most playoff steals by a player before turning 29

LeBron James has gotten the most career steals by a player younger than 29 in the playoffs, with 236 steals.

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most playoff steals by a player before turning 29 years old

	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	236	138	43.1	28.1	8.6	6.7	1.7	0.9	9.6	20.4	47.2	1.4	4.4	32.2	7.4	9.9	74.9	56.7	1.6	7.0	3.5	5,954	3,871	1,191	924	127	482	316	+614
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	210	110	39.1	18.3	7.7	5.2	1.9	1.0	7.0	14.7	47.2	0.5	1.8	30.6	3.9	5.3	73.3	53.7	2.2	5.5	3.2	4,301	2,016	848	573	107	349	383
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	200	111	39.1	19.4	6.9	13.5	1.8	0.4	7.1	13.6	52.4	0.1	0.5	16.7	5.0	6.1	82.5	59.5			3.6	4,339	2,154	770	1,498	48	398	309
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	187	111	34.7	19.5	7.7	2.4	1.7	0.6	6.9	13.6	50.6	1.6	3.9	41.1	4.1	4.9	83.5	61.8	1.8	5.9	1.8	3,848	2,164	854	263	72	196	245	+615
5	James Harden J. Harden	181	105	34.8	22.0	5.2	5.5	1.7	0.4	6.5	15.5	42.0	2.2	6.7	32.6	6.7	7.7	87.2	58.0	0.7	4.5	3.3	3,650	2,306	548	577	47	348	319	+213
6	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	181	92	38.5	14.5	6.0	9.2	2.0	0.2	5.9	13.3	44.5	0.3	1.1	27.7	2.4	3.7	64.7	48.7	1.7	4.3	2.8	3,538	1,336	554	845	16	262	234	+262
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	176	75	38.7	21.9	4.6	9.2	2.3	0.4	8.1	18.1	44.6	0.5	1.8	30.6	5.1	6.7	77.2	51.9	1.3	3.3	3.3	2,901	1,639	348	693	31	248	246
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	175	70	42.0	34.6	6.8	7.1	2.5	1.1	12.4	24.4	50.9	0.6	1.8	32.0	9.2	11.0	83.5	59.2	1.6	5.2	3.5	2,942	2,425	476	497	76	243	249
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	174	131	38.8	23.3	4.9	4.5	1.3	0.7	8.4	19.1	43.9	1.1	3.3	33.1	5.4	6.8	79.6	52.7	1.1	3.8	2.9	5,085	3,053	647	586	94	374	411	+251
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	170	87	37.8	25.3	6.5	7.8	2.0	0.3	8.7	21.0	41.5	1.3	4.5	29.4	6.6	7.8	84.1	51.8	1.9	4.7	3.9	3,289	2,199	569	680	25	336	244	+314
11	Draymond Green D. Green	165	101	34.9	12.3	9.2	5.6	1.6	1.5	4.2	9.8	43.2	1.3	4.0	32.7	2.6	3.5	74.1	54.6	1.8	7.4	2.4	3,525	1,244	926	567	147	242	373	+761
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	150	127	38.9	24.2	8.3	5.0	1.2	0.8	8.1	18.4	44.0	2.4	7.0	34.9	5.5	6.6	83.9	56.7	1.0	7.3	2.9	4,943	3,076	1,053	633	106	369	329	+517
13	Byron Scott B. Scott	149	106	31.8	15.8	3.3	2.5	1.4	0.2	6.2	12.6	49.6	0.6	1.7	36.4	2.7	3.3	81.6	56.1	0.9	2.4	1.6	3,366	1,671	351	266	19	172	272
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	146	66	38.0	20.0	6.9	6.9	2.2	0.8	7.6	16.9	44.6	0.5	1.8	26.2	4.4	5.6	78.2	51.5	2.8	4.1	3.2	2,506	1,321	455	457	54	213	236
15	James Worthy J. Worthy	139	111	36.5	21.2	5.5	3.2	1.3	0.8	8.9	15.5	57.3	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.4	4.8	71.8	60.4	1.9	3.5	2.1	4,050	2,356	607	353	91	229	289
16	Robert Horry R. Horry	136	95	33.5	10.5	6.1	3.0	1.4	1.1	3.6	8.0	45.1	1.4	3.6	38.6	1.9	2.7	71.4	57.2	1.7	4.4	1.4	3,179	997	583	284	102	131	297	+43
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	134	135	33.5	19.3	5.7	2.6	1.0	0.4	7.2	15.0	48.2	1.9	5.5	35.4	2.9	4.0	72.7	57.6	1.1	4.6	2.4	4,523	2,608	771	346	56	323	380	+265
18	Tony Parker T. Parker	132	138	36.4	18.8	3.1	4.9	1.0	0.1	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.5	1.8	29.3	3.3	4.6	70.8	51.4	0.5	2.6	2.8	5,017	2,591	434	682	12	390	302	+246
19	Paul George P. George	127	76	39.0	20.1	7.3	3.9	1.7	0.6	6.4	15.2	42.3	2.2	6.2	36.1	5.0	6.2	80.9	56.1	1.0	6.3	3.1	2,967	1,525	551	293	42	233	246	+99
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	126	57	45.3	30.6	4.3	5.8	2.2	0.2	10.8	27.4	39.6	1.8	5.5	32.6	7.1	9.4	75.8	48.6	1.0	3.4	3.1	2,584	1,743	247	328	11	178	131	-24
21	Gary Payton G. Payton	126	74	37.4	16.1	4.0	5.9	1.7	0.3	6.4	14.1	45.5	1.0	2.7	35.5	2.2	3.4	65.9	51.4	1.1	2.9	2.2	2,771	1,188	297	437	19	166	229	+52
22	Marcus Smart M. Smart	119	88	32.9	12.3	4.4	4.8	1.4	0.5	4.0	10.5	38.3	1.9	5.7	32.8	2.4	3.2	75.4	51.7	1.0	3.4	2.4	2,893	1,079	389	423	46	207	267	-3
23	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	118	99	29.0	8.8	2.5	3.2	1.2	0.2	3.1	7.2	42.9	1.2	3.3	35.7	1.4	1.9	74.2	54.5	0.4	2.2	1.7	2,875	872	251	321	15	167	274	+299
24	Horace Grant H. Grant	115	111	37.0	11.9	8.6	2.4	1.0	1.1	4.8	8.9	54.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.2	3.2	70.0	57.7	3.4	5.3	1.2	4,106	1,320	958	265	122	132	350
25	Baron Davis B. Davis	114	46	38.1	19.8	4.6	6.5	2.5	0.5	6.9	15.7	44.0	2.1	5.8	35.3	3.9	5.6	70.3	54.6	1.1	3.5	2.6	1,754	911	210	298	24	118	162	+146

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