Dudley Bradley has the most steals by a rookie, with 211 steals in 1979-80.

	NAME	STL	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	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	211	1979-80	IND	82	24.7	8.4	2.7	3.1	2.6	0.6	3.4	7.4	45.2	0.0	0.1	40.0	1.7	2.1	78.2	50.2	0.8	1.9	2.0	2,027	688	223	252	48	166	194
2	Ron Harper R. Harper	209	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	84	345	247
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	205	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	6	258	244
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	196	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	18	194	271	+298
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	196	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	69	291	285
6	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	192	1976-77	MIL	79	26.5	8.6	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	3.8	8.7	43.4				1.1	1.9	53.9	45.0	1.2	2.2		2,095	681	264	372	21		291
7	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	190	1993-94	ORL	82	36.8	16.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.6	2.3	26.7	3.0	4.0	74.2	53.1	2.3	3.0	3.6	3,015	1,313	439	544	51	292	205
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	187	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	41	305	218
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	175	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	6	183	218	-181
10	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	174	1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0				1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	12	193	198
11	Phil Ford P. Ford	174	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5				4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	6	323	245
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	165	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,244	588	243	528	15	180	249
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	165	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	2,663	1,162	310	689	12	260	232
14	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	160	2008-09	MIA	82	32.0	10.0	2.8	4.9	2.0	0.1	3.4	8.1	42.0	1.4	3.8	36.7	1.8	2.4	76.7	54.8	0.5	2.3	2.0	2,626	818	228	403	8	165	240	+30
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	157	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	24	337	233	-439
16	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	157	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	35	127	165	-266
17	Ron Lee R. Lee	156	1976-77	PHX	82	22.5	10.2	3.6	3.2	1.9	0.4	4.2	9.6	44.1				1.7	2.6	67.6	47.6	1.2	2.4		1,849	836	299	263	33		276
18	Mark Macon M. Macon	154	1991-92	DEN	76	30.3	10.6	2.9	2.2	2.0	0.2	4.4	11.7	37.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	1.8	2.4	73.0	41.5	1.1	1.8	2.0	2,304	805	220	168	14	155	242
19	Fat Lever F. Lever	153	1982-83	POR	81	24.9	7.8	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	3.2	7.3	43.1	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.4	2.0	73.0	47.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	2,020	633	225	426	15	137	179
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	152	2009-10	GSW	80	36.2	17.5	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	6.6	14.3	46.2	2.1	4.8	43.7	2.2	2.5	88.5	56.8	0.6	3.9	3.0	2,896	1,399	356	472	19	243	252	-186
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	151	1994-95	DAL	79	33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	0.9	3.3	27.2	2.4	3.5	69.8	47.1	1.9	3.5	3.2	2,668	922	430	607	24	250	146
22	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	150	1988-89	SAS	81	33.8	18.6	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.8	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,738	1,508	417	372	62	261	295
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	150	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	17	299	253
24	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	145	1989-90	MIA	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	49.4	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,470	1,155	206	619	10	246	187
25	Gary Grant G. Grant	144	1988-89	LAC	71	27.1	11.9	3.4	7.1	2.0	0.1	5.1	11.7	43.5	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.7	2.3	73.5	46.9	1.1	2.2	3.6	1,924	846	238	506	9	258	170