elvin hayes most steals in a playoff game

Elvin Hayes had his most steals in a playoff game in Game 5 of the 1979 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Hawks, with 6 steals.

NAMESTLDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
6
4/24/1979
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
42
26
14
1
4
12
20
60.0
2
2
100.0
62.3
2
12
5
5
2Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
5
4/24/1977
WAS WAS
vs
HOU HOU
46
14
12
0
3
6
18
33.3
2
4
50.0
35.4
5
3Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
4
4/30/1978
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
48
28
18
2
6
10
21
47.6
8
11
72.7
54.2
4
4
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
4
4/12/1978
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
38
10
12
0
3
4
10
40.0
2
4
50.0
42.5
2
4
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3
5/18/1979
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
40
25
15
2
7
9
19
47.4
7
10
70.0
53.4
1
4
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3
5/30/1978
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
38
20
13
1
2
8
18
44.4
4
5
80.0
49.5
4
9
3
6
7Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3
5/23/1975
WAS WAS
@
GSW GSW
42
24
9
2
4
9
20
45.0
6
10
60.0
49.2
2
7
4
8Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3
4/20/1975
WAS WAS
vs
BUF BUF
48
46
12
5
3
19
26
73.1
8
13
61.5
72.5
3
9Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
4/25/1982
HOU HOU
@
SEA SEA
45
15
12
1
3
7
16
43.8
0
0
1
5
20.0
41.2
3
9
2
5
10Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/24/1979
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
44
20
14
2
3
8
17
47.1
4
9
44.4
47.7
3
11
3
4
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/13/1979
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
40
24
22
1
1
10
23
43.5
4
7
57.1
46.0
6
16
3
3
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/9/1979
WAS WAS
@
SAS SAS
44
15
23
4
1
7
20
35.0
1
6
16.7
33.1
1
5
13Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
6/4/1978
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
39
21
15
3
5
9
23
39.1
3
4
75.0
42.4
8
7
3
2
14Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/28/1978
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
42
29
20
0
0
12
24
50.0
5
10
50.0
51.1
9
11
0
5
15Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/7/1978
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
43
35
19
2
3
17
27
63.0
1
6
16.7
59.0
2
4
16Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/3/1978
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
41
26
15
2
2
7
20
35.0
12
16
75.0
48.1
4
5
17Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
4/23/1978
WAS WAS
vs
SAS SAS
44
23
13
0
3
10
18
55.6
3
4
75.0
58.2
5
5
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
4/16/1978
WAS WAS
@
SAS SAS
45
26
15
6
1
12
25
48.0
2
4
50.0
48.6
11
4
3
4
19Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
4/13/1977
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
42
21
10
2
4
8
18
44.4
5
7
71.4
49.8
1
9
1
20Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
4/21/1976
WAS WAS
vs
CLE CLE
42
8
14
1
0
2
12
16.7
4
6
66.7
27.3
0
14
2
21Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
2
5/18/1975
WAS WAS
vs
GSW GSW
48
29
16
2
3
13
29
44.8
3
5
60.0
46.5
6
10
3
22Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
1
6/7/1978
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
30
12
8
1
2
5
10
50.0
2
3
66.7
53.0
3
5
1
6
23Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
1
6/2/1978
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
41
17
9
2
1
6
12
50.0
5
7
71.4
56.4
3
6
3
4
24Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
1
5/25/1978
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
44
25
9
3
4
12
22
54.5
1
2
50.0
54.6
4
5
3
5
25Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
1
5/21/1978
WAS WAS
@
SEA SEA
42
21
9
0
0
9
18
50.0
3
4
75.0
53.1
2
7
2
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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