Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, the Portland Trail Blazers got the most steals by a team in a game, with 21 steals against the Wizards on January 24, 2009.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a team in a regular-season game 2000s

	TEAM	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Trail Blazers	21	1/24/2009	POR	vs	WAS	W 100-87	240	100	40	20	6	35	80	43.8	7	17	41.2	23	31	74.2	53.4	15	25	10	22
2	Celtics	20	11/7/2007	BOS	vs	DEN	W 119-93	240	119	38	32	2	49	76	64.5	7	19	36.8	14	22	63.6	69.4	7	31	20	21
3	Bobcats	20	4/8/2007	CHA	@	MIA	W 111-103	265	111	40	23	2	40	83	48.2	8	18	44.4	23	29	79.3	58.0	12	28	19	30
4	Rockets	20	2/10/2007	HOU	vs	CHA	W 104-83	240	104	39	23	4	38	84	45.2	9	25	36.0	19	25	76.0	54.7	11	28	12	14
5	Bobcats	20	11/12/2005	CHA	@	MIA	L 99-108	240	99	28	21	5	34	87	39.1	6	14	42.9	25	36	69.4	48.1	8	20	8	23
6	Wizards	20	12/12/2004	WAS	vs	NOH	W 88-69	240	88	49	17	3	35	88	39.8	3	18	16.7	15	20	75.0	45.5	16	33	20	24
7	Mavericks	20	3/7/2004	DAL	@	HOU	L 98-101	240	98	35	21	6	35	84	41.7	8	18	44.4	20	27	74.1	51.1	12	23	17	19
8	Magic	20	3/21/2003	ORL	vs	CLE	W 109-85	240	109	44	22	1	40	92	43.5	6	22	27.3	23	28	82.1	52.2	14	30	11	22
9	Suns	20	3/30/2000	PHX	@	ATL	W 118-74	240	118	49	32	7	49	94	52.1	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	59.2	12	37	9	18
10	Kings	20	1/11/2000	SAC	vs	HOU	W 110-93	240	110	41	24	6	42	88	47.7	7	18	38.9	19	22	86.4	56.3	10	31	16	21
11	Trail Blazers	20	1/3/2000	POR	@	CHI	W 88-63	240	88	39	30	9	36	72	50.0	2	11	18.2	14	19	73.7	54.8	5	34	23	22
12	Hornets	20	11/4/1999	CHA	vs	IND	W 98-89	240	98	38	31	3	38	87	43.7	4	13	30.8	18	29	62.1	49.1	10	28	13	19
13	Kings	19	12/8/2007	SAC	@	DEN	L 97-101	240	97	34	27	2	40	90	44.4	5	18	27.8	12	13	92.3	50.7	7	27	22	28
14	Bobcats	19	1/13/2006	CHA	vs	MIL	L 102-103	240	102	38	20	8	41	91	45.1	9	29	31.0	11	19	57.9	51.3	11	27	13	26
15	76ers	19	4/3/2005	PHI	@	BOS	W 97-93	240	97	51	21	5	35	96	36.5	8	32	25.0	19	26	73.1	45.1	17	34	11	26
16	Grizzlies	19	3/9/2004	MEM	vs	SAS	W 94-88	240	94	43	20	6	37	87	42.5	3	13	23.1	17	28	60.7	47.3	17	26	10	22
17	Jazz	19	3/2/2003	UTA	@	NJN	W 91-90	240	91	31	24	9	38	76	50.0	2	4	50.0	13	18	72.2	54.2	8	23	19	20
18	Celtics	19	11/11/2002	BOS	vs	UTA	W 112-95	240	112	34	28	5	41	85	48.2	10	29	34.5	20	23	87.0	58.9	10	24	17	28
19	Grizzlies	19	11/8/2002	MEM	@	SAC	L 91-99	240	91	41	20	9	38	88	43.2	4	10	40.0	11	17	64.7	47.7	12	29	20	13
20	Suns	19	2/21/2002	PHX	@	MEM	W 78-72	240	78	40	19	5	32	74	43.2	3	8	37.5	11	14	78.6	48.7	14	26	20	16
21	Grizzlies	19	12/23/2001	MEM	@	BOS	L 80-85	240	80	37	19	9	26	76	34.2	4	15	26.7	24	29	82.8	45.1	9	28	20	19
22	Spurs	19	12/21/2001	SAS	vs	DEN	W 109-74	240	109	45	24	10	43	73	58.9	6	12	50.0	17	26	65.4	64.5	11	34	18	18
23	76ers	19	4/12/2000	PHI	vs	WAS	W 93-84	240	93	38	22	3	35	74	47.3	2	6	33.3	21	35	60.0	52.0	12	26	13	18
24	Pistons	19	3/19/2000	DET	@	VAN	W 101-99	240	101	27	19	3	37	76	48.7	6	16	37.5	21	23	91.3	58.6	10	17	18	20
25	Celtics	19	3/10/2000	BOS	vs	CHI	W 104-74	240	104	50	26	2	38	84	45.2	4	11	36.4	24	32	75.0	53.0	14	36	15	34