most nba steals before 2003

Before 2002-03, John Stockton had the most steals, with 3,128 steals.

Interpreted as:
most NBA steals by a player before 2003
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1John Stockton
J. Stockton
3,128
1,422
32.0
13.2
2.7
10.7
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.2
51.7
0.6
1.5
38.5
3.2
3.9
82.6
61.0
0.6
2.1
2.9
45,489
18,827
3,850
15,177
299
4,062
3,758
+2700
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2,391
990
38.4
31.0
6.2
5.4
2.4
0.9
11.6
23.2
50.0
0.6
1.7
32.8
7.1
8.5
83.6
57.3
1.6
4.6
2.8
37,980
30,652
6,175
5,322
854
2,751
2,612
+1432
3Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
2,310
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
294
2,268
2,258
4Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
2,207
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
719
2,977
3,285
+434
5Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
2,181
1,091
35.5
16.6
6.6
5.3
2.0
0.8
6.5
13.7
47.5
0.8
2.6
32.9
2.7
3.9
70.0
53.8
1.8
4.7
2.8
38,746
18,115
7,148
5,800
913
3,064
3,142
+1915
6Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
2,162
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
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
7Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
2,112
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
323
2,116
2,638
8Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
2,075
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
300
2,067
1,687
+347
9Gary Payton
G. Payton
2,014
947
36.7
18.1
4.2
7.3
2.1
0.2
7.2
15.4
47.0
0.9
2.9
32.2
2.7
3.7
72.9
53.2
1.2
3.0
2.5
34,735
17,123
3,992
6,927
221
2,376
2,460
+1681
10Derek Harper
D. Harper
1,957
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
304
2,334
2,755
-353
11Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,899
1,353
37.4
25.7
10.3
3.5
1.4
0.8
9.4
18.1
52.0
0.1
0.2
27.8
6.8
9.1
74.1
57.9
2.5
7.8
3.1
50,543
34,707
13,973
4,706
1,094
4,211
4,258
+2619
12Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
1,861
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
249
3,682
2,971
13Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1,724
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
374
3,506
2,050
14Ron Harper
R. Harper
1,716
1,009
30.9
13.8
4.3
3.9
1.7
0.7
5.3
11.8
44.6
0.5
1.8
28.9
2.7
3.8
72.0
51.1
1.3
3.0
2.2
31,199
13,910
4,309
3,916
729
2,251
2,324
+1199
15Fat Lever
F. Lever
1,666
752
31.7
13.9
6.0
6.2
2.2
0.3
5.6
12.6
44.7
0.2
0.7
31.0
2.4
3.1
77.1
49.6
1.9
4.1
2.0
23,814
10,433
4,523
4,696
209
1,471
1,803
16Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
1,648
1,073
36.7
22.1
11.7
3.9
1.5
0.8
7.9
14.5
54.1
0.5
1.9
26.6
5.9
8.1
73.5
61.2
4.0
7.7
3.1
39,330
23,757
12,546
4,215
888
3,376
3,287
+532
17Gus Williams
G. Williams
1,638
825
31.1
17.1
2.7
5.6
2.0
0.4
7.0
15.2
46.1
0.2
0.9
23.8
2.9
3.8
75.6
50.5
1.0
1.7
2.5
25,645
14,093
2,222
4,597
291
1,646
1,637
18Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
1,622
983
32.6
14.7
3.6
2.9
1.7
0.3
5.0
10.8
46.1
1.2
3.2
39.4
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.5
0.8
2.8
1.9
32,034
14,470
3,554
2,860
302
1,828
2,043
+680
19Terry Porter
T. Porter
1,583
1,274
27.8
12.2
3.0
5.6
1.2
0.1
4.3
9.2
46.3
1.0
2.6
38.6
2.7
3.2
83.6
57.6
0.6
2.5
2.1
35,354
15,586
3,872
7,160
181
2,666
2,203
+1405
20Doc Rivers
D. Rivers
1,563
864
27.3
10.9
3.0
5.7
1.8
0.4
3.8
8.6
44.4
0.4
1.3
32.8
2.8
3.6
78.4
53.4
0.7
2.3
1.9
23,568
9,377
2,625
4,889
351
1,651
2,660
21Larry Bird
L. Bird
1,556
897
38.4
24.3
10.0
6.3
1.7
0.8
9.6
19.3
49.6
0.7
1.9
37.6
4.4
5.0
88.6
56.4
2.0
8.0
3.1
34,443
21,791
8,974
5,695
755
2,816
2,279
22Nate McMillan
N. McMillan
1,544
796
25.7
5.9
4.0
6.1
1.9
0.4
2.3
5.2
44.3
0.4
1.1
34.3
1.0
1.5
65.0
50.8
1.2
2.9
1.9
20,462
4,733
3,222
4,893
356
1,486
2,408
+280
23Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
1,543
1,172
31.6
10.2
4.0
8.4
1.3
0.1
3.9
8.8
44.9
0.6
1.8
33.7
1.8
2.3
77.1
52.4
1.1
3.0
2.5
37,077
12,004
4,717
9,840
113
2,950
2,099
+419
24Jeff Hornacek
J. Hornacek
1,536
1,077
31.5
14.5
3.4
4.9
1.4
0.2
5.5
11.1
49.6
0.8
1.9
40.3
2.8
3.1
87.7
58.2
0.9
2.5
1.8
33,964
15,659
3,646
5,281
226
1,971
2,364
+1905
25Rod Strickland
R. Strickland
1,532
970
32.3
14.2
3.9
7.7
1.6
0.2
5.3
11.6
45.7
0.2
0.7
28.5
3.4
4.7
72.0
51.8
1.1
2.8
2.8
31,285
13,733
3,807
7,489
196
2,685
1,902
-169
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