most steals in the nba playoffs since 2017

Since 2016-17, Jimmy Butler III has gotten the most steals in the playoffs, with 167 steals.

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most steals by a player in the NBA playoffs since 2017
NAMESTLGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
167
98
37.7
22.9
6.7
5.4
1.7
0.6
7.7
16.6
46.5
1.1
3.3
32.9
6.3
7.6
83.0
57.3
2.0
4.6
1.9
3,690
2,242
652
527
56
189
163
+41
2Draymond Green
D. Green
164
106
35.1
10.7
8.6
6.9
1.5
1.3
4.0
8.7
45.6
0.9
3.1
28.5
1.9
2.6
71.1
54.3
1.5
7.1
2.9
3,720
1,138
908
734
137
304
399
+619
3James Harden
J. Harden
160
96
38.0
24.9
5.7
7.9
1.7
0.7
7.7
18.1
42.5
3.0
8.9
33.6
6.5
7.5
87.1
58.2
0.8
5.0
3.8
3,646
2,388
549
757
67
366
282
+111
4Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
143
121
39.0
24.3
8.2
4.9
1.2
0.9
8.1
18.5
43.9
2.4
6.9
34.8
5.6
6.7
84.1
56.6
1.0
7.2
2.9
4,725
2,936
989
592
106
352
318
+489
5LeBron James
L. James
139
93
39.6
29.2
9.4
8.0
1.5
1.1
10.8
20.1
53.7
2.1
5.9
35.2
5.5
7.6
72.8
62.3
1.4
8.0
3.7
3,679
2,717
870
747
98
347
189
+308
6Stephen Curry
S. Curry
134
97
36.5
27.4
5.7
5.9
1.4
0.4
9.1
19.9
46.0
4.2
10.8
39.1
4.9
5.5
89.5
61.5
0.7
5.0
3.0
3,539
2,659
553
570
39
293
249
+706
7Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
134
135
33.5
19.3
5.7
2.6
1.0
0.4
7.2
15.0
48.2
1.9
5.5
35.4
2.9
4.0
72.7
57.6
1.1
4.6
2.4
4,524
2,608
771
346
56
323
380
+265
8Marcus Smart
M. Smart
133
98
33.6
12.9
4.4
5.1
1.4
0.5
4.3
10.8
39.6
2.0
5.9
33.6
2.4
3.2
77.0
53.2
1.0
3.4
2.4
3,289
1,266
431
501
45
233
275
+114
9Chris Paul
C. Paul
131
80
35.2
19.1
5.1
7.3
1.6
0.3
7.3
15.0
48.4
1.8
4.8
36.6
2.9
3.3
86.7
58.2
0.6
4.4
2.4
2,816
1,529
405
584
25
188
229
+155
10Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
129
71
38.2
28.6
8.4
4.5
1.8
0.7
9.9
19.3
51.3
2.1
5.4
38.6
6.7
7.6
88.0
63.2
1.9
6.5
2.6
2,714
2,033
599
318
50
182
155
+276
11Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
119
92
33.1
12.9
4.3
5.7
1.3
0.5
4.3
10.1
42.8
1.8
5.3
35.1
2.4
3.0
82.1
56.7
0.6
3.7
2.1
3,043
1,188
395
527
44
193
306
+223
12Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
116
94
38.3
27.4
12.3
7.6
1.2
0.9
10.4
19.8
52.5
1.8
4.5
38.8
4.9
5.9
82.6
61.2
3.0
9.3
3.3
3,600
2,580
1,159
712
82
311
314
+138
13Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
102
76
38.1
16.5
5.7
6.4
1.3
0.5
6.5
14.9
43.7
1.8
5.6
32.9
1.7
2.2
76.4
52.1
1.4
4.3
2.2
2,898
1,256
432
489
37
170
175
+351
14Al Horford
A. Horford
102
123
33.2
11.3
7.7
3.3
0.8
1.2
4.3
8.7
50.0
1.5
3.8
39.6
1.2
1.5
78.6
60.8
1.7
6.0
1.2
4,082
1,395
941
404
143
146
276
+290
15P.J. Tucker
P.J. Tucker
98
105
30.3
6.9
5.7
1.4
0.9
0.4
2.5
5.7
43.6
1.5
3.6
40.4
0.5
0.7
72.2
57.7
1.8
4.0
0.7
3,179
726
602
143
38
73
317
+276
16Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
89
55
39.2
30.9
9.2
7.8
1.6
0.5
10.8
23.3
46.1
3.3
9.5
34.7
6.0
8.2
73.7
57.3
0.7
8.5
4.2
2,156
1,697
504
427
26
232
150
+73
17Jamal Murray
J. Murray
89
79
39.2
23.7
4.9
6.0
1.1
0.4
8.8
19.4
45.7
2.6
6.8
38.3
3.5
3.8
90.4
56.4
0.9
4.0
2.5
3,100
1,876
386
474
30
200
166
+255
18Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
89
94
36.9
18.7
4.0
2.1
0.9
0.5
7.0
16.2
43.3
3.2
8.1
40.3
1.5
1.7
86.2
55.2
0.4
3.6
1.6
3,468
1,762
378
196
45
147
226
+421
19Jae Crowder
J. Crowder
87
98
29.6
10.6
5.3
1.9
0.9
0.5
3.5
8.9
39.6
1.9
5.7
33.9
1.6
2.1
77.7
54.1
0.6
4.7
0.8
2,904
1,039
522
187
47
81
262
-101
20Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
86
63
36.8
28.3
5.0
4.8
1.4
0.3
9.8
22.3
44.0
3.2
8.9
35.5
5.6
6.7
82.5
56.1
0.8
4.2
3.0
2,320
1,783
314
303
21
190
156
-9
21Danny Green
D. Green
86
90
25.6
7.1
3.2
1.2
1.0
0.7
2.5
6.8
36.7
1.7
5.0
34.7
0.4
0.6
73.6
50.7
0.9
2.3
0.9
2,306
640
286
108
59
77
189
+276
22Pascal Siakam
P. Siakam
86
93
33.7
18.1
6.6
3.2
0.9
0.6
7.1
14.5
49.0
1.0
3.3
30.9
2.9
4.0
71.9
55.7
1.6
5.0
1.3
3,132
1,684
610
294
56
124
266
+220
23Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
82
78
36.4
28.2
12.6
5.5
1.1
1.3
10.6
19.6
54.0
0.8
3.1
26.1
6.2
10.1
62.1
58.7
2.5
10.1
3.5
2,840
2,201
980
430
101
272
253
+291
24Khris Middleton
K. Middleton
82
74
37.5
21.0
6.7
5.0
1.1
0.2
7.5
16.9
44.6
2.5
6.3
39.4
3.5
4.0
86.3
56.4
0.8
5.9
2.8
2,772
1,555
499
371
12
206
236
+328
25Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
80
84
23.7
6.5
3.5
2.7
1.0
0.6
2.5
5.2
48.1
0.8
2.5
32.7
0.7
1.3
56.1
56.6
0.8
2.8
0.9
1,991
548
297
223
54
74
164
+225
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2
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11
.703
4.5
3
25
12
.676
5.5
4
23
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.657
6.5
5
24
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.649
6.5
6
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.647
7.0
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8.5
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