most steals in playoffs houston history

Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most career steals for the Rockets in the playoffs, with 238 steals.

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most steals by a player in playoffs houston history
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
238
140
40.5
26.6
11.4
3.3
1.7
3.3
10.7
20.2
52.8
0.0
0.1
22.2
5.3
7.3
71.9
56.9
3.3
8.1
3.0
5,663
3,727
1,602
456
468
418
553
-22
2James Harden
J. Harden
165
85
38.1
28.4
5.7
7.1
1.9
0.6
8.6
20.4
42.1
3.0
9.3
32.4
8.2
9.4
87.1
57.8
0.8
4.8
4.4
3,235
2,416
482
602
51
371
274
+71
3Robert Horry
R. Horry
106
65
35.4
12.1
6.4
3.4
1.6
1.2
4.2
9.6
43.9
1.7
4.3
38.3
2.0
2.8
70.9
55.6
1.7
4.7
1.5
2,301
785
415
220
75
95
196
4Robert Reid
R. Reid
105
72
37.5
14.2
5.3
4.6
1.5
0.6
5.9
13.5
43.8
0.1
0.7
15.4
2.2
3.0
72.4
47.6
1.5
3.8
2.0
2,699
1,019
383
333
41
146
270
5Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
88
51
38.2
18.6
6.5
4.9
1.7
0.6
6.5
14.7
44.1
1.6
5.1
31.4
4.0
5.2
77.7
54.8
1.8
4.7
2.2
1,946
948
332
251
29
114
157
+52
6Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
79
51
32.5
18.5
1.5
4.2
1.5
0.1
7.6
16.0
47.5
0.1
0.5
28.6
3.2
3.5
93.2
52.8
0.6
0.9
2.1
1,660
945
78
213
4
64
197
7Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
76
50
36.6
10.5
5.0
1.9
1.5
0.1
3.6
9.3
38.7
1.8
5.5
32.2
1.5
1.8
84.6
52.1
0.8
4.2
1.1
1,831
524
251
93
7
54
136
-33
8Allen Leavell
A. Leavell
58
63
17.0
6.4
1.3
3.2
0.9
0.1
2.2
6.0
36.6
0.2
0.7
29.5
1.8
2.1
86.3
46.2
0.3
1.0
1.2
1,072
402
80
203
8
74
109
9Chris Paul
C. Paul
54
26
35.2
19.4
6.1
5.7
2.1
0.4
7.1
15.6
45.4
2.1
6.2
33.3
3.2
3.8
83.7
56.2
0.9
5.2
2.5
914
504
159
147
11
65
83
+80
10Kenny Smith
K. Smith
54
68
30.0
11.5
2.2
4.5
0.8
0.1
3.9
8.6
45.7
1.7
3.8
44.8
1.9
2.2
84.7
59.8
0.3
1.8
1.5
2,043
780
147
305
9
104
123
11Mario Elie
M. Elie
52
74
26.8
8.5
2.6
2.3
0.7
0.1
2.8
6.1
45.6
1.0
2.6
38.9
1.9
2.4
82.8
59.6
0.8
1.9
1.1
1,981
630
193
173
11
82
164
-15
12Sam Cassell
S. Cassell
48
52
22.5
10.3
2.3
4.2
0.9
0.2
3.1
7.9
39.8
0.9
2.6
36.6
3.0
3.6
84.0
54.1
0.5
1.7
1.9
1,169
533
118
216
8
98
148
13P.J. Tucker
P.J. Tucker
43
40
35.2
9.3
7.0
1.5
1.1
0.6
3.2
7.1
44.7
2.2
5.0
43.2
0.8
1.0
75.6
61.4
1.6
5.4
0.9
1,409
371
279
59
24
34
128
+186
14Vernon Maxwell
V. Maxwell
38
40
36.9
14.6
3.2
3.9
1.0
0.1
5.5
14.4
38.1
1.8
6.0
30.5
1.8
2.6
69.6
46.9
0.5
2.6
2.0
1,476
582
126
155
5
80
93
15Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
35
51
33.9
15.8
2.9
2.0
0.7
0.6
5.4
13.1
41.0
2.7
7.5
35.6
2.4
2.9
83.7
55.1
0.5
2.4
1.7
1,727
808
148
100
32
89
97
-1
16Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
34
35
36.1
19.7
11.0
3.1
1.0
1.6
7.8
15.6
50.1
0.1
0.1
75.0
4.0
5.7
70.7
54.5
3.4
7.7
3.4
1,264
691
386
108
55
119
149
17Rodney McCray
R. McCray
33
39
41.3
12.8
6.6
5.2
0.8
0.8
5.0
9.4
53.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
2.8
3.8
74.1
57.9
2.0
4.6
2.1
1,611
501
258
201
32
83
95
18Moses Malone
M. Malone
33
45
43.6
24.2
15.5
1.4
0.7
1.8
9.1
18.7
48.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.0
8.3
72.3
54.2
6.8
8.7
2.9
1,962
1,089
697
61
81
95
127
19Shane Battier
S. Battier
32
26
39.0
9.1
4.0
1.9
1.2
0.8
2.9
6.8
42.9
1.8
4.7
39.3
1.4
1.6
88.1
60.6
1.2
2.8
1.2
1,014
237
105
49
21
31
72
-72
20Clint Capela
C. Capela
31
65
20.4
7.8
7.3
0.9
0.5
1.4
3.3
5.5
60.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.5
50.3
59.6
2.4
4.9
0.7
1,329
510
475
58
88
46
117
-65
21Dwight Howard
D. Howard
31
28
35.2
17.9
13.9
1.4
1.1
2.3
6.8
12.0
56.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.4
9.5
45.7
55.1
4.1
9.8
2.4
985
500
390
39
63
68
106
-80
22Otis Thorpe
O. Thorpe
31
46
37.1
13.6
8.9
2.4
0.7
0.3
5.6
9.3
59.9
0.0
0.0
50.0
2.4
3.8
63.4
61.9
2.8
6.0
1.8
1,705
626
409
112
12
84
158
23Robert Covington
R. Covington
30
12
31.6
11.2
5.0
1.3
2.5
1.1
3.9
7.9
49.5
2.8
5.7
50.0
0.5
0.6
85.7
68.3
0.7
4.3
1.0
379
134
60
16
13
12
45
-32
24Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
30
24
35.4
17.3
11.2
3.0
1.3
0.4
5.6
12.0
46.4
0.5
2.0
27.7
5.6
7.7
73.0
56.2
3.4
7.8
2.4
849
416
268
73
9
57
76
+1
25John Lucas
J. Lucas
30
17
34.2
14.4
3.2
6.5
1.8
0.2
5.9
12.9
46.1
0.4
2.8
14.3
2.4
3.3
71.4
50.1
0.6
2.5
1.4
582
244
54
110
4
7
47
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