John Stockton had the most steals by a player in his first 13 seasons, with 2,531 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in first 13 seasons

	NAME	STL	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	John Stockton J. Stockton	2,531	1,062	32.8	13.6	2.7	11.5	2.4	0.2	4.9	9.4	52.0	0.6	1.6	38.3	3.3	4.0	82.3	61.2	0.7	2.0	3.0	34,826	14,468	2,833	12,170	216	3,201	2,918	+658
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,306	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,194	1,010	32.9	11.7	2.9	7.0	2.2	0.3	4.7	8.9	52.5	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.3	2.8	79.5	57.4	0.7	2.2	2.2	33,249	11,810	2,951	7,100	292	2,199	2,150
4	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,147	1,027	36.9	18.3	4.2	7.4	2.1	0.2	7.3	15.6	46.9	0.9	2.8	32.1	2.7	3.7	72.7	52.9	1.2	3.0	2.5	37,943	18,757	4,326	7,590	241	2,563	2,641	+1631
5	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2,112	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	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	323	2,116	2,638
6	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2,075	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	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	300	2,067	1,687	+347
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,008	892	35.3	18.7	4.5	9.8	2.3	0.1	6.6	13.9	47.2	1.3	3.4	37.2	4.3	4.9	86.8	58.1	0.7	3.8	2.4	31,493	16,691	3,997	8,708	104	2,152	2,196	+4515
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,986	965	35.9	17.3	6.7	5.3	2.1	0.9	6.8	14.3	47.8	0.8	2.5	32.9	2.9	4.1	69.6	54.0	1.9	4.8	2.8	34,617	16,735	6,494	5,143	843	2,739	2,822	+1590
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,964	886	41.4	27.1	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.4	22.1	42.5	1.2	3.8	31.3	7.1	9.1	78.0	51.9	0.8	2.9	3.6	36,719	23,983	3,315	5,511	162	3,198	1,729	+841
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1,962	954	34.4	20.7	6.2	5.6	2.1	0.7	7.8	16.5	47.6	0.6	2.0	31.1	4.4	5.6	78.9	54.8	2.5	3.7	2.8	32,793	19,794	5,958	5,389	641	2,632	2,941
11	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,902	946	37.4	14.5	6.7	9.2	2.0	0.3	5.2	12.9	40.2	1.3	3.9	33.3	2.8	3.6	77.9	50.1	1.5	5.1	3.2	35,363	13,723	6,308	8,691	286	3,011	1,770	+2837
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,861	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	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	249	3,682	2,971
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,811	978	37.7	24.2	12.0	2.7	1.9	3.4	9.6	18.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	20.4	4.9	6.9	71.6	55.8	3.6	8.4	3.2	36,833	23,650	11,739	2,628	3,363	3,150	3,695	+382
14	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,749	1,013	32.3	14.2	2.5	5.8	1.7	0.3	5.5	11.7	46.7	0.9	2.5	35.3	2.3	3.1	74.6	54.1	0.6	1.9	2.0	32,695	14,378	2,577	5,836	278	2,049	2,405
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,724	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	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	374	3,506	2,050
16	Fat Lever F. Lever	1,666	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	209	1,471	1,803
17	LeBron James L. James	1,657	987	39.0	27.2	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.8	19.7	49.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	6.2	8.3	74.4	58.1	1.2	6.0	3.4	38,478	26,833	7,067	6,815	773	3,316	1,843	+5696
18	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,638	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	2.0	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	291	1,646	1,637
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,624	943	34.7	23.2	7.4	8.5	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.7	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.6	7.0	79.0	52.8	1.7	5.7	4.1	32,747	21,857	6,961	8,061	293	3,893	2,451	+3191
20	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,622	983	32.6	14.7	3.6	2.9	1.7	0.3	5.0	10.8	46.1	1.2	3.2	39.4	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.5	0.8	2.8	1.9	32,034	14,470	3,554	2,860	302	1,828	2,043	+680
21	Eddie Jones E. Jones	1,594	907	35.1	15.4	4.1	3.0	1.8	0.6	5.4	12.2	43.8	1.7	4.4	37.5	3.0	3.7	80.9	55.5	0.8	3.3	1.6	31,856	13,979	3,725	2,743	572	1,478	2,411	+2375
22	Ron Harper R. Harper	1,592	882	31.8	14.8	4.3	4.0	1.8	0.8	5.7	12.6	44.8	0.5	1.9	28.8	2.9	4.1	72.2	51.2	1.3	3.0	2.3	28,018	13,046	3,806	3,533	665	2,057	2,090	+790
23	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,567	963	35.9	16.4	9.2	1.9	1.6	1.2	6.7	13.9	48.3	0.7	2.2	33.1	2.3	2.8	81.2	54.3	2.5	6.7	1.6	34,577	15,821	8,877	1,860	1,122	1,519	2,241	+2211
24	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	1,563	864	27.3	10.9	3.0	5.7	1.8	0.4	3.8	8.6	44.4	0.4	1.3	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.4	53.4	0.7	2.3	1.9	23,568	9,377	2,625	4,889	351	1,651	2,660
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,556	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	755	2,816	2,279