highest playoff steals since 2003

Since 2002-03, LeBron James has gotten the most steals in the playoffs, with 493 steals.

Interpreted as:
highest playoff steals by a player since 2003
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
493
292
41.3
28.4
9.0
7.2
1.7
1.0
10.2
20.5
49.6
1.6
4.9
33.3
6.4
8.6
74.1
58.4
1.5
7.5
3.6
12,062
8,289
2,628
2,095
284
1,047
663
+1270
2Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
292
218
27.9
14.0
4.0
3.8
1.3
0.3
4.4
10.1
43.3
1.5
4.2
35.8
3.8
4.6
81.7
57.6
0.7
3.3
2.2
6,075
3,054
874
827
61
481
588
+951
3Chris Paul
C. Paul
287
149
36.5
20.0
4.9
8.3
1.9
0.2
7.4
15.3
48.4
1.6
4.4
37.3
3.5
4.1
85.4
58.3
0.7
4.2
2.5
5,442
2,981
730
1,233
31
377
437
+130
4James Harden
J. Harden
282
173
36.2
22.5
5.5
6.5
1.6
0.6
6.8
16.0
42.5
2.5
7.4
34.0
6.4
7.4
86.9
58.6
0.7
4.8
3.4
6,268
3,895
948
1,125
98
590
512
+246
5Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
273
177
37.8
22.3
5.2
4.9
1.5
1.0
8.2
17.3
47.4
0.6
1.7
33.8
5.4
6.9
78.0
54.9
1.3
3.9
3.3
6,697
3,954
928
870
175
583
467
+432
6Draymond Green
D. Green
257
169
34.5
11.4
8.6
6.0
1.5
1.3
4.1
9.2
44.5
1.0
3.4
30.0
2.2
3.0
72.6
54.2
1.6
7.0
2.6
5,834
1,934
1,457
1,020
225
447
637
+970
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
5,193
3,133
1,142
432
99
278
323
+643
8Stephen Curry
S. Curry
231
155
37.2
26.8
5.3
6.1
1.5
0.3
9.0
19.7
45.4
4.2
10.6
39.7
4.7
5.2
88.9
60.8
0.7
4.6
3.3
5,772
4,147
828
953
50
516
388
+971
9Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
228
134
34.0
12.5
5.6
8.5
1.7
0.2
5.0
11.4
44.0
0.5
1.5
33.0
1.9
2.9
64.9
49.0
1.4
4.1
2.6
4,559
1,669
744
1,136
24
349
320
+277
10Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
223
135
35.5
22.5
6.7
7.1
1.7
0.3
7.8
19.3
40.5
1.4
4.6
29.9
5.5
6.7
82.0
50.5
1.8
4.9
3.7
4,787
3,035
905
955
42
501
391
+6
11Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
217
130
37.8
21.1
6.2
4.7
1.7
0.5
7.1
15.5
45.9
1.2
3.5
34.4
5.7
6.9
82.7
57.0
1.8
4.4
1.8
4,908
2,745
807
608
71
229
230
-28
12Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
217
177
29.8
9.4
4.4
3.5
1.2
0.5
3.4
7.5
45.8
1.0
2.9
35.5
1.5
2.6
58.3
54.5
1.0
3.4
1.3
5,266
1,661
776
618
88
237
351
+185
13Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
217
116
37.8
11.8
6.6
7.4
1.9
0.3
4.0
10.4
38.6
1.7
4.8
34.9
2.1
2.7
78.9
51.0
1.3
5.4
2.7
4,386
1,374
770
864
38
314
245
+218
14Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
205
135
41.4
28.7
5.2
5.1
1.5
0.5
10.2
22.5
45.1
1.6
4.9
33.0
6.7
8.0
83.5
55.0
0.9
4.3
3.2
5,589
3,870
707
695
63
431
378
+261
15Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
195
176
27.0
8.4
2.1
2.1
1.1
0.1
2.9
6.8
42.6
1.1
2.7
40.0
1.5
1.8
83.3
55.4
0.3
1.9
0.9
4,759
1,475
376
363
13
164
465
+418
16Tony Parker
T. Parker
189
216
34.3
18.0
2.9
5.1
0.9
0.1
7.2
15.6
46.1
0.5
1.7
30.4
3.1
4.3
73.0
51.5
0.5
2.5
2.6
7,417
3,890
637
1,103
18
572
407
+528
17Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
180
120
34.3
7.2
10.8
1.3
1.5
1.9
2.8
5.8
48.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.6
3.9
41.6
48.1
3.5
7.3
1.0
4,116
866
1,293
161
224
117
272
+405
18Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
177
154
36.1
18.1
5.5
3.3
1.1
0.6
5.8
13.7
42.6
1.6
4.4
36.6
4.8
5.7
84.2
55.7
0.6
4.9
2.7
5,557
2,786
848
513
85
415
495
+97
19Danny Green
D. Green
176
169
25.3
7.9
3.2
1.2
1.0
0.7
2.8
7.0
40.4
1.9
4.8
38.8
0.4
0.6
74.5
54.9
0.7
2.5
0.8
4,271
1,338
541
200
125
143
347
+602
20Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
174
136
32.8
13.5
4.3
5.4
1.3
0.4
4.5
10.9
41.1
1.8
5.2
33.8
2.8
3.4
80.3
54.2
0.7
3.6
2.2
4,465
1,836
582
730
48
305
447
+188
21Paul George
P. George
172
114
39.0
21.2
7.5
4.1
1.5
0.5
6.8
16.2
42.3
2.4
6.9
35.2
5.1
6.2
82.6
56.1
0.9
6.6
3.1
4,444
2,416
854
473
62
354
376
+174
22Kevin Durant
K. Durant
172
170
40.5
29.3
7.8
4.2
1.0
1.2
9.9
20.8
47.7
2.2
6.1
35.6
7.4
8.5
86.8
59.9
0.8
7.0
3.2
6,893
4,985
1,327
709
204
550
427
+643
23Al Horford
A. Horford
159
197
33.7
11.9
7.9
3.2
0.8
1.2
4.8
9.7
49.3
1.0
2.6
39.1
1.4
1.8
77.5
57.0
1.8
6.1
1.3
6,642
2,353
1,561
625
243
260
483
+50
24Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
150
158
36.9
19.2
4.0
2.2
0.9
0.5
7.1
16.4
43.6
3.2
7.8
40.5
1.8
2.1
84.5
55.5
0.5
3.5
1.7
5,830
3,032
626
351
85
274
411
+615
25Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
149
120
36.1
17.9
10.5
3.0
1.2
1.2
7.4
15.2
48.5
0.1
0.4
25.0
3.1
4.0
79.1
53.1
2.0
8.6
2.3
4,328
2,152
1,263
358
149
274
362
+425
StatMuse has season-level data for steals going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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54
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.684
3.5
3
51
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.646
6.5
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
44
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.557
13.5
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/10
@
7:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Hawks

45 - 35

116

Final

122

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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1
58
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.725
2
54
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.684
3.5
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51
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6.5
4
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
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13.5
7
44
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.550
14.0
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14.5
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15.0
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41
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31
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30
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27.5
13
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20
59
.253
37.5
14
18
61
.228
39.5
15
17
62
.215
40.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
16
.800
2
Spurs Spurs - x
61
19
.763
3.0
3
52
28
.650
12.0
4
50
29
.633
13.5
5
50
29
.633
13.5
6
47
33
.588
17.0
7
44
36
.550
20.0
8
41
39
.513
23.0
9
40
40
.500
24.0
10
37
42
.468
26.5
11
26
54
.325
38.0
12
25
55
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39.0
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