most steals by a player through 20 or less games of a season

Mark Price has gotten the most steals with 20 or fewer games played in a season, with 42 steals in 1990-91.

	NAME	STL	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Mark Price M. Price	42	16	1990-91	CLE	35.7	16.9	2.8	10.4	2.6	0.1	6.1	12.2	49.7	1.1	3.3	34.0	3.7	3.9	95.2	61.0	0.5	2.3	3.5	571	271	45	166	2	56	23
2	Marcus Smart M. Smart	41	20	2023-24	MEM	30.3	14.5	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	5.1	11.9	43.0	2.1	6.7	31.3	2.2	2.8	76.8	55.2	0.3	2.4	3.1	605	289	53	86	5	62	53	-20
3	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	39	20	2000-01	LAL	35.5	11.5	3.0	4.4	2.0	0.1	3.9	9.4	41.2	1.3	3.2	39.7	2.5	3.1	80.6	53.4	0.3	2.7	1.5	709	229	59	87	2	29	50	+172
4	Herbert Jones H. Jones	37	20	2024-25	NOP	32.4	10.3	3.9	3.3	1.9	0.5	3.8	8.6	43.6	1.1	3.6	30.6	1.7	2.0	82.5	54.1	1.1	2.8	1.8	648	205	78	65	9	35	66	-20
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	18	1985-86	CHI	25.1	22.7	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	8.3	18.2	45.7	0.2	1.0	16.7	5.8	6.9	84.0	53.3	1.3	2.3	2.5	451	408	64	53	21	45	46
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	36	18	2025-26	LAC	33.1	25.2	6.1	3.2	2.0	0.4	9.0	18.8	47.8	2.2	6.3	35.1	5.0	5.1	97.8	59.8	1.1	5.0	1.9	596	454	110	58	8	35	28	-51
7	Kevin Porter K. Porter	35	19	1975-76	DET	36.2	12.6	2.3	10.2	1.8	0.2	5.2	12.4	42.1				2.2	2.9	75.0	46.2	0.7	1.6		687	240	44	193	3		83
8	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	34	19	2025-26	OKC	18.8	5.8	3.1	2.4	1.8	0.4	2.1	5.2	40.8	1.1	3.2	33.3	0.5	0.6	83.3	53.3	0.7	2.4	0.9	357	110	59	46	7	17	25	+207
9	OG Anunoby	33	18	2025-26	NYK	31.4	15.4	5.3	1.9	1.8	0.7	5.6	11.9	46.5	2.3	6.1	38.5	1.9	2.6	76.1	58.9	1.4	3.9	2.0	565	277	95	34	12	36	43	+174
10	Matisse Thybulle M. Thybulle	33	15	2024-25	POR	20.8	7.5	3.5	1.9	2.2	0.6	2.8	5.9	47.7	1.4	3.2	43.8	0.5	1.0	46.7	59.2	0.9	2.5	0.9	312	112	52	28	9	13	14	+1
11	Myke Henry M. Henry	31	20	2017-18	MEM	18.9	5.4	1.9	1.1	1.6	0.3	2.1	5.5	37.6	1.0	2.9	32.8	0.3	0.5	60.0	47.2	0.5	1.4	1.0	378	107	38	22	6	19	28	-30
12	Grayson Allen G. Allen	30	18	2025-26	PHX	31.1	16.3	2.7	4.1	1.7	0.2	5.6	12.9	43.1	3.2	8.2	39.2	2.0	2.5	80.0	58.4	0.5	2.2	1.7	559	294	49	74	4	31	44	-34
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	17	1994-95	CHI	39.3	26.9	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	9.8	23.8	41.1	0.9	1.9	50.0	6.4	8.0	80.1	49.3	1.5	5.4	2.1	668	457	117	90	13	35	47
14	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	28	19	2025-26	SAS	31.9	22.1	3.7	6.1	1.5	0.3	7.7	16.3	47.4	2.3	6.2	37.6	4.3	5.2	83.7	59.5	0.8	2.8	3.1	606	420	70	116	5	59	45	+78
15	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	28	19	1997-98	ORL	32.9	16.4	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	5.4	14.4	37.7	0.8	2.6	30.0	4.7	6.2	76.3	47.9	0.4	3.6	2.4	625	311	76	68	15	46	45	-62
16	Roy Tarpley R. Tarpley	28	19	1988-89	DAL	31.1	17.3	11.5	0.9	1.5	1.6	6.9	12.7	54.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	5.1	68.8	57.7	4.1	7.4	2.4	591	328	218	17	30	45	70
17	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	28	19	1985-86	IND	29.9	17.6	8.8	3.0	1.5	0.4	7.3	15.5	47.3	0.2	0.7	30.8	2.8	3.6	76.8	51.6	2.7	6.2	3.2	568	335	168	57	8	61	59
18	Marcus Smart M. Smart	27	18	2025-26	LAL	27.4	10.3	2.6	2.7	1.5	0.4	3.3	8.3	40.3	1.7	5.6	30.0	2.0	2.2	92.3	56.0	0.7	1.9	1.8	494	186	47	49	7	32	53	+72
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	27	20	2019-20	BKN	32.9	27.4	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	10.0	20.8	47.8	2.8	7.1	39.4	4.7	5.1	92.2	59.5	1.1	4.1	2.6	658	548	103	128	10	52	53	-7
20	Scott Burrell S. Burrell	27	20	1995-96	CHA	34.7	13.2	4.9	2.4	1.4	0.7	4.6	10.3	44.7	1.9	4.9	37.8	2.1	2.8	75.0	57.0	1.3	3.6	2.2	693	263	98	47	13	43	76
21	Chris Webber C. Webber	27	15	1995-96	WAS	37.2	23.7	7.6	5.0	1.8	0.6	10.0	18.4	54.3	1.0	2.3	44.1	2.7	4.6	59.4	58.1	2.5	5.1	3.3	558	356	114	75	9	49	51
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26	20	2025-26	GSW	31.7	28.8	4.3	4.2	1.3	0.5	9.4	19.8	47.5	5.0	12.3	40.2	5.1	5.6	91.0	64.7	0.5	3.8	3.1	633	576	86	84	10	61	41	+18
23	Justise Winslow J. Winslow	26	18	2016-17	MIA	34.7	10.9	5.2	3.7	1.4	0.3	4.4	12.5	35.6	0.4	1.9	20.0	1.6	2.6	61.7	39.9	1.3	3.9	1.8	625	196	94	66	6	33	52	-6
24	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	25	19	1993-94	NYK	26.3	7.5	2.1	5.3	1.3	0.3	2.9	6.7	43.3	1.0	2.7	36.5	0.7	1.2	63.6	52.3	0.2	1.8	1.5	499	143	39	100	5	29	44
25	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	25	16	1983-84	TOT	13.1	2.6	1.1	2.8	1.6	0.0	1.1	3.1	34.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	66.7	38.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	210	42	17	44	0	26	37

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Mon 12/22	CHA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
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Mark Price has gotten the most steals with 20 or fewer games played in a season, with 42 steals in 1990-91.

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