7 players were tied for the most steals in a 1988 playoff game, with 6 steals. The first three are Isiah Thomas on June 19, 1988, Michael Jordan on May 15, 1988 and Horace Grant on May 10, 1988.

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most steals by a player in a game 1988 playoffs

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	6	6/19/1988	DET	@	LAL	44	43	3	8	1	18	32	56.3	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	61.3	1	2	5	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	5/15/1988	CHI	vs	DET	45	23	7	5	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	50.3	2	5	3	0
3	Horace Grant H. Grant	6	5/10/1988	CHI	@	DET	35	16	4	4	2	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	57.6	2	2	1	2
4	Ron Harper R. Harper	6	5/8/1988	CLE	@	CHI	34	17	2	4	1	8	13	61.5	0	0		1	3	33.3	59.4	1	1	3	2
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	6	5/1/1988	NYK	@	BOS	41	18	10	5	3	8	14	57.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	60.5	4	6	0	5
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	6	4/30/1988	POR	vs	UTA	45	25	2	5	0	10	24	41.7	2	4	50.0	3	7	42.9	46.2	2	0	2	4
7	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	6	4/29/1988	SAS	@	LAL	39	34	3	5	1	15	23	65.2	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	68.7	1	2	4	5
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	6/1/1988	BOS	vs	DET	49	27	17	4	1	9	25	36.0	0	1	0.0	9	9	100.0	46.6	3	14	2	3
9	Derek Harper D. Harper	5	5/25/1988	DAL	@	LAL	35	6	2	8	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	2	4	2
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	5	5/21/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	29	1	20	0	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	78.3	0	1	5	2
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	5	5/17/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	23	3	24	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	57.6	0	3	3	3
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	5	5/13/1988	UTA	vs	LAL	45	22	4	12	1	10	15	66.7	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	69.3	2	2	3	2
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	5	5/8/1988	DET	vs	WAS	40	16	6	11	1	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	47.4	0	6	1	1
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	5	5/4/1988	BOS	@	NYK	46	20	8	12	0	8	22	36.4	1	5	20.0	3	3	100.0	42.9	3	5	3	3
15	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	5	5/4/1988	NYK	vs	BOS	46	9	7	14	0	4	14	28.6	1	2	50.0	0	0		32.1	2	5	3	4
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	5	4/30/1988	DET	vs	WAS	41	30	4	4	1	11	24	45.8	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	55.4	2	2	2	2
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	5	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	34	19	4	4	0	7	12	58.3	2	2	100.0	3	3	100.0	71.3	3	1	3	3
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4	6/21/1988	DET	@	LAL	28	10	0	7	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	38.8	0	0	3	2
19	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4	6/7/1988	DET	@	LAL	40	19	3	12	1	6	16	37.5	2	4	50.0	5	5	100.0	52.2	1	2	4	2
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4	6/1/1988	DET	@	BOS	47	35	8	5	0	14	30	46.7	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	51.5	1	7	5	5
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4	5/30/1988	DET	vs	BOS	39	12	8	7	1	6	20	30.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		30.0	3	5	2	5
22	Byron Scott B. Scott	4	5/25/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	43	30	1	5	0	11	17	64.7	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	74.7	0	1	2	3
23	Roy Tarpley R. Tarpley	4	5/25/1988	DAL	@	LAL	35	8	13	2	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		0	0		36.4	5	8	4	3
24	Byron Scott B. Scott	4	5/23/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	42	23	2	7	0	7	14	50.0	2	3	66.7	7	8	87.5	65.6	1	1	0	1
25	James Worthy J. Worthy	4	5/21/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	39	23	6	2	0	7	17	41.2	0	0		9	11	81.8	52.7	0	6	2	0