highest playoff steals before turning 34

LeBron James has gotten the most career steals by a player younger than 34 in the playoffs, with 419 steals.

Interpreted as:
highest playoff steals before turning 34 years old by a player
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
419
239
42.1
28.9
8.9
7.1
1.8
1.0
10.3
20.9
49.1
1.5
4.7
33.2
6.8
9.2
74.3
57.9
1.5
7.3
3.6
10,050
6,911
2,122
1,687
232
866
569
+1135
2Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
351
182
39.6
18.1
7.8
5.2
1.9
1.0
6.6
14.9
44.6
0.9
3.0
30.2
3.9
5.4
72.1
52.3
2.4
5.4
2.9
7,200
3,290
1,413
942
174
536
601
+230
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
314
139
41.7
33.9
6.4
6.2
2.3
0.9
12.4
25.0
49.5
0.9
2.4
36.3
8.3
10.0
83.1
57.7
1.7
4.8
3.3
5,798
4,717
895
857
129
452
448
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
310
220
39.3
25.6
5.1
4.7
1.4
0.7
9.2
20.5
44.8
1.3
4.0
33.1
6.0
7.4
81.6
54.1
1.0
4.0
2.9
8,641
5,640
1,119
1,040
144
647
660
+555
5James Harden
J. Harden
267
160
35.9
22.7
5.5
6.3
1.7
0.5
6.8
16.1
42.4
2.5
7.4
33.8
6.6
7.6
86.9
58.5
0.7
4.8
3.5
5,749
3,637
883
1,013
85
555
483
+317
6Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
261
153
39.6
20.0
7.0
13.2
1.7
0.3
7.0
13.8
50.8
0.3
1.2
24.1
5.7
6.7
84.6
59.7
3.7
6,056
3,053
1,064
2,018
52
564
410
7Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
256
146
35.6
21.5
7.8
3.0
1.8
0.7
7.7
15.0
51.3
1.7
4.3
39.9
4.4
5.2
84.1
62.1
1.8
6.0
1.9
5,195
3,133
1,142
432
99
278
323
+643
8Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
250
152
38.9
22.9
5.3
5.1
1.6
1.0
8.3
17.4
47.8
0.6
1.7
32.6
5.7
7.3
77.5
55.4
1.4
3.8
3.4
5,907
3,481
798
768
153
524
426
+435
9Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
244
124
38.4
21.0
7.1
6.4
2.0
0.8
7.7
16.9
45.3
0.8
2.9
27.1
4.8
6.1
78.9
53.4
2.6
4.5
2.8
4,767
2,598
886
791
98
348
419
10Draymond Green
D. Green
240
157
34.7
11.6
8.9
6.2
1.5
1.4
4.1
9.2
44.9
1.0
3.3
30.4
2.3
3.2
72.7
54.6
1.7
7.2
2.6
5,445
1,825
1,391
974
214
411
593
+993
11Robert Horry
R. Horry
234
175
31.2
9.0
6.2
2.7
1.3
1.0
3.1
7.2
43.0
1.1
3.2
35.1
1.6
2.2
71.7
54.6
1.8
4.4
1.3
5,466
1,570
1,086
480
167
236
569
+428
12Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
234
111
38.0
20.4
4.7
8.9
2.1
0.3
7.4
16.8
44.1
0.7
2.1
34.8
4.8
6.2
76.9
52.0
1.2
3.5
3.3
4,216
2,261
524
987
38
370
363
13Chris Paul
C. Paul
219
99
37.3
21.0
5.0
8.6
2.2
0.2
7.7
16.0
47.9
1.7
4.6
36.8
4.0
4.8
84.5
58.1
0.8
4.2
2.7
3,688
2,082
494
848
17
266
302
+57
14Byron Scott
B. Scott
215
158
31.2
14.5
3.2
2.3
1.4
0.2
5.6
11.5
49.0
0.8
1.9
41.2
2.5
3.1
81.2
56.6
0.8
2.3
1.5
4,933
2,297
499
361
29
236
401
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
207
112
42.6
25.9
9.9
6.8
1.8
0.9
9.4
19.6
48.0
0.6
1.7
35.6
6.4
7.2
89.5
56.8
2.2
7.7
3.1
4,771
2,902
1,104
764
98
348
305
16Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
