most steals by a forward in their career before turning 23

LeBron James has the most career steals by a forward younger than 23, with 473 steals.

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most steals by a forward in their career before turning 23 years old

	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	473	263	41.7	28.6	7.1	6.7	1.8	0.8	10.3	21.6	47.6	1.4	4.2	33.0	6.7	9.2	72.6	55.8	1.2	5.9	3.3	10,964	7,534	1,856	1,766	202	857	556	+858
2	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	424	210	30.8	12.5	4.3	2.7	2.0	0.6	4.5	10.9	41.5	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.6	3.7	70.1	49.6	0.9	3.4	2.2	6,470	2,620	910	576	130	454	653	-658
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	408	286	36.0	16.2	8.4	3.3	1.4	1.8	6.8	14.1	48.6	0.1	0.3	26.6	2.4	3.4	73.0	52.1	2.6	5.7	2.1	10,290	4,639	2,394	931	527	612	764	+344
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	394	339	32.1	15.8	7.1	3.6	1.2	1.3	5.8	11.5	50.3	0.4	1.4	27.5	3.9	5.2	74.3	57.4	1.4	5.7	2.3	10,886	5,364	2,407	1,230	445	796	1,006	-243
5	John Williams J. Williams	388	242	27.3	11.9	5.7	3.2	1.6	0.6	4.7	10.2	46.4	0.1	0.6	22.2	2.3	3.2	72.4	51.3	1.7	4.0	1.7	6,614	2,885	1,383	779	134	423	603
6	Josh Smith J. Smith	358	312	33.0	13.6	7.4	2.7	1.1	2.6	5.1	11.4	44.5	0.3	1.3	26.5	3.1	4.5	70.2	50.9	2.1	5.3	2.5	10,288	4,251	2,314	836	797	783	938	-875
7	Thaddeus Young T. Young	344	298	28.2	12.5	4.9	1.1	1.2	0.2	5.3	10.4	50.8	0.4	1.2	33.8	1.5	2.1	71.6	55.0	1.8	3.1	1.4	8,414	3,726	1,473	323	72	407	594	+350
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	337	255	34.0	20.7	9.7	1.7	1.3	2.4	8.0	15.4	51.8	0.1	0.5	27.6	4.6	5.9	77.8	57.5	2.6	7.1	1.6	8,668	5,276	2,467	426	621	407	636	-125
9	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	333	212	29.3	12.6	5.7	1.9	1.6	2.2	4.1	8.8	47.0	0.5	1.6	32.9	3.8	4.8	79.1	57.8	2.0	3.7	1.8	6,221	2,674	1,213	395	473	389	459	+501
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	330	302	36.5	24.1	5.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	8.6	18.9	45.5	0.6	2.2	27.9	6.3	7.9	79.8	53.9	2.0	3.7	3.1	11,029	7,286	1,709	886	136	923	886	+323
11	Antoine Walker A. Walker	310	206	37.8	19.7	9.4	3.2	1.5	0.7	7.8	18.4	42.2	1.0	3.0	33.2	3.2	5.1	62.3	47.7	3.2	6.2	3.1	7,787	4,059	1,936	665	141	641	675	-1026
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	300	255	32.3	18.2	6.1	2.5	1.2	0.7	6.6	14.6	45.3	1.9	4.8	39.5	3.1	3.7	83.6	56.2	0.8	5.3	1.8	8,235	4,648	1,546	629	187	467	531	+1270
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	296	188	28.0	10.9	5.8	1.6	1.6	0.6	4.2	8.4	50.5	0.9	2.5	37.6	1.5	1.8	80.3	59.1	1.3	4.5	1.0	5,267	2,040	1,085	296	106	186	314	+861
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	296	234	39.2	27.8	7.0	2.8	1.3	0.9	9.3	19.6	47.1	1.6	4.3	37.2	7.7	8.7	88.4	59.2	1.0	6.0	3.1	9,162	6,504	1,638	650	213	714	464	+201
15	Rudy Gay R. Gay	280	238	33.8	16.7	5.4	1.7	1.2	0.9	6.4	14.2	45.0	1.1	3.2	35.1	2.8	3.7	76.4	52.8	1.4	4.0	2.2	8,049	3,971	1,284	393	212	533	643	-1046
16	Luol Deng L. Deng	274	283	33.4	15.6	6.4	2.3	1.0	0.5	6.3	13.1	48.0	0.2	0.8	27.2	2.9	3.8	76.3	53.1	1.8	4.6	1.7	9,448	4,427	1,809	640	154	494	510	+541
17	Stanley Johnson S. Johnson	266	285	21.6	7.0	3.4	1.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	6.9	37.4	0.8	2.8	29.3	1.0	1.3	76.4	46.7	0.6	2.8	1.2	6,158	1,985	964	423	64	343	582	-380
18	Maurice Harkless M. Harkless	266	279	21.7	6.7	3.5	0.8	1.0	0.6	2.7	5.8	45.9	0.5	1.7	30.0	0.9	1.5	58.9	52.0	1.2	2.3	0.9	6,055	1,873	985	222	156	244	474	-833
19	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	265	251	28.0	12.2	5.6	1.3	1.1	0.5	4.7	9.9	47.4	1.1	2.9	39.5	1.7	2.2	78.2	56.4	1.7	3.9	1.3	7,025	3,067	1,400	322	122	324	547	+390
20	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	258	231	36.8	21.1	7.4	2.7	1.1	1.0	7.5	16.2	46.1	0.2	0.6	33.1	6.0	7.6	78.6	54.0	2.7	4.7	3.2	8,492	4,880	1,711	634	228	728	598	-1488
21	Darius Miles D. Miles	256	309	27.3	9.8	5.3	2.0	0.8	1.2	4.1	8.6	47.1	0.0	0.3	12.0	1.6	2.7	59.2	49.7	1.5	3.9	2.0	8,447	3,019	1,652	621	358	615	702	-513
22	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	241	177	30.1	13.5	7.5	3.8	1.4	0.9	5.4	10.1	53.4	0.3	1.3	21.1	2.5	3.5	72.2	58.4	2.7	4.8	1.9	5,332	2,395	1,327	676	155	341	410	+587
23	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	238	164	24.3	9.8	5.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	4.0	7.9	51.0	0.2	1.1	20.4	1.5	2.4	60.9	54.4	2.0	3.8	1.4	3,987	1,600	952	368	131	227	462	-55
24	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	238	211	35.0	16.6	7.4	4.7	1.1	1.0	6.5	13.7	47.4	1.1	3.4	31.1	2.6	3.4	76.4	54.7	2.4	5.0	2.2	7,389	3,504	1,563	990	204	455	480	+97
25	Marvin Williams M. Williams	238	284	31.7	12.5	5.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	4.4	9.8	45.0	0.3	0.9	30.4	3.4	4.2	80.1	53.6	1.5	4.0	1.4	8,990	3,541	1,559	402	126	407	770	-440

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