most steals in the playoffs in a season by player age 27

Larry Bird has gotten the most steals by a 27-year-old player in a single NBA playoff run, with 54 steals in 1983-84.

	NAME	STL	Age	SEASON	TM	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	54	27	1983-84	BOS	23	41.8	27.5	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	10.0	19.0	52.4	0.3	0.7	41.2	7.3	8.3	87.9	60.7	2.7	8.3	3.8	961	632	252	136	27	87	71
2	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	53	27	1989-90	POR	21	40.6	21.4	7.2	7.1	2.5	0.9	8.2	18.6	44.1	0.4	2.0	22.0	4.6	5.9	77.4	50.5	3.0	4.2	3.2	853	449	151	150	18	67	72
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	27	2015-16	OKC	18	37.4	26.0	6.9	11.0	2.6	0.1	8.8	21.8	40.5	1.9	5.8	32.4	6.4	7.8	82.9	51.5	2.3	4.6	4.3	674	468	124	198	2	78	43	+119
4	LeBron James L. James	43	27	2011-12	MIA	23	42.7	30.3	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	10.9	21.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	25.9	7.5	10.2	73.9	57.6	2.3	7.4	3.5	983	697	224	129	16	81	47	+199
5	Draymond Green D. Green	41	27	2017-18	GSW	21	39.0	10.8	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	4.0	9.1	43.2	1.0	3.8	26.6	1.9	2.3	79.6	52.9	2.0	8.6	3.0	818	226	222	171	31	63	75	+183
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	41	27	1992-93	CHI	19	41.5	20.1	6.9	5.6	2.2	0.7	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.2	0.9	17.6	3.9	6.1	63.8	50.4	1.9	5.0	3.7	789	381	132	107	13	71	62
7	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	40	27	2018-19	TOR	24	39.1	30.5	9.1	3.9	1.7	0.7	10.1	20.7	49.0	2.3	6.0	37.9	8.0	9.0	88.4	61.9	2.3	6.8	3.1	939	732	218	94	17	74	56	+156
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	27	1990-91	CHI	17	40.5	31.1	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	11.6	22.1	52.4	0.6	1.5	38.5	7.4	8.7	84.5	60.0	1.1	5.3	2.5	689	529	108	142	23	43	53
9	Gar Heard G. Heard	39	27	1975-76	PHX	19	37.9	13.9	10.4	1.7	2.1	1.9	5.5	12.5	44.1				2.9	4.3	67.9	48.4	2.8	7.6		721	265	197	33	37		56
10	Shawn Marion S. Marion	37	27	2005-06	PHX	20	42.5	20.4	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	8.2	16.7	48.9	1.1	3.5	31.4	3.0	3.4	88.1	56.1	2.9	8.8	1.1	849	407	233	31	23	22	65	+46
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	37	27	1995-96	SEA	21	43.4	20.7	5.1	6.8	1.8	0.3	7.7	15.9	48.5	2.0	4.8	41.0	3.3	5.2	63.3	56.8	0.9	4.2	3.0	911	434	108	143	7	62	69
12	OG Anunoby	36	27	2024-25	NYK	18	39.2	16.3	4.6	1.3	2.0	1.2	5.7	13.7	41.7	2.3	6.7	33.9	2.6	3.2	81.0	53.9	1.3	3.3	1.7	705	294	83	24	22	30	49	-36
13	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	34	27	1989-90	POR	21	39.6	20.7	8.3	2.1	1.6	1.0	7.9	17.2	46.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.9	6.9	71.5	51.3	3.1	5.1	2.1	831	435	174	45	20	45	87
14	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	33	27	1994-95	ORL	21	38.8	14.2	4.8	3.1	1.6	0.5	5.1	11.4	44.8	2.0	5.1	38.3	2.0	3.0	68.3	55.9	1.0	3.8	1.4	814	298	100	65	10	30	49
15	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	33	27	1992-93	PHX	24	44.6	15.4	5.8	3.7	1.4	1.2	5.6	13.0	43.1	2.3	5.7	39.4	2.0	2.9	69.6	54.2	1.2	4.6	1.3	1,071	370	140	88	28	32	57
16	Baron Davis B. Davis	32	27	2006-07	GSW	11	40.5	25.3	4.5	6.5	2.9	0.6	8.9	17.4	51.3	2.3	6.1	37.3	5.2	6.7	77.0	62.2	1.0	3.5	2.9	445	278	50	72	7	32	46	+44
17	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	32	27	2001-02	NJN	20	29.0	12.1	3.2	2.3	1.6	0.5	4.7	10.8	43.5	0.9	3.4	26.5	1.8	2.3	77.8	51.1	1.0	2.2	0.9	580	241	63	45	9	17	37	-25
18	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	31	27	2003-04	DET	23	38.3	16.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	4.8	12.4	38.5	1.6	4.7	34.6	5.3	5.9	89.0	54.6	0.6	2.4	2.6	881	378	70	136	2	60	57	+139
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	31	27	1986-87	LAL	18	37.0	21.8	7.7	12.2	1.7	0.4	8.1	15.1	53.9	0.1	0.6	20.0	5.4	6.6	83.1	60.7	1.6	6.2	2.8	666	392	139	219	7	51	37
20	Thabo Sefolosha T. Sefolosha	30	27	2011-12	OKC	20	22.3	5.3	2.7	1.3	1.5	0.5	2.1	5.1	40.2	0.8	2.5	32.7	0.4	0.5	88.9	50.0	0.6	2.1	0.6	446	106	53	26	9	11	44	-6
21	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	29	27	2002-03	PHI	12	46.4	31.7	4.3	7.4	2.4	0.1	11.4	27.4	41.6	1.6	4.6	34.5	7.3	9.8	73.7	49.9	0.9	3.4	3.9	557	380	52	89	1	47	25	+4
22	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	28	27	2004-05	SAS	23	33.6	20.8	5.8	4.2	1.2	0.3	6.3	12.4	50.7	1.8	4.2	43.8	6.4	8.0	79.5	65.2	0.8	5.0	2.9	772	479	133	97	6	66	69	+166
23	Eric Snow E. Snow	27	27	2000-01	PHI	23	31.2	9.3	3.7	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.8	9.1	41.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.4	72.7	45.7	1.1	2.6	2.0	717	214	86	104	2	45	63	+37
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	27	27	1988-89	DET	17	37.2	18.2	4.3	8.3	1.6	0.2	6.8	16.4	41.2	0.5	1.8	26.7	4.2	5.6	74.0	48.1	1.4	2.9	2.5	633	309	73	141	4	43	39
25	Marcus Smart M. Smart	26	27	2021-22	BOS	21	36.2	15.4	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	5.4	13.3	40.5	2.3	6.5	35.0	2.4	3.0	80.6	52.9	1.0	3.6	2.5	760	324	95	123	5	52	71	+32

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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
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