Maurice Cheeks has gotten the most steals in a decade, with 1,768 steals in the 1980s.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in every decade

	NAME	STL	DECADE	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1,768	1980s	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	2.3	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	26,174	9,744	2,284	5,781	260	1,777	1,736
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,753	1990s	766	35.0	14.9	2.9	11.9	2.3	0.2	5.3	10.3	51.6	0.8	2.1	39.9	3.5	4.2	82.2	61.4	0.7	2.2	3.2	26,798	11,451	2,225	9,146	174	2,420	2,021	+1460
3	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1,742	1990s	712	36.0	14.4	4.3	6.9	2.4	0.4	5.6	13.6	41.3	1.5	4.6	33.7	1.6	2.2	74.1	49.4	1.2	3.1	2.5	25,616	10,261	3,065	4,907	254	1,759	1,411	+1220
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,639	1990s	731	38.0	19.2	7.2	5.9	2.2	0.9	7.6	15.7	48.1	1.0	2.9	33.3	3.1	4.5	70.3	54.4	2.0	5.1	3.0	27,805	14,040	5,238	4,312	689	2,201	2,139	+1193
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,603	1990s	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	2.3	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,765	11,503	2,706	4,816	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,521	2000s	682	41.8	28.1	3.6	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.7	22.9	42.4	1.1	3.6	31.1	7.5	9.5	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	28,534	19,154	2,471	4,227	106	2,450	1,198	+1187
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,472	2000s	760	37.3	14.0	7.0	9.2	1.9	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.2	1.5	4.2	34.8	2.6	3.3	81.1	50.9	1.3	5.7	3.1	28,311	10,649	5,327	7,029	236	2,331	1,438	+2576
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,464	1980s	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	8,025	310	2,800	1,685
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,396	2010s	650	34.1	18.1	4.4	9.6	2.1	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.9	1.6	4.1	37.7	3.9	4.4	88.0	58.7	0.6	3.7	2.4	22,181	11,770	2,829	6,215	99	1,528	1,573	+4212
10	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,395	1990s	784	34.6	16.1	3.9	3.1	1.8	0.3	5.4	11.6	46.4	1.4	3.5	39.3	3.9	4.5	87.2	59.1	0.9	3.0	2.0	27,154	12,611	3,074	2,415	241	1,551	1,668	+1130
11	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,363	2000s	745	37.6	17.8	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.3	7.2	14.9	48.1	0.9	2.7	33.7	2.5	3.1	82.0	54.6	2.6	7.3	1.6	28,020	13,254	7,384	1,511	975	1,192	1,869	+2061
12	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	1,363	1980s	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	188	1,713	1,671
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,344	1990s	585	38.4	30.8	6.3	5.1	2.3	0.7	11.7	23.4	50.1	0.8	2.4	35.9	6.6	7.9	83.0	57.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	22,445	18,014	3,707	2,966	417	1,439	1,408	+1416
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,338	1980s	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	6,220	181	2,437	2,105
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,332	2010s	739	34.7	23.8	7.3	8.7	1.8	0.3	8.4	19.2	43.7	1.2	3.9	30.9	5.9	7.3	80.0	53.2	1.6	5.6	4.1	25,661	17,603	5,361	6,462	234	3,052	1,870	+3425
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,300	1980s	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	4,396	603	2,261	1,906
17	Baron Davis B. Davis	1,292	2000s	673	35.4	16.9	4.0	7.3	1.9	0.4	6.1	14.9	40.9	1.7	5.3	32.3	2.9	4.2	69.7	50.2	1.0	3.0	2.8	23,825	11,364	2,705	4,901	286	1,875	1,947	+1028
18	Fat Lever F. Lever	1,287	1980s	557	32.4	14.5	6.0	6.9	2.3	0.3	5.9	13.1	45.3	0.1	0.6	27.0	2.5	3.2	76.6	49.9	1.9	4.1	2.1	18,065	8,059	3,330	3,847	166	1,181	1,398
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,246	2000s	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	1.7	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	29,476	21,065	4,381	3,921	431	2,326	2,092	+3470
20	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,244	2000s	604	34.8	16.1	5.1	3.2	2.1	0.6	5.7	13.6	42.2	1.2	3.5	34.2	3.5	4.8	72.3	51.3	1.2	3.9	2.3	21,037	9,722	3,092	1,915	375	1,372	1,776	+923
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,229	1990s	689	38.1	23.9	11.6	3.0	1.8	3.5	9.6	18.7	51.3	0.0	0.1	24.0	4.7	6.3	74.7	55.7	2.9	8.7	3.3	26,260	16,484	8,000	2,079	2,381	2,240	2,445	+513
22	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,223	1990s	660	37.3	19.4	3.6	9.0	1.9	0.2	7.2	16.3	44.2	1.7	4.8	35.3	3.4	4.3	77.8	53.5	0.7	2.9	3.1	24,613	12,826	2,362	5,925	109	2,051	1,643	+1224
23	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	1,205	1990s	690	34.9	15.7	4.4	8.5	1.7	0.2	5.9	12.7	46.1	0.2	0.8	29.1	3.8	5.3	71.6	52.3	1.3	3.1	3.0	24,074	10,851	3,016	5,885	159	2,084	1,423	+160
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,200	2010s	694	34.4	23.5	4.5	6.6	1.7	0.2	8.1	17.1	47.7	3.6	8.2	43.6	3.7	4.0	90.5	62.4	0.7	3.8	3.1	23,859	16,315	3,132	4,588	154	2,163	1,721	+4715
25	James Harden J. Harden	1,189	2010s	765	34.1	24.3	5.2	6.2	1.6	0.5	7.2	16.2	44.3	2.6	7.3	36.5	7.3	8.5	85.7	60.9	0.8	4.5	3.6	26,106	18,627	4,000	4,743	383	2,770	1,977	+3136