highest steals for a single game in a nba game as 4th season in the playoffs

Magic Johnson and Rick Barry were tied for the most steals by a player in a playoff game in their 4th playoff, with 7 steals.

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highest steals by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 4th 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 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
7
4/24/1983
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
39
19
9
18
1
8
15
53.3
0
0
3
3
100.0
58.2
3
6
3
4
2 Rick Barry
R. Barry
7
4/28/1976
GSW GSW
vs
DET DET
39
25
7
11
3
10
24
41.7
5
6
83.3
46.9
1
3 Kyle Anderson
K. Anderson
6
5/23/2021
MEM MEM
@
UTA UTA
31
14
4
3
0
5
10
50.0
1
2
50.0
3
4
75.0
59.5
1
3
1
5
+9
4 Fred VanVleet
F. VanVleet
6
8/30/2020
TOR TOR
vs
BOS BOS
38
11
4
8
0
3
16
18.8
2
11
18.2
3
4
75.0
31.0
1
3
1
1
-28
5 Paul George
P. George
6
5/28/2014
IND IND
vs
MIA MIA
45
37
6
2
0
15
28
53.6
5
14
35.7
2
3
66.7
63.1
1
5
3
2
+9
6 Paul George
P. George
6
4/28/2014
IND IND
vs
ATL ATL
43
26
12
6
0
9
16
56.3
4
7
57.1
4
4
100.0
73.2
0
12
3
2
+6
7 Thabo Sefolosha
T. Sefolosha
6
5/31/2012
OKC OKC
vs
SAS SAS
37
19
6
1
1
7
16
43.8
4
10
40.0
1
1
100.0
57.8
2
4
0
1
+15
8 John Salmons
J. Salmons
6
4/17/2010
MIL MIL
@
ATL ATL
43
16
5
2
0
6
18
33.3
0
5
0.0
4
4
100.0
40.5
2
3
2
3
-4
9 Vince Carter
V. Carter
6
4/29/2006
NJN NJN
@
IND IND
38
28
6
7
1
9
15
60.0
1
2
50.0
9
12
75.0
69.0
2
4
0
5
+20
10 Charles Smith
C. Smith
6
5/11/1995
NYK NYK
@
IND IND
26
12
3
1
1
5
9
55.6
0
0
2
4
50.0
55.8
3
0
1
6
11 Ron Harper
R. Harper
6
5/8/1993
LAC LAC
@
HOU HOU
42
19
3
2
3
8
18
44.4
1
3
33.3
2
3
66.7
49.2
0
3
2
2
12 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
6
5/19/1991
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
35
18
5
2
5
6
13
46.2
0
1
0.0
6
7
85.7
56.0
2
3
2
4
13 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
6
5/15/1988
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
45
23
7
5
0
11
22
50.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
50.3
2
5
3
0
14 Kyle Macy
K. Macy
6
4/26/1984
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
43
20
7
3
0
8
12
66.7
2
3
66.7
2
2
100.0
77.6
1
6
2
3
15 Larry Bird
L. Bird
6
5/1/1983
BOS BOS
@
MIL MIL
36
21
14
6
0
10
22
45.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
45.9
4
10
3
2
16 Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
6
4/24/1981
KCK KCK
@
HOU HOU
42
14
3
6
2
7
13
53.8
0
1
0.0
0
0
53.8
2
5
17 Rick Barry
R. Barry
6
5/2/1976
GSW GSW
vs
PHX PHX
35
38
7
3
1
17
31
54.8
4
5
80.0
57.2
2
5
4
18 Alex Caruso
A. Caruso
5
5/5/2025
OKC OKC
vs
DEN DEN
26
20
1
6
2
7
12
58.3
5
9
55.6
1
2
50.0
77.6
0
1
2
4
+13
19 Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
5
5/26/2024
DAL DAL
vs
MIN MIN
41
33
7
5
1
10
20
50.0
5
11
45.5
8
10
80.0
67.6
1
6
3
2
+6
20 Mason Plumlee
M. Plumlee
5
4/29/2019
DEN DEN
vs
POR POR
24
6
6
1
1
2
4
50.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
61.5
2
4
1
1
-3
21 DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
5
4/27/2017
TOR TOR
@
MIL MIL
40
32
4
3
0
12
24
50.0
0
3
0.0
8
9
88.9
57.2
1
3
3
2
+5
22 Patrick Beverley
P. Beverley
5
4/23/2017
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
27
6
0
3
0
2
13
15.4
2
8
25.0
0
0
23.1
0
0
2
3
0
23 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
5
5/26/2016
GSW GSW
vs
OKC OKC
37
31
7
6
0
9
20
45.0
3
8
37.5
10
10
100.0
63.5
0
7
5
0
+6
24 Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
5
5/8/2015
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
44
20
8
2
1
7
17
41.2
1
3
33.3
5
6
83.3
50.9
1
7
0
5
-2
25 Danny Green
D. Green
5
6/10/2014
SAS SAS
@
MIA MIA
21
15
1
3
1
7
8
87.5
1
2
50.0
0
1
0.0
88.9
0
1
2
4
+14
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
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4
Nuggets Nuggets
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5
Clippers Clippers
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32
.610
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
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5
Clippers Clippers
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Timberwolves Timberwolves
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33
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
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2
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GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
148-106
Sat
3/29
ATL ATL
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MIL MIL
145-124
Sat
3/29
CHA CHA
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NOP NOP
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TOR TOR
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PHI PHI
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5/31
NYK NYK
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IND IND
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IND IND
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