most single player steals in a loss all-time

7 players are tied for the most steals in a loss, with 10 steals. The first three are Lou Williams on January 20, 2018, Michael Finley on January 23, 2001 and Alvin Robertson on January 11, 1989.

Interpreted as:

most single player steals in a regular-season loss all-time

	NAME	STL	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Lou Williams L. Williams	10	1	1/20/2018	LAC	@	UTA	40	31	2	7	0	9	21	42.9	2	8	25.0	11	11	100.0	60.0	1	1	3	3	-8
2	Michael Finley M. Finley	10	1	1/23/2001	DAL	vs	PHI	45	27	6	7	0	12	28	42.9	1	6	16.7	2	2	100.0	46.7	2	4	4	1	-12
3	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	10	1	1/11/1989	SAS	vs	HOU	44	20	5	7	0	9	18	50.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.0	3	2	3	5
4	Ron Harper R. Harper	10	1	3/10/1987	CLE	vs	PHI	44	28	5	7	0	9	27	33.3	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	44.0	2	3	4	3
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	10	1	1/10/1986	POR	@	MIL	42	26	9	11	1	10	21	47.6	0	2	0.0	6	9	66.7	52.1	3	6	7	3
6	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	10	1	3/23/1979	NJN	@	PHI	39	13	1	1	0	6	15	40.0				1	2	50.0	40.9				5
7	Jerry West J. West	10	1	12/7/1973	LAL	vs	SEA	37	27	5	5		7	15	46.7				13	19	68.4	57.8	3	2		5
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	9	1	3/7/2004	DAL	@	HOU	45	18	1	1	2	7	19	36.8	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	45.3	1	0	2	2	-3
9	Andre Miller A. Miller	9	1	12/15/2001	CLE	vs	PHI	44	14	4	22	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	50.9	2	2	4	4	+2
10	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	9	1	2/17/1997	ATL	@	HOU	34	18	0	5	0	7	11	63.6	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	75.8	0	0	3	2	-16
11	Eric Murdock E. Murdock	9	1	4/2/1994	MIL	@	WAS	37	18	5	7	0	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	48.3	4	1	3	2
12	Darwin Cook D. Cook	9	1	12/3/1983	NJN	vs	POR	44	17	2	6	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		1	2	50.0	57.1	0	2	6	6
13	Rickey Green R. Green	9	1	11/27/1982	UTA	@	PHI	44	26	7	12	0	11	15	73.3	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	73.7				2
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	1	11/6/1981	LAL	vs	PHX	40	11	7	16	0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	0	0		78.6	0	7	5	3
15	Johnny High J. High	9	1	1/28/1981	PHX	@	WAS	26	11	4	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	63.7	1	3	6	3
16	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	9	1	12/23/1980	NYK	@	CHI	44	19	6	6	0	7	17	41.2	0	0		5	7	71.4	47.3	1	5	4	3
17	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	9	1	11/10/1980	IND	@	UTA	39	14	2	6	2	6	14	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.0				4
18	Ron Lee R. Lee	9	1	3/16/1980	DET	vs	HOU	42	20	5	6	0	7	17	41.2	6	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	55.9			4	3
19	Slick Watts S. Watts	9	1	3/27/1977	SEA	vs	PHX	36	14	3	8	0	6	14	42.9				2	5	40.0	43.2	1	2		4
20	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	9	1	1/2/1977	MIL	vs	IND	33	16	7	7	0	8	17	47.1				0	1	0.0	45.9				4
21	Slick Watts S. Watts	9	1	2/23/1975	SEA	vs	PHI	43	13	6	14		6	17	35.3				1	2	50.0	36.4				6
22	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	9	1	12/14/1973	HOU	vs	BOS	43	21	2	10		9	15	60.0				3	3	100.0	64.3				4
23	James Harden J. Harden	8	1	3/23/2016	HOU	vs	UTA	42	26	7	10	0	8	19	42.1	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	56.6	0	7	5	3	-8
24	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	8	1	12/16/2015	MIN	@	NYK	34	9	10	12	0	3	10	30.0	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	41.4	3	7	1	1	+3
25	Robert Covington R. Covington	8	1	11/27/2015	PHI	@	HOU	38	28	7	5	1	7	12	58.3	6	9	66.7	8	9	88.9	87.7	1	6	4	4	+1