Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most career steals by a center, with 2,162 steals.

NAME	STL	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Hakeem Olajuwon	2,162	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
David Robinson	1,388	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	2.4	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
Alvan Adams	1,289	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	1.3	0.8	2.6	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	27,203	13,910	6,937	4,012	808	2,194	3,214
Vlade Divac	1,288	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	2.2	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,631	2,470	3,609	+2228
Ben Wallace	1,249	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	1.3	2.0	1.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	28,812	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,932	960	1,834	+1643
Robert Parish	1,219	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.1	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1,160	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	2.7	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	3,189	2,527	3,667
Andre Drummond	1,094	864	27.2	12.7	12.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.8	5.4	9.9	54.3	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.0	4.2	48.2	23,468	11,000	10,671	1,073	1,130	1,567	2,505	-574
Moses Malone	1,089	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	3.1	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,733	3,804	3,076
Patrick Ewing	1,047	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	3.0	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
Jack Sikma	1,001	943	33.7	16.0	10.0	3.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	5.9	12.7	46.2	0.2	0.7	33.1	4.0	4.7	84.8	31,782	15,059	9,429	3,075	928	2,243	3,263
Sam Lacey	999	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.3	1.5	2.2	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	23,463	7,206	6,873	3,275	1,160	978	2,636
Dwight Howard	939	1,078	31.3	16.0	11.9	1.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	33,744	17,212	12,782	1,476	1,977	2,920	3,403	+3032
DeMarcus Cousins	874	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	3.3	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	19,509	12,802	6,664	1,979	742	2,149	2,421	-553
Nikola Jokic	822	675	31.2	20.9	10.7	6.9	1.2	0.7	2.9	8.1	14.5	55.7	1.0	2.9	35.0	3.8	4.6	82.7	21,071	14,139	7,249	4,667	491	1,947	1,836	+3477
Marc Gasol	792	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	2.0	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.5	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	28,719	12,514	6,604	2,996	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
Al Horford	778	1,011	31.9	13.2	8.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	1.4	5.5	10.6	51.7	0.8	2.0	38.3	1.5	2.0	76.0	32,234	13,369	8,118	3,231	1,188	1,443	2,193	+3044
Bob Lanier	777	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.5	2.6	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	23,844	13,984	6,696	2,353	1,100	1,112	2,201
Marcus Camby	775	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	1.0	2.4	1.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	23,423	7,612	7,923	1,528	1,881	1,098	2,195	+280
Zaza Pachulia	768	1,098	20.3	6.8	5.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.4	5.1	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.7	75.1	22,240	7,414	6,315	1,433	378	1,444	2,738	+179
Nikola Vucevic	760	899	31.4	17.1	10.5	2.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	7.3	14.8	49.5	0.9	2.5	34.1	1.6	2.1	76.8	28,237	15,370	9,435	2,556	792	1,550	2,194	-1368
Nene	740	706	25.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.6	4.2	7.4	56.7	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.6	3.9	66.3	17,818	7,744	4,279	1,098	574	1,123	2,138	+1537
Shaquille O'Neal	739	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	2.7	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
Dan Issel	698	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	396	1,281	2,022
Joe Barry Carroll	637	628	33.2	18.3	7.8	1.8	1.0	1.6	2.9	7.4	15.4	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.8	74.5	20,834	11,479	4,915	1,151	1,016	1,800	2,017