most career steals by a center including playoffs

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most career steals by a center in the regular-season and playoffs, with 2,407 steals.

	NAME	STL	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,407	1,383	36.1	22.2	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.9	17.2	51.4	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.5	6.3	71.2	55.5	3.3	7.9	3.0	49,971	30,701	15,369	3,516	4,302	4,091	4,945	+535
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1,539	1,110	34.7	20.7	10.6	2.5	1.4	2.9	7.3	14.3	51.4	0.0	0.1	23.6	6.1	8.3	73.3	57.9	3.1	7.5	2.4	38,492	23,011	11,798	2,721	3,266	2,697	3,258	+2816
3	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,436	1,054	31.2	6.2	10.2	1.4	1.4	2.1	2.5	5.4	47.3	0.0	0.1	11.5	1.2	2.8	41.3	47.3	3.3	6.9	1.0	32,856	6,581	10,787	1,480	2,164	1,086	2,091	+2029
4	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1,405	1,255	29.9	11.8	8.2	3.0	1.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.4	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.6	3.7	69.6	54.3	2.5	5.6	2.2	37,566	14,866	10,239	3,827	1,796	2,730	4,048	+2271
5	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1,377	1,066	27.7	14.1	7.1	4.1	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.6	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.6	53.9	2.0	5.0	2.6	29,491	14,986	7,525	4,332	879	2,348	3,465
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,364	1,795	28.9	14.6	9.2	1.3	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.2	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.1	56.9	2.9	6.3	2.1	51,881	26,154	16,480	2,414	2,670	3,548	5,060	+102
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,349	1,435	35.4	22.9	9.9	3.4	0.9	2.6	9.5	16.9	55.8	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.0	5.4	73.9	59.3	2.4	7.4	2.7	50,840	32,901	14,147	4,920	3,665	2,974	4,333
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1,191	995	26.2	12.0	11.8	1.2	1.2	1.2	5.0	9.3	53.9	0.1	0.2	22.5	1.9	3.9	48.8	54.4	4.1	7.7	1.7	26,027	11,923	11,715	1,206	1,216	1,724	2,800	-1075
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,173	1,423	34.3	20.7	12.3	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.2	14.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	10.3	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.7	5.1	7.2	3.0	48,867	29,486	17,507	1,932	1,884	4,019	3,320
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,169	1,259	34.6	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	19.1	4.5	6.1	73.9	54.9	2.3	7.6	2.9	43,595	26,272	12,487	2,386	3,050	3,653	4,308	+420
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,163	910	32.7	22.8	11.2	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.7	15.7	55.5	1.2	3.3	36.4	4.2	5.1	82.6	63.6	2.7	8.5	3.0	29,741	20,744	10,215	6,849	676	2,753	2,503	+4750
12	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,078	1,018	33.8	15.8	10.0	3.2	1.1	1.0	5.8	12.7	46.1	0.2	0.7	32.7	3.9	4.7	84.8	53.8	2.3	7.7	2.4	34,449	16,124	10,134	3,279	993	2,402	3,571
13	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	1,055	790	31.1	9.5	9.1	4.3	1.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.8	2.4	75.1	48.6	2.2	6.9	2.3	24,537	7,480	7,160	3,419	1,204	1,044	2,749
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1,033	1,203	31.3	15.9	11.8	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.7	9.7	59.5	0.0	0.1	21.7	4.4	7.8	55.9	60.6	3.3	8.5	2.7	37,689	19,121	14,255	1,625	2,225	3,243	3,870	+2956
15	Al Horford A. Horford	1,002	1,309	31.6	12.7	7.8	3.1	0.8	1.2	5.2	10.2	50.8	0.9	2.3	38.1	1.4	1.8	76.6	57.4	1.9	5.9	1.4	41,374	16,604	10,238	4,091	1,528	1,788	2,794	+3527
16	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	884	674	29.3	19.2	10.0	3.0	1.3	1.1	6.9	14.9	46.0	0.6	2.0	33.2	4.9	6.6	73.7	54.0	2.5	7.5	3.2	19,756	12,969	6,734	2,009	752	2,180	2,467	-597
17	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	875	990	32.4	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	5.2	10.8	47.7	0.5	1.4	36.1	3.2	4.1	77.9	55.5	1.6	5.9	1.9	32,113	13,845	7,351	3,317	1,394	1,896	2,887	+1179
18	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	869	1,058	31.1	17.0	10.3	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.2	14.6	49.6	1.0	2.8	35.0	1.6	2.0	77.3	55.0	2.5	7.8	1.7	32,950	18,015	10,891	3,090	902	1,796	2,538	-1651
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	856	1,423	35.1	23.8	11.0	2.5	0.6	2.2	9.4	16.2	57.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.0	9.5	52.3	58.2	3.6	7.4	2.8	50,016	33,846	15,607	3,608	3,191	3,959	4,915	+5525
20	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	839	783	33.5	19.4	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.5	7.8	14.8	52.8	0.0	0.0	14.3	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	26,205	15,228	7,341	2,588	1,199	1,217	2,434
21	Marcus Camby M. Camby	812	849	29.6	9.4	10.0	1.9	1.0	2.3	3.8	8.2	46.6	0.0	0.1	22.4	1.8	2.6	67.8	50.4	2.6	7.4	1.4	25,159	7,994	8,482	1,617	1,994	1,162	2,378	+62
22	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	803	1,173	20.0	6.6	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	5.0	46.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	75.0	54.1	2.1	3.6	1.3	23,462	7,781	6,648	1,492	398	1,510	2,935	+99
23	Nene	789	772	25.0	10.8	6.0	1.5	1.0	0.8	4.1	7.2	56.8	0.0	0.1	12.2	2.6	3.9	66.0	60.4	1.8	4.2	1.6	19,305	8,326	4,628	1,187	606	1,206	2,331	+1625
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	740	771	31.1	20.3	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.5	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	26.6	5.2	6.5	79.9	57.1	2.3	5.6	2.0	23,941	15,688	6,100	1,949	420	1,374	2,179
25	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	735	1,269	29.8	15.3	5.9	1.4	0.6	1.8	5.8	11.8	49.5	1.0	2.9	35.1	2.6	3.3	79.8	57.9	1.9	4.0	1.5	37,874	19,403	7,525	1,787	2,296	1,916	3,245	+1105

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PPG

26.0

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RPG

8.9

Şengün

APG

6.2

Şengün

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.6

8th

DRTG

113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.4

6th

3P%

36.4

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

4 - 2

Final

Rockets

2 - 4

Fri 1 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most career steals by a center in the regular-season and playoffs, with 2,407 steals.

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