LeBron James has the most career steals in the playoffs, with 493 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals and blocks by a player in the playoff

	NAME	STL	BLK	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	493	284	292	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.2	20.5	49.6	1.6	4.9	33.3	6.4	8.6	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,062	8,289	2,628	2,095	1,047	663	+1270
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	395	185	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	602	686	+232
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	376	158	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	546	541	+294
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	358	64	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	696	524
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	338	50	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	2,436	608	1,839	517	539	+105
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	310	144	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	647	660	+555
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	302	52	158	38.5	12.9	6.7	8.0	1.9	0.3	4.6	11.7	39.1	1.5	4.6	32.2	2.3	3.0	78.1	49.8	1.4	5.3	2.8	6,088	2,043	1,058	1,263	450	348	+110
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	296	145	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	506	466
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	295	45	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	5.8	11.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	55.7	0.9	2.5	2.4	4,848	1,910	453	922	318	324
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	292	61	218	27.9	14.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.3	1.5	4.2	35.8	3.8	4.6	81.7	57.6	0.7	3.3	2.2	6,075	3,054	874	827	481	588	+951
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	287	31	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	1.9	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,442	2,981	730	1,233	377	437	+130
12	James Harden J. Harden	282	98	173	36.2	22.5	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.4	7.4	86.9	58.6	0.7	4.8	3.4	6,268	3,895	948	1,125	590	512	+246
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	278	108	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	397	486	+52
14	Robert Horry R. Horry	276	225	244	28.0	7.9	5.6	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.7	6.4	42.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	1.4	2.0	72.2	54.6	1.7	3.9	1.2	6,823	1,939	1,361	575	282	717	+590
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	273	175	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	54.9	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,697	3,954	928	870	583	467	+432
16	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	272	16	259	26.5	8.3	2.2	2.3	1.1	0.1	2.8	6.7	42.2	1.1	2.8	39.9	1.5	1.9	80.5	54.9	0.3	1.9	0.9	6,856	2,146	578	598	237	645	+725
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	258	135	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	550	662	+123
18	Draymond Green D. Green	257	225	169	34.5	11.4	8.6	6.0	1.5	1.3	4.1	9.2	44.5	1.0	3.4	30.0	2.2	3.0	72.6	54.2	1.6	7.0	2.6	5,834	1,934	1,457	1,020	447	637	+970
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	256	99	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,193	3,133	1,142	432	278	323	+643
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	247	113	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	50.7	1.5	2.9	2.7	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	480	575
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	245	472	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	424	562	-29
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	235	239	141	37.5	21.9	7.0	4.2	1.7	1.7	8.4	17.3	48.6	0.1	0.3	19.4	5.0	6.4	77.9	54.4	2.6	4.5	3.2	5,288	3,088	994	594	396	403
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	234	38	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	2,261	524	987	369	363
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	231	50	155	37.2	26.8	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,772	4,147	828	953	516	388	+971
25	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	228	24	134	34.0	12.5	5.6	8.5	1.7	0.2	5.0	11.4	44.0	0.5	1.5	33.0	1.9	2.9	64.9	49.0	1.4	4.1	2.6	4,559	1,669	744	1,136	349	320	+277