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1981 NBA Total Steals Leaders

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Micheal Ray Richardson led the NBA in total steals in 1981 with 213, 4 ahead of Maurice Cheeks (209). It stands 38th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 4 times Micheal Ray Richardson led in total steals.

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Micheal Ray Richardson Led the NBA in 1981 Micheal Ray Richardson NYK
213 Total Steals 4 clear of Maurice Cheeks
Showing Total Steals and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team STL GP MPG BLK
1 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NYK 213 82 37.1 41
2 Maurice Cheeks Maurice Cheeks PHL 209 79 31.6 33
3 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 208 78 38.4 34
4 Ray Williams NJN 199 82 33.3 43
5 Rickey Green Rickey Green UTH 185 81 34.8 9
6 Quinn Buckner Quinn Buckner MIL 174 70 30.8 3
7 Gus Williams SEA 172 80 36.0 36
8 Don Buse Don Buse IND 164 82 30.8 27
9 Johnny Moore SAN 163 79 29.0 12
10 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 161 81 34.4 141
11 Allen Leavell HOU 150 79 27.2 15
12 Isiah Thomas Isiah Thomas DET 150 72 33.8 17
13 Darwin Cook NJN 146 82 25.5 24
14 Kyle Macy Kyle Macy PHX 143 82 34.7 9
15 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 143 77 38.0 66
16 Sidney Moncrief Sidney Moncrief MIL 138 80 37.3 22
17 Greg Ballard WAS 137 79 37.3 22
18 T.R. Dunn DEN 135 82 30.7 36
19 Norm Nixon LAL 132 82 36.9 7
20 Jim Paxson Jim Paxson POR 129 82 33.6 12
21 Mike Gale GOS 121 75 23.9 28
22 Foots Walker NJN 120 77 24.2 6
23 Michael Cooper LAL 120 76 28.9 61
24 Ron Lee Ron Lee DET 116 81 18.1 20
25 Robert Reid HOU 115 77 37.8 48
26 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 114 79 30.3 78
27 Michael Brooks Michael Brooks SDC 113 82 33.5 39
28 Larry Drew KCK 110 81 24.4 1
29 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson PHX 105 80 36.7 55
30 Lionel Hollins Lionel Hollins PHL 103 81 27.9 20
31 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 102 82 37.2 107
32 Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson ATL 102 68 34.0 16
33 Lonnie Shelton Lonnie Shelton SEA 99 81 32.9 43
34 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones PHL 99 76 28.7 112
35 Kelvin Ransey POR 97 78 31.0 4
36 George McGinnis George McGinnis IND 96 76 17.6 28
37 Adrian Dantley UTH 95 81 39.8 14
38 Darrell Griffith UTH 95 80 32.5 34
39 John Lucas John Lucas WAS 95 79 24.6 6
40 Darnell Valentine Darnell Valentine POR 94 82 16.9 3
41 Len Elmore NJN 92 81 25.9 92
42 Glen Gondrezick DEN 92 80 21.2 36
43 Bob Wilkerson Bob Wilkerson CLE 92 65 27.8 25
44 Randy Smith NYK 91 82 24.8 1
45 Kelly Tripucka DET 89 82 37.5 16
46 Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Wilkes LAL 89 82 35.4 24
47 Jay Vincent DAL 89 81 32.4 21
48 Don Collins WAS 89 79 20.4 24
49 Alex English DEN 87 82 36.8 120
50 Rory Sparrow ATL 87 82 31.8 13
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