most playoff steals in celtics history

Larry Bird has gotten the most career steals for the Celtics in the playoffs, with 296 steals.

Interpreted as:
most playoff steals by a player in celtics history
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry 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
2Rajon 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
3Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
180
136
39.8
20.9
6.4
4.0
1.3
0.7
6.6
15.9
41.9
1.6
4.8
33.9
6.0
7.2
83.4
54.9
0.9
5.5
3.2
5,408
2,843
869
538
94
440
453
+156
4Jayson 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
5Marcus Smart
M. Smart
144
108
33.1
12.8
4.3
4.9
1.3
0.5
4.2
10.6
39.6
1.9
5.8
33.4
2.4
3.2
76.2
53.2
1.0
3.3
2.3
3,572
1,377
469
524
51
252
304
+46
6Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
140
142
33.6
19.6
5.7
2.6
1.0
0.5
7.3
15.3
48.0
2.0
5.5
35.7
3.0
4.1
72.6
57.4
1.1
4.6
2.5
4,773
2,788
811
369
64
348
401
+242
7Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
140
109
39.1
16.5
3.9
6.8
1.3
0.4
6.2
14.0
44.0
0.2
0.8
23.5
4.0
4.8
83.8
51.2
1.1
2.8
2.6
4,258
1,802
425
739
39
278
346
8Robert Parish
R. Parish
138
168
34.8
16.0
9.8
1.3
0.8
1.7
6.4
12.6
50.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.2
4.4
72.7
55.0
3.1
6.7
2.2
5,849
2,683
1,649
222
292
364
571
9Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
122
112
29.9
10.8
2.5
4.4
1.1
0.1
4.3
9.2
46.5
0.7
1.8
39.2
1.6
1.9
82.9
53.9
0.7
1.8
1.6
3,354
1,211
282
489
11
175
340
10Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
106
84
36.1
17.5
9.9
2.6
1.3
1.1
7.3
14.8
49.0
0.0
0.2
17.6
2.9
3.5
81.9
53.3
2.0
7.9
2.0
3,030
1,469
830
219
93
168
257
+407
11Al Horford
A. Horford
101
119
33.2
11.5
7.7
3.3
0.8
1.2
4.4
8.7
50.0
1.5
3.9
39.9
1.2
1.5
79.4
61.1
1.6
6.0
1.2
3,954
1,367
912
395
138
143
262
+333
12Ray Allen
R. Allen
89
91
38.0
15.5
3.7
2.3
1.0
0.2
5.2
12.1
42.8
2.3
5.8
38.7
2.9
3.3
88.0
57.4
0.7
3.1
1.4
3,454
1,410
341
211
19
126
234
+299
13Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
78
65
42.0
18.9
14.1
3.9
1.2
0.9
8.2
18.4
44.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
2.5
3.2
79.5
47.7
3.7
10.4
0.9
2,729
1,229
917
252
56
8
294
14Gerald Henderson
G. Henderson
73
67
21.5
8.9
1.9
3.2
1.1
0.1
3.6
8.0
45.4
0.0
0.3
15.8
1.6
2.2
71.1
49.5
0.9
1.0
1.5
1,442
597
126
214
7
99
165
15Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
70
88
28.9
12.0
5.9
2.0
0.8
0.6
4.0
7.4
54.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.9
5.0
78.0
62.3
2.5
3.4
1.9
2,539
1,052
519
176
50
164
242
16Kevin McHale
K. McHale
65
169
33.8
18.8
7.4
1.6
0.4
1.7
7.1
12.7
56.1
0.0
0.1
38.1
4.5
5.8
78.8
61.8
2.7
4.7
1.9
5,716
3,182
1,253
274
281
326
571
17Derrick White
D. White
64
80
31.5
13.3
3.6
3.0
0.8
1.0
4.5
10.4
43.4
2.5
6.4
38.2
1.9
2.2
87.2
58.9
0.8
2.8
1.1
2,520
1,066
289
241
78
87
162
+76
18Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
63
56
43.1
20.4
4.2
5.6
1.1
0.1
8.7
19.8
44.0
3.0
3.7
80.7
47.6
1.0
3.2
2,413
1,143
235
311
7
166
19John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
60
53
40.7
20.4
5.2
5.1
1.1
0.3
8.0
17.9
44.6
4.4
5.2
85.4
50.5
1.5
3.8
2,155
1,082
278
272
16
146
20Reggie Lewis
R. Lewis
51
42
30.4
17.5
4.2
2.6
1.2
0.5
7.0
13.7
51.0
0.0
0.4
13.3
3.5
4.5
77.7
55.8
1.3
2.9
1.4
1,278
734
175
109
19
57
110
21Paul Silas
P. Silas
49
47
36.6
9.3
12.1
2.7
1.0
0.4
3.4
7.9
43.3
2.5
3.1
78.9
50.2
3.8
8.3
1,720
438
567
129
17
163
22Antoine Walker
A. Walker
48
32
42.7
19.6
8.4
3.4
1.5
0.5
7.7
18.7
41.2
2.0
5.4
37.6
2.1
3.0
70.1
48.9
1.8
6.6
3.4
1,367
627
269
109
16
110
119
+46
23Avery Bradley
A. Bradley
46
39
32.1
12.2
3.1
1.6
1.2
0.3
4.8
11.5
42.0
1.4
4.4
31.2
1.2
1.5
78.0
50.1
0.7
2.4
1.4
1,250
475
122
61
11
56
86
-50
24Glen Davis
G. Davis
45
64
20.6
7.5
3.8
0.8
0.7
0.3
2.8
5.9
46.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.0
2.8
70.6
52.4
1.4
2.4
1.0
1,321
479
245
50
21
61
161
-20
25Don Chaney
D. Chaney
45
29
28.9
10.0
4.0
2.1
1.6
0.5
3.9
8.5
45.9
2.2
2.7
81.0
51.6
2.1
1.9
839
290
115
61
14
110
StatMuse has season-level data for steals going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
Celtics Celtics
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
Last Game
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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
Magic Magic - x
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
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114-113
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3/27
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3/27
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3/27
@
119-109
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3/27
@
113-131

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Sat
5/9
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Sat
5/9
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Sun
5/10
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Sun
5/10
@
7:30 PM
Mon
5/11
@
8:00 PM