Are offenses more efficient? Is that why no one in the last 20 years other than

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May 16, 2019
9:02:27am

Manti All-American

Are offenses more efficient? Is that why no one in the last 20 years other than

Jason Kidd and Chris Paul have broken onto this list? Not as many opportunities for steals?

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Manti

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A cool visualization of the all-time NBA steals leaderboard.

5/16/19 8:53am

John Freaking Stockton.

macdizzle

5/16/19 8:58am

Incredible. His assists and steals records will likely never fall.

TailgateU

5/17/19 11:27am

Didn't realize Karl Malone made it into the Top 10 for a bit.

kccougar

5/16/19 8:58am

Are offenses more efficient? Is that why no one in the last 20 years other than

Manti

5/16/19 9:02am

Wonder if there are less steals recently due to the game being more 3 pt focused

ColtsCoug

5/16/19 9:08am

Definitely could be part of it. Just like way fewer blocked shots.

Manti

5/16/19 9:14am

Fouls are also called more, and guys just don't have the longevity of Stockton

TailgateU

5/17/19 11:28am

Seems appropriate that Larry Steele had the lead for a while.

BGRTHNUMEGO

5/16/19 9:03am

never heard of that don buse character who had the lead for so long.

smokymountainrain

5/16/19 9:12am

Brings up an interesting idea, have defenses become more conservative in the NBA

BoiseBlue

5/16/19 9:12am

offenses are smarter, more efficient with everything they do. Also, and this is

smokymountainrain

5/16/19 9:17am

WARNING - HARD CORE STATS NERDERY INSIDE

BoiseBlue

5/16/19 10:54am

My guess is less post play is biggest reason. So many steals taking it

BGRTHNUMEGO

5/16/19 9:18am

even forcing passes into the post. seems stockton got a lot of steals that way.

smokymountainrain

5/16/19 9:19am

Players are allowed to carry the ball when they dribble and offenses are much

Ash

5/16/19 9:26am

Rules/refs don't allow them to play the same physical defense

Remigius

5/16/19 9:41am

Average steals per game for a team is down about 0.58 from 1997, but...

j20

5/16/19 11:12am

that Michael Ray Richards guy must have got injured or something because he came

Avery

5/16/19 9:23am

major issues with drugs, cocaine.

smokymountainrain

5/16/19 9:25am

Yeah - funny to see some of those climb so dang fast, then stop.

Eddie

5/16/19 9:33am

I guess I don’t remember Jason Kidd being that great on D. I remember him as a

NWCoug

5/16/19 9:39am

A lot of steals come from being out of position on defense.

Left Shark Coug

5/16/19 9:48am

So defence stopped being a thing in 2007.

bluedad

5/16/19 9:46am

Could be, but this is the wrong stat to prove that. Pts per possession is a

Left Shark Coug

5/16/19 9:50am

Never knew Dr. J was so high on that list. And I grew up a huge Dr. J fan.

Mojojojo

5/17/19 12:49pm

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