John Stockton has the most career steals, with 3,265 steals.

Interpreted as:

most NBA steals and blocks by a player all-time

	NAME	STL	BLK	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,265	315	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	4,244	3,942	+2941
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,728	222	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	3,109	3,208	+6029
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2,684	450	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	4,003	2,572	+3868
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,514	893	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	2,924	2,783	+1438
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,445	285	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	3,030	3,217	+1928
6	LeBron James L. James	2,350	1,152	1,569	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.3	3.5	59,274	42,297	11,764	11,637	5,484	2,791	+7401
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,310	294	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	2,268	2,258
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2,307	947	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	3,257	3,329	+2022
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,207	719	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	2,977	3,285	+434
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,162	3,830	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,667	4,383	+564
11	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2,112	323	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	2,116	2,638
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,085	1,145	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	4,524	4,578	+3010
13	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2,075	300	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	2,067	1,687	+347
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,986	409	1,260	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,823	26,514	8,832	10,086	4,906	3,212	+2899
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,983	164	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	3,262	1,777	+799
16	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,957	304	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	2,334	2,755	-353
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,944	640	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	4,010	3,353	+4153
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,861	249	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	3,682	2,971
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,859	2,037	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	3,179	3,561	+4913
20	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1,765	633	1,231	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	1.4	0.5	4.1	8.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	33.0	2.3	3.2	70.9	55.3	0.9	4.0	1.8	39,507	13,968	6,047	5,147	2,240	2,180	+3024
21	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,759	1,233	1,163	34.5	15.2	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	6.3	12.9	48.4	0.7	2.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	81.0	54.2	2.3	6.3	1.5	40,097	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,750	2,535	+1971
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,752	745	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	3,532	3,643	+3345
23	James Harden J. Harden	1,742	665	1,174	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,824	28,303	6,598	8,506	4,351	2,906	+4550
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,724	374	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	3,506	2,050
25	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,721	522	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	1,791	2,586	+1818