Team Defense
Steals Per Game
Records and Statistics include games against Division I opponents only.
Streaks include games against all opponents.
Steals Per Game
Long Island - 14.9 (1998)
1 FIU 9.8
2 Eastern Kentucky 9.6
3 UTRGV 9.3
4 Duke 9.1
5 Auburn 9.1
6 Rider 9.1
7 Marshall 9.0
8 Washington 8.9
9 Saint John's 8.9
10 Prairie View A&M 8.8
11 LSU 8.8
12 Loyola-Maryland 8.7
13 Temple 8.6
14 Furman 8.5
15 Syracuse 8.2
16 South Florida 8.2
17 UNCG 8.1
18 Texas Southern 8.1
19 Arkansas 8.1
19 Mississippi State 8.1
21 Abilene Christian 8.0
22 Memphis 8.0
23 VCU 8.0
24 Duquesne 7.8
25 Georgia State 7.8
26 New Orleans 7.7
27 Sacramento State 7.7
28 Detroit 7.7
28 UMBC 7.7
30 Savannah State 7.7
31 Penn State 7.7
32 Oregon 7.6
33 Morgan State 7.6
34 Brown 7.6
35 Richmond 7.5
36 Kansas State 7.5
37 Gonzaga 7.5
38 Southern Miss 7.5
39 Providence 7.4
40 Houston Baptist 7.4
41 La Salle 7.4
42 Samford 7.4
43 Illinois 7.4
44 Columbia 7.4
45 American 7.4
46 East Tennessee State 7.3
47 California 7.3
48 Alabama A&M 7.3
49 Lamar 7.3
50 Fairleigh Dickinson 7.3
50 Holy Cross 7.3
52 Charleston Southern 7.3
53 Jacksonville State 7.3
54 Buffalo 7.2
55 Murray State 7.2
56 Florida A&M 7.2
57 East Carolina 7.2
58 Florida State 7.2
59 Loyola-Marymount 7.2
60 Robert Morris 7.2
61 UMKC 7.2
62 Florida 7.1
62 North Carolina State 7.1
64 Ole Miss 7.1
64 Rhode Island 7.1
66 Nebraska 7.1
67 Texas Tech 7.1
68 Tennessee-Martin 7.1
69 Maine 7.1
70 Iowa State 7.1
71 Saint Louis 7.1
72 Tennessee State 7.0
73 Purdue Fort Wayne 7.0
74 Fresno State 7.0
74 Georgia Southern 7.0
74 IUPUI 7.0
77 Central Michigan 7.0
78 Green Bay 7.0
79 Austin Peay 7.0
79 North Carolina 7.0
81 Sam Houston State 7.0
82 Bethune-Cookman 7.0
83 Missouri State 6.9
84 Louisiana 6.9
85 Portland State 6.9
86 Seton Hall 6.9
86 Western Kentucky 6.9
88 Georgia Tech 6.9
89 Eastern Michigan 6.9
90 TCU 6.9
91 Pittsburgh 6.9
92 Manhattan 6.9
93 Lipscomb 6.8
94 Kent State 6.8
95 Monmouth 6.8
96 Tennessee Tech 6.8
97 Iona 6.8
98 Bowling Green 6.8
98 Hartford 6.8
98 Kansas 6.8
101 Virginia Tech 6.7
102 Creighton 6.7
103 Texas A&M 6.7
104 Penn 6.7
105 Pepperdine 6.7
106 New Mexico 6.7
107 Cal State Northridge 6.7
108 Indiana State 6.7
109 Ball State 6.6
109 Miami (FL) 6.6
109 Southern Illinois 6.6
112 Clemson 6.6
113 Southern 6.6
114 Alcorn State 6.6
115 Stetson 6.5
116 Fairfield 6.5
117 Belmont 6.5
117 Jacksonville 6.5
119 Houston 6.5
120 Long Island 6.5
120 Rutgers 6.5
122 Charleston 6.5
123 North Carolina A&T 6.5
124 Indiana 6.5
125 Montana 6.5
126 FGCU 6.4
127 UTSA 6.4
128 Delaware State 6.4
129 Texas State 6.4
130 Jackson State 6.4
130 Ohio 6.4
132 Loyola-Chicago 6.4
133 Cal State Bakersfield 6.4
133 Saint Francis (PA) 6.4
135 Mercer 6.4
135 VMI 6.4
137 Canisius 6.4
138 SIUE 6.3
139 BYU 6.3
140 NJIT 6.3
140 UAB 6.3
140 UIC 6.3
143 Hofstra 6.3
144 Northern Arizona 6.3
145 DePaul 6.3
146 Colorado State 6.3
147 UNC Asheville 6.3
148 North Alabama 6.3
149 Stephen F. Austin 6.3
150 UC Davis 6.2
151 Arizona State 6.2
152 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6.2
153 UTA 6.2
154 Grand Canyon 6.2
155 Nevada 6.2
155 Northeastern 6.2
157 West Virginia 6.2
158 Gardner-Webb 6.2
159 Incarnate Word 6.2
160 George Mason 6.2
161 Chicago State 6.2
162 South Carolina 6.2
163 Coastal Carolina 6.2
163 Stony Brook 6.2
165 Baylor 6.1
166 Alabama State 6.1
167 Texas 6.1
168 Southeastern Louisiana 6.1
169 USC 6.1
170 Colgate 6.1
171 Cincinnati 6.1
172 Nicholls State 6.1
172 Purdue 6.1
174 Campbell 6.1
174 San Francisco 6.1
174 Youngstown State 6.1
