most steals made by a small forward in a finals series

LeBron James has the most steals by a small forward in an NBA Finals in 2015-16, with 18 steals.

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Data note: Steals: player game data complete from 1973-74 · postseason

	NAME	STL	SEASON	SERIES	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	LeBron James L. James	18	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	16	31	16	+26
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	16	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	2	16	17
3	Julius Erving J. Erving	16	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	6	41.3	30.3	6.8	5.0	2.7	1.2	11.7	21.5	54.3				7.0	8.2	85.7	60.4	1.7	5.2		248	182	41	30	7		17
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	305	192	98	25	8	25	24
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	14	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	7	36.5	14.6	11.1	0.9	2.0	0.4	5.9	11.4	51.2	1.1	3.3	34.8	1.7	2.4	70.6	58.3	3.0	8.1	1.0	255	102	78	6	3	7	16	+12
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	14	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.3	15.7	8.2	5.3	2.3	1.3	5.7	16.5	34.3	1.5	6.5	23.1	2.8	4.0	70.8	42.9	3.3	4.8	1.8	248	94	49	32	8	11	22
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	7.0	2.3	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	3	19	16
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	14	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	3.5	0.8	11.0	24.8	44.4				7.5	8.0	93.8	52.2	1.0	3.0		172	118	16	20	3		12
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	13	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.0	26.2	8.3	9.8	2.2	0.8	8.8	16.0	55.2	0.7	2.2	30.8	7.8	8.8	88.7	65.8	2.5	5.8	3.0	258	157	50	59	5	18	8	-21
10	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	13	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.1	26.4	7.7	4.7	1.9	0.0	10.3	24.0	42.9				5.9	6.7	87.2	49.0	1.6	6.1		330	185	54	33	0		22
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	12	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	28.5	9.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	243	171	59	25	7	18	15	+15
12	Robert Horry R. Horry	12	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	46.8	17.8	10.0	3.8	3.0	2.3	5.8	13.3	43.4	2.8	7.3	37.9	3.5	5.3	66.7	57.0	2.3	7.8	1.3	187	71	40	15	9	5	9
13	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	12	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	44.3	21.2	9.2	7.7	2.0	1.0	9.0	20.5	43.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.2	5.8	54.3	45.9	2.7	6.5	4.3	266	127	55	46	6	26	19
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	12	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	43.6	20.8	9.4	6.6	2.4	1.0	7.8	17.2	45.3	0.2	1.0	20.0	5.0	5.8	86.2	52.7	3.0	6.4	4.0	218	104	47	33	5	20	22
15	Robert Reid R. Reid	12	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.7	14.7	7.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	6.0	16.0	37.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.8	69.6	41.5	3.8	3.7	2.0	244	88	45	19	5	12	24
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	12	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	40.7	25.5	7.0	5.0	2.0	2.3	9.8	18.8	52.2	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.7	8.0	70.8	57.0	1.8	5.2	2.8	244	153	42	30	14	17	16
17	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	11	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	31.4	8.1	4.6	0.7	1.6	0.4	2.7	6.4	42.2	2.4	5.4	44.7	0.3	0.6	50.0	60.9	1.6	3.0	0.4	220	57	32	5	3	3	25	-4
18	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	11	1991-92	NBA Finals	POR	6	38.0	14.8	8.7	3.3	1.8	0.2	6.5	13.5	48.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8	2.5	73.3	50.8	4.3	4.3	4.0	228	89	52	20	1	24	25
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.2	23.8	8.8	5.0	1.8	0.7	8.8	19.7	44.9	0.5	1.5	33.3	5.7	6.7	85.0	52.7	2.7	6.2	2.2	241	143	53	30	4	13	14
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	11	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	38.3	25.0	8.2	3.3	1.8	1.3	9.5	17.5	54.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	6.0	8.3	72.0	59.1	3.2	5.0	3.2	230	150	49	20	8	19	12
21	Bob Gross B. Gross	11	1976-77	NBA Finals	POR	6	27.7	17.3	5.7	3.5	1.8	0.3	7.7	11.5	66.7				2.0	2.3	85.7	69.2	3.3	2.3		166	104	34	21	2		26
22	Steve Mix S. Mix	11	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	6	18.7	6.5	2.8	2.2	1.8	0.2	2.7	5.5	48.5				1.2	1.5	77.8	52.8	1.0	1.8		112	39	17	13	1		13
23	Jae Crowder J. Crowder	10	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	6	37.2	11.7	8.5	1.7	1.7	1.0	3.5	8.5	41.2	2.7	6.5	41.0	2.0	2.3	85.7	61.2	0.7	7.8	1.2	223	70	51	10	6	7	20	+10
24	Danny Green D. Green	10	2013-14	NBA Finals	SAS	5	21.1	9.2	2.0	1.2	2.0	0.4	3.4	6.4	53.1	1.8	4.0	45.0	0.6	0.8	75.0	68.1	0.4	1.6	1.2	106	46	10	6	2	6	14	+5
25	LeBron James L. James	10	2010-11	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.6	17.8	7.2	6.8	1.7	0.5	7.2	15.0	47.8	1.5	4.7	32.1	2.0	3.3	60.0	54.1	1.0	6.2	4.0	262	107	43	41	3	24	20	-36

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14	Kings	1	7	.125	5.5
15	Jazz	1	7	.125	5.5