List of WNBA annual steals leaders

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.

Stats current through end of 2025 season

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
2016	Tamika Catchings (8)	F	Indiana Fever	34	844	24.8	62	1.8
2017	Alana Beard	F/G	Los Angeles Sparks	34	1048	30.8	71	2.0
2018	Maya Moore	F/G	Minnesota Lynx	34	1081	31.8	57	1.7
2019	Jordin Canada	G	Seattle Storm	30	865	28.8	68	2.3
2020	Alyssa Thomas	F	Connecticut Sun	21	689	32.8	42	2.0
2021	Brittney Sykes	G	Los Angeles Sparks	32	939	29.3	58	1.8
2022	Brittney Sykes (2)	G	Los Angeles Sparks	32	921	31.3	65	2.0
2023	Jordin Canada (2)	G	Los Angeles Sparks	38	1237	32.5	86	2.3
2024	Arike Ogunbowale	G	Dallas Wings	38	1466	38.6	81	2.1
2025	Gabby Williams	F	Seattle Storm	44	1391	31.6	99	2.3

See also

• List of National Basketball Association career steals leaders
• List of National Basketball Association season steals leaders

External links

• WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Steals Per Game by Basketball-Reference.com