LeBron James has the most career steals by a player younger than 22, with 471 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals before turning 22 years old by a player

	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	LeBron James L. James	471	266	41.3	26.6	6.6	6.5	1.8	0.7	9.6	20.9	46.1	1.3	3.8	33.3	6.1	8.2	74.2	54.3	1.2	5.5	3.3	10,999	7,067	1,763	1,739	199	891	534	+393
2	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	330	239	35.6	15.3	8.0	3.1	1.4	1.9	6.5	13.1	49.4	0.1	0.3	26.2	2.3	3.2	73.7	52.9	2.5	5.5	2.0	8,510	3,662	1,905	729	444	477	612	+268
3	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	319	183	24.8	8.0	4.2	3.1	1.7	0.4	3.3	7.0	46.2	0.7	2.3	32.7	0.7	1.2	61.6	52.7	1.1	3.2	1.3	4,539	1,459	777	563	82	237	357	-62
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	312	223	34.2	21.8	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.6	7.9	17.9	44.1	2.7	7.6	35.2	3.4	4.4	77.0	55.0	0.8	4.3	2.7	7,621	4,871	1,137	836	140	609	479	+57
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	307	269	29.1	15.6	6.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	5.9	13.1	45.2	0.4	1.1	32.2	3.3	4.6	72.2	51.4	2.2	3.8	1.9	7,834	4,187	1,628	826	396	504	541	-10
6	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	302	220	31.2	11.9	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.3	4.7	10.7	44.0	0.9	2.5	37.7	1.5	1.9	79.8	51.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	6,864	2,611	735	1,101	65	509	493	+229
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	301	266	28.5	15.9	4.0	3.0	1.1	0.7	5.6	12.4	45.0	0.7	2.3	33.1	4.0	5.0	81.6	54.7	1.1	2.9	2.3	7,579	4,240	1,054	803	175	608	655	+947
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	293	142	36.3	16.6	4.8	8.3	2.1	0.1	5.5	12.8	43.3	0.7	2.3	31.3	4.8	5.8	83.5	54.2	0.8	4.0	2.4	5,161	2,362	680	1,180	9	344	372	-226
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	286	236	37.7	25.3	6.2	2.7	1.2	0.9	8.7	18.7	46.2	1.2	3.3	36.1	6.8	7.7	88.2	57.1	1.1	5.1	3.1	8,892	5,967	1,453	628	212	728	427	-721
10	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	271	148	31.1	12.0	4.1	2.9	1.8	0.6	4.3	10.6	40.4	0.7	2.3	30.4	2.7	3.8	71.2	48.7	0.8	3.3	2.2	4,601	1,773	602	430	84	325	413	-707
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	268	257	30.8	13.0	6.5	3.2	1.0	1.2	4.8	9.8	48.8	0.3	1.2	27.7	3.1	4.2	72.8	55.7	1.2	5.2	2.2	7,910	3,330	1,660	813	301	567	758	-259
12	Baron Davis B. Davis	262	161	28.6	9.8	3.5	5.5	1.6	0.3	3.6	8.4	42.3	0.7	2.3	28.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	50.2	1.1	2.4	2.2	4,609	1,579	557	883	54	355	458	+293
13	Thaddeus Young T. Young	254	216	29.1	12.4	4.8	1.1	1.2	0.2	5.2	10.5	49.5	0.5	1.5	34.3	1.5	2.1	72.0	54.4	1.8	3.0	1.4	6,280	2,681	1,039	241	46	308	424	+187
14	Josh Smith J. Smith	254	242	32.3	12.7	7.1	2.5	1.0	2.5	4.7	10.7	43.4	0.3	1.3	26.3	3.0	4.2	70.6	50.2	2.1	5.0	2.4	7,816	3,066	1,725	612	615	578	705	-905
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	253	237	36.1	22.8	5.6	2.7	1.1	0.5	8.1	18.0	44.8	0.6	2.2	28.2	6.1	7.6	79.5	53.4	1.9	3.7	2.9	8,544	5,405	1,318	637	113	689	683	+235
16	Antoine Walker A. Walker	247	164	38.0	20.0	9.6	3.3	1.5	0.7	7.9	18.7	42.4	0.9	2.8	31.7	3.3	5.1	63.9	47.8	3.4	6.2	3.2	6,238	3,275	1,577	535	113	522	533	-826
17	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	246	162	31.8	19.4	6.4	7.3	1.5	0.4	7.0	16.3	42.6	2.8	7.5	37.7	2.7	3.3	82.8	54.7	1.3	5.1	3.2	5,158	3,149	1,034	1,188	59	519	491	-135
18	John Williams J. Williams	246	160	26.3	11.0	5.1	2.6	1.5	0.4	4.4	9.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.8	2.1	3.0	69.3	50.6	1.6	3.5	1.7	4,201	1,765	810	423	64	266	390
19	Nene	243	157	30.3	11.1	6.3	2.0	1.5	0.7	4.2	8.0	52.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.4	63.1	56.2	2.3	4.0	2.3	4,762	1,747	994	317	106	364	575	+21
20	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	242	139	30.0	10.4	8.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	4.3	8.7	48.9	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.9	3.2	60.2	51.6	2.4	5.7	2.2	4,167	1,452	1,124	243	237	300	387	-861
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	240	214	31.7	17.0	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.8	6.2	13.5	45.7	1.8	4.4	39.8	2.9	3.5	83.1	56.5	0.8	5.1	1.7	6,794	3,646	1,270	456	166	358	451	+1136
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	240	184	33.1	19.3	9.5	1.4	1.3	2.4	7.5	14.2	52.8	0.0	0.1	12.5	4.4	5.5	79.5	58.3	2.8	6.7	1.5	6,089	3,558	1,740	264	450	273	466	-57
23	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	233	223	28.5	12.1	11.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	5.3	9.3	57.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	1.5	3.8	39.7	55.2	4.7	7.1	1.3	6,364	2,701	2,632	120	379	287	702	-338
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	233	171	33.6	16.0	4.9	6.7	1.4	0.3	5.7	13.9	41.0	0.3	1.4	24.1	4.3	5.3	80.5	49.4	2.0	3.0	3.3	5,748	2,736	844	1,142	54	570	417	-6
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	232	174	33.8	20.8	3.7	5.9	1.3	0.4	7.6	17.0	44.7	1.7	4.5	38.3	3.9	4.6	86.0	54.8	0.7	2.9	3.0	5,880	3,623	636	1,024	62	526	406	-551