Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels is a top perimeter defender across the NBA. In just his third NBA season and first in Atlanta, he's averaging three steals per game. That's the most across the league by a landslide. No other player is averaging even two steals per game this season.
In the Hawks' 134-102 win over the Charlotte Hornets Tuesday, Daniels had three more swipes. That made 194 steals on the season, a number no other player has reached in the past 15 years. The last player to cross that threshold was Chris Paul, who did so in the 2008-09 season with 216 steals. The year before, Paul had 217 steals.
