Dirk Nowitzki and Jack Sikma are tied for the most steals by a center in a game, with 9 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals in a regular-season game by a center NBA

	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	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	9	3/7/2004	DAL	@	HOU	45	18	1	1	2	7	19	36.8	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	45.3	1	0	2	2	-3
2	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	9	1/27/1982	SEA	@	KCK	40	20	9	3	1	6	13	46.2	0	0		8	10	80.0	57.5	2	7	4	3
3	Shawn Marion S. Marion	8	2/6/2006	PHX	vs	MIN	45	14	12	3	1	5	16	31.3	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	38.5	4	8	2	3	+2
4	Chris Webber C. Webber	8	11/26/1997	WAS	@	SAS	36	24	6	1	3	11	23	47.8	2	4	50.0	0	2	0.0	50.3	2	4	3	5	+3
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8	11/27/1990	HOU	vs	LAC	42	34	20	4	3	14	26	53.8	0	0		6	6	100.0	59.4	6	14	4	3
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8	4/8/1989	HOU	@	MIA	47	43	13	1	5	15	29	51.7	0	0		13	19	68.4	57.5	4	9	7	4
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8	11/19/1987	HOU	@	CLE	45	27	11	1	5	11	20	55.0	0	0		5	9	55.6	56.3	2	9	8	4
8	Alvan Adams A. Adams	8	12/6/1985	PHX	vs	UTA	34	17	3	1	2	6	7	85.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	88.2	1	2	2	2
9	Alvan Adams A. Adams	8	11/3/1984	PHX	@	DAL	34	18	12	6	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		0	0		56.3	4	8	4	4
10	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	8	1/24/1976	WAS	@	PHX	41	19	16	3	1	6	8	75.0				7	8	87.5	82.5	4	12		4
11	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	8	2/5/1975	KCO	vs	POR	45	8	14	7	2	3	11	27.3				2	5	40.0	30.3	2	12		2
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	1/12/2021	DEN	@	BKN	34	23	8	11	1	8	17	47.1	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	58.6	1	7	1	2	-11
13	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	7	1/14/2018	NOP	@	NYK	45	15	15	5	3	4	16	25.0	0	5	0.0	7	12	58.3	35.2	3	12	5	5	+14
14	Willie Cauley-Stein W. Cauley-Stein	7	1/6/2018	SAC	vs	DEN	25	17	4	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	63.8	1	3	0	4	+11
15	Ian Mahinmi I. Mahinmi	7	3/7/2017	WAS	@	PHX	26	15	9	1	1	5	8	62.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	65.1	2	7	1	2	+38
16	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	7	1/23/2009	TOR	@	CHI	40	17	6	2	2	6	17	35.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	44.3	2	4	3	2	+25
17	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	7	3/2/2000	CLE	@	CHI	42	25	10	1	1	7	18	38.9	0	0		11	12	91.7	53.7	4	6	3	4	+17
18	David Robinson D. Robinson	7	2/18/2000	SAS	vs	HOU	24	16	6	2	3	5	6	83.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	84.0	1	5	2	3	+25
19	Michael Cage M. Cage	7	1/18/1996	CLE	@	VAN	41	9	10	1	1	3	3	100.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	104.2	3	7	1	1
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7	1/3/1989	HOU	vs	UTA	39	26	13	0	5	10	20	50.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	55.3	5	8	2	2
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7	3/10/1987	HOU	vs	SEA	53	38	17	6	12	14	29	48.3	0	0		10	14	71.4	54.0	10	7	4	5
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7	3/22/1986	HOU	@	NYK	35	33	23	2	4	12	18	66.7	0	0		9	15	60.0	67.1	9	14	7	4
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7	1/14/1986	HOU	vs	UTA	40	23	16	2	5	8	19	42.1	0	0		7	10	70.0	49.1	5	11	4	6
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	7	3/12/1978	DEN	vs	CHI	39	16	8	4	1	6	14	42.9				4	6	66.7	48.1	4	4	3	3
25	Alvan Adams A. Adams	7	3/26/1977	PHX	vs	LAL	35	27	8	7		13	24	54.2				1	1	100.0	55.2				5