2023-24 leaders

NBA steals per game leaders.

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Ranked league-wide among qualified players. Qualifying means at least 500 minutes.

Marcus Smart leads the NBA in steals per game for the 2023-24 season at 2.0, through August 9, 2026. De'Aaron Fox is second at 2.0. This page ranks the top qualified players of 360 who met the minimum for this metric.

2023-24 NBA leaders in Steals per game

1	Marcus Smart	MEM	2.05	100	605	20	–	55.2%	22.5%	-0.80
2	De'Aaron Fox	SAC	2.03	100	2,659	74	–	56.7%	30.0%	+4.30
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	2.00	99	2,553	75	–	63.6%	31.7%	+11.30
4	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	1.84	99	1,943	55	–	59.5%	30.1%	+7.30
5	LaMelo Ball	CHA	1.82	99	711	22	–	56.1%	31.5%	-8.40
6	Matisse Thybulle	POR	1.74	99	1,487	65	–	53.7%	10.5%	-7.40
7	Scotty Pippen Jr.	MEM	1.71	98	527	21	–	59.6%	22.7%	-7.50
8	Alex Caruso	CHI	1.69	98	2,040	71	–	61.3%	14.6%	+0.30
9	Kawhi Leonard	LAC	1.63	98	2,330	68	–	62.6%	26.1%	+8.20
10	De'Anthony Melton	PHI	1.58	97	1,023	38	–	53.3%	17.7%	+10.00
11	Paul George	LAC	1.53	97	2,502	74	–	61.3%	26.4%	+9.10
12	Dejounte Murray	ATL	1.42	97	2,783	78	–	55.5%	25.9%	-2.70
13	Luka Dončić	DAL	1.41	97	2,624	70	–	61.7%	35.5%	+5.80
14	Jalen Suggs	ORL	1.41	96	2,025	75	–	60.2%	19.1%	+1.00
15	Dyson Daniels	NOP	1.39	96	1,359	61	–	52.9%	12.3%	+3.30
16	Fred VanVleet	HOU	1.38	96	2,684	73	–	56.8%	19.4%	+3.00
17	Herbert Jones	NOP	1.38	96	2,321	76	–	63.6%	14.1%	+5.50
18	Nikola Jokić	DEN	1.37	95	2,737	79	–	65.0%	28.8%	+11.80
19	OG Anunoby	NYK	1.36	95	1,702	50	–	59.5%	17.3%	+10.90
20	Trae Young	ATL	1.33	95	1,942	54	–	58.5%	28.9%	-2.50
21	Donte DiVincenzo	NYK	1.32	94	2,360	81	–	59.7%	20.9%	+3.70
22	Jimmy Butler III	MIA	1.32	94	2,042	60	–	62.6%	23.5%	+5.50
23	Darius Garland	CLE	1.30	94	1,900	57	–	56.0%	24.9%	+2.10
24	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DEN	1.29	94	2,402	76	–	60.2%	12.6%	+11.30
25	Anthony Edwards	MIN	1.28	93	2,770	79	–	57.5%	31.4%	+7.30
26	Kyrie Irving	DAL	1.28	93	2,030	58	–	60.8%	27.4%	+6.90
27	Amen Thompson	HOU	1.26	93	1,389	62	–	57.6%	17.3%	+2.10
28	LeBron James	LAL	1.25	92	2,504	71	–	63.0%	28.5%	+3.80
29	Scottie Barnes	TOR	1.25	92	2,094	60	–	56.6%	24.0%	-3.20
30	Tre Mann	CHA	1.24	92	987	41	–	55.9%	18.3%	-7.00
31	Jarred Vanderbilt	LAL	1.24	92	581	29	–	57.8%	11.1%	+4.20
32	Victor Wembanyama	SAS	1.24	91	2,106	71	–	56.5%	31.2%	-3.20
33	Bogdan Bogdanović	ATL	1.22	91	2,401	79	–	56.9%	21.8%	+1.90
34	Dennis Smith Jr.	BKN	1.21	91	1,059	56	–	50.8%	17.4%	-0.10
35	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	1.21	91	2,124	66	–	55.3%	30.2%	-7.30
36	Chris Paul	GSW	1.21	90	1,531	58	–	54.4%	15.4%	+2.80
37	Alperen Sengun	HOU	1.21	90	2,046	63	–	58.5%	27.0%	+0.80
38	Tyrese Haliburton	IND	1.20	90	2,224	69	–	60.5%	23.9%	+6.20
39	Anthony Davis	LAL	1.20	89	2,700	76	–	62.1%	26.1%	+2.60
40	Jalen Johnson	ATL	1.20	89	1,889	56	–	58.4%	18.4%	-1.90
41	Mitchell Robinson	NYK	1.19	89	768	31	–	55.4%	9.9%	+1.10
42	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	1.19	89	2,567	73	–	64.9%	32.0%	+6.60
43	Jaylen Brown	BOS	1.19	88	2,343	70	–	58.0%	28.3%	+8.70
44	Joel Embiid	PHI	1.18	88	1,309	39	–	64.4%	38.7%	+10.30
45	Isaiah Hartenstein	NYK	1.16	88	1,896	75	–	67.0%	11.6%	+10.00
46	Mike Conley	MIN	1.16	87	2,194	76	–	62.7%	15.7%	+5.70
47	Delon Wright	MIA	1.15	87	742	47	–	50.5%	12.7%	+1.00
48	Cody Martin	CHA	1.14	87	753	28	–	46.0%	15.7%	-10.50
49	Bam Adebayo	MIA	1.14	87	2,417	71	–	57.6%	24.7%	+0.80
50	DeMar DeRozan	CHI	1.14	86	2,989	79	–	58.4%	25.2%	-1.00

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