Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, 6 players were tied for the most steals in a game, with 10 steals. The first three are Alvin Robertson on January 11, 1989, on November 22, 1986 and on February 18, 1986, Michael Jordan on January 29, 1988 and Ron Harper on March 10, 1987.
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most steals by a player in a single regular-season game in the 1980s| 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 |  | A. Robertson | 10 | 1/11/1989 | vs | 44 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 53.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 2 |  | M. Jordan | 10 | 1/29/1988 | vs | 27 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 79.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 3 |  | R. Harper | 10 | 3/10/1987 | vs | 44 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 44.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 4 | | A. Robertson | 10 | 11/22/1986 | @ | 39 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 57.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | | A. Robertson | 10 | 2/18/1986 | vs | 36 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 50.9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 6 |  | C. Drexler | 10 | 1/10/1986 | @ | 42 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 52.1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 7 |  | F. Lever | 10 | 3/9/1985 | vs | 31 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 44.4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 8 |  | J. Moore | 10 | 3/6/1985 | vs | 35 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 74.3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | | M. Jordan | 9 | 11/9/1988 | @ | 42 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 64.9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 10 |  | T.R. Dunn | 9 | 1/6/1988 | @ | 32 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 11 |  | M. Cheeks | 9 | 1/5/1987 | vs | 42 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 12 |  | M. Ray Richardson | 9 | 10/30/1985 | vs | 54 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 52.4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 13 |  | L. Bird | 9 | 2/18/1985 | @ | 33 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 64.3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 14 | | J. Moore | 9 | 1/8/1985 | vs | 36 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 66.2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 15 |  | G. Williams | 9 | 10/30/1984 | vs | 39 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 45.8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 46.2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 16 | | D. Cook | 9 | 12/3/1983 | vs | 44 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 17 |  | M. Ray Richardson | 9 | 2/5/1983 | vs | 42 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 31.5 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 18 |  | R. Green | 9 | 11/27/1982 | @ | 44 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 73.7 | 2 | ||||||
| 19 | | R. Green | 9 | 11/10/1982 | vs | 45 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 60.7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 20 |  | J. Sikma | 9 | 1/27/1982 | @ | 40 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 57.5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 21 |  | M. Johnson | 9 | 11/6/1981 | vs | 40 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 78.6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| 22 |  | J. High | 9 | 1/28/1981 | @ | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 63.7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 23 |  | M. Ray Richardson | 9 | 12/23/1980 | @ | 44 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 41.2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 47.3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 24 |  | D. Bradley | 9 | 11/29/1980 | vs | 28 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 75.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 25 | | D. Bradley | 9 | 11/10/1980 | @ | 39 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 47.0 | 4 | |||||||
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