Hakeem Olajuwon and John Stockton were tied for the most steals in the 1997 playoffs, with 33 steals.

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most steals by a player 1997 playoffs

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	1996-97	HOU	16	39.3	23.1	10.9	3.4	2.1	2.6	9.2	15.6	59.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.8	6.5	73.1	62.8	2.9	8.0	2.9	629	370	174	54	41	46	61	+41
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	33	1996-97	UTA	20	37.0	16.1	3.9	9.6	1.7	0.3	5.7	10.9	52.1	1.0	2.5	38.0	3.9	4.5	85.6	62.7	0.9	3.0	3.1	739	322	78	191	5	62	52	+47
3	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	30	1996-97	SEA	12	40.3	15.3	4.5	2.8	2.5	0.3	5.2	11.0	47.0	2.3	4.9	45.8	2.7	2.9	91.4	62.1	1.4	3.1	1.8	483	183	54	34	4	21	32	+64
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	1996-97	CHI	19	42.3	31.1	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	11.9	26.2	45.6	0.7	3.5	19.4	6.5	7.8	83.1	52.4	2.2	5.7	2.6	804	590	150	91	17	49	46	+136
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	28	1996-97	CHI	19	39.6	19.2	6.8	3.8	1.5	0.9	6.8	16.3	41.7	2.1	5.9	34.5	3.6	4.5	79.1	52.6	1.9	4.9	2.9	753	365	129	72	18	55	49	+122
6	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	27	1996-97	MIA	17	41.2	18.7	4.1	7.0	1.6	0.1	6.1	16.9	35.9	2.5	7.9	31.3	4.1	5.2	79.5	48.8	0.8	3.3	3.1	701	318	69	119	1	53	37	+34
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	27	1996-97	UTA	20	40.8	26.0	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	9.4	21.5	43.5	0.1	0.1	50.0	7.2	10.0	72.0	50.1	3.0	8.4	2.7	816	519	228	57	15	54	59	+102
8	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	26	1996-97	HOU	16	38.9	18.1	5.6	4.8	1.6	0.4	6.6	15.1	43.6	2.4	6.4	37.3	2.6	3.4	77.8	54.8	1.6	4.0	2.3	623	290	89	77	7	36	52	+64
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	26	1996-97	SEA	12	45.5	23.8	5.4	8.7	2.2	0.3	8.8	21.3	41.2	2.1	6.3	33.3	4.2	5.1	82.0	50.6	1.7	3.8	2.9	546	285	65	104	4	35	26	+52
10	Ron Harper R. Harper	24	1996-97	CHI	19	27.1	7.5	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	2.6	6.6	40.0	1.1	3.2	34.4	1.1	1.5	75.0	51.7	1.1	3.2	0.6	515	142	81	57	14	11	43	+110
11	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	22	1996-97	NYK	10	35.8	9.8	8.8	1.6	2.2	0.3	3.8	8.6	44.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	2.9	75.9	49.6	2.3	6.5	1.8	358	98	88	16	3	18	37	-1
12	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	21	1996-97	ATL	10	44.1	16.4	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	6.1	15.4	39.6	2.8	8.5	32.9	1.4	2.1	66.7	50.2	1.2	5.8	3.5	441	164	70	65	2	35	15	+7
13	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	21	1996-97	UTA	20	35.2	14.6	4.5	3.7	1.1	0.2	4.5	10.4	43.3	1.0	2.7	35.8	4.6	5.3	87.6	57.2	1.1	3.4	1.8	704	291	89	73	4	36	53	+94
14	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	21	1996-97	MIA	17	29.2	8.0	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.2	2.7	6.9	39.3	1.5	4.4	33.8	1.1	1.6	67.9	52.6	0.9	3.3	0.8	496	136	72	43	4	13	31	0
15	Bryon Russell B. Russell	21	1996-97	UTA	20	37.9	12.3	4.6	1.4	1.1	0.3	4.5	9.7	46.1	1.8	5.1	35.6	1.6	2.2	72.1	57.8	0.9	3.7	1.0	758	245	92	27	6	20	59	+56
16	Chris Childs C. Childs	20	1996-97	NYK	10	32.8	10.4	4.9	5.9	2.0	0.0	3.8	8.7	43.7	0.9	2.6	34.6	1.9	2.3	82.6	53.5	0.9	4.0	2.8	328	104	49	59	0	28	39	-37
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	19	1996-97	HOU	16	37.8	17.9	12.0	3.4	1.2	0.4	5.4	12.4	43.4	0.7	2.4	28.9	6.4	8.4	76.9	55.7	4.0	8.0	2.7	605	286	192	54	7	43	52	+25
18	Bison Dele B. Dele	19	1996-97	CHI	19	17.7	6.1	3.7	0.6	1.0	0.4	2.6	5.5	48.1	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.6	51.6	49.3	1.6	2.1	0.7	336	116	71	11	8	14	63	+57
19	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	17	1996-97	CHI	19	17.9	5.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	1.7	4.1	42.9	0.8	2.2	38.1	0.7	0.7	92.9	57.1	0.2	0.7	0.4	341	95	18	20	2	8	25	+22
20	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	17	1996-97	MIA	17	32.6	10.5	4.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	3.8	9.9	38.7	1.3	3.6	35.5	1.5	2.4	65.0	48.0	1.3	3.6	1.8	554	178	84	35	2	30	58	-29
21	Mario Elie M. Elie	14	1996-97	HOU	16	37.4	11.5	3.5	3.8	0.9	0.3	3.4	7.3	46.6	1.5	3.8	40.0	3.3	3.9	83.9	64.2	1.2	2.3	1.9	598	184	56	61	4	30	52	+23
22	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	14	1996-97	SEA	12	36.8	21.6	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	7.1	14.6	48.6	0.2	0.8	20.0	7.3	8.8	82.9	58.5	4.3	8.0	3.9	442	259	148	36	16	47	55	+25
23	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	13	1996-97	PHX	5	41.6	16.8	4.4	6.0	2.6	0.0	5.2	17.6	29.5	0.6	4.4	13.6	5.8	6.6	87.9	41.0	1.6	2.8	3.6	208	84	22	30	0	18	15	-48
24	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	13	1996-97	CHI	19	22.3	7.9	2.8	2.8	0.7	0.2	2.4	6.6	36.0	1.0	2.8	35.8	2.2	3.1	70.7	49.8	0.7	2.2	0.9	423	150	54	54	4	17	30	+61
25	Detlef Schrempf D. Schrempf	13	1996-97	SEA	12	38.3	16.9	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	5.6	11.8	47.2	1.3	2.4	55.2	4.4	5.4	81.5	59.5	1.7	4.1	1.5	459	203	69	41	1	18	40	+37

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