List of Women's National Basketball Association season steals leaders
Year Player Pos Team Games played Total minutes Minutes per game Total steals Steals per game
1997 Teresa Weatherspoon G New York Liberty 28 924 33.0 85 3.0
1998 Teresa Weatherspoon ( 2 ) G New York Liberty 30 1002 33.4 100 3.3
1999 Yolanda Griffith C/F Sacramento Monarchs 29 979 33.8 73 2.5
2000 Sheryl Swoopes F/G Houston Comets 31 1090 35.2 87 2.8
2001 Debbie Black G Miami Sol 32 946 29.6 82 2.5
2002 Tamika Catchings F Indiana Fever 32 1167 36.5 94 2.9
2003 Sheryl Swoopes ( 2 ) F/G Houston Comets 31 1084 35.0 77 2.4
2004 Yolanda Griffith ( 2 ) C/F Sacramento Monarchs 34 1031 30.3 75 2.2
2004 Nykesha Sales G/F Connecticut Sun 34 1096 32.2 75 2.2
2005 Tamika Catchings ( 2 ) F Indiana Fever 34 1174 34.5 90 2.6
2006 Tamika Catchings ( 3 ) F Indiana Fever 32 1071 33.5 94 2.9
2007 Tamika Catchings ( 4 ) F Indiana Fever 21 678 32.3 66 3.1
2008 Alexis Hornbuckle G Detroit Shock 34 747 22.0 79 2.3
2009 Tamika Catchings ( 5 ) F Indiana Fever 34 1084 31.9 99 2.9
2010 Tamika Catchings ( 6 ) F Indiana Fever 34 1068 31.4 77 2.2
2011 Sancho Lyttle F Atlanta Dream 22 577 26.2 52 2.3
2012 Angel McCoughtry F Atlanta Dream 24 718 29.9 60 2.5
2013 Tamika Catchings ( 7 ) F Indiana Fever 30 942 31.4 85 2.8
2014 Angel McCoughtry ( 2 ) F Atlanta Dream 31 970 31.3 74 2.3
2015 Sancho Lyttle ( 2 ) F Atlanta Dream 24 721 30.0 54 2.2
Wikimedia list article The Women 's National Basketball Association 's ( WNBA ) steals title is awarded to the player with the highest steals per game ( spg ) average in a given season . The highest league-leading spg was Teresa Weatherspoon 's 3.33 spg in 1998 . The lowest league-leading spg was 2.21 , achieved by Nykesha Sales and Yolanda Griffith in 2004 . Statistics accurate as of August 7 , 2015
The Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) steals title is awarded to the player with the highest steals per game (spg) average in a given season. The highest league-leading spg was Teresa Weatherspoon's 3.33 spg in 1998. The lowest league-leading spg was 2.21, achieved by Nykesha Sales and Yolanda Griffith in 2004.