highest steals for a single game in a nba game as 3rd season in the playoffs

Rick Barry got the most steals by a player in a playoff game in his 3rd playoff, with 8 steals in Game 1 of the 1975 Western Conference Semifinals against the Seattle SuperSonics.

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highest steals by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 3rd season in the playoffs

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	4/14/1975	GSW	vs	SEA	38	39	5	11	1	16	23	69.6				7	7	100.0	74.8				3
2	Baron Davis B. Davis	7	5/9/2002	CHA	vs	NJN	41	26	7	8	0	9	24	37.5	2	5	40.0	6	10	60.0	45.8	1	6	4	4	+20
3	Baron Davis B. Davis	7	5/5/2002	CHA	@	NJN	44	23	6	5	0	9	23	39.1	4	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	49.1	2	4	3	4	-6
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	7	5/6/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	36	8	4	0	11	34	32.4	2	5	40.0	12	15	80.0	44.3	1	7	4	4	-5
5	Robert Horry R. Horry	7	6/9/1995	HOU	@	ORL	48	11	10	3	2	4	10	40.0	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.6	2	8	1	1
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	7	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	40	44	13	5	2	18	24	75.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.7	2	11	3	3
7	Derek Harper D. Harper	7	4/30/1986	DAL	@	LAL	43	19	4	16	0	8	15	53.3	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	56.7	2	2	5	3
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	5/11/1975	GSW	@	CHI	42	36	8	3	1	14	29	48.3				8	8	100.0	55.4	0	8		3
9	Kevin Love K. Love	6	6/7/2017	CLE	vs	GSW	37	9	13	1	0	1	9	11.1	1	7	14.3	6	7	85.7	37.3	4	9	2	3	-11
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	5/13/2015	GSW	vs	MEM	33	18	7	5	0	6	16	37.5	6	13	46.2	0	0		56.3	2	5	5	0	+16
11	Charlie Ward C. Ward	6	5/5/1998	NYK	@	IND	38	15	3	6	0	4	9	44.4	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	69.7	0	3	3	2	+6
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	6	5/10/1996	ORL	vs	ATL	31	22	3	5	0	6	11	54.5	2	4	50.0	8	8	100.0	75.8	1	2	2	1
13	Dell Curry D. Curry	6	5/16/1993	CHA	vs	NYK	31	12	5	3	0	5	13	38.5	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	43.2	2	3	1	1
14	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	6	4/30/1991	PHI	vs	MIL	41	26	10	6	1	9	15	60.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	73.7	2	8	0	5
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	6	5/1/1987	UTA	@	GSW	45	15	3	11	0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	3	5	60.0	73.5	2	1	3	5
16	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	6	4/26/1985	MIL	@	CHI	37	20	6	4	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	69.4	3	3	6	3
17	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	6	4/26/1984	NJN	@	PHI	47	24	6	6	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		2	5	40.0	54.1	2	4	4	3
18	Ernie Grunfeld E. Grunfeld	6	4/26/1981	KCK	@	HOU	48	21	3	7	0	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	58.5				3
19	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	6	4/7/1981	PHI	vs	MIL	34	11	2	7	0	5	11	45.5	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	48.1			4	4
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	6	4/6/1980	SEA	vs	POR	34	11	7	6	1	4	14	28.6	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	34.9	3	4	2	5
21	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	6	5/5/1976	GSW	vs	PHX	38	11	7	2	0	5	14	35.7				1	2	50.0	37.0	3	4		3
22	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	5	4/29/2025	MIL	@	IND	48	33	5	2	0	12	25	48.0	8	17	47.1	1	2	50.0	63.8	1	4	2	4	-8
23	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	5	4/20/2024	PHI	@	NYK	39	10	3	1	1	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	57.1	1	2	2	3	+6
24	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	5	8/29/2020	POR	@	LAL	37	16	10	6	1	6	16	37.5	1	4	25.0	3	4	75.0	45.0	3	7	2	4	-19
25	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	5	8/24/2020	IND	@	MIA	44	25	8	5	0	9	19	47.4	5	11	45.5	2	2	100.0	62.9	0	8	4	3	-7