most steals before 21 years old

LeBron James has the most career steals by a player younger than 21, with 352 steals.

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most steals by a player before 21 years old
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
352
186
41.0
25.0
6.4
6.4
1.9
0.7
9.1
20.1
45.4
1.1
3.5
33.0
5.6
7.4
75.5
53.4
1.2
5.2
3.4
7,629
4,649
1,187
1,193
135
626
361
+165
2LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
200
126
30.9
18.3
6.4
7.0
1.6
0.4
6.6
15.3
43.1
2.5
6.6
37.8
2.7
3.2
82.6
54.9
1.4
5.0
3.1
3,890
2,311
803
884
48
390
373
+15
3Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
199
155
30.1
11.2
3.4
5.2
1.3
0.3
4.4
9.8
44.5
0.9
2.5
37.5
1.5
1.9
80.3
52.5
0.8
2.6
2.4
4,667
1,732
523
811
47
374
356
+14
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
195
200
25.3
13.8
3.2
2.4
1.0
0.6
4.6
10.6
43.9
0.8
2.3
33.5
3.7
4.6
81.3
54.7
0.9
2.3
2.1
5,055
2,755
638
480
113
426
435
+416
5Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
191
192
24.7
11.1
5.5
2.5
1.0
1.4
4.2
9.4
44.8
0.2
0.7
28.4
2.4
3.4
71.2
50.7
2.2
3.3
1.6
4,747
2,122
1,048
474
278
306
381
-262
6Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
191
157
33.7
13.7
7.1
2.4
1.2
1.9
5.8
11.7
49.6
0.1
0.3
28.6
2.0
2.7
73.6
53.1
2.3
4.8
1.8
5,288
2,144
1,119
381
294
285
388
+116
7Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
187
144
33.2
20.3
4.7
3.4
1.3
0.6
7.3
17.1
42.9
2.7
7.8
34.4
3.0
3.8
78.1
54.2
0.8
3.9
2.4
4,780
2,925
679
486
82
350
293
-40
8Maurice Harkless
M. Harkless
185
156
25.1
7.8
3.8
0.8
1.2
0.7
3.1
6.7
46.2
0.6
1.7
33.6
1.0
1.7
58.3
52.2
1.2
2.6
1.0
3,923
1,217
599
130
112
155
284
-774
9Chris Paul
C. Paul
175
78
36.0
16.1
5.1
7.8
2.2
0.1
5.2
12.1
43.0
0.6
2.3
28.2
5.1
6.0
84.7
54.6
0.8
4.3
2.3
2,808
1,258
400
611
6
183
218
-181
10Kevin Durant
K. Durant
174
154
36.7
22.7
5.4
2.6
1.1
0.8
8.1
17.9
45.3
1.0
2.8
35.9
5.5
6.3
86.7
54.9
1.0
4.4
3.0
5,653
3,495
830
397
128
457
256
-1152
11Thaddeus Young
T. Young
173
149
27.7
11.8
4.6
1.0
1.2
0.2
5.0
9.7
51.0
0.4
1.2
33.9
1.4
2.0
73.6
55.6
1.7
2.9
1.2
4,134
1,755
689
144
31
182
291
+330
12Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
165
157
35.7
20.9
5.9
2.7
1.1
0.5
7.4
17.2
42.8
0.7
2.4
29.8
5.5
7.0
78.7
51.7
2.1
3.8
3.0
5,603
3,283
924
421
71
471
454
+231
13Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
160
141
27.4
11.1
10.8
0.5
1.1
1.6
4.9
7.9
61.8
0.0
0.0
25.0
1.4
3.5
40.2
59.3
4.3
6.5
1.2
3,862
1,571
1,528
65
226
167
417
-284
14Tony Parker
T. Parker
160
159
31.7
12.4
2.6
4.8
1.0
0.1
4.7
10.6
44.7
0.9
2.7
33.1
2.1
2.8
72.7
52.5
0.4
2.2
2.2
5,041
1,974
413
766
11
349
340
+627
15Anthony Davis
A. Davis
153
119
31.9
16.8
9.1
1.2
1.3
2.3
6.5
12.6
51.9
0.0
0.1
15.4
3.7
4.9
76.2
57.0
2.9
6.2
1.5
3,802
2,001
1,084
148
272
184
330
-242
16Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
152
143
30.8
14.9
5.6
1.7
1.1
0.8
5.4
11.7
46.5
1.4
3.5
40.2
2.7
3.2
84.3
57.1
0.8
4.8
1.5
4,407
2,132
797
244
108
212
307
+673
17Dwight Howard
D. Howard
152
184
34.9
14.2
11.5
1.3
0.8
1.6
5.1
9.5
53.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.0
6.4
62.9
57.6
3.5
7.9
2.4
6,415
2,619
2,109
233
292
449
562
-106
18Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
151
178
28.6
10.5
5.7
2.3
0.8
0.9
3.8
8.1
47.1
0.3
1.1
29.7
2.6
3.6
73.7
54.7
1.1
4.5
1.9
5,095
1,874
1,006
410
169
342
502
-254
19D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
143
122
27.6
13.5
3.5
3.8
1.2
0.2
4.9
12.2
40.4
1.7
5.0
35.0
1.9
2.6
75.1
50.7
0.6
3.0
2.5
3,371
1,649
431
464
26
307
223
-672
20Josh Smith
J. Smith
142
169
30.5
10.6
6.6
2.1
0.8
2.3
3.9
9.1
43.2
0.3
1.1
27.1
2.5
3.5
70.3
49.8
2.1
4.5
2.0
5,159
1,799
1,110
363
381
338
467
-697
21Ronald Holland II
R. Holland II
141
159
17.7
7.3
3.4
1.1
0.9
0.3
2.7
6.0
45.0
0.5
2.2
24.6
1.3
1.7
78.2
53.8
0.8
2.6
1.1
2,817
1,162
533
177
44
168
324
+78
22Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
141
118
36.3
17.2
2.7
8.0
1.2
0.2
5.9
14.2
41.5
1.4
4.1
33.5
4.0
5.6
71.5
51.5
0.7
2.0
3.2
4,286
2,028
322
939
23
375
301
-75
23Bilal Coulibaly
B. Coulibaly
135
122
30.0
10.3
4.5
2.5
1.1
0.7
3.7
8.7
42.7
1.0
3.4
31.1
1.9
2.6
72.8
52.7
1.2
3.3
1.7
3,663
1,259
550
309
89
212
276
-1006
24Nerlens Noel
N. Noel
133
75
30.8
9.9
8.1
1.7
1.8
1.9
4.0
8.7
46.2
0.0
0.0
1.9
3.1
60.9
49.3
2.5
5.7
1.9
2,311
744
611
128
142
146
208
-430
25Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
133
138
35.8
18.5
4.2
2.0
1.0
0.6
6.6
14.9
44.1
0.5
1.9
28.1
4.8
6.4
75.3
52.2
1.6
2.6
2.2
4,936
2,548
576
275
85
297
312
-647
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1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
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20
62
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63
.232
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17
65
.207
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
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38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
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22
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