most steals in a playoff game since 1980

Since 1979-80, Allen Iverson has the most steals in a playoff game, with 10 steals in Game 3 of the 1999 First Round against the Magic.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in a playoff game since 1980

	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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	10	5/13/1999	PHI	vs	ORL	43	33	5	5	2	14	28	50.0	3	8	37.5	2	6	33.3	53.9	3	2	2	1	+17
2	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	8	4/29/1996	ATL	vs	IND	43	16	3	7	1	6	15	40.0	2	7	28.6	2	3	66.7	49.0	0	3	2	0
3	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	8	4/30/1992	GSW	@	SEA	48	27	5	11	0	8	29	27.6	3	13	23.1	8	15	53.3	37.9	2	3	1	3
4	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	8	5/8/1991	GSW	@	LAL	44	28	3	14	0	10	20	50.0	3	4	75.0	5	8	62.5	59.5	1	2	3	2
5	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	8	5/9/1986	MIL	@	PHI	37	22	1	4	0	7	15	46.7	5	7	71.4	3	4	75.0	65.6	0	1	3	2
6	Javonte Green J. Green	7	4/27/2022	CHI	@	MIL	27	3	2	2	0	1	8	12.5	0	5	0.0	1	2	50.0	16.9	1	1	4	3	-2
7	Josh Richardson J. Richardson	7	4/21/2018	MIA	vs	PHI	35	10	5	7	1	4	11	36.4	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	42.1	3	2	0	4	+6
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	5/16/2016	OKC	@	GSW	40	27	6	12	0	7	21	33.3	2	4	50.0	11	14	78.6	49.7	1	5	3	2	+8
9	James Harden J. Harden	7	4/24/2016	HOU	vs	GSW	40	18	7	10	0	4	13	30.8	2	8	25.0	8	10	80.0	51.7	1	6	4	1	-23
10	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	7	4/28/2012	DAL	@	OKC	35	8	6	5	0	2	8	25.0	2	6	33.3	2	3	66.7	42.9	0	6	2	1	-2
11	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	7	4/27/2003	DET	@	ORL	40	12	24	2	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	67.6	11	13	1	3	-7
12	Baron Davis B. Davis	7	5/9/2002	CHA	vs	NJN	41	26	7	8	0	9	24	37.5	2	5	40.0	6	10	60.0	45.8	1	6	4	4	+20
13	Baron Davis B. Davis	7	5/5/2002	CHA	@	NJN	44	23	6	5	0	9	23	39.1	4	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	49.1	2	4	3	4	-6
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	7	5/6/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	47	36	8	4	0	11	34	32.4	2	5	40.0	12	15	80.0	44.3	1	7	4	4	-5
15	Robert Horry R. Horry	7	6/9/1995	HOU	@	ORL	48	11	10	3	2	4	10	40.0	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.6	2	8	1	1
16	Haywoode Workman H. Workman	7	4/28/1994	IND	@	ORL	41	8	3	11	0	3	13	23.1	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	28.8	1	2	5	3
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	7	5/13/1993	PHX	vs	SAS	35	35	10	2	3	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	72.4	0	10	0	2
18	Byron Scott B. Scott	7	5/10/1991	LAL	@	GSW	39	23	5	2	0	9	16	56.3	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	64.8	0	5	1	4
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	7	5/4/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	40	44	13	5	2	18	24	75.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.7	2	11	3	3
20	Derek Harper D. Harper	7	4/30/1986	DAL	@	LAL	43	19	4	16	0	8	15	53.3	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	56.7	2	2	5	3
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	7	4/29/1986	BOS	vs	ATL	45	15	6	9	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		1	2	50.0	54.0	1	5	4	3
22	T.R. Dunn	7	4/20/1986	DEN	vs	POR	45	21	8	1	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	62.2	4	4	0	1
23	Darrell Walker D. Walker	7	4/17/1984	NYK	@	DET	23	13	4	7	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	55.8	2	2	3	0
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	7	4/24/1983	LAL	vs	POR	39	19	9	18	1	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	3	6	3	4
25	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	6	5/31/2025	IND	vs	NYK	37	14	3	8	1	6	12	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		58.3	0	3	1	2	+25