John Wall got the most steals in 2016-17, with 157 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals blocks by a player in 2017

NAME	STL	BLK	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	TOV	PF	+/-
John Wall	157	49	2016-17	WAS	78	36.4	23.1	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.5	32.7	5.4	6.8	80.1	2,836	1,805	326	831	322	151	+248
Draymond Green	154	106	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	2,471	776	599	533	184	217	+820
Trevor Ariza	147	20	2016-17	HOU	80	34.7	11.7	5.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.9	4.1	10.0	40.9	2.4	6.9	34.4	1.2	1.6	73.8	2,773	936	458	175	73	133	+367
Jimmy Butler	143	32	2016-17	CHI	76	37.0	23.9	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	7.5	16.5	45.5	1.2	3.3	36.7	7.7	8.9	86.5	2,809	1,816	470	417	159	112	+204
Stephen Curry	142	17	2016-17	GSW	79	33.4	25.3	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	8.5	18.3	46.8	4.1	10.0	41.1	4.1	4.6	89.8	2,639	1,999	353	524	239	183	+1015
T.J. McConnell	134	10	2016-17	PHI	81	26.3	6.9	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	2.0	2.9	6.3	46.1	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.9	1.1	81.1	2,133	556	251	534	159	139	-316
Kawhi Leonard	133	55	2016-17	SAS	74	33.4	25.5	5.8	3.5	1.8	0.7	2.1	8.6	17.7	48.5	2.0	5.2	38.0	6.3	7.2	88.0	2,474	1,888	430	260	154	122	+436
Russell Westbrook	132	31	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	2,802	2,558	864	840	438	190	+251
Giannis Antetokounmpo	131	151	2016-17	MIL	80	35.6	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	8.2	15.7	52.1	0.6	2.3	27.2	5.9	7.7	77.0	2,845	1,832	700	434	234	246	+46
Ricky Rubio	128	10	2016-17	MIN	75	32.9	11.1	4.1	9.1	1.7	0.1	2.6	3.5	8.7	40.2	0.8	2.6	30.6	3.4	3.8	89.1	2,469	836	305	682	195	202	-9
Robert Covington	127	69	2016-17	PHI	67	31.6	12.9	6.5	1.5	1.9	1.0	2.0	4.4	10.9	39.9	2.0	6.1	33.3	2.1	2.6	82.2	2,119	864	436	102	131	203	-152
Marcus Smart	125	34	2016-17	BOS	79	30.4	10.6	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	3.4	9.5	35.9	1.2	4.2	28.3	2.6	3.2	81.2	2,399	835	305	364	159	192	+129
Andre Drummond	124	89	2016-17	DET	81	29.7	13.6	13.8	1.1	1.5	1.1	1.9	6.0	11.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	28.6	1.7	4.4	38.6	2,409	1,105	1,115	90	152	237	-274
James Harden	121	38	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	2,947	2,356	659	907	464	215	+425
Paul George	119	27	2016-17	IND	75	35.9	23.7	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	8.3	18.0	46.1	2.6	6.6	39.3	4.5	5.0	89.8	2,689	1,775	492	251	220	206	+172
Chris Paul	119	8	2016-17	LAC	61	31.5	18.1	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	6.1	12.9	47.6	2.0	5.0	41.1	3.8	4.3	89.2	1,921	1,104	304	563	147	146	+577
Otto Porter Jr.	116	42	2016-17	WAS	80	32.6	13.4	6.4	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	5.2	10.0	51.6	1.9	4.3	43.4	1.2	1.5	83.2	2,605	1,075	514	121	44	193	+192
P.J. Tucker	116	19	2016-17	TOT	81	27.6	6.7	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.5	6.0	41.3	0.9	2.4	35.7	0.9	1.1	77.4	2,236	540	471	99	66	196	-75
Tony Allen	115	29	2016-17	MEM	71	27.0	9.1	5.5	1.4	1.6	0.4	1.4	3.9	8.4	46.1	0.2	0.8	27.8	1.1	1.8	61.5	1,914	643	391	98	100	178	-8
Thaddeus Young	113	29	2016-17	IND	74	30.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.3	4.9	9.3	52.7	0.6	1.6	38.1	0.6	1.2	52.3	2,237	814	448	122	95	135	+65
DeMarcus Cousins	100	93	2016-17	TOT	72	34.2	27.0	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	9.0	19.9	45.2	1.8	5.0	36.1	7.2	9.3	77.2	2,465	1,942	794	332	269	278	-25
Jrue Holiday	100	44	2016-17	NOP	67	32.7	15.4	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	6.0	13.3	45.4	1.5	4.2	35.6	1.8	2.5	70.8	2,190	1,029	264	488	194	133	+37
Jeff Teague	100	32	2016-17	IND	82	32.4	15.3	4.0	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.6	4.9	11.1	44.2	1.1	3.1	35.7	4.4	5.1	86.7	2,657	1,254	330	639	216	165	+51
Patrick Beverley	99	25	2016-17	HOU	67	30.7	9.5	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	1.5	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.6	4.3	38.2	1.1	1.4	76.8	2,058	639	393	281	100	222	+353
Rajon Rondo	99	11	2016-17	CHI	69	26.7	7.8	5.1	6.7	1.4	0.2	2.4	3.3	8.1	40.8	0.7	1.9	37.6	0.4	0.7	60.0	1,843	538	355	461	169	144	-59