Which NBA player has the most career steals in the playoffs?

LeBron James swipes the ball from Bojan Bogdanovic to give him 396 career steals in the NBA Playoffs, passing Scottie Pippen for the most all-time.

NAMEGPSTLMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPG3PMFG%FT%TPGFGMFGA3PA3P%FTMFTAPFMINPTSREBASTBLKTOV
1LeBron James
LeBron James
239
419
42.0
28.9
8.9
7.1
1.8
1.0
1.5
49.1
74.3
3.6
10.3
20.9
4.7
33.2
6.8
9.2
2.4
10,049
6,911
2,122
1,687
232
866
2Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen
208
395
39.0
17.5
7.6
5.0
1.9
0.9
1.0
44.4
72.4
2.9
6.4
14.5
3.2
30.3
3.7
5.1
3.3
8,105
3,642
1,583
1,048
185
602
3Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
179
376
41.8
33.4
6.4
5.7
2.1
0.9
0.8
48.7
82.8
3.1
12.2
25.1
2.5
33.2
8.2
9.9
3.0
7,474
5,987
1,152
1,022
158
546
4Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson
190
358
39.7
19.5
7.7
12.3
1.9
0.3
0.3
50.6
83.8
3.7
6.8
13.4
1.1
24.1
5.6
6.7
2.8
7,538
3,701
1,465
2,346
64
696
5John Stockton
John Stockton
182
338
35.2
13.4
3.3
10.1
1.9
0.3
0.6
47.3
81.0
2.8
4.7
9.9
1.9
32.6
3.4
4.2
3.0
6,398
2,436
608
1,839
50
517
6Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
220
310
39.3
25.6
5.1
4.7
1.4
0.7
1.3
44.8
81.6
2.9
9.2
20.5
4.0
33.1
6.0
7.4
3.0
8,641
5,640
1,119
1,040
144
647
7Jason Kidd
Jason Kidd
158
302
38.5
12.9
6.7
8.0
1.9
0.3
1.5
39.1
78.1
2.8
4.6
11.7
4.6
32.2
2.3
3.0
2.2
6,088
2,043
1,058
1,263
52
450
8Larry Bird
Larry Bird
164
296
42.0
23.8
10.3
6.5
1.8
0.9
0.5
47.2
89.0
3.1
8.9
18.8
1.5
32.1
5.5
6.2
2.8
6,886
3,897
1,683
1,062
145
506
9Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks
133
295
36.5
14.4
3.4
6.9
2.2
0.3
0.0
51.2
77.7
2.4
5.8
11.3
0.3
9.8
2.7
3.5
2.4
4,848
1,910
453
922
45
318
10Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili
218
292
27.9
14.0
4.0
3.8
1.3
0.3
1.5
43.3
81.7
2.2
4.4
10.1
4.2
35.8
3.8
4.6
2.7
6,075
3,054
874
827
61
481
11Clyde Drexler
Clyde Drexler
145
278
38.4
20.4
6.9
6.1
1.9
0.7
1.0
44.7
78.7
2.7
7.4
16.6
3.4
28.8
4.6
5.9
3.4
5,572
2,963
1,002
891
108
397
12Robert Horry
Robert Horry
244
276
28.0
7.9
5.6
2.4
1.1
0.9
1.1
42.6
72.2
1.2
2.7
6.4
3.0
35.9
1.4
2.0
2.9
6,823
1,939
1,361
575
225
282
13Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Wade
177
273
37.8
22.3
5.2
4.9
1.5
1.0
0.6
47.4
78.0
3.3
8.2
17.3
1.7
33.8
5.4
6.9
2.6
6,697
3,954
928
870
175
583
14Derek Fisher
Derek Fisher
259
272
26.5
8.3
2.2
2.3
1.1
0.1
1.1
42.2
80.5
0.9
2.8
6.7
2.8
39.9
1.5
1.9
2.5
6,856
2,146
578
598
16
237
15Karl Malone
Karl Malone
193
258
41.0
24.7
10.7
3.2
1.3
0.7
0.0
46.3
73.6
2.8
9.0
19.5
0.2
16.2
6.6
8.9
3.4
7,907
4,761
2,062
610
135
550
16Dennis Johnson
Dennis Johnson
180
247
38.9
17.3
4.3
5.6
1.4
0.6
0.2
43.9
80.2
2.7
6.5
14.8
0.8
23.6
4.2
5.2
3.2
6,994
3,116
781
1,006
113
480
17Hakeem Olajuwon
Hakeem Olajuwon
145
245
39.6
25.9
11.2
3.2
1.7
3.3
0.0
52.8
71.9
2.9
10.4
19.6
0.1
22.2
5.1
7.1
3.9
5,749
3,755
1,621
458
472
424
18Julius Erving
Julius Erving
141
235
37.5
21.9
7.0
4.2
1.7
1.7
0.1
48.6
77.9
3.2
8.4
17.3
0.3
19.4
5.0
6.4
2.9
5,288
3,088
994
594
239
396
19Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas
111
234
38.0
20.4
4.7
8.9
2.1
0.3
0.7
44.1
76.9
3.3
7.4
16.8
2.1
34.6
4.8
6.2
3.3
4,216
2,261
524
987
38
369
20Byron Scott
Byron Scott
183
226
29.3
13.4
2.9
2.1
1.2
0.2
0.7
48.2
81.9
1.5
5.1
10.6
1.9
39.5
2.5
3.0
2.4
5,365
2,451
536
390
30
266
21Gary Payton
Gary Payton
154
216
35.6
14.0
3.7
5.3
1.4
0.2
0.9
44.1
70.6
1.9
5.6
12.6
2.8
31.5
2.0
2.8
2.8
5,481
2,155
575
811
32
297
22Paul Pierce
Paul Pierce
170
204
36.6
18.7
5.8
3.4
1.2
0.6
1.6
42.3
83.0
2.8
6.0
14.2
4.6
35.5
5.1
6.1
3.2
6,229
3,180
985
579
105
476
23Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
168
203
28.2
9.4
3.4
4.2
1.2
0.6
0.7
46.8
82.5
1.5
3.5
7.4
1.9
39.2
1.7
2.1
2.8
4,744
1,581
574
703
96
252
24Rajon Rondo
Rajon Rondo
105
201
37.6
14.0
6.1
9.3
1.9
0.2
0.4
44.3
64.6
2.9
5.7
12.9
1.2
28.9
2.2
3.4
2.5
3,944
1,471
641
981
19
301
25Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace
130
199
34.8
7.2
11.2
1.3
1.5
1.9
0.0
48.2
41.8
1.0
2.8
5.8
0.1
0.0
1.6
3.9
2.3
4,524
939
1,454
173
250
136
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Thunder Thunder
24
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.600
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15
11
.577
5.0
6
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13
10
.565
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