Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Steals Average in the NBA Playoffs
Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers players with the best average in career steals in the NBA Playoffs.
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| Career Average | In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career steal averages in the NBA Playoffs. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players. Magic Johnson, owner of almost all the Lakers records in steals, is second here trailing only Don Chaney and his 1.91 steals average in the 1977 playoffs. Ron Artest in the fourth place, Kobe Bryant eight, Derek Fisher and Matt Barnes are the 2011-12 Lakers on this list. |
 Don Chaney 1.91 steals per game 1976-77 to 1977-78 |
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Notes:
- Stats updated on Apr 24, 2024.
- 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, Playoffs and Games only include seasons since 1974.
Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Steals Average in the NBA Playoffs |
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| Player | Steals | Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 1. | Don Chaney | 1.91 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 2. | Magic Johnson | 1.88 | 13 | 190 | ||||||
| 3. | Lucius Allen | 1.57 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 4. | Norm Nixon | 1.53 | 6 | 58 | ||||||
| 5. | Smush Parker | 1.50 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
| 6. | Ron Artest | 1.46 | 4 | 41 | ||||||
| 7. | Cazzie Russell | 1.45 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 8. | Eddie Jones | 1.42 | 4 | 36 | ||||||
| 9. | Kobe Bryant | 1.41 | 15 | 220 | ||||||
| 10. | Bill Bridges | 1.40 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Gail Goodrich | 1.40 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Connie Hawkins | 1.40 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Elmore Smith | 1.40 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 14. | Rajon Rondo | 1.38 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 15. | Earl Tatum | 1.36 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Byron Scott | 1.36 | 11 | 150 | |||||||
| 17. | Charlie Scott | 1.33 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1.33 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 19. | Sedale Threatt | 1.29 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| 20. | James Worthy | 1.24 | 9 | 143 | ||||||
| 21. | Anthony Peeler | 1.23 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| 22. | LeBron James | 1.22 | 4 | 45 | ||||||
| 23. | Michael Cooper | 1.21 | 11 | 168 | ||||||
| 24. | Robert Horry | 1.20 | 7 | 100 | ||||||
| 25. | Trevor Ariza | 1.19 | 2 | 31 | ||||||
| Player | Steals | Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 26. | Anthony Davis | 1.18 | 4 | 44 | ||||||
| 27. | Cedric Ceballos | 1.14 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| Karl Malone | 1.14 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| Nick Van Exel | 1.14 | 4 | 36 | |||||||
| Jamaal Wilkes | 1.14 | 7 | 73 | |||||||
| 31. | Derek Fisher | 1.13 | 12 | 193 | ||||||
| Ron Boone | 1.13 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 33. | Vlade Divac | 1.06 | 6 | 51 | ||||||
| 34. | Don Ford | 1.05 | 3 | 20 | ||||||
| Gary Payton | 1.05 | 1 | 22 | |||||||
| 36. | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 1.00 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
| Adrian Dantley | 1.00 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Chris Duhon | 1.00 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Happy Hairston | 1.00 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Jerome Kersey | 1.00 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Jodie Meeks | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cliff Robinson | 1.00 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Dennis Schroder | 1.00 | 2 | 22 | |||||||
| 45. | Danny Green | 0.95 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| 46. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 0.94 | 13 | 180 | ||||||
| Horace Grant | 0.94 | 1 | 16 | |||||||
| 48. | Ron Harper | 0.93 | 2 | 29 | ||||||
| 49. | Jim Price | 0.92 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| 50. | Alex Caruso | 0.89 | 2 | 27 | ||||||
| 51. | Matt Barnes | 0.81 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
| Rick Fox | 0.81 | 7 | 99 | |||||||
| 53. | Andre Drummond | 0.80 | 1 | 5 | ||||||