most steals in a single game in the 1980s

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.

Interpreted as:

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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	10	1/11/1989	SAS	vs	HOU	44	20	5	7	0	9	18	50.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.0	3	2	3	5
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	10	1/29/1988	CHI	vs	NJN	27	32	1	4	2	14	18	77.8	0	0		4	5	80.0	79.2	0	1	3	1
3	Ron Harper R. Harper	10	3/10/1987	CLE	vs	PHI	44	28	5	7	0	9	27	33.3	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	44.0	2	3	4	3
4	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	10	11/22/1986	SAS	@	LAC	39	30	5	6	1	13	23	56.5	0	0		4	7	57.1	57.5	2	3	4	5
5	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	10	2/18/1986	SAS	vs	PHX	36	20	11	10	0	8	17	47.1	0	0		4	6	66.7	50.9	4	7	4	5
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	10	1/10/1986	POR	@	MIL	42	26	9	11	1	10	21	47.6	0	2	0.0	6	9	66.7	52.1	3	6	7	3
7	Fat Lever F. Lever	10	3/9/1985	DEN	vs	IND	31	13	4	15	0	4	12	33.3	0	0		5	6	83.3	44.4	0	4	2	3
8	Johnny Moore J. Moore	10	3/6/1985	SAS	vs	IND	35	16	7	8	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	74.3	2	5	4	2
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	9	11/9/1988	CHI	@	BOS	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	DEN	@	NJN	32	2	5	3	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	2	3	2	4
11	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	9	1/5/1987	PHI	vs	LAC	42	22	3	10	0	10	15	66.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	67.4	1	2	3	3
12	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	9	10/30/1985	NJN	vs	IND	54	38	11	11	0	15	31	48.4	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	52.4	1	10	3	5
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	2/18/1985	BOS	@	UTA	33	30	12	10	2	13	22	59.1	2	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	64.3	0	12	1	2
14	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9	1/8/1985	SAS	vs	GSW	36	26	11	13	1	11	17	64.7	0	2	0.0	4	6	66.7	66.2	3	8	6	4
15	Gus Williams G. Williams	9	10/30/1984	WAS	vs	ATL	39	23	5	9	0	11	24	45.8	1	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	46.2	3	2	3	4
16	Darwin Cook D. Cook	9	12/3/1983	NJN	vs	POR	44	17	2	6	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		1	2	50.0	57.1	0	2	6	6
17	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	9	2/5/1983	GSW	vs	SAS	42	10	5	11	0	4	15	26.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	31.5	0	5	9	4
18	Rickey Green R. Green	9	11/27/1982	UTA	@	PHI	44	26	7	12	0	11	15	73.3	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	73.7				2
19	Rickey Green R. Green	9	11/10/1982	UTA	vs	DEN	45	24	5	11	0	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	60.7	0	5	6	2
20	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
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	11/6/1981	LAL	vs	PHX	40	11	7	16	0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	0	0		78.6	0	7	5	3
22	Johnny High J. High	9	1/28/1981	PHX	@	WAS	26	11	4	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	63.7	1	3	6	3
23	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	9	12/23/1980	NYK	@	CHI	44	19	6	6	0	7	17	41.2	0	0		5	7	71.4	47.3	1	5	4	3
24	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	9	11/29/1980	IND	vs	CLE	28	11	0	2	1	4	6	66.7	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	0	0	4
25	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	9	11/10/1980	IND	@	UTA	39	14	2	6	2	6	14	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.0				4