highest steals for a single game in a nba game as 16th season in the playoffs

Jason Kidd got the most steals by a player in a playoff game in his 16th playoff, with 7 steals in Game 1 of the 2012 First Round versus the Thunder.

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highest steals by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 16th season in the playoffs
NAMESTLDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
7
4/28/2012
@
35
8
6
5
0
2
8
25.0
2
6
33.3
2
3
66.7
42.9
0
6
2
1
-2
2LeBron James
L. James
4
5/18/2023
@
40
22
9
10
2
9
19
47.4
0
6
0.0
4
4
100.0
53.0
0
9
3
2
+4
3Al Horford
A. Horford
3
5/7/2025
vs
29
4
4
0
1
2
11
18.2
0
5
0.0
0
0
18.2
2
2
1
4
-11
4Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
3
4/30/2012
@
37
10
6
7
0
2
10
20.0
1
6
16.7
5
5
100.0
41.0
2
4
3
2
+13
5John Stockton
J. Stockton
3
4/29/2000
@
38
4
3
13
0
1
8
12.5
0
1
0.0
2
4
50.0
20.5
2
1
2
4
-7
6Al Horford
A. Horford
2
5/12/2025
@
38
5
5
4
0
1
2
50.0
1
2
50.0
2
2
100.0
86.8
0
5
0
4
-8
7James Harden
J. Harden
2
5/3/2025
@
35
7
5
13
1
2
8
25.0
1
4
25.0
2
2
100.0
39.4
0
5
2
0
-29
8James Harden
J. Harden
2
5/1/2025
vs
47
28
6
8
1
10
20
50.0
3
8
37.5
5
5
100.0
63.1
1
5
4
3
+2
9James Harden
J. Harden
2
4/29/2025
@
35
11
8
5
0
3
9
33.3
0
2
0.0
5
8
62.5
43.9
1
7
4
4
-16
10James Harden
J. Harden
2
4/26/2025
vs
43
15
4
11
2
5
11
45.5
1
2
50.0
4
6
66.7
55.0
0
4
4
3
-4
11LeBron James
L. James
2
5/22/2023
vs
48
40
10
9
0
15
25
60.0
4
7
57.1
6
7
85.7
71.2
2
8
1
1
-2
12LeBron James
L. James
2
5/12/2023
vs
43
30
9
9
1
10
14
71.4
2
3
66.7
8
11
72.7
79.6
0
9
2
2
+21
13LeBron James
L. James
2
5/10/2023
@
39
25
9
3
1
9
17
52.9
3
7
42.9
4
4
100.0
66.6
1
8
4
3
-16
14LeBron James
L. James
2
4/16/2023
@
34
21
11
5
3
8
16
50.0
3
8
37.5
2
4
50.0
59.1
2
9
5
1
+7
15Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
6/12/2014
@
31
10
11
2
1
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
46.0
1
10
0
3
+21
16Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
5/31/2014
@
39
19
16
3
1
6
14
42.9
0
0
7
8
87.5
54.2
5
11
0
2
+10
17Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
2
5/19/2014
@
26
16
2
1
0
4
6
66.7
4
6
66.7
4
4
100.0
103.1
0
2
1
3
-18
18Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
2
4/21/2014
vs
17
7
1
0
0
2
5
40.0
0
2
0.0
3
3
100.0
55.4
0
1
0
2
+2
19Clifford Robinson
C. Robinson
2
5/10/2006
@
28
3
4
1
1
1
4
25.0
0
2
0.0
1
2
50.0
30.7
0
4
1
3
+2
20Clifford Robinson
C. Robinson
2
5/2/2006
vs
32
3
7
3
1
1
6
16.7
1
3
33.3
0
0
25.0
0
7
2
3
-3
21Clifford Robinson
C. Robinson
2
4/27/2006
@
19
8
1
0
0
2
5
40.0
2
3
66.7
2
2
100.0
68.0
0
1
1
5
-8
22Clifford Robinson
C. Robinson
2
4/25/2006
vs
24
0
2
1
0
0
3
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
1
1
0
2
-4
23Karl Malone
K. Malone
2
4/24/2001
vs
44
34
7
3
0
11
22
50.0
0
0
12
14
85.7
60.4
1
6
3
2
+11
24Karl Malone
K. Malone
2
4/21/2001
vs
41
26
6
4
1
8
23
34.8
0
0
10
13
76.9
45.3
1
5
7
1
+9
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
2
5/9/2000
@
30
9
2
6
0
4
8
50.0
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
50.7
0
2
2
3
-21
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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