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1980-1981 NBA Total Steals Leaders

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Micheal Ray Richardson led the NBA in total steals in 1980-1981 with 232, 35 ahead of Quinn Buckner (197). It stands 17th 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 1980-1981 Micheal Ray Richardson NYK
232 Total Steals 35 clear of Quinn Buckner
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# Player Team STL GP MPG BLK
1 Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal Ray Richardson NYK 232 79 40.2 35
2 Quinn Buckner Quinn Buckner MIL 197 82 29.1 3
3 Maurice Cheeks Maurice Cheeks PHL 193 81 29.8 39
4 Dudley Bradley Dudley Bradley IND 186 82 22.8 37
5 Ray Williams Ray Williams NYK 185 79 34.7 37
6 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 173 82 35.0 147
7 Ron Lee Ron Lee DET 166 82 22.3 29
8 Robert Reid HOU 163 82 36.1 66
9 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 161 82 39.5 63
10 Norm Nixon Norm Nixon LAL 146 79 37.5 11
11 Darwin Cook NJN 141 81 24.4 36
12 Jim Paxson Jim Paxson POR 140 79 34.2 9
13 Mike Bratz CLE 136 80 32.4 17
14 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson PHX 136 79 33.1 61
15 Michael Cooper LAL 133 81 32.4 78
16 Johnny High PHX 129 81 21.6 26
17 Magic Johnson Magic Johnson LAL 127 37 37.1 27
18 Eddie Johnson Eddie Johnson ATL 126 75 35.9 11
19 Reggie Theus Reggie Theus CHI 122 82 34.4 20
20 Jamaal Wilkes Jamaal Wilkes LAL 121 81 37.4 29
21 Johnny Moore SAN 120 82 19.2 22
22 Greg Ballard WAS 118 82 31.8 39
23 Brian Taylor Brian Taylor SDC 118 80 28.9 23
24 Jim Spanarkel Jim Spanarkel DAL 117 82 28.3 20
25 Sly Williams NYK 116 67 29.5 18
26 Marques Johnson Marques Johnson MIL 115 76 33.4 41
27 Randy Smith Randy Smith CLE 113 82 26.8 14
28 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 112 82 31.1 180
29 Calvin Murphy Calvin Murphy HOU 111 76 26.5 6
30 Kevin Porter Kevin Porter WAS 110 81 31.8 10
31 Adrian Dantley Adrian Dantley UTH 109 80 42.7 18
32 Alex English Alex English DEN 106 81 38.2 100
33 Darrell Griffith UTH 106 81 35.4 40
34 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 106 75 27.4 69
35 Lionel Hollins Lionel Hollins PHL 104 82 26.3 18
36 Don Collins WAS 104 81 22.8 25
37 Garfield Heard SDC 104 78 20.9 72
38 Reggie King KCK 102 81 33.9 41
39 Bob Wilkerson Bob Wilkerson CHI 102 80 28.0 23
40 Kenny Higgs DEN 101 72 23.5 6
41 Chris Ford Chris Ford BOS 100 82 33.2 23
42 Michael Brooks Michael Brooks SDC 99 82 30.2 31
43 Campy Russell Campy Russell NYK 99 79 36.3 8
44 George McGinnis George McGinnis IND 99 69 26.7 28
45 Phil Ford Phil Ford KCK 99 66 34.7 6
46 Ricky Sobers Ricky Sobers CHI 98 71 25.4 17
47 John Drew John Drew ATL 98 67 31.0 15
48 Scott Wedman Scott Wedman KCK 97 81 35.8 46
49 Allen Leavell HOU 97 79 21.3 15
50 Walter Davis Walter Davis PHX 97 78 28.0 12
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