The Detroit Pistons got their most steals in a game on March 31, 1979, on January 13, 1978 and on October 19, 1974, with 21 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steal in a regular-season game by detroit

	TEAM	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Pistons	21	3/31/1979	DET	@	SEA	L 102-123	240	102	44	22	4	41	105	39.0				20	25	80.0	44.0	20	24	23	25
2	Pistons	21	1/13/1978	DET	@	PHX	L 100-111	240	100	33	20	4	41	75	54.7				18	27	66.7	57.6	4	29	30	27
3	Pistons	21	10/19/1974	DET	@	POR	W 122-99	240	122	37	37	3	54	91	59.3				14	17	82.4	61.9	9	28		24
4	Pistons	20	2/1/1978	DET	vs	PHX	W 127-120	240	127	52	24	0	45	84	53.6				37	43	86.0	61.7	16	36	31	22
5	Pistons	20	4/5/1977	DET	@	POR	L 105-110	240	105	39	21	9	42	99	42.4				21	29	72.4	47.0	16	23		28
6	Pistons	20	10/24/1973	DET	@	PHX	W 115-99	240	115	34	24	5	43	82	52.4				29	34	85.3	59.3	6	28	21	21
7	Pistons	19	3/19/2000	DET	@	VAN	W 101-99	240	101	27	19	3	37	76	48.7	6	16	37.5	21	23	91.3	58.6	10	17	18	20
8	Pistons	19	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	W 186-184	315	186	56	47	6	74	136	54.4	1	2	50.0	37	60	61.7	57.3	23	33	13	44
9	Pistons	19	11/28/1978	DET	@	LAL	W 105-103	240	105	52	26	8	45	105	42.9				15	21	71.4	46.0	23	29	22	22
10	Pistons	19	3/18/1976	DET	@	PHX	L 100-106	240	100	47	20	0	40	100	40.0				20	27	74.1	44.7	19	28	15	33
11	Pistons	18	3/31/2004	DET	vs	LAC	W 108-99	240	108	34	29	6	37	77	48.1	7	18	38.9	27	39	69.2	57.3	10	24	10	22
12	Pistons	18	3/8/1995	DET	@	WAS	W 114-105	240	114	35	29	7	46	89	51.7	6	20	30.0	16	20	80.0	58.3	7	28	14	22
13	Pistons	18	2/17/1986	DET	vs	UTA	W 117-96	240	117	52	29	4	50	110	45.5	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	48.7	26	26	7	18
14	Pistons	18	3/26/1980	DET	vs	IND	L 114-124	240	114	42	21	5	43	99	43.4	3	8	37.5	25	34	73.5	50.0			21	22
15	Pistons	18	10/22/1976	DET	@	KCK	W 99-96	240	99	38	16	4	40	86	46.5				19	29	65.5	50.1				32
16	Pistons	17	4/17/2013	DET	@	BKN	L 99-103	240	99	39	17	5	37	78	47.4	1	13	7.7	24	32	75.0	53.8	10	29	23	24
17	Pistons	17	1/31/2008	DET	vs	LAL	W 90-89	240	90	43	19	7	36	82	43.9	6	15	40.0	12	16	75.0	50.5	11	32	17	24
18	Pistons	17	1/14/2000	DET	vs	WAS	W 105-98	240	105	34	20	5	38	78	48.7	5	9	55.6	24	32	75.0	57.0	7	27	14	17
19	Pistons	17	1/11/1998	DET	vs	LAC	W 113-85	240	113	57	26	7	45	92	48.9	1	4	25.0	22	26	84.6	54.6	22	35	19	18
20	Pistons	17	1/4/1997	DET	vs	TOR	W 118-74	240	118	51	30	6	44	75	58.7	7	15	46.7	23	29	79.3	67.2	14	37	20	25
21	Pistons	17	11/29/1988	DET	@	IND	L 98-107	240	98	41	23	4	38	93	40.9	1	8	12.5	21	34	61.8	45.4	18	23	13	25
22	Pistons	17	3/9/1985	DET	@	ATL	W 115-113	240	115	52	25	2	43	104	41.3	0	2	0.0	29	36	80.6	48.0	25	27	13	20
23	Pistons	17	1/21/1984	DET	@	NJN	L 103-120	240	103	45	26	3	44	106	41.5	0	0		15	22	68.2	44.5	18	27	22	19
24	Pistons	17	2/4/1981	DET	@	KCK	L 90-91	240	90	48	19	2	32	81	39.5	0			26	34	76.5	46.9				19
25	Pistons	17	1/20/1981	DET	vs	PHI	W 83-75	240	83	40	17	7	34	77	44.2	0	0		15	28	53.6	46.5	13	27	24	18