best steal seasons nba

LeBron James has 2,417 steals in his career.

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best steal seasons by a player NBA
NAMESTLSEASGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
2,417
23
1,622
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
61,031
43,440
12,095
12,016
1,185
5,650
2,862
+7508
2Vince Carter
V. Carter
1,530
22
1,541
30.1
16.7
4.3
3.1
1.0
0.6
6.0
13.8
43.5
1.5
4.0
37.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
53.6
1.1
3.2
1.7
46,367
25,728
6,606
4,714
888
2,590
3,995
+1817
3Chris Paul
C. Paul
2,728
21
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
45,836
23,058
6,006
12,552
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
4Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
1,210
21
1,522
33.8
20.7
7.5
2.4
0.8
0.8
7.3
15.6
47.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
4.8
5.4
87.9
57.7
1.0
6.6
1.6
51,368
31,560
11,489
3,651
1,281
2,494
3,601
+6541
5Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1,859
21
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
50,418
26,071
14,662
5,445
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
6Kevin Willis
K. Willis
958
21
1,424
26.9
12.1
8.4
0.9
0.7
0.5
5.0
10.2
48.7
0.0
0.1
21.1
2.1
3.0
71.3
52.5
2.9
5.5
1.8
38,362
17,253
11,901
1,328
751
2,520
4,172
-825
7Robert Parish
R. Parish
1,219
21
1,611
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
0.8
1.5
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.5
72.1
57.1
2.9
6.3
2.1
45,704
23,334
14,715
2,180
2,361
3,183
4,443
+105
8Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
1,501
20
1,187
31.0
13.8
4.2
6.0
1.3
0.3
4.4
10.5
42.3
1.9
5.1
36.7
3.1
3.8
81.5
56.9
0.8
3.4
2.2
36,798
16,373
4,970
7,110
353
2,632
3,169
+2796
9Udonis Haslem
U. Haslem
424
20
879
24.7
7.5
6.6
0.8
0.5
0.3
3.0
6.2
48.9
0.0
0.1
12.7
1.4
1.9
75.6
53.3
1.8
4.8
0.9
21,720
6,586
5,791
733
252
810
2,069
+452
10Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
1,179
20
1,327
29.4
14.6
2.2
3.4
0.9
0.2
5.1
12.4
41.0
1.7
4.8
34.8
2.8
3.2
86.2
52.9
0.4
1.9
1.9
38,994
19,419
2,948
4,541
271
2,476
2,008
-1252
11Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,944
20
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
48,637
33,643
7,047
6,306
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
12Mike Conley
M. Conley
1,638
19
1,226
30.7
13.6
2.9
5.5
1.3
0.2
4.8
10.9
43.6
1.6
4.2
38.7
2.5
3.0
82.6
55.6
0.5
2.4
1.8
37,587
16,715
3,547
6,782
256
2,214
2,354
+2728
13Al Horford
A. Horford
896
19
1,183
31.2
12.7
7.7
3.2
0.8
1.1
5.2
10.3
50.7
0.9
2.4
37.6
1.4
1.8
76.4
57.3
1.9
5.9
1.4
36,885
15,077
9,162
3,745
1,351
1,611
2,467
+3561
14Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1,765
19
1,231
32.1
11.3
4.9
4.2
1.4
0.5
4.1
8.8
46.3
0.9
2.7
33.0
2.3
3.2
70.9
55.3
0.9
4.0
1.8
39,507
13,968
6,047
5,147
633
2,240
2,180
+3024
15Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
1,223
19
1,260
34.5
22.5
6.2
2.7
1.0
0.5
8.0
18.0
44.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
5.0
6.2
81.4
54.3
1.6
4.6
2.4
43,514
28,289
7,808
3,422
644
3,052
3,543
+1528
16Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
630
19
1,160
27.3
8.2
9.0
0.8
0.5
1.2
3.1
5.1
59.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.2
64.4
62.6
3.0
6.0
1.4
31,617
9,509
10,467
967
1,335
1,656
3,268
+321
17Jason Terry
J. Terry
1,603
19
1,410
29.8
13.4
2.3
3.8
1.1
0.2
4.9
11.1
44.4
1.6
4.3
38.0
2.0
2.3
84.5
55.4
0.4
2.0
1.7
42,034
18,881
3,274
5,415
275
2,415
2,577
+1718
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1,752
19
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
45,880
26,397
7,527
4,708
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,025
19
1,392
34.0
19.0
10.8
3.0
0.7
2.2
7.4
14.6
50.6
0.0
0.1
17.9
4.2
6.1
69.6
55.1
2.8
8.1
2.4
47,368
26,496
15,091
4,225
3,020
3,381
3,304
+8910
20Juwan Howard
J. Howard
818
19
1,208
30.3
13.4
6.1
2.2
0.7
0.3
5.4
11.5
46.9
0.0
0.0
12.0
2.5
3.3
76.4
51.4
1.9
4.2
2.0
36,654
16,159
7,428
2,663
312
2,469
3,493
-1769
21Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
2,684
19
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
50,111
17,529
8,725
12,091
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
739
19
1,207
34.7
23.7
10.9
2.5
0.6
2.3
9.4
16.1
58.2
0.0
0.0
4.5
4.9
9.3
52.7
58.6
3.5
7.4
2.7
41,918
28,596
13,099
3,026
2,732
3,310
4,146
+4887
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
2,085
19
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
54,852
36,928
14,968
5,248
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
24Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
1,351
19
1,282
31.4
9.7
9.5
2.5
1.1
0.3
3.8
8.0
47.1
0.1
0.2
25.3
2.1
2.7
76.1
52.6
3.1
6.5
2.2
40,280
12,417
12,205
3,217
384
2,785
4,421
+171
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
3,265
19
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
47,764
19,711
4,051
15,806
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
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