203
119
37.9
21.3
6.2
4.6
1.7
0.6
7.2
15.6
46.0
1.2
3.5
34.7
5.7
6.9
83.0
57.1
1.7
4.4
1.8
4,512
2,534
734
551
68
216
211
+25
17Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
201
105
37.6
14.0
6.1
9.3
1.9
0.2
5.7
12.9
44.3
0.4
1.2
28.9
2.2
3.4
64.6
48.5
1.6
4.5
2.9
3,945
1,471
641
981
19
301
266
+260
18Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
198
111
37.6
24.6
7.2
7.9
1.8
0.3
8.5
20.9
40.8
1.4
4.7
29.6
6.1
7.4
82.7
50.8
1.9
5.3
4.0
4,170
2,727
794
874
31
441
324
+138
19Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
195
116
37.5
8.0
12.2
1.5
1.7
2.1
3.1
6.4
48.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.8
4.3
42.3
48.0
3.8
8.4
1.1
4,348
923
1,416
169
246
133
283
+393
20Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
195
115
41.1
27.8
11.7
3.4
1.7
3.5
11.2
21.1
53.0
0.0
0.1
28.6
5.5
7.7
71.6
56.9
3.5
8.2
3.1
4,721
3,202
1,345
388
408
354
456
21Tony Parker
T. Parker
192
213
35.1
18.2
3.0
5.2
0.9
0.1
7.3
15.8
46.0
0.5
1.7
29.9
3.2
4.4
72.7
51.4
0.5
2.5
2.7
7,481
3,885
642
1,112
19
578
417
+580
22Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
187
122
31.4
16.5
4.6
3.8
1.5
0.3
5.1
11.6
44.0
1.6
4.4
37.2
4.7
5.7
82.2
58.5
0.9
3.8
2.4
3,826
2,007
567
459
37
292
355
+600
23John Stockton
J. Stockton
185
89
36.0
14.7
3.2
11.0
2.1
0.3
5.1
10.8
47.3
0.7
2.0
32.6
3.8
4.6
81.9
57.1
0.9
2.3
3.0
3,207
1,304
286
980
27
263
273
24Stephen Curry
S. Curry
181
112
37.8
26.5
5.4
6.3
1.6
0.3
8.7
19.4
45.0
4.2
10.5
40.1
4.8
5.3
90.6
60.9
0.8
4.6
3.5
4,234
2,968
604
704
30
390
282
+777
25James Worthy
J. Worthy
177
143
37.0
21.1
5.2
3.2
1.2
0.7
8.9
16.3
54.4
0.1
0.5
20.9
3.3
4.6
72.7
57.8
1.8
3.4
2.1
5,297
3,022
747
463
96
298
352
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1
32
10
.762
2
27
16
.628
5.5
3
26
18
.591
7.0
4
27
19
.587
7.0
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25
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.556
8.5
6
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.548
9.0
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9.0
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.523
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9
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22
.488
11.5
10
21
25
.457
13.0
11
18
25
.419
14.5
12
16
28
.364
17.0
13
12
30
.286
20.0
14
10
32
.238
22.0
15
10
35
.222
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
8
.822
2
30
14
.682
6.5
3
29
15
.659
7.5
4
26
15
.634
9.0
5
26
16
.619
9.5
6
27
17
.614
9.5
7
27
17
.614
9.5
8
25
20
.556
12.0
9
22
22
.500
14.5
10
19
24
.442
17.0
11
18
24
.429
17.5
12
18
26
.409
18.5
13
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29
.341
21.5
14
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.267
25.0
15
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36
.217
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