Alvin Robertson got the most steals by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 1,946 steals.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player scored in first 9 seasons

	NAME	STL	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	1,946	702	31.6	14.5	5.3	5.1	2.8	0.4	5.9	12.3	47.8	0.3	0.9	30.0	2.4	3.3	74.8	52.7	2.2	3.2	2.8	22,191	10,164	3,724	3,606	287	1,933	2,370
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,832	734	31.6	13.1	2.5	11.4	2.5	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.0	0.4	1.2	35.8	3.4	4.1	82.4	60.0	0.6	1.9	3.0	23,179	9,634	1,870	8,352	142	2,174	2,066
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,815	667	38.7	32.3	6.3	5.9	2.7	1.0	12.1	23.5	51.6	0.4	1.4	30.1	7.6	9.0	84.6	58.9	1.7	4.6	3.0	25,842	21,541	4,219	3,935	684	2,006	1,944
4	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	1,670	703	33.3	12.1	3.0	7.1	2.4	0.3	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.1	0.2	28.8	2.3	2.9	78.7	58.4	0.7	2.3	2.4	23,414	8,519	2,102	5,023	233	1,694	1,704
5	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	1,643	664	35.9	14.5	4.3	7.0	2.5	0.4	5.7	13.7	41.5	1.5	4.5	33.9	1.6	2.2	74.0	49.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	23,853	9,621	2,841	4,629	245	1,644	1,350	+1000
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	1,603	704	35.2	16.3	3.8	6.8	2.3	0.2	6.6	13.8	47.7	0.8	2.4	30.9	2.4	3.4	71.2	53.3	1.3	2.6	2.5	24,765	11,503	2,706	4,816	151	1,734	1,919	+1272
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1,538	707	35.5	17.7	6.9	5.3	2.2	1.0	7.0	14.5	48.6	0.6	1.9	31.7	3.0	4.3	68.7	53.9	2.1	4.9	2.9	25,110	12,490	4,900	3,723	677	2,049	2,167
8	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1,528	709	33.9	21.0	6.1	5.8	2.2	0.7	8.1	16.6	48.9	0.4	1.3	29.3	4.3	5.5	78.3	55.0	2.6	3.5	2.9	24,063	14,857	4,351	4,114	501	2,030	2,221
9	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,525	715	32.0	18.1	2.8	5.6	2.1	0.4	7.4	16.0	46.5	0.2	0.8	22.8	3.1	4.1	75.9	50.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	22,880	12,919	2,016	4,005	271	1,432	1,471
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,485	617	36.4	18.6	4.4	9.9	2.4	0.1	6.5	13.8	47.2	1.0	2.8	35.7	4.6	5.3	85.7	57.5	0.7	3.7	2.4	22,448	11,496	2,694	6,112	54	1,493	1,521	+2152
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,477	716	36.7	20.0	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.0	0.4	1.3	28.3	4.3	5.7	76.2	52.2	1.0	2.7	3.9	26,269	14,354	2,680	6,985	200	2,759	2,311
12	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	1,463	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	2.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	3,899	206	1,854	1,859
13	Fat Lever F. Lever	1,461	640	32.8	14.9	6.4	6.8	2.3	0.3	6.1	13.4	45.2	0.2	0.6	30.0	2.6	3.3	77.2	50.0	2.0	4.3	2.1	20,983	9,531	4,079	4,376	182	1,347	1,575
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,453	610	41.5	27.4	4.1	6.0	2.4	0.2	9.6	23.1	41.8	1.3	4.2	30.9	6.9	8.9	76.9	50.8	1.0	3.1	3.8	25,338	16,738	2,474	3,642	121	2,291	1,318	+538
15	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,380	653	37.6	14.7	6.4	9.4	2.1	0.3	5.3	13.1	40.4	1.1	3.5	32.5	3.0	3.9	77.6	49.8	1.6	4.8	3.4	24,570	9,630	4,157	6,120	211	2,225	1,247	+1885
16	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1,377	686	26.4	6.2	4.2	6.6	2.0	0.5	2.4	5.4	44.8	0.3	0.9	33.1	1.0	1.6	64.7	50.7	1.2	2.9	2.0	18,124	4,227	2,854	4,501	328	1,367	2,146
17	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,347	738	34.3	18.1	3.7	5.0	1.8	0.1	7.4	15.7	47.1	0.1	0.4	15.2	3.3	4.1	79.5	51.6	1.1	2.6	2.6	25,341	13,363	2,742	3,670	57	1,060	1,968
18	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,334	707	32.2	14.7	2.7	6.2	1.9	0.3	5.8	12.0	48.0	0.7	2.1	34.0	2.4	3.3	75.0	54.6	0.7	2.0	2.0	22,774	10,393	1,917	4,358	239	1,449	1,677
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,326	639	36.8	19.1	7.3	11.0	2.1	0.5	7.0	13.2	53.3	0.1	0.5	19.2	5.0	6.1	82.3	60.4	1.9	5.4	3.9	23,531	12,213	4,696	7,037	288	2,488	1,513
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,320	676	37.1	23.2	12.6	2.4	2.0	3.6	9.2	17.9	51.5	0.0	0.1	5.3	4.9	6.9	70.4	55.6	4.1	8.5	3.1	25,054	15,715	8,509	1,593	2,444	2,114	2,665
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,319	702	34.6	22.8	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	4.5	3.1	24,285	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,117	1,951	1,953
22	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	1,297	687	23.0	8.5	2.8	4.4	1.9	0.1	3.6	7.9	46.0	0.0	0.1	18.9	1.2	1.8	65.6	48.7	0.9	1.9	2.2	15,826	5,812	1,918	3,028	77	1,327	2,017
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,294	711	38.5	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.7	5.3	87.9	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,371	17,783	7,282	4,367	598	2,250	1,888
24	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,287	731	34.9	17.0	3.8	3.2	1.8	0.3	5.8	12.4	46.6	1.3	3.3	39.9	4.1	4.7	86.8	58.7	0.9	2.9	2.1	25,490	12,429	2,764	2,310	243	1,527	1,609	+540
25	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	1,277	627	30.2	12.8	3.4	6.5	2.0	0.5	4.5	9.9	45.3	0.3	1.1	31.9	3.5	4.4	78.6	53.9	0.9	2.5	2.2	18,959	7,998	2,147	4,099	295	1,391	2,076