most steals in playoff games in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant got the most steals in the playoffs, with 226 steals.

Interpreted as:
most steals by a player in playoff games in the 2000s
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
226
147
42.3
27.6
5.5
5.2
1.5
0.7
9.9
22.0
45.0
1.3
4.0
33.4
6.5
7.9
81.5
54.2
1.1
4.4
3.0
6,220
4,053
802
765
103
447
454
+528
2Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
199
130
34.8
7.2
11.2
1.3
1.5
1.9
2.8
5.8
48.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.6
3.9
41.8
48.0
3.6
7.6
1.0
4,524
939
1,454
173
250
136
296
+368
3Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
192
103
40.8
15.3
7.7
8.8
1.9
0.3
5.5
13.7
39.8
1.6
4.9
31.9
2.8
3.6
78.3
50.0
1.8
6.0
3.2
4,206
1,581
796
909
31
327
242
+116
4Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
167
149
28.3
9.2
2.4
2.4
1.1
0.1
3.1
7.3
42.7
1.2
2.9
42.2
1.8
2.2
81.0
55.8
0.3
2.1
0.9
4,221
1,369
354
355
10
141
383
+483
5Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
148
107
30.8
16.0
4.8
3.5
1.4
0.3
5.0
11.2
44.3
1.6
4.2
38.0
4.5
5.4
82.0
58.7
1.0
3.8
2.3
3,299
1,710
510
378
32
245
312
+602
6Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
141
133
37.3
17.7
3.5
5.9
1.1
0.1
5.2
12.5
41.3
1.9
5.1
36.7
5.5
6.3
88.1
58.0
0.5
3.0
2.2
4,964
2,357
464
783
19
293
337
+630
7Robert Horry
R. Horry
140
149
24.5
6.3
5.2
2.0
0.9
0.8
2.2
5.4
40.2
0.9
2.6
33.4
1.1
1.5
73.0
52.2
1.6
3.6
1.0
3,644
942
778
291
123
151
420
+547
8Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
127
63
45.2
29.9
3.8
6.1
2.0
0.2
10.6
26.5
40.0
1.7
5.1
33.4
7.0
9.1
76.8
49.0
0.7
3.1
3.1
2,845
1,883
240
386
12
197
138
-153
9Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
120
120
40.0
20.6
4.0
3.7
1.0
0.2
7.5
17.1
44.1
0.6
1.6
33.7
4.9
5.7
86.2
52.4
1.2
2.8
2.8
4,800
2,467
484
444
22
335
381
+428
10Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
119
97
41.9
25.5
11.0
2.6
1.2
1.0
8.3
18.2
45.4
1.2
3.1
36.7
7.8
8.8
87.9
57.6
1.8
9.2
2.2
4,068
2,472
1,069
251
101
211
292
+6
11Tony Parker
T. Parker
118
122
36.6
18.9
3.1
4.9
1.0
0.1
7.5
16.4
46.0
0.6
2.0
29.4
3.2
4.5
71.2
51.4
0.5
2.6
2.9
4,460
2,300
380
597
10
348
272
+259
12Baron Davis
B. Davis
114
46
38.1
19.8
4.6
6.5
2.5
0.5
6.9
15.7
44.0
2.1
5.8
35.3
3.9
5.6
70.3
54.6
1.1
3.5
2.6
1,754
911
210
298
24
118
162
+146
13Rasheed Wallace
R. Wallace
111
132
35.3
14.4
7.0
1.7
0.8
1.5
5.6
12.8
43.4
1.2
3.5
35.2
2.1
2.9
72.6
51.3
1.5
5.5
1.5
4,655
1,907
922
218
196
192
480
+360
14Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
109
77
40.3
22.2
6.8
4.4
1.4
0.7
6.9
16.3
42.2
1.6
4.8
32.5
6.9
8.5
81.9
55.5
1.0
5.8
3.4
3,102
1,713
526
337
55
264
254
+143
15Bruce Bowen
B. Bowen
108
135
31.0
6.0
2.7
1.3
0.8
0.5
2.1
5.4
39.4
1.2
2.9
42.2
0.5
0.9
55.3
51.8
0.4
2.3
0.6
4,191
808
366
177
64
84
363
-31
16Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
101
61
40.8
25.7
5.3
5.9
1.7
1.0
8.9
18.9
47.4
0.6
1.8
32.7
7.3
9.1
80.1
56.3
1.3
4.0
4.2
2,487
1,570
321
360
59
254
192
+203
17Tayshaun Prince
T. Prince
101
118
37.4
12.5
5.6
2.8
0.9
0.7
4.8
11.0
43.5
0.8
2.3
35.0
2.1
2.7
78.5
51.3
1.8
3.8
1.4
4,410
1,476
665
333
81
170
218
+472
18LeBron James
L. James
98
60
43.8
29.4
8.3
7.3
1.6
0.8
9.7
21.6
45.2
1.5
4.8
30.1
8.4
11.3
74.4
55.3
1.4
6.9
3.7
2,629
1,761
496
436
48
223
147
+210
19Kenyon Martin
K. Martin
97
78
35.8
15.4
7.4
2.2
1.2
1.2
6.2
13.3
46.1
0.1
0.4
13.3
3.1
4.4
69.4
50.5
2.0
5.4
2.4
2,790
1,204
580
172
93
187
335
+145
20Shawn Marion
S. Marion
97
65
40.6
17.1
10.9
1.4
1.5
1.5
6.9
14.8
46.3
1.0
2.8
34.6
2.4
2.9
81.1
53.0
2.8
8.1
1.2
2,641
1,109
706
89
99
81
186
+88
21Michael Finley
M. Finley
96
111
34.2
13.6
4.0
2.0
0.9
0.3
4.9
11.7
42.0
1.8
4.5
39.1
2.0
2.3
86.5
53.6
0.7
3.3
1.1
3,799
1,510
445
225
32
124
213
-42
22Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
93
134
39.3
23.5
13.0
3.7
0.7
2.6
8.7
17.5
49.9
0.0
0.2
16.7
5.9
8.7
68.3
55.0
3.6
9.4
3.0
5,260
3,143
1,739
496
353
408
404
+507
23Lindsey Hunter
L. Hunter
92
135
12.2
3.0
1.2
1.3
0.7
0.1
1.1
3.6
29.8
0.4
1.7
24.0
0.4
0.5
81.4
38.9
0.2
1.0
0.6
1,650
403
162
173
17
80
221
-103
24Doug Christie
D. Christie
91
51
36.3
10.6
5.5
4.2
1.8
0.5
3.4
8.9
38.6
0.9
2.9
30.1
2.9
3.5
83.2
51.1
1.2
4.3
2.2
1,851
543
280
213
27
111
162
+65
25Mike Bibby
M. Bibby
90
69
38.5
16.4
3.6
5.2
1.3
0.3
5.7
13.7
41.8
1.6
4.0
39.1
3.4
4.1
82.5
52.9
0.7
2.8
2.3
2,659
1,131
245
356
19
158
175
-66
StatMuse has season-level data for steals going back to the 1974 playoffs.

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