Tim Raines had the most stolen bases in 1981, with 71 steals in his rookie season.

	NAME	SB	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Tim Raines T. Raines	71	1981	MON	88	313	61	95	13	7	5	37	45	2	31	11	363	137	25	0	3	5	7	.304	.391	.438	.829	54	16.1	.375	136	14.3
2	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	56	1981	OAK	108	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	64	2	68	22	493	185	31	0	4	4	7	.319	.408	.437	.845	78	25.6	.385	152	27.3
3	Julio Cruz J. Cruz	43	1981	SEA	94	352	57	90	12	3	2	24	39	3	40	8	401	114	17	4	3	0	4	.256	.332	.324	.656	40	-1.9	.308	91	-3.9
4	Omar Moreno O. Moreno	39	1981	PIT	103	434	62	120	18	8	1	35	26	3	76	14	468	157	27	1	4	4	1	.276	.319	.362	.681	47	-2.1	.308	88	-6
5	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	36	1981	CWS	82	337	46	83	10	4	0	24	28	1	70	11	369	101	14	1	2	0	9	.246	.304	.300	.604	30	-8.7	.282	76	-9.4
6	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	34	1981	KCR	102	439	54	133	10	7	1	32	18	4	42	8	465	160	18	3	1	3	5	.303	.335	.364	.700	51	1.6	.319	100	0.2
7	Rodney Scott R. Scott	30	1981	MON	95	336	43	69	9	3	0	26	50	1	35	7	402	84	12	13	2	0	7	.205	.308	.250	.558	30	-12.8	.271	66	-14.9
8	Miguel Dilone M. Dilone	29	1981	CLE	72	269	33	78	5	5	0	19	18	0	28	10	289	93	10	2	0	1	6	.290	.334	.346	.680	30	-0.3	.313	95	-1.4
9	Dave Collins D. Collins	26	1981	CIN	95	360	63	98	18	6	3	23	41	6	41	10	412	137	27	3	2	1	6	.272	.355	.381	.735	51	7.6	.339	112	5.5
10	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	26	1981	MON	103	394	71	119	21	3	24	64	35	7	50	4	441	218	48	0	5	14	6	.302	.365	.553	.918	75	28.2	.401	154	25.9
11	Bill North B. North	26	1981	SFG	46	131	22	29	7	0	1	12	26	1	28	8	161	39	8	3	0	0	1	.221	.354	.298	.652	17	0.2	.316	100	0
12	Leon Durham L. Durham	25	1981	CHC	87	328	42	95	14	6	10	35	27	0	53	11	355	151	30	0	0	6	6	.290	.344	.460	.804	49	11.7	.359	121	8
13	Rick Manning R. Manning	25	1981	CLE	103	360	47	88	15	3	4	33	40	0	57	3	404	121	22	2	2	2	4	.244	.318	.336	.655	39	-3.3	.303	89	-4.9
14	Lee Lacy L. Lacy	24	1981	PIT	78	213	31	57	11	4	2	10	11	1	29	3	226	82	17	1	0	2	1	.268	.307	.385	.692	23	-0.4	.312	91	-2.2
15	Mookie Wilson M. Wilson	24	1981	NYM	92	328	49	89	8	8	3	14	20	2	59	12	350	122	19	0	0	3	3	.271	.317	.372	.689	36	-0.4	.313	97	-1.1
16	Tom Herr T. Herr	23	1981	STL	103	411	50	110	14	9	0	46	39	1	30	7	462	142	23	6	5	3	9	.268	.329	.345	.674	47	-1.9	.309	91	-4.8
17	Eddie Miller E. Miller	23	1981	ATL	50	134	29	31	3	1	0	7	7	3	29	5	146	36	4	2	0	1	1	.231	.285	.269	.553	9	-6	.258	54	-7.4
18	Al Bumbry A. Bumbry	22	1981	BAL	101	392	61	107	18	2	1	27	51	2	51	15	451	132	21	4	2	2	6	.273	.358	.337	.695	51	3.4	.325	107	3.5
19	Terry Puhl T. Puhl	22	1981	HOU	96	350	43	88	19	4	3	28	31	4	49	4	394	124	26	4	5	5	3	.251	.315	.354	.670	38	-3.1	.303	96	-1.8
20	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	22	1981	SDP	110	450	53	100	11	2	0	21	41	5	37	12	507	115	13	10	1	1	8	.222	.294	.256	.549	34	-19.6	.262	65	-19.6
21	Ivan De Jesus I. De Jesus	21	1981	CHC	106	403	49	78	8	4	0	13	46	0	61	9	460	94	12	10	1	2	2	.194	.276	.233	.509	24	-24	.243	43	-28.8
22	Lonnie Smith L. Smith	21	1981	PHI	62	176	40	57	14	3	2	11	18	5	14	10	202	83	19	3	0	1	1	.324	.402	.472	.874	34	12.3	.397	151	11.3
23	Davey Lopes D. Lopes	20	1981	LAD	58	214	35	44	2	0	5	17	22	3	35	2	243	61	7	4	0	1	7	.206	.289	.285	.574	18	-7.5	.272	71	-7.8
24	Gene Richards G. Richards	20	1981	SDP	104	393	47	113	14	12	3	42	53	1	44	8	453	160	29	5	1	3	6	.288	.373	.407	.780	62	14.1	.356	129	14.1
25	Ken Landreaux K. Landreaux	18	1981	LAD	99	390	48	98	16	4	7	41	25	1	42	4	420	143	27	3	1	3	6	.251	.297	.367	.664	40	-3.9	.302	91	-4.2