177 Eastern Illinois 6.1
178 Michigan 6.1
179 South Carolina Upstate 6.1
180 Pacific 6.1
181 James Madison 6.1
182 Boston University 6.1
183 Connecticut 6.1
184 North Texas 6.0
185 Albany 6.0
186 South Dakota State 6.0
187 Iowa 6.0
188 Army 6.0
188 Boise State 6.0
188 Georgetown 6.0
188 Northwestern State 6.0
188 Princeton 6.0
188 Stanford 6.0
188 The Citadel 6.0
188 Utah State 6.0
188 Wright State 6.0
197 Oklahoma 6.0
198 Liberty 6.0
199 Hampton 6.0
199 Long Beach State 6.0
201 Oregon State 6.0
202 Kentucky 5.9
203 Wofford 5.9
204 UNLV 5.9
205 Central Arkansas 5.9
206 Saint Mary's College 5.9
207 Northern Kentucky 5.9
208 SMU 5.9
209 North Florida 5.9
209 Valparaiso 5.9
211 Radford 5.9
212 Tennessee 5.9
213 Ohio State 5.9
214 San Diego State 5.9
214 UCLA 5.9
216 Saint Bonaventure 5.9
216 ULM 5.9
218 Butler 5.8
219 Cal State Fullerton 5.8
220 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5.8
220 Wagner 5.8
222 Norfolk State 5.8
223 Middle Tennessee 5.8
224 Georgia 5.8
225 Fordham 5.8
225 Longwood 5.8
227 Presbyterian College 5.8
228 Siena 5.7
228 UCF 5.7
230 Oklahoma State 5.7
231 Evansville 5.7
231 Miami (OH) 5.7
233 Utah Valley 5.7
234 Yale 5.7
235 Oakland 5.7
235 South Alabama 5.7
237 Louisiana Tech 5.7
238 Harvard 5.7
238 Maryland Eastern Shore 5.7
240 Southeast Missouri 5.7
241 Saint Joseph's 5.6
242 Old Dominion 5.6
242 San Diego 5.6
244 Cornell 5.6
245 Akron 5.6
245 Saint Francis (NY) 5.6
247 Eastern Washington 5.6
248 Kennesaw State 5.6
249 Lehigh 5.5
249 Marist 5.5
249 Wyoming 5.5
252 New Mexico State 5.5
253 Cleveland State 5.5
254 Northwestern 5.5
254 Tulsa 5.5
254 UC Irvine 5.5
257 Mississippi Valley State 5.5
258 UMass-Lowell 5.5
259 Troy 5.5
260 Grambling 5.5
261 Little Rock 5.4
262 Virginia 5.4
263 Portland 5.4
264 Xavier 5.4
265 Notre Dame 5.4
266 North Dakota 5.4
267 Northern Colorado 5.4
268 Villanova 5.4
269 Navy 5.4
269 Weber State 5.4
271 Central Connecticut 5.4
272 Saint Peter's 5.4
273 Binghamton 5.4
273 Omaha 5.4
273 Sacred Heart 5.4
276 High Point 5.3
277 Howard 5.3
278 Drake 5.3
278 Northern Illinois 5.3
280 Vermont 5.3
281 Montana State 5.3
281 Morehead State 5.3
283 South Dakota 5.3
284 Bryant 5.3
285 Bucknell 5.2
286 FAU 5.2
286 Rice 5.2
288 Wisconsin 5.2
289 Arkansas State 5.2
289 Quinnipiac 5.2
291 Southern Utah 5.2
292 Arizona 5.2
292 Washington State 5.2
294 Michigan State 5.2
295 George Washington 5.2
296 Appalachian State 5.1
297 Boston College 5.1
298 Coppin State 5.1
299 North Carolina Central 5.1
300 Toledo 5.1
301 Bradley 5.1
302 Davidson 5.1
303 Idaho State 5.0
304 Western Illinois 5.0
305 Colorado 5.0
306 William & Mary 5.0
307 Dayton 5.0
308 Lafayette 5.0
309 Dartmouth 5.0
310 Marquette 4.9
311 Illinois State 4.9
312 Hawaii 4.9
313 Minnesota 4.9
314 Wake Forest 4.8
315 UMass 4.8
315 Vanderbilt 4.8
317 Air Force 4.8
318 Santa Clara 4.8
319 Milwaukee 4.8
320 Charlotte 4.8
321 Tulane 4.7
322 Cal Poly 4.7
322 UTEP 4.7
324 UC Riverside 4.7
325 Denver 4.7
326 Wichita State 4.7
327 UC Santa Barbara 4.7
328 Missouri 4.7
328 South Carolina State 4.7
330 Utah 4.6
331 Alabama 4.6
332 Towson 4.6
333 Northern Iowa 4.6
334 McNeese State 4.6
335 Oral Roberts 4.5
336 North Dakota State 4.5
337 Delaware 4.5
337 Western Michigan 4.5
339 Mount Saint Mary's 4.4
340 Louisville 4.4
341 Drexel 4.4
342 Maryland 4.4
343 UNCW 4.3
344 Western Carolina 4.3
345 California Baptist 4.3
346 Seattle University 4.2
347 San Jose State 4.2
348 Niagara 4.0
348 Winthrop 4.0
350 Elon 4.0
351 Chattanooga 3.9
352 New Hampshire 3.8
353 Idaho 3.8