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Lega Basket Serie A season steals leaders are the season by season steals leaders of the top-tier level professional basketball league in Italy, the LBA (first division), and the all-time stats leaders of both the LBA and the Serie A2 (2nd division).

Steals Leader by season

In basketball, steals occur when a player legally forced his opponent to commit a turnover by his positive and aggressive actions such as deflecting or catching the ball. The LBA's steals title is awarded to the player with the highest steals per game average in a given regular season. Prior to the 1987–88 season, the league's leader in steal was the player that scored the most total steals in the league during the season. Since the 1987–88 season, the steals' leader is the player with the highest steals average per game during the season.

Total Steals Leaders (1975–76 to 1986–87)
Season	Player (League's Leader in Steals)	Club	Total Steals	Ref
1976–77	Chuck Jura	Xerox Milano	100	^[1]
1977–78	Chuck Jura (2×)	Xerox Milano	118	^[2]
1978–79	Mike D'Antoni	Billy Milano	93
1979–80	Mike D'Antoni (2×)	Billy Milano	162
1980–81	Mike D'Antoni (3×)	Billy Milano	137
1981–82	Mike D'Antoni (4×)	Billy Milano	149	^[3]
1982–83	Mike D'Antoni (5×)	Billy Milano	147	^[4]
1983–84	James Hardy	Snaidero Udine	109	^[5]
1984–85	Mike D'Antoni (6×)	Simac Milano	113	^[6]
1985–86	Cedric Henderson	Simac Milano	153	^[7]
1986–87	Rickey Brown	Basket Brescia	133	^[8]
1987–88	Mitchell Anderson	Neutroroberts Firenze	135	^[9]

By steals average

Steals Leader By Steals Average (1988–89 to Present)
Season	Player (League's Leader in Steals)	Club	Steals Average	Ref
1988–89	Micheal Ray Richardson	Knorr Bologna	3.5	^[10]
1989–90	Joe Binion	Libertas Livorno	3.3
1990–91	Chris McNealy	Lotus Montecatini	3.5
1991–92	Riccardo Pittis	Philips Milano	3.8
1992–93	Riccardo Pittis (2×)	Philips Milano	3.5
1993–94	Arijan Komazec	Pallacanestro Varese	3.5	^[11]
1994–95	Emanual Davis	Teamsystem Rimini	3.1
1995–96	Alberto Rossini	Polti Cantù	3.7
1996–97	Jonathan Haynes	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	4.0
1997–98	Germán Scarone	Teamsystem Rimini	3.2
1998–99	Jonathan Haynes (2×)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	4.0
1999–00	Charles Smith	Basket Napoli	3.7
2000–01	Joey Beard	Teamsystem Rimini	3.8
2001–02	Manu Ginóbili	Virtus Bologna	4.3	^[12]
2002–03	David Vanterpool	Air Avellino	4.2
2003–04	Nate Green	Air Avellino	3.9
2004–05	Nate Green (2×)	Air Avellino	2.9
2005–06	David Hawkins	Lottomatica Roma	3.4
2006–07	Rick Apodaca	Givova Scafati Basket	2.8
2007–08	Marques Green	Air Avellino	3.6
2008–09	Shaun Stonerook	Montepaschi Siena	3.3
2009–10	Marques Green (2×)	Scavolini Pesaro	3.3
2010–11	Shaun Stonerook (2×)	Montepaschi Siena	3.3
2011–12	Aubrey Coleman	Angelico Biella	3.3
2012–13	Bryant Dunston	Pallacanestro Varese	2.1
2013–14	Quinton Hosley	Virtus Roma	2.0
2014–15	Jerome Dyson	Dinamo Sassari	2.0
2015–16	Deron Washington	Vanoli Cremona Basket	1.9	^[13]
2016–17	Aaron Craft	Aquila Basket Trento	2.3	^[14]
2017–18	Randy Culpepper	Pallacanestro Cantù	2.1
2018–19	Aaron Craft (2×)	Dolomiti Energia Trentino	2.1
2019–20	John Brown	New Basket Brindisi	2.0
2020–21	Darius Thompson	New Basket Brindisi	1.7	^[15]
2021–22	Gerald Robinson	Dinamo Sassari	2.0	^[16]