most career steals by an nba player in the regular season and playoff

John Stockton has the most career steals in the regular-season and playoffs, with 3,603 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	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,603	1,686	32.1	13.1	2.8	10.5	2.1	0.2	4.7	9.2	51.0	0.6	1.5	37.6	3.2	3.9	82.4	60.3	0.7	2.1	2.8	54,162	22,147	4,659	17,645	365	4,761	4,481	+3046
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	3,014	1,516	33.8	17.2	4.4	9.1	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.1	1.4	3.8	37.0	3.6	4.1	86.9	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	51,237	26,026	6,732	13,779	253	3,484	3,640	+6169
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2,986	1,549	36.3	12.6	6.3	8.6	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	39.9	1.4	4.2	34.6	2.2	2.9	78.4	50.6	1.3	5.0	2.9	56,199	19,572	9,783	13,354	502	4,453	2,920	+3978
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,890	1,251	38.8	30.6	6.3	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.5	23.2	49.5	0.6	1.8	32.8	7.0	8.4	83.4	56.8	1.6	4.7	2.8	48,485	38,279	7,824	6,655	1,051	3,470	3,324	+1732
5	LeBron James L. James	2,841	1,857	38.3	27.2	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.7	5.7	7.7	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	71,200	50,526	14,374	13,705	1,435	6,524	3,449	+8664
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2,702	1,386	35.5	16.3	6.5	5.2	1.9	0.8	6.3	13.5	46.8	0.8	2.6	32.2	2.8	4.0	70.7	53.4	1.8	4.7	2.8	49,174	22,582	9,077	7,183	1,132	3,859	4,015	+2254
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,661	1,489	35.3	16.1	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.2	6.4	13.9	46.3	0.9	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.3	72.7	52.6	1.0	2.9	2.2	52,598	23,968	5,844	9,777	317	3,327	3,651	+1913
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,605	1,234	32.2	11.4	2.9	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.6	8.8	52.2	0.0	0.2	22.9	2.2	2.8	79.1	57.0	0.7	2.2	2.1	39,693	14,105	3,541	8,314	339	2,586	2,582
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,485	1,231	35.0	20.4	6.2	5.7	2.0	0.7	7.6	16.3	46.9	0.8	2.5	31.3	4.4	5.5	78.8	54.5	2.4	3.8	2.7	43,109	25,158	7,679	7,016	827	3,374	3,771	+486
10	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
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,343	1,669	37.6	25.0	10.2	3.5	1.4	0.8	9.1	18.0	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.2	6.6	8.9	74.1	57.0	2.4	7.8	3.0	62,759	41,689	17,030	5,858	1,280	5,074	5,240	+3133
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,254	1,566	36.6	25.1	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	33.0	6.2	7.4	83.4	54.8	1.1	4.1	3.0	57,278	39,283	8,166	7,346	784	4,657	4,013	+4708
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,198	1,390	33.4	21.2	7.0	7.9	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.5	43.5	1.1	3.7	30.6	4.9	6.3	77.6	52.4	1.6	5.4	3.9	46,467	29,487	9,706	10,998	451	5,386	3,591	+2916
14	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2,191	943	35.2	13.5	4.2	6.7	2.3	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.7	1.5	4.4	33.7	1.4	2.0	73.3	48.7	1.1	3.0	2.4	33,187	12,731	3,925	6,329	324	2,229	1,789	+348
15	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2,148	792	31.8	14.1	5.2	5.1	2.7	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.8	0.3	1.0	29.6	2.4	3.2	74.4	52.8	2.1	3.1	2.7	25,159	11,144	4,135	4,010	325	2,155	2,691
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2,130	985	41.4	26.9	3.7	6.1	2.2	0.2	9.4	22.1	42.3	1.2	3.8	31.4	7.0	8.9	77.9	51.6	0.8	2.9	3.5	40,787	26,479	3,667	6,049	178	3,483	1,934	+661
17	Derek Harper D. Harper	2,105	1,296	31.5	13.2	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.2	5.1	11.0	46.2	0.9	2.5	35.5	2.1	2.8	74.3	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	40,880	17,100	3,117	7,090	315	2,501	2,992	-385
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	2,095	1,090	36.5	19.3	3.7	9.2	1.9	0.3	7.4	16.3	45.1	0.4	1.5	29.8	4.2	5.5	76.0	51.6	1.0	2.7	3.7	39,732	21,083	4,002	10,048	287	4,051	3,334
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2,082	1,096	37.2	19.5	7.3	11.4	1.9	0.4	6.8	13.2	51.7	0.3	1.2	29.2	5.5	6.5	84.6	60.7	1.8	5.5	3.8	40,783	21,408	8,024	12,487	438	4,202	2,574
20	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	2,037	1,605	34.7	17.9	10.1	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.6	49.5	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.4	2.2	7.9	2.2	55,701	28,672	16,196	5,916	2,223	3,521	3,992	+5211
21	James Harden J. Harden	2,015	1,341	35.0	23.9	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.8	2.7	7.6	36.0	7.0	8.1	86.3	60.5	0.8	4.9	3.7	46,884	32,056	7,518	9,584	760	4,915	3,401	+4820
22	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1,982	1,408	31.8	11.1	4.8	4.1	1.4	0.5	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.9	2.7	33.3	2.2	3.2	69.6	55.2	0.9	3.9	1.8	44,773	15,629	6,823	5,765	721	2,477	2,531	+3209
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,956	1,513	34.4	19.5	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.4	14.5	44.3	1.6	4.4	36.7	5.1	6.4	80.9	56.6	0.8	4.8	2.6	52,109	29,577	8,512	5,287	850	4,008	4,190	+3505
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1,893	1,231	34.5	22.0	4.8	5.3	1.5	0.9	8.0	16.8	47.9	0.5	1.8	29.9	5.4	7.1	76.7	55.3	1.2	3.5	3.2	42,470	27,119	5,861	6,571	1,060	3,909	2,795	+3259
25	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,887	1,272	34.5	15.1	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	6.2	12.9	48.2	0.7	2.1	33.0	2.0	2.5	81.1	54.0	2.4	6.3	1.5	43,934	19,219	11,040	2,356	1,360	1,890	2,812	+2098