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1982 NBA Total Steals Leaders

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Rickey Green led the NBA in total steals in 1982 with 220, 21 ahead of Isiah Thomas (199). It stands 30th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 2 times Rickey Green led in total steals.

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Rickey Green Led the NBA in 1982 Rickey Green UTH
220 Total Steals 21 clear of Isiah Thomas
Showing Total Steals and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team STL GP MPG BLK
1 Rickey Green Rickey Green UTH 220 78 35.7 4
2 Isiah Thomas Isiah Thomas DET 199 81 38.2 29
3 Darwin Cook NJN 194 82 32.0 48
4 Johnny Moore SAN 194 77 33.1 32
5 Maurice Cheeks Maurice Cheeks PHL 184 79 31.2 31
6 Gus Williams SEA 182 80 34.5 26
7 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NJN 182 64 32.4 24
8 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 176 79 36.8 47
9 Allen Leavell HOU 165 79 32.9 14
10 Lafayette Lever Lafayette Lever POR 153 81 24.9 15
11 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 148 79 37.8 71
12 T.R. Dunn DEN 147 82 32.2 25
13 Reggie Theus Reggie Theus CHI 143 82 34.8 17
14 Clark Kellogg IND 141 81 34.1 43
15 Jim Paxson Jim Paxson POR 140 81 33.8 17
16 Darrell Griffith UTH 138 77 36.2 33
17 Mike Woodson Mike Woodson KCK 137 81 30.0 59
18 Greg Ballard WAS 135 78 36.4 25
19 Terry Cummings SDC 129 70 36.2 62
20 Larry Drew KCK 126 75 35.9 10
21 Ray Williams KCK 120 72 30.1 26
22 Walter Davis Walter Davis PHX 117 80 31.1 12
23 Alex English DEN 116 82 36.4 126
24 Lester Conner GOS 116 75 18.9 7
25 Michael Cooper LAL 115 82 26.2 50
26 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 114 80 30.6 74
27 Sidney Moncrief Sidney Moncrief MIL 113 76 35.7 23
28 Michael Brooks Michael Brooks SDC 112 82 30.0 39
29 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 112 72 33.6 131
30 Lionel Hollins Lionel Hollins SDC 111 56 32.9 14
31 Frank Johnson Frank Johnson WAS 110 68 34.2 6
32 Danny Ainge Danny Ainge BOS 109 80 25.6 6
33 Joe Barry Carroll GOS 108 79 37.8 155
34 Quinn Buckner Quinn Buckner BOS 108 72 21.7 5
35 Rory Sparrow NYK 107 81 30.0 5
36 Kurt Rambis Kurt Rambis LAL 105 78 23.2 63
37 Norm Nixon LAL 104 79 34.3 4
38 Jerry Sichting IND 104 78 31.2 2
39 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 103 82 31.0 160
40 Darnell Valentine Darnell Valentine POR 101 47 27.6 5
41 Marques Johnson Marques Johnson MIL 100 80 35.7 56
42 Larry Nance Larry Nance PHX 99 82 35.5 217
43 Paul Pressey Paul Pressey MIL 99 79 19.3 47
44 Lorenzo Romar Lorenzo Romar GOS 98 82 26.0 5
45 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson PHX 97 77 33.1 39
46 World Free CLE 97 73 36.1 15
47 Edmund Sherod NYK 96 64 25.4 14
48 Gerald Henderson Gerald Henderson BOS 95 82 18.9 3
49 Albert King Albert King NJN 95 79 31.0 41
50 Purvis Short GOS 94 67 35.8 14
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