LeBron James has gotten the most career steals in the playoffs, with 493 steals.

Interpreted as:

most playoff steals by a player

	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	LeBron James L. James	493	292	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.2	20.5	49.6	1.6	4.9	33.3	6.4	8.6	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,062	8,289	2,628	2,095	284	1,047	663	+1270
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	395	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	185	602	686	+232
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	376	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	158	546	541	+294
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	358	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	64	696	524
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	338	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	2,436	608	1,839	50	517	539	+105
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	310	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	144	647	660	+555
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	302	158	38.5	12.9	6.7	8.0	1.9	0.3	4.6	11.7	39.1	1.5	4.6	32.2	2.3	3.0	78.1	49.8	1.4	5.3	2.8	6,088	2,043	1,058	1,263	52	450	348	+110
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	296	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	145	506	466
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	295	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	5.8	11.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	55.7	0.9	2.5	2.4	4,848	1,910	453	922	45	318	324
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	292	218	27.9	14.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.3	1.5	4.2	35.8	3.8	4.6	81.7	57.6	0.7	3.3	2.2	6,075	3,054	874	827	61	481	588	+951
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	287	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	1.9	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,442	2,981	730	1,233	31	377	437	+130
12	James Harden J. Harden	282	173	36.2	22.5	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.4	7.4	86.9	58.6	0.7	4.8	3.4	6,268	3,895	948	1,125	98	590	512	+246
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	278	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	108	397	486	+52
14	Robert Horry R. Horry	276	244	28.0	7.9	5.6	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.7	6.4	42.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	1.4	2.0	72.2	54.6	1.7	3.9	1.2	6,823	1,939	1,361	575	225	282	717	+590
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	273	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	54.9	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,697	3,954	928	870	175	583	467	+432
16	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	272	259	26.5	8.3	2.2	2.3	1.1	0.1	2.8	6.7	42.2	1.1	2.8	39.9	1.5	1.9	80.5	54.9	0.3	1.9	0.9	6,856	2,146	578	598	16	237	645	+725
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	258	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	135	550	662	+123
18	Draymond Green D. Green	257	169	34.5	11.4	8.6	6.0	1.5	1.3	4.1	9.2	44.5	1.0	3.4	30.0	2.2	3.0	72.6	54.2	1.6	7.0	2.6	5,834	1,934	1,457	1,020	225	447	637	+970
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	256	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,193	3,133	1,142	432	99	278	323	+643
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	247	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	50.7	1.5	2.9	2.7	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	113	480	575
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	245	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	472	424	562	-29
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	235	141	37.5	21.9	7.0	4.2	1.7	1.7	8.4	17.3	48.6	0.1	0.3	19.4	5.0	6.4	77.9	54.4	2.6	4.5	3.2	5,288	3,088	994	594	239	396	403
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	234	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	2,261	524	987	38	369	363
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	231	155	37.2	26.8	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,772	4,147	828	953	50	516	388	+971
25	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	228	134	34.0	12.5	5.6	8.5	1.7	0.2	5.0	11.4	44.0	0.5	1.5	33.0	1.9	2.9	64.9	49.0	1.4	4.1	2.6	4,559	1,669	744	1,136	24	349	320	+277