most steals by a player age 18 in one game

LeBron James has the most steals by an 18-year-old player in a game, with 6 steals against the New Orleans Hornets on December 23, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player age 18 in one regular-season game

	NAME	STL	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	6	18-358	12/23/2003	CLE	vs	NOH	39	22	6	2	1	7	22	31.8	1	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	43.1	2	4	5	1	+9
2	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	18-364	12/6/2004	ORL	@	DEN	42	23	10	4	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		9	15	60.0	61.8	4	6	4	0	-4
3	LeBron James L. James	4	18-354	12/19/2003	CLE	@	PHI	42	36	4	5	0	14	24	58.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	3	4	1	+9
4	LeBron James L. James	4	18-303	10/29/2003	CLE	@	SAC	42	25	6	9	0	12	20	60.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	58.6	2	4	2	3	-9
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	4	18-271	2/19/1998	TOR	vs	CHI	29	14	5	4	2	5	13	38.5	0	0		4	6	66.7	44.8	2	3	1	3	-20
6	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	3	18-342	11/28/2025	DAL	@	LAL	36	13	7	11	0	5	11	45.5	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	54.7	1	6	1	4	-8
7	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	3	18-326	11/12/2025	DAL	vs	PHX	34	16	6	6	2	6	15	40.0	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	47.7	1	5	4	3	-9
8	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	3	18-319	11/5/2025	DAL	vs	NOP	35	20	9	2	2	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	3	3	100.0	49.2	0	9	2	1	+1
9	Joshua Primo J. Primo	3	18-347	12/6/2021	SAS	@	PHX	18	5	2	0	4	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	2	0	1	+8
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	3	18-331	11/3/2004	ORL	vs	MIL	38	12	10	2	4	6	11	54.5	0	0		0	6	0.0	44.0	3	7	1	3	-4
11	LeBron James L. James	3	18-363	12/28/2003	CLE	vs	POR	39	32	10	9	0	15	23	65.2	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.0	3	7	5	1	+11
12	LeBron James L. James	3	18-350	12/15/2003	CLE	@	IND	44	27	4	6	3	10	16	62.5	0	3	0.0	7	8	87.5	69.2	1	3	6	1	-12
13	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3	18-323	4/12/1998	TOR	vs	NJN	35	20	7	6	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		2	2	100.0	72.0	4	3	3	2	-15
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3	18-321	4/10/1998	TOR	vs	MIA	33	12	15	5	2	5	7	71.4	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	76.1	5	10	4	4	-3
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	3	18-200	12/10/1997	TOR	@	PHI	16	2	1	1	0	1	5	20.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		20.0	1	0	3	0	0
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	18-226	4/6/1997	LAL	vs	DAL	22	13	2	3	0	3	9	33.3	2	4	50.0	5	5	100.0	58.0	1	1	1	3	-4
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	18-216	3/27/1997	LAL	@	VAN	43	20	8	4	0	6	16	37.5	1	5	20.0	7	7	100.0	52.4	4	4	3	3	+14
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	18-203	3/14/1997	LAL	vs	LAC	26	16	4	1	0	6	13	46.2	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	57.6	2	2	1	2	+10
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	3	18-201	3/12/1997	LAL	vs	GSW	18	18	1	0	0	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	79.5	1	0	3	4	+1
20	Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	3	18-213	12/19/1975	ATL	@	HOU	21	4	1	1	0	2	5	40.0				0	0		40.0				1
21	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	2	18-350	12/6/2025	DAL	vs	HOU	36	19	5	3	2	7	15	46.7	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	56.7	1	4	0	0	+9
22	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	2	18-345	12/1/2025	DAL	@	DEN	33	24	8	2	1	10	19	52.6	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	57.8	0	8	2	1	+13
23	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	2	18-338	11/24/2025	DAL	@	MIA	34	12	7	3	0	5	14	35.7	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	40.3	3	4	3	2	-10
24	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	2	18-335	11/21/2025	DAL	vs	NOP	32	29	7	5	0	12	19	63.2	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	67.0	2	5	2	2	+9
25	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	2	18-324	11/10/2025	DAL	vs	MIL	35	26	9	4	1	9	15	60.0	1	5	20.0	7	10	70.0	67.0	2	7	1	2	-7