Scottie Pippen has gotten the most steals by a small forward in a decade, with 1,639 steals in the 1990s.

	NAME	STL	DECADE	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	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,639	1990s	731	38.0	19.2	7.2	5.9	2.2	0.9	7.6	15.7	48.1	1.0	2.9	33.3	3.1	4.5	70.3	54.4	2.0	5.1	3.0	27,805	14,040	5,238	4,312	689	2,201	2,139	+1193
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,300	1980s	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	603	2,261	1,906
3	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,244	2000s	604	34.8	16.1	5.1	3.2	2.1	0.6	5.7	13.6	42.2	1.2	3.5	34.2	3.5	4.8	72.3	51.3	1.2	3.9	2.3	21,037	9,722	3,092	1,915	375	1,372	1,776	+923
4	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1,161	2010s	700	34.2	12.3	5.3	2.6	1.7	0.3	4.4	10.6	41.1	2.0	5.6	35.4	1.6	2.1	76.0	53.4	0.9	4.4	1.5	23,912	8,633	3,715	1,806	233	1,056	1,424	+662
5	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	1,029	1990s	640	34.9	19.0	4.6	3.6	1.6	0.6	7.1	13.8	51.5	1.0	2.6	40.1	3.7	4.3	86.0	60.4	1.1	3.5	2.5	22,313	12,155	2,933	2,323	400	1,587	1,301	+313
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	1,024	1970s	482	36.9	22.5	5.5	6.0	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.4	45.1				4.1	4.5	91.5	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	17,769	10,863	2,640	2,895	241	422	1,282
7	Shawn Marion S. Marion	915	2000s	520	37.1	17.2	9.4	2.1	1.8	1.2	7.0	14.8	47.2	0.8	2.2	34.0	2.5	3.0	83.1	53.4	2.5	6.9	1.6	19,296	8,944	4,867	1,076	634	856	1,297	+773
8	Tyrone Corbin T. Corbin	915	1990s	675	30.3	10.8	5.4	2.1	1.4	0.3	4.3	9.5	45.7	0.3	0.8	31.6	1.9	2.3	80.2	51.4	1.8	3.6	1.4	20,472	7,301	3,618	1,422	211	930	1,796	+851
9	Paul George P. George	901	2010s	477	36.1	22.5	6.9	3.7	1.9	0.4	7.5	17.5	43.2	2.7	7.2	38.1	4.6	5.5	85.0	56.5	1.0	5.9	2.9	17,201	10,709	3,297	1,777	203	1,371	1,319	+1827
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	892	1980s	468	34.4	23.3	6.9	3.9	1.9	1.7	9.2	17.7	51.9	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.9	6.3	77.0	56.9	2.6	4.3	3.0	16,114	10,918	3,227	1,843	807	1,398	1,288
11	LeBron James L. James	857	2010s	573	37.2	26.9	7.7	7.8	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.0	51.9	1.5	4.4	34.5	5.7	7.7	73.0	60.0	1.1	6.6	3.7	21,315	15,425	4,430	4,464	423	2,126	1,020	+3599
12	Alex English A. English	848	1980s	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	3,596	634	2,294	2,286
13	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	838	1990s	666	25.1	9.7	5.7	1.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	8.7	44.6	0.1	0.3	22.9	1.8	2.7	68.0	48.9	2.1	3.6	1.3	16,695	6,432	3,788	1,224	457	870	1,996	+380
14	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	829	2010s	467	30.8	17.7	6.3	2.4	1.8	0.7	6.4	12.9	49.5	1.4	3.6	38.3	3.5	4.1	84.8	59.9	1.3	5.1	1.5	14,404	8,250	2,950	1,123	313	679	793	+2764
15	Glen Rice G. Rice	829	1990s	745	37.4	20.6	4.7	2.3	1.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.2	1.7	4.2	40.8	3.5	4.2	84.4	55.7	1.1	3.7	1.9	27,843	15,371	3,511	1,712	232	1,431	1,848	+400
16	Corey Brewer C. Brewer	811	2010s	638	22.2	8.6	2.6	1.4	1.3	0.3	3.2	7.5	42.9	0.6	2.3	27.5	1.5	2.1	71.8	51.0	0.7	1.9	1.1	14,141	5,474	1,659	919	165	682	1,312	+275
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	811	1980s	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	1,357	403	1,485	1,196
18	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	797	2010s	624	30.3	9.8	4.7	4.2	1.3	0.5	3.6	7.8	46.5	0.9	2.7	34.2	1.6	2.4	67.2	55.2	0.8	3.9	1.5	18,910	6,113	2,912	2,630	313	915	942	+2702
19	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	789	1980s	644	30.4	13.9	6.4	2.4	1.2	0.3	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.9	2.4	79.9	51.3	1.8	4.6	1.4	19,585	8,942	4,142	1,555	213	898	1,550
20	Rudy Gay R. Gay	781	2010s	584	35.3	18.6	6.2	2.6	1.3	0.8	7.0	15.4	45.8	1.0	2.9	34.8	3.5	4.3	80.8	53.8	1.4	4.8	2.4	20,609	10,835	3,638	1,499	438	1,397	1,402	+439
21	James Posey J. Posey	779	2000s	664	28.4	9.4	4.9	1.7	1.2	0.4	3.2	7.7	41.5	1.2	3.4	35.0	1.8	2.2	82.1	54.2	1.0	3.9	1.3	18,869	6,235	3,263	1,148	254	841	1,841	-107
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	774	2010s	695	36.9	28.0	7.4	4.4	1.1	1.2	9.4	18.9	50.1	2.0	5.3	38.4	7.0	8.0	88.5	62.6	0.7	6.8	3.2	25,652	19,445	5,162	3,089	813	2,196	1,362	+4830
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	711	2000s	477	37.0	22.2	6.0	3.9	1.5	0.6	7.3	15.9	45.8	1.5	4.1	37.3	6.2	7.8	79.7	57.6	0.9	5.1	2.9	17,656	10,611	2,855	1,854	267	1,392	1,381	+1552
24	Chris Morris C. Morris	711	1990s	507	27.9	11.8	5.3	1.9	1.4	0.9	4.6	10.4	44.0	0.7	2.2	29.5	2.0	2.8	73.6	51.0	2.2	3.0	1.7	14,155	6,002	2,683	939	432	856	1,245	-132
25	LeBron James L. James	700	2000s	393	40.8	28.9	7.3	6.9	1.8	0.9	10.2	21.3	48.0	1.5	4.4	33.3	6.9	9.4	73.6	56.7	1.3	6.0	3.2	16,020	11,339	2,875	2,694	347	1,268	802	+1813