4 players were tied for the most steals in a game in 2011-12, with 8 steals. The first three are Tony Allen on April 23, 2012, Chris Paul on April 22, 2012 and Paul Millsap on March 15, 2012.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in a regular-season game 2012

	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	Tony Allen T. Allen	8	4/23/2012	MEM	vs	CLE	31	13	8	1	1	6	9	66.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	65.8	4	4	1	2	+9
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	8	4/22/2012	LAC	vs	NOH	39	33	4	13	0	8	18	44.4	0	4	0.0	17	19	89.5	62.6	0	4	2	3	+8
3	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	8	3/15/2012	UTA	vs	MIN	38	16	11	4	2	7	17	41.2	0	0		2	3	66.7	43.7	2	9	2	4	+5
4	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	8	12/29/2011	DEN	@	POR	40	25	4	3	0	10	16	62.5	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	70.4	0	4	2	3	-10
5	John Wall J. Wall	7	4/25/2012	WAS	@	CLE	32	21	7	13	0	7	16	43.8	0	0		7	8	87.5	53.8	1	6	6	2	+14
6	Thabo Sefolosha T. Sefolosha	7	4/9/2012	OKC	@	MIL	31	14	5	3	0	5	8	62.5	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	78.8	1	4	0	4	+27
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	7	4/7/2012	LAC	vs	SAC	37	19	5	15	0	6	14	42.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	57.1	0	5	3	2	+11
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	1/27/2012	OKC	@	GSW	41	28	6	11	0	10	20	50.0	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	58.4	2	4	7	1	+12
9	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	6	4/10/2012	SAC	@	DAL	38	25	18	3	2	11	21	52.4	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.9	3	15	3	4	-1
10	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	6	3/30/2012	NJN	@	GSW	44	24	18	5	1	7	16	43.8	2	2	100.0	8	9	88.9	60.1	8	10	4	1	+3
11	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	6	3/26/2012	SAC	@	HOU	39	12	4	5	1	5	11	45.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.5	0	4	5	1	+1
12	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	6	3/19/2012	BOS	@	ATL	39	10	3	13	0	4	14	28.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	33.6	1	2	4	1	+3
13	Raymond Felton R. Felton	6	3/14/2012	POR	@	NYK	33	9	3	3	1	2	10	20.0	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	35.6	1	2	5	2	-14
14	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	6	2/3/2012	MIN	@	NJN	38	10	2	10	1	3	8	37.5	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	56.3	0	2	2	3	+4
15	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	6	1/18/2012	MIN	vs	DET	38	9	7	8	0	1	8	12.5	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	39.1	2	5	3	4	+11
16	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	6	1/18/2012	GSW	@	NJN	37	30	1	5	1	11	20	55.0	2	4	50.0	6	7	85.7	65.0	0	1	3	3	-10
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	6	1/14/2012	DAL	vs	SAC	29	5	3	6	1	2	2	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		125.0	0	3	2	1	+19
18	James Johnson J. Johnson	6	12/28/2011	TOR	vs	IND	29	6	8	2	2	3	7	42.9	0	0		0	0		42.9	1	7	1	5	+8
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	12/26/2011	GSW	vs	CHI	37	21	7	10	0	7	12	58.3	1	3	33.3	6	7	85.7	69.6	1	6	4	4	+11
20	Morris Almond M. Almond	5	4/26/2012	WAS	vs	MIA	26	5	4	1	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	36.3	0	4	1	4	+24
21	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	5	4/25/2012	PHI	@	MIL	26	6	4	5	0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.9	2	2	4	1	+3
22	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	5	4/23/2012	SAS	vs	POR	23	12	3	4	2	6	10	60.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		60.0	0	3	1	1	+13
23	JR Smith	5	4/22/2012	NYK	@	ATL	32	7	4	4	0	3	7	42.9	1	5	20.0	0	0		50.0	0	4	3	2	+2
24	Jeff Teague J. Teague	5	4/22/2012	ATL	vs	NYK	36	23	3	6	1	9	14	64.3	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	69.1	0	3	4	3	-1
25	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	5	4/22/2012	SAC	@	CHA	37	14	11	7	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		2	5	40.0	68.6	2	9	1	1	+28