Before 1986-87, Gus Williams had the most steals, with 1,621 steals.

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most steals by a player before 1987

	NAME	STL	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	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,621	792	31.8	17.6	2.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	7.2	15.7	46.2	0.2	0.9	23.6	3.0	4.0	75.7	50.6	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,164	13,955	2,182	4,458	286	1,592	1,584
2	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1,490	635	32.7	11.7	3.0	7.1	2.3	0.3	4.7	8.8	53.9	0.1	0.2	29.6	2.2	2.8	78.9	58.5	0.7	2.2	2.4	20,790	7,458	1,887	4,485	218	1,521	1,595
3	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	1,463	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	2.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	206	1,854	1,859
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,432	776	34.5	22.4	6.9	3.9	1.8	1.5	8.8	17.3	50.9	0.1	0.2	26.0	4.7	6.1	77.5	56.0	2.5	4.4	3.1	26,759	17,359	5,337	3,033	1,199	2,165	2,149
5	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,403	818	32.7	17.1	3.5	4.7	1.7	0.1	7.0	14.9	47.1	0.1	0.3	15.5	3.1	3.9	79.8	51.7	1.1	2.4	2.4	26,747	14,026	2,838	3,876	57	1,158	2,107
6	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1,337	719	22.6	8.2	2.7	4.3	1.9	0.1	3.5	7.7	46.1	0.0	0.1	18.4	1.2	1.8	65.7	48.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	16,245	5,929	1,969	3,114	80	1,382	2,097
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,165	761	32.0	18.6	1.9	4.5	1.5	0.1	7.7	15.7	48.8	0.0	0.3	13.9	3.3	3.6	90.3	53.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	24,352	14,159	1,451	3,418	51	822	2,478
8	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,160	623	28.3	15.8	3.7	5.8	1.9	0.3	6.1	13.7	45.0	0.2	0.8	23.6	3.4	4.2	80.1	51.0	1.3	2.4	3.2	17,662	9,840	2,295	3,594	199	2,005	2,054
9	Don Buse D. Buse	1,160	648	26.3	6.9	2.3	4.5	1.8	0.1	2.8	6.4	44.2	0.4	1.3	33.3	1.0	1.3	78.0	49.7	0.6	1.8	1.1	17,070	4,485	1,507	2,920	97	601	967
10	Chris Ford C. Ford	1,152	720	28.5	9.5	3.0	3.5	1.6	0.3	4.1	8.9	45.8	0.5	1.5	37.5	1.1	1.5	73.8	49.4	1.1	1.8	1.8	20,506	6,838	2,128	2,525	192	726	1,684
11	Fred Brown F. Brown	1,149	851	25.5	15.1	2.7	3.1	1.4	0.2	6.4	13.3	48.2	0.3	0.8	37.3	2.1	2.4	86.2	52.3	0.8	1.9	1.6	21,743	12,815	2,282	2,662	166	840	1,667
12	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1,145	838	28.5	15.0	7.4	4.3	1.4	0.9	6.1	12.3	49.8	0.0	0.0	8.3	2.7	3.4	78.5	54.1	2.2	5.3	2.8	23,867	12,543	6,234	3,606	730	1,915	2,762
13	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	1,141	715	36.3	16.4	2.7	8.5	1.6	0.1	7.1	14.6	48.5	0.2	0.6	29.6	2.1	2.7	77.3	51.9	0.6	2.0	3.1	25,932	11,703	1,913	6,047	71	2,250	1,914
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1,122	797	32.6	15.4	4.2	4.2	1.4	0.7	5.7	12.8	44.7	0.1	0.5	18.8	3.8	4.9	78.8	51.3	1.6	2.6	2.5	26,006	12,250	3,357	3,350	573	1,784	2,292
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	1,104	554	35.4	21.2	5.2	5.7	2.0	0.5	8.6	19.1	44.9	1.0	3.1	33.0	3.9	4.2	91.6	50.5	0.9	4.3	2.5	19,585	11,729	2,876	3,163	269	574	1,464
16	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	1,085	821	28.0	13.3	2.6	4.3	1.3	0.2	5.2	11.3	45.9	0.3	0.9	29.1	2.8	3.3	84.3	52.2	0.8	1.8	3.0	22,992	10,902	2,132	3,525	161	1,973	2,622
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,074	487	36.9	18.3	7.7	10.7	2.2	0.5	6.8	12.5	54.2	0.1	0.4	18.8	4.6	5.7	81.2	60.8	2.1	5.6	3.9	17,990	8,896	3,743	5,202	239	1,919	1,198
18	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	1,053	673	27.4	11.6	2.4	4.5	1.6	0.3	4.8	10.7	44.4	0.0	0.2	14.9	2.1	2.8	74.1	48.6	0.6	1.8	2.6	18,453	7,809	1,601	3,006	192	1,337	1,841
19	T.R. Dunn	1,050	714	25.8	6.1	5.1	1.8	1.5	0.3	2.5	5.4	46.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.6	72.6	50.4	2.0	3.1	1.0	18,419	4,382	3,626	1,305	214	724	1,628
20	Bobby Jones B. Jones	1,050	774	26.1	11.5	5.5	2.4	1.4	1.3	4.4	8.0	55.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.5	78.0	60.4	1.7	3.8	1.8	20,177	8,911	4,256	1,888	982	1,217	2,104
21	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,049	828	32.9	17.7	6.2	2.5	1.3	0.3	7.5	15.1	49.9	0.0	0.1	13.5	2.6	3.5	75.9	53.3	2.0	4.2	2.1	27,275	14,644	5,117	2,050	262	1,211	2,296
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,034	561	38.1	23.9	10.5	5.9	1.8	0.8	9.5	19.2	49.6	0.5	1.3	35.9	4.4	5.1	86.9	55.8	2.4	8.1	3.2	21,401	13,432	5,897	3,334	471	1,797	1,546
23	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	1,025	904	27.7	14.1	7.2	3.0	1.1	0.7	5.2	11.7	44.9	0.1	0.3	16.5	3.6	4.5	80.0	51.7	2.4	4.7	2.9	25,005	12,748	6,465	2,677	632	2,050	3,101
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,025	1,007	37.1	24.9	11.0	3.9	1.0	2.9	10.3	18.2	56.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.9	73.6	59.9	2.6	8.4	3.0	37,343	25,037	11,034	3,890	2,915	2,087	3,010
25	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	1,022	763	26.8	16.5	2.0	4.6	1.3	0.3	6.5	12.9	50.5	0.2	0.7	27.5	3.3	4.0	82.1	56.0	0.5	1.5	2.6	20,465	12,564	1,513	3,522	262	1,117	1,617

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