Before 2006-07, John Stockton had the most steals, with 3,265 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player before 2007

	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	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,265	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,514	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,402	1,267	36.0	16.9	4.1	6.9	1.9	0.2	6.8	14.5	46.7	0.9	2.7	31.9	2.5	3.5	73.0	52.9	1.1	3.0	2.3	45,614	21,455	5,137	8,765	282	2,964	3,100	+2135
4	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,310	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	294	2,268	2,258
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2,307	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,207	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	719	2,977	3,285	+434
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,162	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
8	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2,112	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	323	2,116	2,638
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,085	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
10	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2,075	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	300	2,067	1,687	+347
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,957	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	304	2,334	2,755	-353
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,861	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	249	3,682	2,971
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,775	866	37.4	14.6	6.5	9.2	2.0	0.3	5.2	13.0	40.2	1.3	3.9	33.2	2.9	3.7	77.9	49.9	1.5	5.0	3.2	32,430	12,682	5,653	7,955	263	2,798	1,624	+2750
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,724	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	374	3,506	2,050
15	Ron Harper R. Harper	1,716	1,009	30.9	13.8	4.3	3.9	1.7	0.7	5.3	11.8	44.6	0.5	1.8	28.9	2.7	3.8	72.0	51.1	1.3	3.0	2.2	31,199	13,910	4,309	3,916	729	2,251	2,324	+1199
16	Fat Lever F. Lever	1,666	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	209	1,471	1,803
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,648	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	888	3,376	3,287	+532
18	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,638	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	2.0	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	291	1,646	1,637
19	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,622	983	32.6	14.7	3.6	2.9	1.7	0.3	5.0	10.8	46.1	1.2	3.2	39.4	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.5	0.8	2.8	1.9	32,034	14,470	3,554	2,860	302	1,828	2,043	+680
20	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	1,616	1,094	30.7	13.2	3.7	7.3	1.5	0.2	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,634	14,463	4,084	7,987	215	2,862	2,048	-270
21	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	1,608	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	10,334	117	3,155	2,230	+402
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,593	682	41.7	28.0	4.0	6.1	2.3	0.2	9.8	23.3	42.1	1.3	4.1	31.0	7.1	9.2	77.5	51.2	0.9	3.0	3.7	28,441	19,115	2,706	4,174	131	2,539	1,439	+535
23	Terry Porter T. Porter	1,583	1,274	27.8	12.2	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	4.3	9.2	46.3	1.0	2.6	38.6	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	35,354	15,586	3,872	7,160	181	2,666	2,203	+1405
24	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	1,563	864	27.3	10.9	3.0	5.7	1.8	0.4	3.8	8.6	44.4	0.4	1.3	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.4	53.4	0.7	2.3	1.9	23,568	9,377	2,625	4,889	351	1,651	2,660
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,556	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	755	2,816	2,279