Gary Payton career steals per game
1.8Career Regular Season
Gary Payton averaged 1.8 steals per game over 17 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2.9 in 1995-96.
- Most recent: 0.6 in 2006-07.
Average of 17 regular seasons, 1990-91 through 2006-07. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 |  OKC | 82 | 27.4 | 7.2 | 3 | 6.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 45.0 | 7.7 | 71.1 | 47.6 |
| 1991-92 | OKC | 81 | 31.5 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 45.1 | 13.0 | 66.9 | 47.8 |
| 1992-93 | OKC | 82 | 31.1 | 13.5 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 49.4 | 20.6 | 77.0 | 52.9 |
| 1993-94 | OKC | 82 | 35.1 | 16.5 | 3.3 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 50.4 | 27.8 | 59.5 | 52.6 |
| 1994-95 | OKC | 82 | 36.8 | 20.6 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 50.9 | 30.2 | 71.6 | 56.4 |
| 1995-96 | OKC | 81 | 39 | 19.3 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 48.4 | 32.8 | 74.8 | 55.4 |
| 1996-97 | OKC | 82 | 39.2 | 21.8 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 47.6 | 31.3 | 71.5 | 54.5 |
| 1997-98 | OKC | 82 | 38.4 | 19.2 | 4.6 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 45.3 | 33.8 | 74.4 | 54.4 |
| 1998-99 | OKC | 50 | 40.2 | 21.7 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 43.4 | 29.5 | 72.1 | 51.9 |
| 1999-00 | OKC | 82 | 41.8 | 24.2 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 44.8 | 34.0 | 73.5 | 53.5 |
| 2000-01 | OKC | 79 | 41.1 | 23.1 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 45.6 | 37.5 | 76.6 | 52.2 |
| 2001-02 | OKC | 82 | 40.3 | 22.1 | 4.8 | 9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 46.7 | 31.4 | 79.7 | 52.6 |
| 2002-03 |  OKC/MIL | 80 | 40.1 | 20.4 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 45.4 | 29.7 | 71.0 | 50.4 |
| 2003-04 |  LAL | 82 | 34.5 | 14.6 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 47.1 | 33.3 | 71.4 | 52.8 |
| 2004-05 |  BOS | 77 | 33 | 11.3 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 46.8 | 32.6 | 76.1 | 53.7 |
| 2005-06 |  MIA | 81 | 28.5 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 42.0 | 28.7 | 79.4 | 52.0 |
| 2006-07 | MIA | 68 | 22.1 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 39.3 | 26.0 | 66.7 | 45.8 |
What the columns mean: GP · MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%