", then 35 years old, only played 31 games that season but averaged 2.61 steals per game, wich gives you an idea of what his real career average could have been. Although 2.61 is the best average in Lakers history, 31 games is a really low number so it would be also correct to say that Eddie Jones has officially the best average in franchise history.
Kobe Bryant (11th), Ron Artest (13rd.), Derek Fisher (32nd.) and Lamar Odom (47th.) are the 2009-10 Lakers on this list. |
Jerry West
2.61 steals per game
1960-61 to 1973-74 |
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Notes:
- These stats include the 2011 Regular Season.
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74, turnovers until 1977-78 and 3-pointers started in 1979-80.
- In this case, Seasons and Games only include seasons since 1974.
Lakers Top 50 Players for
Career Steals Average in the NBA Regular Season |
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Player |
Steals |
Seasons |
Games |
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| 1. |
Jerry West |
2.61 |
1 |
31 |
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| 2. |
Eddie Jones |
2.05 |
5 |
314 |
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| 3. |
Magic Johnson |
1.90 |
13 |
906 |
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| 4. |
Norm Nixon |
1.79 |
6 |
485 |
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| 5. |
Jerome Kersey |
1.70 |
1 |
70 |
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| 6. |
Don Chaney |
1.64 |
2 |
90 |
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| 7. |
Lucius Allen |
1.61 |
3 |
210 |
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| 8. |
Smush Parker |
1.58 |
2 |
164 |
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| 9. |
Trevor Ariza |
1.54 |
2 |
106 |
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| 10. |
Gail Goodrich |
1.53 |
3 |
229 |
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| 11. |
Kobe Bryant |
1.50 |
15 |
1103 |
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| 12. |
Jim Price |
1.47 |
3 |
166 |
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| 13. |
Ron Artest |
1.45 |
2 |
159 |
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| 14. |
Caron Butler |
1.43 |
1 |
77 |
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| 15. |
Sedale Threatt |
1.40 |
5 |
386 |
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| 16. |
Connie Hawkins |
1.37 |
2 |
114 |
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| 17. |
Earl Tatum |
1.31 |
2 |
93 |
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| 18. |
Doug Christie |
1.26 |
2 |
88 |
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| 19. |
Charlie Scott |
1.23 |
1 |
48 |
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Jamaal Wilkes |
1.23 |
8 |
575 |
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Byron Scott |
1.23 |
11 |
846 |
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| 22. |
Vlade Divac |
1.21 |
8 |
535 |
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| 23. |
Karl Malone |
1.19 |
1 |
42 |
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| 24. |
Michael Cooper |
1.18 |
12 |
873 |
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| 25. |
Gary Payton |
1.17 |
1 |
82 |
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Player |
Steals |
Seasons |
Games |
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| 26. |
Adrian Dantley |
1.15 |
2 |
116 |
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| 27. |
James Worthy |
1.12 |
12 |
926 |
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| 28. |
Robert Horry |
1.11 |
7 |
448 |
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| 29. |
Cedric Ceballos |
1.10 |
3 |
144 |
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Eddie Jordan |
1.10 |
4 |
156 |
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| 31. |
Brian Winters |
1.09 |
1 |
68 |
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| 32. |
Derek Fisher |
1.06 |
12 |
872 |
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| 33. |
Nick Van Exel |
1.03 |
5 |
378 |
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| 34. |
Trevor Wilson |
1.00 |
1 |
5 |
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Tony Jackson |
1.00 |
1 |
2 |
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Elmore Smith |
1.00 |
2 |
155 |
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| 37. |
George Lynch |
0.99 |
3 |
203 |
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| 38. |
Derek Harper |
0.98 |
1 |
45 |
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Ron Harper |
0.98 |
2 |
127 |
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| 40. |
Lou Hudson |
0.95 |
2 |
160 |
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| 41. |
Mack Calvin |
0.92 |
1 |
12 |
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| 42. |
Sam Perkins |
0.91 |
3 |
185 |
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| 43. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
0.90 |
14 |
1093 |
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| 44. |
A.C. Green |
0.89 |
9 |
735 |
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Donnie Freeman |
0.89 |
1 |
64 |
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Chucky Atkins |
0.89 |
1 |
82 |
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| 47. |
Lamar Odom |
0.86 |
7 |
519 |
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| 48. |
Rick Fox |
0.85 |
7 |
486 |
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Cazzie Russell |
0.85 |
3 |
196 |
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Anthony Peeler |
0.85 |
4 |
253 |
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Kurt Rambis |
0.85 |
9 |
569 |
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| 52. |
Corky Calhoun |
0.83 |
2 |
133 |
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Bo Lamar |
0.83 |
1 |
71 |
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