Before 2002-03, Kobe Bryant got his most steals in a game on April 10, 2001 and on April 7, 1999, with 6 steals.

Interpreted as:

kobe most steals in a regular-season game before 2003

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6	4/10/2001	LAL	vs	PHX	35	20	3	4	0	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	57.1	1	2	1	3	+14
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6	4/7/1999	LAL	@	SAC	42	18	2	7	0	7	18	38.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	45.5	0	2	8	4	+11
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	11/9/2001	LAL	vs	MEM	33	13	6	7	3	5	15	33.3	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	40.9	1	5	2	0	+29
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	3/16/2001	LAL	@	WAS	35	26	5	5	2	11	18	61.1	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	65.8	0	5	2	3	+17
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	1/21/2001	LAL	vs	MIA	45	34	8	0	1	13	27	48.1	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	55.7	2	6	6	6	-5
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	11/4/2000	LAL	@	VAN	40	22	5	2	2	9	20	45.0	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	50.6	2	3	6	3	+9
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	2/15/2000	LAL	@	CHI	42	21	5	5	2	8	14	57.1	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	66.6	1	4	4	1	+15
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	3/28/1999	LAL	vs	NYK	39	29	5	3	1	11	20	55.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	61.6	0	5	2	3	+6
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	3/12/1999	LAL	vs	GSW	42	18	4	3	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		4	4	100.0	61.0	0	4	2	3	+9
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	3/22/2002	LAL	vs	DET	36	18	7	7	0	8	17	47.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.3	2	5	2	4	+3
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	3/12/2002	LAL	vs	CHA	31	23	7	4	0	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	53.7	1	6	1	1	+21
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	2/7/2001	LAL	vs	PHX	45	32	8	9	1	13	26	50.0	1	2	50.0	5	7	71.4	55.0	1	7	4	4	+7
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	11/28/2000	LAL	vs	IND	37	37	4	5	0	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	12	12	100.0	63.2	1	3	2	3	+34
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	3/29/2000	LAL	@	VAN	43	28	6	3	0	13	20	65.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	67.0	3	3	1	5	+5
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	2/18/2000	LAL	@	ORL	44	11	3	5	0	4	10	40.0	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	50.6	0	3	4	2	+8
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	2/1/2000	LAL	@	SAS	41	19	7	8	2	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	57.1	1	6	1	3	-20
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	1/17/2000	LAL	vs	SEA	42	15	14	2	0	6	18	33.3	0	5	0.0	3	4	75.0	38.0	1	13	3	3	-2
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	1/10/2000	LAL	vs	DEN	36	30	7	4	1	12	18	66.7	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	79.4	4	3	1	2	+38
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	12/20/1999	LAL	@	BOS	45	27	4	4	0	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	65.8	0	4	3	3	+6
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	3/28/1998	LAL	@	UTA	27	2	0	3	1	0	4	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	20.5	0	0	2	1	-16
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	11/23/1997	LAL	vs	LAC	29	24	5	4	0	8	21	38.1	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	48.1	3	2	1	3	+18
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	4/14/2002	LAL	@	POR	51	23	7	9	2	6	15	40.0	0	2	0.0	11	14	78.6	54.3	0	7	6	4	-4
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	3/15/2002	LAL	vs	LAC	38	33	3	2	0	12	26	46.2	2	2	100.0	7	10	70.0	54.3	0	3	1	3	+5
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	2/24/2002	LAL	@	NYK	42	27	6	5	0	10	18	55.6	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	65.4	2	4	3	3	+18
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	2/22/2002	LAL	@	CHA	44	21	9	6	1	8	19	42.1	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	48.5	4	5	5	3	-1