Isiah Thomas has the most steals in an NBA Finals, with 20 steals.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	0.7	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	63	2	26	23
2	LeBron James L. James	18	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	16	31	16	+26
3	Derek Harper D. Harper	17	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	38.0	16.4	3.0	6.0	2.4	0.1	6.0	12.9	46.7	2.4	5.6	43.6	2.0	2.4	82.4	59.0	1.0	2.0	1.7	266	115	21	42	1	12	21
4	LeBron James L. James	16	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	0.9	9.6	21.4	44.7	1.7	4.9	35.3	4.4	5.6	79.5	52.9	2.4	8.4	2.6	301	177	76	49	6	18	10	0
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	16	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	43.0	25.7	4.7	5.0	2.7	0.2	8.8	21.8	40.5	1.5	4.7	32.1	6.5	8.2	79.6	50.5	1.3	3.3	3.8	258	154	28	30	1	23	19	-39
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	16	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	6	22	22	+22
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	16	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	2	16	17
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	2	30	17
9	Julius Erving J. Erving	16	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	6	41.3	30.3	6.8	5.0	2.7	1.2	11.7	21.5	54.3				7.0	8.2	85.7	60.4	1.7	5.2		248	182	41	30	7		17
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	15	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	39.0	27.1	3.9	3.9	2.1	0.7	10.3	22.0	46.8	2.1	5.3	40.5	4.4	4.7	93.9	56.4	1.1	2.7	2.6	273	190	27	27	5	18	18	+33
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	15	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	5	27	27	+8
12	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	15	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	35.5	14.5	3.5	5.5	2.5	0.2	5.8	10.5	55.6	0.5	1.0	50.0	2.3	2.8	82.4	61.7	0.8	2.7	2.3	213	87	21	33	1	14	23
13	Byron Scott B. Scott	15	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	34.7	11.2	3.7	2.2	2.5	0.2	5.0	12.7	39.5	0.3	1.2	28.6	0.8	1.5	55.6	41.9	1.0	2.7	1.3	208	67	22	13	1	8	14
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	305	192	98	25	8	25	24
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	2	26	23
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	15	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.8	14.7	3.2	6.7	2.5	0.2	6.8	11.8	57.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	58.7	0.5	2.7	2.0	221	88	19	40	1	12	14
17	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	14	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	7	36.5	14.6	11.1	0.9	2.0	0.4	5.9	11.4	51.3	1.1	3.3	34.8	1.7	2.4	70.6	58.3	3.0	8.1	1.0	255	102	78	6	3	7	16	+12
18	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	14	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	32.7	10.9	5.6	1.9	2.0	2.4	5.0	11.4	43.8	0.7	2.4	29.4	0.1	0.6	25.0	46.5	1.9	3.7	1.0	229	76	39	13	17	7	30	+39
19	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	14	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.3	15.7	8.2	5.3	2.3	1.3	5.7	16.5	34.3	1.5	6.5	23.1	2.8	4.0	70.8	42.9	3.3	4.8	1.8	248	94	49	32	8	11	22
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	2.8	1.4	12.6	22.6	55.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	61.2	1.6	5.0	3.6	220	156	33	57	7	18	18
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.3	9.6	86.6	67.6	0.9	4.9	2.7	290	148	40	91	1	19	23
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	11.0	20.3	54.1	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.0	4.2	96.0	59.0	2.0	6.0	2.2	236	157	48	78	2	13	10
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	14	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.2	24.7	11.8	1.8	2.3	3.2	9.3	19.5	47.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	52.6	4.5	7.3	2.7	241	148	71	11	19	16	26
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	42.1	18.0	7.7	13.6	2.0	0.9	6.7	12.0	56.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.1	74.4	61.2	1.0	6.7	4.4	295	126	54	95	6	31	28
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	7.0	2.3	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	3	19	16