most steals by a team in a playoff game since 1981

Since 1980-81, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers are tied for the most steals in a playoff game, with 20 steals.

	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	Bucks	20	4/25/2015	MIL	vs	CHI	W 92-90	240	92	34	25	6	34	87	39.1	9	22	40.9	15	22	68.2	47.6	12	22	15	21
2	76ers	20	5/13/1999	PHI	vs	ORL	W 97-85	240	97	45	23	9	40	89	44.9	3	8	37.5	14	23	60.9	48.9	17	28	12	24
3	Heat	19	5/21/2022	MIA	@	BOS	W 109-103	240	109	34	22	4	43	92	46.7	11	33	33.3	12	14	85.7	55.5	8	26	9	24
4	Pacers	19	4/25/2004	IND	@	BOS	W 90-75	240	90	31	19	5	33	73	45.2	7	17	41.2	17	22	77.3	54.4	4	27	13	18
5	Mavericks	19	4/24/2004	DAL	vs	SAC	W 104-79	240	104	56	20	4	40	100	40.0	3	10	30.0	21	28	75.0	46.3	23	33	17	27
6	Bulls	19	5/17/1998	CHI	vs	IND	W 85-79	240	85	46	19	4	29	81	35.8	0	6	0.0	27	37	73.0	43.7	15	31	16	25
7	Bulls	19	5/24/1997	CHI	@	MIA	W 98-74	240	98	40	16	2	35	78	44.9	1	13	7.7	27	32	84.4	53.2	13	27	15	28
8	Bucks	19	5/9/1986	MIL	@	PHI	L 108-126	240	108	34	24	8	39	90	43.3	5	10	50.0	25	37	67.6	50.8	13	21	25	34
9	Heat	18	4/21/2018	MIA	vs	PHI	L 102-106	240	102	43	21	4	41	94	43.6	7	19	36.8	13	25	52.0	48.6	13	30	19	32
10	Celtics	18	6/17/2008	BOS	vs	LAL	W 131-92	240	131	48	33	4	43	87	49.4	13	26	50.0	32	37	86.5	63.4	14	34	8	25
11	Knicks	18	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	W 135-108	240	135	36	43	3	53	90	58.9	3	7	42.9	26	31	83.9	65.1	10	26	13	26
12	Rockets	17	4/26/2026	HOU	vs	LAL	W 115-96	240	115	35	19	4	39	81	48.1	12	30	40.0	25	31	80.6	60.8	11	24	13	22
13	Lakers	17	4/28/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	W 97-78	240	97	38	31	4	39	78	50.0	2	14	14.3	17	27	63.0	54.0	7	31	12	22
14	Hornets	17	4/21/2001	CHA	@	MIA	W 106-80	240	106	39	21	4	37	77	48.1	7	15	46.7	25	29	86.2	59.0	9	30	15	26
15	Knicks	17	6/3/1994	NYK	@	IND	W 98-91	240	98	33	16	4	31	60	51.7	6	13	46.2	30	35	85.7	65.0	5	28	24	29
16	Pacers	17	4/28/1994	IND	@	ORL	W 89-88	240	89	41	23	5	34	87	39.1	4	11	36.4	17	22	77.3	46.0	20	21	13	19
17	Hornets	17	5/14/1993	CHA	vs	NYK	W 110-106	290	110	47	27	4	42	89	47.2	1	3	33.3	25	35	71.4	52.7	15	32	22	21
18	Spurs	17	4/29/1988	SAS	@	LAL	L 110-122	240	110	34	23	2	44	96	45.8	2	4	50.0	20	26	76.9	51.2	15	19	21	22
19	Trail Blazers	17	5/5/1985	POR	vs	LAL	W 115-107	240	115	42	27	8	46	103	44.7	0	1	0.0	23	28	82.1	49.9	21	21	18	33
20	Nets	17	4/26/1984	NJN	@	PHI	W 101-98	240	101	37	25	5	39	83	47.0	0	2	0.0	23	34	67.6	51.6	11	26	16	24
21	Suns	17	4/19/1983	PHX	vs	DEN	W 121-108	240	121	47	28	10	52	102	51.0	0	0		17	20	85.0	54.6	19	28	17	25
22	Rockets	17	4/21/1981	HOU	@	KCK	W 97-78	240	97	40	21	4	39	83	47.0	1	2	50.0	18	21	85.7	52.6			12	17
23	Knicks	16	4/30/2026	NYK	@	ATL	W 140-89	240	140	46	33	6	50	85	58.8	13	36	36.1	27	34	79.4	70.0	9	37	10	22
24	Nuggets	16	4/27/2026	DEN	vs	MIN	W 125-113	240	125	29	35	6	47	83	56.6	11	29	37.9	20	25	80.0	66.5	5	24	16	29
25	Magic	16	4/22/2026	ORL	@	DET	L 83-98	240	83	42	17	6	26	80	32.5	8	32	25.0	23	32	71.9	44.1	13	29	19	25

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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