Chris Paul has the most career steals by a player younger than 27, with 1,162 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals before turning 27 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	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,162	485	37.0	18.8	4.5	9.8	2.4	0.1	6.6	14.1	47.2	0.9	2.6	36.1	4.6	5.4	85.4	57.3	0.7	3.7	2.5	17,942	9,125	2,164	4,771	40	1,189	1,221	+1194
2	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1,128	389	32.2	16.2	5.4	5.4	2.9	0.5	6.6	13.7	48.3	0.2	0.6	26.8	2.8	3.7	75.4	52.7	2.1	3.3	3.0	12,525	6,287	2,088	2,094	204	1,148	1,335
3	LeBron James L. James	1,086	630	40.1	27.7	7.1	7.0	1.7	0.9	9.9	20.5	47.9	1.4	4.2	32.9	6.6	8.9	74.5	56.6	1.2	5.9	3.3	25,282	17,460	4,473	4,382	537	2,094	1,239	+2960
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,086	395	39.0	32.7	6.2	6.0	2.7	1.1	12.0	23.3	51.4	0.3	1.1	26.3	8.4	9.9	84.7	59.0	1.8	4.4	3.3	15,386	12,908	2,464	2,361	438	1,311	1,220
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	994	396	36.3	22.4	6.5	6.4	2.5	0.7	8.8	17.8	49.6	0.2	0.8	23.0	4.5	5.8	78.4	54.9	2.9	3.5	3.1	14,368	8,856	2,563	2,524	291	1,244	1,335
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	933	405	41.1	26.9	4.1	5.6	2.3	0.2	9.5	22.7	42.1	1.4	4.3	31.8	6.5	8.6	75.6	50.9	1.1	3.0	3.6	16,639	10,908	1,653	2,268	94	1,452	942	+433
7	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	919	519	38.1	15.7	5.8	4.6	1.8	0.5	5.5	11.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	32.2	3.9	5.2	74.6	55.7	1.1	4.7	2.4	19,771	8,172	3,019	2,412	260	1,266	1,141	-327
8	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	913	475	32.9	11.1	4.5	8.3	1.9	0.1	4.6	9.5	48.1	0.2	0.7	24.1	1.7	2.8	62.1	51.4	1.1	3.4	2.8	15,649	5,251	2,156	3,943	66	1,314	1,074	+2038
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	912	627	35.0	22.4	5.1	4.4	1.5	0.6	7.8	17.3	45.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	5.8	7.0	83.1	55.0	1.3	3.8	2.8	21,962	14,034	3,209	2,788	401	1,780	1,673	+2212
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	893	396	27.1	10.3	2.2	9.5	2.3	0.2	3.7	7.1	52.7	0.1	0.5	25.8	2.7	3.3	81.7	60.2	0.5	1.7	2.5	10,739	4,079	873	3,745	60	994	1,095
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	881	409	32.4	13.4	3.3	6.1	2.2	0.2	5.7	11.7	48.9	0.2	0.9	27.0	1.8	2.6	68.7	52.4	1.3	2.0	2.1	13,236	5,500	1,369	2,510	89	876	1,180
12	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	879	414	33.8	14.9	4.8	3.1	2.1	0.7	5.3	12.7	41.5	0.9	3.0	31.1	3.4	4.7	71.7	50.3	1.2	3.7	2.3	14,010	6,157	2,005	1,272	278	951	1,274	+538
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	874	515	34.0	21.2	5.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	7.4	17.2	43.2	0.8	2.7	30.5	5.5	6.7	81.9	52.6	1.6	3.6	3.6	17,511	10,926	2,719	3,706	147	1,879	1,246	+1687
14	John Wall J. Wall	870	500	36.1	18.8	4.4	9.2	1.7	0.6	6.8	15.8	43.3	0.9	2.7	32.1	4.3	5.5	79.1	51.8	0.6	3.8	3.8	18,030	9,419	2,217	4,610	322	1,912	1,138	+173
15	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	860	414	37.3	13.6	6.2	9.3	2.1	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.3	1.1	3.2	32.7	2.6	3.5	74.0	49.1	1.7	4.5	3.3	15,460	5,628	2,564	3,848	143	1,357	813	+904
16	Baron Davis B. Davis	858	463	34.9	15.9	3.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	5.7	14.1	40.7	1.7	5.2	32.7	2.7	4.0	66.8	49.9	1.0	2.9	2.7	16,160	7,341	1,806	3,268	179	1,257	1,326	+892
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	848	611	38.0	19.4	10.4	4.3	1.4	1.7	7.9	16.2	48.7	0.2	0.7	30.8	3.4	4.5	75.6	53.3	2.8	7.6	2.6	23,231	11,877	6,354	2,650	1,053	1,568	1,556	+1650
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	837	612	34.8	22.2	6.4	4.4	1.4	1.1	8.0	18.2	44.0	1.2	3.6	34.4	4.9	6.4	75.8	52.6	1.8	4.6	2.3	21,302	13,570	3,906	2,680	663	1,388	1,220	+526
19	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	835	599	31.0	14.5	13.8	1.3	1.4	1.6	6.1	11.3	54.2	0.0	0.2	14.6	2.2	4.8	46.1	54.0	4.8	9.1	2.0	18,589	8,671	8,288	778	938	1,172	1,907	-558
20	Shawn Marion S. Marion	834	452	37.5	18.2	9.8	2.1	1.8	1.3	7.3	15.8	46.3	0.9	2.6	34.9	2.7	3.2	83.8	53.0	2.6	7.1	1.7	16,962	8,219	4,408	957	565	762	1,148	+863
21	Thaddeus Young T. Young	832	592	30.3	13.8	5.5	1.5	1.4	0.4	5.9	11.8	49.5	0.4	1.3	32.3	1.6	2.4	69.3	53.5	1.9	3.6	1.4	17,950	8,149	3,256	877	229	834	1,296	-278
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	821	424	36.3	23.0	12.2	2.1	1.9	3.2	9.1	17.5	51.7	0.0	0.1	9.1	4.9	7.3	67.2	55.6	4.4	7.8	3.1	15,391	9,768	5,187	881	1,356	1,330	1,701
23	Mike Conley M. Conley	807	511	32.7	13.1	2.8	5.6	1.6	0.2	4.8	11.0	44.2	1.1	2.9	37.2	2.3	2.9	79.3	53.3	0.4	2.4	2.0	16,707	6,671	1,447	2,861	88	1,042	1,036	+670
24	Antoine Walker A. Walker	803	528	39.4	20.8	8.7	4.2	1.5	0.6	8.0	19.4	41.2	1.7	5.2	33.3	3.1	4.6	66.5	48.5	2.4	6.3	3.2	20,827	10,995	4,584	2,195	291	1,712	1,647	-830
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	796	444	37.9	23.2	6.5	3.6	1.8	0.9	7.7	17.9	43.2	1.7	4.9	35.6	6.1	7.7	78.9	54.6	1.2	5.3	3.1	16,832	10,317	2,893	1,609	381	1,385	1,325	+418