Michael Phelps has gotten the most steals in a game with fewer than 10 minutes played, with 6 steals versus the Rockets on October 29, 1985.
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most steals by a player in less than 10 minutes in a regular-season game| NAME | STL | MIN | DATE | TM | OPP | PTS | REB | AST | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Phelps | 6 | 9 | 10/29/1985 | @ | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 45.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2 |  | T. Ariza | 5 | 0 | 1/29/2016 | @ | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | -8 | |||
| 3 |  | M. West | 5 | 7 | 2/17/2009 | @ | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 77.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +12 | |||
| 4 |  | B. Willoughby | 5 | 9 | 1/8/1980 | vs | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 5 |  | B. Wesley | 4 | 4 | 1/31/2025 | vs | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +7 | ||||
| 6 |  | G. Payton II | 4 | 9 | 4/14/2021 | @ | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 86.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 7 |  | K. Marshall | 4 | 9 | 3/17/2016 | vs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 33.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +10 | ||
| 8 |  | T. Allen | 4 | 10 | 11/15/2010 | @ | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 59.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -8 | |||
| 9 |  | B. Knight | 4 | 8 | 12/11/2008 | vs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | ||||
| 10 |  | A.C. Green | 4 | 6 | 4/22/1999 | @ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| 11 | | C. Ehlo | 4 | 7 | 1/15/1997 | vs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 34.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +11 | ||
| 12 | | N. McMillan | 4 | 8 | 2/14/1996 | vs | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 |  | D. Wesley | 4 | 7 | 2/27/1994 | vs | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 14 |  | E. Pinckney | 4 | 8 | 3/22/1992 | vs | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 |  | T. Brown | 4 | 7 | 11/22/1989 | vs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | | K. Williams | 4 | 9 | 11/1/1986 | vs | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 17 |  | D. Bradley | 4 | 5 | 4/12/1985 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 18 |  | A. Wood | 4 | 4 | 2/8/1983 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 |  | J. High | 4 | 9 | 1/21/1983 | vs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 20 |  | T. Burleson | 4 | 4 | 3/5/1980 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | D. Williams | 4 | 6 | 2/23/1980 | vs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 22 |  | D. Ford | 4 | 9 | 12/13/1978 | @ | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 23 | | T. Green | 4 | 7 | 11/14/1978 | @ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 24 | | O. Birdsong | 4 | 6 | 11/2/1977 | vs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 26.2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| 25 |  | T. Burden | 4 | 9 | 4/7/1977 | vs | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 48.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
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