John Lucas got his most steals in a game versus the Suns on December 12, 1981, with 8 steals.

Interpreted as:

john lucas most steals in a regular-season game

	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	John Lucas J. Lucas	8	12/12/1981	WAS	@	PHX	37	11	7	8	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		3	5	60.0	49.1	2	5	3	0
2	John Lucas J. Lucas	7	2/11/1987	MIL	@	NYK	34	27	7	8	0	12	21	57.1	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	60.5	0	7	2	3
3	John Lucas J. Lucas	6	11/9/1988	SEA	vs	GSW	40	25	1	12	0	8	16	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	10	70.0	61.3	1	0	4	4
4	John Lucas J. Lucas	6	11/18/1980	GSW	@	WAS	39	23	3	6	0	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	59.5	0	3	4	3
5	John Lucas J. Lucas	6	10/12/1979	GSW	@	PHX	39	16	2	5	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	62.1	0	2	0	2
6	John Lucas J. Lucas	6	12/17/1978	GSW	@	NOJ	37	13	3	7	0	4	12	33.3				5	6	83.3	44.4	1	2	4	2
7	John Lucas J. Lucas	6	3/1/1978	HOU	vs	BUF	39	19	0	7	0	7	13	53.8				5	6	83.3	60.7	0	0		3
8	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/21/1989	HOU	@	NYK	40	5	6	11	0	2	8	25.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		31.3	0	6	2	3
9	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/27/1984	HOU	@	SAS	34	7	1	16	0	3	12	25.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	27.2	0	1	6	3
10	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/23/1984	HOU	@	UTA	30	15	4	7	0	6	18	33.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	38.8	1	3	2	3
11	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	3/3/1984	SAS	@	PHX	46	23	1	12	2	9	15	60.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	68.6	0	1	1	3
12	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	2/2/1984	SAS	@	GSW	42	12	5	14	0	4	9	44.4	1	2	50.0	3	6	50.0	51.5	0	5	4	5
13	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/19/1980	GSW	@	PHI	38	16	6	9	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	47.7	3	3	5	1
14	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	1/31/1979	GSW	@	PHI	35	21	1	10	0	8	15	53.3				5	5	100.0	61.0	0	1	2	1
15	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	1/29/1979	GSW	@	NYK	38	18	2	10	0	7	14	50.0				4	4	100.0	57.1	0	2	1	2
16	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/23/1978	GSW	@	NOJ	43	18	3	9	1	7	16	43.8				4	4	100.0	50.7	0	3	7	4
17	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/21/1978	GSW	@	PHI	45	35	0	17	0	15	21	71.4				5	8	62.5	71.4	0	0	4	1
18	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	2/21/1978	HOU	vs	BOS	35	23	8	15	0	9	11	81.8				5	7	71.4	81.7			4	1
19	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	11/4/1977	HOU	@	MIL	44	23	3	10	0	9	14	64.3				5	12	41.7	59.6				3
20	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	10/22/1977	HOU	vs	BOS	43	16	8	11	0	5	14	35.7				6	8	75.0	45.7			3	1
21	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	3/23/1977	HOU	vs	POR	46	16	0	8	1	7	13	53.8				2	2	100.0	57.6	0	0		4
22	John Lucas III J. Lucas III	4	3/18/2007	HOU	@	PHI	12	5	0	1	0	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	0	1	2	+13
23	John Lucas J. Lucas	4	11/19/1989	HOU	vs	MIA	22	5	1	6	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		1	1	100.0	38.8	0	1	2	0
24	John Lucas J. Lucas	4	11/7/1989	HOU	vs	POR	21	6	1	9	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	63.0	0	1	3	0
25	John Lucas J. Lucas	4	12/23/1988	SEA	@	CLE	16	11	2	8	0	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	0	0		91.7	2	0	1	0