most steals by a player in nba playoffs history

LeBron James has the most career steals in the playoffs, with 493 steals.

	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	493	292	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	10.2	20.5	49.6	1.6	4.9	33.3	6.4	8.6	74.1	58.4	1.5	7.5	3.6	12,062	8,289	2,628	2,095	284	1,047	663	+1270
2	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	395	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	185	602	686	+232
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	376	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	158	546	541	+294
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	358	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	64	696	524
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	338	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	2,436	608	1,839	50	517	539	+105
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	310	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	54.1	1.0	4.0	2.9	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	144	647	660	+555
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	302	158	38.5	12.9	6.7	8.0	1.9	0.3	4.6	11.7	39.1	1.5	4.6	32.2	2.3	3.0	78.1	49.8	1.4	5.3	2.8	6,088	2,043	1,058	1,263	52	450	348	+110
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	296	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	145	506	466
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	295	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	5.8	11.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	55.7	0.9	2.5	2.4	4,848	1,910	453	922	45	318	324
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	292	218	27.9	14.0	4.0	3.8	1.3	0.3	4.4	10.1	43.3	1.5	4.2	35.8	3.8	4.6	81.7	57.6	0.7	3.3	2.2	6,075	3,054	874	827	61	481	588	+951
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	287	149	36.5	20.0	4.9	8.3	1.9	0.2	7.4	15.3	48.4	1.6	4.4	37.3	3.5	4.1	85.4	58.3	0.7	4.2	2.5	5,442	2,981	730	1,233	31	377	437	+130
12	James Harden J. Harden	282	173	36.2	22.5	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.6	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.4	7.4	86.9	58.6	0.7	4.8	3.4	6,268	3,895	948	1,125	98	590	512	+246
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	278	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	108	397	486	+52
14	Robert Horry R. Horry	276	244	28.0	7.9	5.6	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.7	6.4	42.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	1.4	2.0	72.2	54.6	1.7	3.9	1.2	6,823	1,939	1,361	575	225	282	717	+590
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	273	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	8.2	17.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	54.9	1.3	3.9	3.3	6,697	3,954	928	870	175	583	467	+432
16	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	272	259	26.5	8.3	2.2	2.3	1.1	0.1	2.8	6.7	42.2	1.1	2.8	39.9	1.5	1.9	80.5	54.9	0.3	1.9	0.9	6,856	2,146	578	598	16	237	645	+725
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	258	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	135	550	662	+123
18	Draymond Green D. Green	257	169	34.5	11.4	8.6	6.0	1.5	1.3	4.1	9.2	44.5	1.0	3.4	30.0	2.2	3.0	72.6	54.2	1.6	7.0	2.6	5,834	1,934	1,457	1,020	225	447	637	+970
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	256	146	35.6	21.5	7.8	3.0	1.8	0.7	7.7	15.0	51.3	1.7	4.3	39.9	4.4	5.2	84.1	62.1	1.8	6.0	1.9	5,193	3,133	1,142	432	99	278	323	+643
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	247	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	50.7	1.5	2.9	2.7	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	113	480	575
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	245	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	472	424	562	-29
22	Julius Erving J. Erving	235	141	37.5	21.9	7.0	4.2	1.7	1.7	8.4	17.3	48.6	0.1	0.3	19.4	5.0	6.4	77.9	54.4	2.6	4.5	3.2	5,288	3,088	994	594	239	396	403
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	234	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	2,261	524	987	38	369	363
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	231	155	37.2	26.8	5.3	6.1	1.5	0.3	9.0	19.7	45.4	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.2	88.9	60.8	0.7	4.6	3.3	5,772	4,147	828	953	50	516	388	+971
25	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	228	134	34.0	12.5	5.6	8.5	1.7	0.2	5.0	11.4	44.0	0.5	1.5	33.0	1.9	2.9	64.9	49.0	1.4	4.1	2.6	4,559	1,669	744	1,136	24	349	320	+277

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.3

6th

DRTG

114.1

13th

NETRTG

4.2

9th

3P%

36.0

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	4.5
3	Knicks	40	22	.645	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.5
5	Raptors	35	26	.574	10.5
6	76ers	33	28	.541	12.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/8	BOS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Mon 3/9	PHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 3/11	CLE	@	ORL	7:30 PM
Fri 3/13	CLE	@	DAL	7:30 PM
Sun 3/15	DAL	@	CLE	3:30 PM

Last Game

Pistons

45 - 15

109

Final

113

Cavaliers

39 - 24

Tue 3 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.4

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.7

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

2.9

Wembanyama

2.0

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

67.6

Jokić

67.5

Ayton

67.1

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.6

120.9

119.4

118.6

118.5

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.1

110.9

112.2

112.6

112.7

NetRtg Rankings

11.2

8.3

7.7

6.8

6.4

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

14-49

15-46

16-45

18-43

19-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,956.4

Maxey

2,853

Jokić

2,752.1

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,039

Jokić

2,983.3

Maxey

2,927

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

36.9

Thompson

36.6

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

40-22

37-23-1

36-25

36-26

35-26

33-27-1

Worst Record ATS

24-39

26-36

25-34-1

26-35

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	15	.750
2	Celtics	41	20	.672	4.5
3	Knicks	40	22	.645	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.5
5	Raptors	35	26	.574	10.5
6	76ers	33	28	.541	12.5
7	Magic	32	28	.533	13.0
8	Heat	33	29	.532	13.0
9	Hornets	31	31	.500	15.0
10	Hawks	31	31	.500	15.0
11	Bucks	26	34	.433	19.0
12	Bulls	25	37	.403	21.0
13	Wizards	16	45	.262	29.5
14	Nets	15	46	.246	30.5
15	Pacers	15	46	.246	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	48	15	.762
2	Spurs	44	17	.721	3.0
3	Rockets	38	22	.633	8.5
4	Timberwolves	39	23	.629	8.5
5	Nuggets	38	24	.613	9.5
6	Lakers	37	24	.607	10.0
7	Suns	35	26	.574	12.0
8	Warriors	31	30	.508	16.0
9	Clippers	29	31	.483	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	29	33	.468	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	37	.383	23.5
12	Mavericks	21	40	.344	26.0
13	Pelicans	19	44	.302	29.0
14	Jazz	18	43	.295	29.0
15	Kings	14	49	.222	34.0