most steals in a minute

John Stockton has the most career steals when playing >0 minutes, with 3,265 steals.

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most steals in a minute by a player
NAMESTLMINGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1John Stockton
J. Stockton
3,265
47,764
1,504
31.8
13.1
2.7
10.5
2.2
0.2
4.7
9.1
51.5
0.6
1.5
38.4
3.2
3.9
82.6
60.8
0.6
2.1
2.8
19,711
4,051
15,806
315
4,244
3,942
+2941
2Chris Paul
C. Paul
2,728
45,836
1,370
33.5
16.8
4.4
9.2
2.0
0.2
6.0
12.7
46.9
1.4
3.7
37.0
3.5
4.1
87.0
58.0
0.6
3.8
2.3
23,058
6,006
12,552
222
3,109
3,208
+6029
3Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
2,684
50,111
1,391
36.0
12.6
6.3
8.7
1.9
0.3
4.5
11.2
40.0
1.4
4.1
34.9
2.2
2.8
78.5
50.7
1.3
5.0
2.9
17,529
8,725
12,091
450
4,003
2,572
+3868
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
2,514
41,011
1,072
38.3
30.1
6.2
5.3
2.3
0.8
11.4
22.9
49.7
0.5
1.7
32.7
6.8
8.2
83.5
56.9
1.6
4.7
2.7
32,292
6,672
5,633
893
2,924
2,783
+1438
5Gary Payton
G. Payton
2,445
47,117
1,335
35.3
16.3
3.9
6.7
1.8
0.2
6.5
14.0
46.6
0.8
2.7
31.7
2.4
3.4
72.9
52.8
1.0
2.9
2.3
21,813
5,269
8,966
285
3,030
3,217
+1928
6LeBron James
L. James
2,417
61,031
1,622
37.6
26.8
7.5
7.4
1.5
0.7
9.8
19.4
50.7
1.6
4.7
34.8
5.5
7.4
73.7
59.0
1.1
6.3
3.5
43,440
12,095
12,016
1,185
5,650
2,862
+7508
7Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
2,310
34,845
1,101
31.6
11.1
2.8
6.7
2.1
0.3
4.5
8.5
52.3
0.1
0.2
25.5
2.1
2.7
79.3
57.2
0.6
2.2
2.1
12,195
3,088
7,392
294
2,268
2,258
8Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
2,307
41,069
1,178
34.9
16.1
6.4
5.2
2.0
0.8
6.3
13.3
47.3
0.8
2.5
32.6
2.7
3.8
70.4
53.6
1.8
4.6
2.8
18,940
7,494
6,135
947
3,257
3,329
+2022
9Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
2,207
37,537
1,086
34.6
20.4
6.1
5.6
2.0
0.7
7.7
16.3
47.2
0.8
2.4
31.8
4.3
5.5
78.8
54.7
2.4
3.7
2.7
22,195
6,677
6,125
719
2,977
3,285
+434
10Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
2,162
44,222
1,238
35.7
21.8
11.1
2.5
1.7
3.1
8.7
17.0
51.2
0.0
0.1
20.2
4.4
6.2
71.2
55.3
3.3
7.8
3.0
26,946
13,748
3,058
3,830
3,667
4,383
+564
11Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
2,112
24,669
779
31.7
14.0
5.2
5.0
2.7
0.4
5.7
11.9
47.7
0.3
1.0
29.5
2.3
3.1
74.3
52.7
2.1
3.1
2.7
10,882
4,066
3,929
323
2,116
2,638
12Karl Malone
K. Malone
2,085
54,852
1,476
37.2
25.0
10.1
3.6
1.4
0.8
9.2
17.8
51.6
0.1
0.2
27.4
6.6
8.9
74.2
57.7
2.4
7.7
3.1
36,928
14,968
5,248
1,145
4,524
4,578
+3010
13Mookie Blaylock
M. Blaylock
2,075
31,026
889
34.9
13.5
4.1
6.7
2.3
0.3
5.3
12.9
40.9
1.4
4.3
33.6
1.4
1.9
73.6
48.8
1.1
3.0
2.3
11,962
3,659
5,972
300
2,067
1,687
+347
14Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
2,038
43,025
1,301
33.1
20.9
6.9
8.0
1.6
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
4.7
6.1
77.1
52.6
1.6
5.4
3.9
27,176
9,025
10,351
418
5,038
3,304
+2583
15Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
1,983
37,584
914
41.1
26.7
3.7
6.2
2.2
0.2
9.3
21.8
42.5
1.2
3.7
31.3
7.0
8.9
78.0
51.8
0.8
2.9
3.6
24,368
3,394
5,624
164
3,262
1,777
+799
16Derek Harper
D. Harper
1,957
37,786
1,199
31.5
13.3
2.4
5.5
1.6
0.3
5.2
11.2
46.3
0.9
2.5
35.4
2.1
2.9
74.5
53.7
0.6
1.8
1.9
16,006
2,884
6,577
304
2,334
2,755
-353
17Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,944
48,637
1,346
36.1
25.0
5.2
4.7
1.4
0.5
8.7
19.5
44.7
1.4
4.1
32.9
6.2
7.4
83.7
55.0
1.1
4.1
3.0
33,643
7,047
6,306
640
4,010
3,353
+4153
18Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
1,861
35,516
979
36.3
19.2
3.6
9.3
1.9
0.3
7.3
16.2
45.2
0.4
1.4
29.0
4.1
5.4
75.9
51.6
1.0
2.6
3.8
18,822
3,478
9,061
249
3,682
2,971
19Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
1,859
50,418
1,462
34.5
17.8
10.0
3.7
1.3
1.4
7.2
14.5
49.7
0.1
0.4
27.5
3.3
4.2
78.9
54.6
2.2
7.8
2.2
26,071
14,662
5,445
2,037
3,179
3,561
+4913
20James Harden
J. Harden
1,794
42,449
1,221
34.8
24.0
5.6
7.3
1.5
0.6
7.1
16.2
43.9
2.8
7.6
36.4
7.1
8.2
86.3
60.8
0.7
4.8
3.7
29,339
6,809
8,873
683
4,505
2,994
+4709
21Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1,765
39,507
1,231
32.1
11.3
4.9
4.2
1.4
0.5
4.1
8.8
46.3
0.9
2.7
33.0
2.3
3.2
70.9
55.3
0.9
4.0
1.8
13,968
6,047
5,147
633
2,240
2,180
+3024
22Shawn Marion
S. Marion
1,759
40,097
1,163
34.5
15.2
8.7
1.9
1.5
1.1
6.3
12.9
48.4
0.7
2.1
33.1
2.0
2.5
81.0
54.2
2.3
6.3
1.5
17,700
10,101
2,198
1,233
1,750
2,535
+1971
23Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1,752
45,880
1,343
34.2
19.7
5.6
3.5
1.3
0.6
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.6
4.3
36.8
5.2
6.4
80.6
56.8
0.8
4.8
2.6
26,397
7,527
4,708
745
3,532
3,643
+3345
24Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1,724
33,245
906
36.7
19.5
7.2
11.2
1.9
0.4
6.9
13.2
52.0
0.4
1.2
30.3
5.5
6.5
84.8
61.0
1.8
5.5
3.9
17,707
6,559
10,141
374
3,506
2,050
25Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
1,721
31,440
991
31.7
13.2
4.5
2.7
1.7
0.5
4.7
11.4
41.4
1.2
3.4
33.9
2.6
3.6
71.5
50.8
1.2
3.3
1.8
13,058
4,448
2,631
522
1,791
2,586
+1818
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