Alex Caruso is currently #1 in the NBA in steals per game(2.3). He’s doing it while playing under 30 minutes per game off the bench.

Current 10 players in steals per game along with their minutes per game:

1.) Alex Caruso - 2.3spg/29.5mpg

2.) Jimmy Butler - 2.1spg/34.2mpg

3.) Marcus Smart - 2.1spg/34.8mpg

4.) Chris Paul - 2.1spg/32.3mpg

5.) Gary Trent Jr. - 2.0spg/34.4mpg

6.) Dejounte Murray - 2.0spg/34.7mpg

7.) LaMelo Ball - 1.9spg/33.3mpg

8.) Donovan Mitchell - 1.9spg/32.2mpg

9.) Steph Curry - 1.8spg/34.3mpg

10.) Paul George - 1.8spg/35.5mpg

Below is a link to where I found these statistics:

https://www.espn.com/nba/stats/player/_/table/defensive/sort/avgSteals/dir/desc