Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Steals Average in the NBA Regular Season
Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers players with the best average in career steals in the NBA Regular Season.
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| 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, Ron Artest and Derek Fisher are the 2011-12 Lakers on this list. |
 Jerry West 2.61 steals per game 1960-61 to 1973-74 |
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Notes:
- Stats updated on May 22, 2025.
- 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
| Player | Steals | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 1. | Jerry West | 2.61 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| 2. | Eddie Jones | 2.05 | 5 | 314 | ||||||
| 3. | Magic Johnson | 1.90 | 13 | 906 | ||||||
| 4. | Norm Nixon | 1.79 | 6 | 485 | ||||||
| 5. | Jerome Kersey | 1.70 | 1 | 70 | ||||||
| 6. | Don Chaney | 1.64 | 2 | 90 | ||||||
| 7. | Lucius Allen | 1.61 | 3 | 210 | ||||||
| Luka Doncic | 1.61 | 1 | 28 | |||||||
| 9. | Lonzo Ball | 1.59 | 2 | 99 | ||||||
| 10. | Smush Parker | 1.58 | 2 | 164 | ||||||
| 11. | Ronnie Price | 1.56 | 1 | 43 | ||||||
| 12. | Gail Goodrich | 1.53 | 3 | 229 | ||||||
| 13. | Sekou Doumbouya | 1.50 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 14. | Jim Price | 1.47 | 3 | 166 | ||||||
| 15. | Kobe Bryant | 1.44 | 20 | 1346 |
| Player | Steals | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 16. | Caron Butler | 1.43 | 1 | 77 | ||||||
| 17. | Sedale Threatt | 1.40 | 5 | 386 | ||||||
| 18. | Connie Hawkins | 1.37 | 2 | 114 | ||||||
| 19. | Trevor Ariza | 1.35 | 3 | 130 | ||||||
| 20. | Earl Tatum | 1.31 | 2 | 93 | ||||||
| 21. | Ron Artest | 1.27 | 6 | 358 | ||||||
| 22. | Doug Christie | 1.26 | 2 | 88 | ||||||
| 23. | Danny Green | 1.25 | 1 | 68 | ||||||
| Anthony Davis | 1.25 | 6 | 312 | |||||||
| 25. | Charlie Scott | 1.23 | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1.23 | 8 | 575 | |||||||
| Byron Scott | 1.23 | 11 | 846 | |||||||
| 28. | Vlade Divac | 1.21 | 8 | 535 | ||||||
| 29. | Karl Malone | 1.19 | 1 | 42 | ||||||
| 30. | Michael Cooper | 1.18 | 12 | 873 |
| Player | Steals | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 31. | Gary Payton | 1.17 | 1 | 82 | ||||||
| 32. | Larry Nance Jr. | 1.16 | 3 | 168 | ||||||
| 33. | Adrian Dantley | 1.15 | 2 | 116 | ||||||
| LeBron James | 1.15 | 7 | 419 | |||||||
| 35. | James Worthy | 1.12 | 12 | 926 | ||||||
| 36. | Jarred Vanderbilt | 1.11 | 3 | 91 | ||||||
| Robert Horry | 1.11 | 7 | 448 | |||||||
| Jeremy Lin | 1.11 | 1 | 74 | |||||||
| 39. | Cedric Ceballos | 1.10 | 3 | 144 | ||||||
| Eddie Jordan | 1.10 | 4 | 156 | |||||||
| Andre Drummond | 1.10 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| 42. | Jodie Meeks | 1.09 | 2 | 155 | ||||||
| Brian Winters | 1.09 | 1 | 68 | |||||||
| 44. | D Russell | 1.06 | 5 | 265 | ||||||
| Derek Fisher | 1.06 | 13 | 915 |
| Player | Steals | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 46. | Jordan Goodwin | 1.03 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Nick Van Exel | 1.03 | 5 | 378 | |||||||
| 48. | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 1.02 | 4 | 292 | ||||||
| Lou Williams | 1.02 | 2 | 125 | |||||||
| 50. | Tony Jackson | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Jemerrio Jones | 1.00 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| Mac McClung | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Elmore Smith | 1.00 | 2 | 155 |