John Stockton has gotten the most career steals, with 3,265 steals.

NAME	STL	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
John Stockton	3,265	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	2.8	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
Jason Kidd	2,684	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	2.9	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
Chris Paul	2,614	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	2.3	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	43,316	22,288	5,682	11,894	200	2,964	3,034	+6111
Michael Jordan	2,514	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
Gary Payton	2,445	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
Maurice Cheeks	2,310	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	2.1	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	294	2,268	2,258
Scottie Pippen	2,307	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	2.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
LeBron James	2,275	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	40,474	11,185	11,009	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Clyde Drexler	2,207	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	2.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	719	2,977	3,285	+434
Hakeem Olajuwon	2,162	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
Alvin Robertson	2,112	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	2.7	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	323	2,116	2,638
Karl Malone	2,085	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
Mookie Blaylock	2,075	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	2.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	300	2,067	1,687	+347
Allen Iverson	1,983	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	3.6	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	164	3,262	1,777	+799
Derek Harper	1,957	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	1.9	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	304	2,334	2,755	-353
Kobe Bryant	1,944	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
Isiah Thomas	1,861	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	3.8	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	249	3,682	2,971
Kevin Garnett	1,859	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
Russell Westbrook	1,849	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	25,211	8,307	9,468	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Andre Iguodala	1,765	1,231	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	1.4	0.5	1.8	4.1	8.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	33.0	2.3	3.2	70.9	39,507	13,968	6,047	5,147	633	2,240	2,180	+3024
Shawn Marion	1,759	1,163	34.5	15.2	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	1.5	6.3	12.9	48.4	0.7	2.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	81.0	40,097	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,233	1,750	2,535	+1971
Paul Pierce	1,752	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
Magic Johnson	1,724	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	374	3,506	2,050
Metta Sandiford-Artest	1,721	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	1.8	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
Ron Harper	1,716	1,009	30.9	13.8	4.3	3.9	1.7	0.7	2.2	5.3	11.8	44.6	0.5	1.8	28.9	2.7	3.8	72.0	31,199	13,910	4,309	3,916	729	2,251	2,324	+1199