highest playoff steals before turning 35

LeBron James has the most career steals by a player younger than 35 in the playoffs, with 419 steals.

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highest playoff steals before turning 35 years old by a player

	NAME	STL	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	LeBron 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
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	383	198	39.5	17.8	7.7	5.1	1.9	0.9	6.5	14.7	44.4	0.9	3.1	30.2	3.8	5.3	72.2	52.3	2.3	5.4	2.9	7,814	3,529	1,527	1,011	181	573	650	+319
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	344	158	41.8	33.6	6.6	6.0	2.2	0.9	12.3	25.1	49.0	0.9	2.6	33.5	8.1	9.8	83.1	57.1	1.7	4.9	3.2	6,602	5,307	1,045	948	146	501	494	+136
4	Kobe 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
5	James Harden J. Harden	273	166	36.1	22.7	5.5	6.4	1.6	0.5	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.6	7.5	87.0	58.6	0.7	4.7	3.4	5,990	3,764	910	1,061	91	569	496	+269
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	270	140	38.5	20.6	7.0	6.2	1.9	0.8	7.5	16.7	45.1	1.0	3.3	29.4	4.6	5.8	78.9	53.5	2.5	4.5	2.7	5,390	2,888	975	868	105	384	471	+64
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	261	166	38.4	22.8	5.3	5.0	1.6	1.0	8.4	17.5	47.7	0.6	1.7	34.2	5.5	7.1	77.6	55.2	1.4	3.9	3.4	6,380	3,781	877	828	166	562	448	+447
8	Magic 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
9	Kawhi 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
10	Robert Horry R. Horry	255	198	30.7	9.0	6.1	2.7	1.3	0.9	3.1	7.2	43.2	1.2	3.3	36.3	1.6	2.2	71.8	55.1	1.8	4.3	1.3	6,084	1,784	1,211	527	187	256	622	+542
11	Draymond 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
12	Isiah 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
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	228	131	40.8	27.3	11.6	3.4	1.7	3.4	10.9	20.4	53.5	0.0	0.1	23.5	5.4	7.5	71.7	57.5	3.4	8.2	3.1	5,350	3,572	1,519	442	449	400	517	+41
14	Byron Scott B. Scott	225	175	29.9	13.7	3.0	2.2	1.3	0.2	5.3	10.9	48.3	0.7	1.9	39.6	2.5	3.0	81.7	56.2	0.8	2.2	1.5	5,231	2,400	524	377	30	258	431
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	223	121	35.9	13.3	5.9	9.0	1.8	0.2	5.4	12.2	44.4	0.5	1.5	32.0	2.0	3.1	64.8	49.0	1.5	4.3	2.8	4,340	1,614	710	1,086	21	335	302	+304
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	222	102	37.3	20.9	5.1	8.5	2.2	0.2	7.6	16.0	47.7	1.7	4.6	36.5	4.0	4.7	84.5	57.9	0.8	4.3	2.7	3,801	2,133	519	865	18	273	315	+60
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	220	122	42.4	25.2	9.6	6.8	1.8	0.8	9.2	19.3	47.6	0.6	1.8	33.5	6.3	7.0	89.3	56.3	2.1	7.6	3.0	5,167	3,073	1,176	829	101	367	333
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	214	107	36.3	14.0	3.2	11.0	2.0	0.3	4.9	10.4	47.0	0.7	2.0	32.0	3.6	4.4	81.8	56.8	0.9	2.4	3.0	3,886	1,503	344	1,175	34	321	323
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	210	134	37.3	26.6	5.4	6.2	1.6	0.3	8.8	19.5	45.2	4.2	10.4	40.1	4.8	5.4	89.2	60.8	0.8	4.6	3.3	4,998	3,570	719	833	38	447	341	+898
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	204	116	37.6	24.5	7.2	7.9	1.8	0.3	8.5	20.9	40.8	1.4	4.7	29.9	6.0	7.3	82.8	50.8	1.9	5.3	4.0	4,362	2,845	832	911	38	461	339	+111
21	Jimmy 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
22	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	199	130	34.8	7.2	11.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.8	48.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	3.9	41.8	48.0	3.6	7.6	1.0	4,524	939	1,454	173	250	136	296	+368
23	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	197	136	31.0	16.2	4.5	3.8	1.4	0.3	5.0	11.4	44.1	1.6	4.4	36.8	4.5	5.5	82.5	58.6	0.9	3.7	2.5	4,216	2,208	616	515	41	334	391	+626
24	Tony Parker T. Parker	196	221	34.8	18.2	3.0	5.1	0.9	0.1	7.2	15.7	46.2	0.5	1.7	31.3	3.1	4.3	73.1	51.7	0.5	2.5	2.7	7,692	4,012	662	1,137	19	590	427	+617
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	196	137	41.7	26.9	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.8	20.9	46.8	0.0	0.2	10.3	7.3	10.0	73.2	53.2	2.9	8.5	2.8	5,719	3,691	1,556	400	109	386	490	+150

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Knicks	26	18	.591	7.0
4	Raptors	27	19	.587	7.0
5	Cavaliers	25	20	.556	8.5
6	76ers	23	19	.548	9.0
7	Magic	23	19	.548	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 1/23	SAC	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sat 1/24	CLE	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Mon 1/26	ORL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 1/28	LAL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 1/30	CLE	@	PHX	9:00 PM

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16 - 28

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PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.4

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.7

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Wallace

2.1

Maxey

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.2

Sarr

2.1

Huff

2.0

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

3.8

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.1

Williams

68.8

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

122.0

120.1

120.0

118.6

DRtg Rankings

106.6

109.1

112.4

113.3

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13.4

7.2

6.6

5.0

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12-30

15-29

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2,193.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,078.3

Maxey

2,067.6

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,202.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,187.8

Johnson

2,165.8

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.9

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.5

Maxey

37.2

Thompson

36.6

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

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31-13

24-17-1

25-18

25-19

Worst Record ATS

16-29

17-28

17-25

18-24

19-25

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	32	10	.762
2	Celtics	27	16	.628	5.5
3	Knicks	26	18	.591	7.0
4	Raptors	27	19	.587	7.0
5	Cavaliers	25	20	.556	8.5
6	76ers	23	19	.548	9.0
7	Magic	23	19	.548	9.0
8	Heat	23	21	.523	10.0
9	Bulls	21	22	.488	11.5
10	Hawks	21	25	.457	13.0
11	Bucks	18	25	.419	14.5
12	Hornets	16	28	.364	17.0
13	Nets	12	30	.286	20.0
14	Wizards	10	32	.238	22.0
15	Pacers	10	35	.222	23.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	37	8	.822
2	Spurs	30	14	.682	6.5
3	Nuggets	29	15	.659	7.5
4	Rockets	26	15	.634	9.0
5	Lakers	26	16	.619	9.5
6	Suns	27	17	.614	9.5
7	Timberwolves	27	17	.614	9.5
8	Warriors	25	20	.556	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	22	22	.500	14.5
10	Clippers	19	24	.442	17.0
11	Grizzlies	18	24	.429	17.5
12	Mavericks	18	26	.409	18.5
13	Jazz	15	29	.341	21.5
14	Kings	12	33	.267	25.0
15	Pelicans	10	36	.217	27.5