Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Allen Iverson got the most steals in a decade, with 1,521 steals in the 2000s.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player scored in the 2000s decade

	NAME	STL	DECADE	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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,521	2000s	682	41.8	28.1	3.6	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.7	22.9	42.4	1.1	3.6	31.1	7.5	9.5	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	28,534	19,154	2,471	4,227	106	2,450	1,198	+1187
2	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1,472	2000s	760	37.3	14.0	7.0	9.2	1.9	0.3	5.0	12.3	40.2	1.5	4.2	34.8	2.6	3.3	81.1	50.9	1.3	5.7	3.1	28,311	10,649	5,327	7,029	236	2,331	1,438	+2576
3	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,363	2000s	745	37.6	17.8	9.9	2.0	1.8	1.3	7.2	14.9	48.1	0.9	2.7	33.7	2.5	3.1	82.0	54.6	2.6	7.3	1.6	28,020	13,254	7,384	1,511	975	1,192	1,869	+2061
4	Baron Davis B. Davis	1,292	2000s	673	35.4	16.9	4.0	7.3	1.9	0.4	6.1	14.9	40.9	1.7	5.3	32.3	2.9	4.2	69.7	50.2	1.0	3.0	2.8	23,825	11,364	2,705	4,901	286	1,875	1,947	+1028
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,246	2000s	748	39.4	28.2	5.9	5.2	1.7	0.6	9.8	21.5	45.7	1.4	4.1	34.2	7.2	8.5	84.4	55.9	1.3	4.6	3.1	29,476	21,065	4,381	3,921	431	2,326	2,092	+3470
6	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,244	2000s	604	34.8	16.1	5.1	3.2	2.1	0.6	5.7	13.6	42.2	1.2	3.5	34.2	3.5	4.8	72.3	51.3	1.2	3.9	2.3	21,037	9,722	3,092	1,915	375	1,372	1,776	+923
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,183	2000s	765	37.8	23.3	6.3	4.0	1.5	0.6	7.6	17.1	44.3	1.7	4.6	36.3	6.4	8.0	80.1	56.3	1.0	5.3	3.1	28,893	17,812	4,798	3,068	480	2,376	2,201	+1925
8	Andre Miller A. Miller	1,121	2000s	815	34.9	14.6	4.2	7.4	1.4	0.2	5.4	11.7	46.0	0.1	0.7	21.0	3.7	4.6	80.2	53.2	1.2	3.0	2.7	28,462	11,896	3,434	6,020	171	2,200	2,026	-64
9	Jason Terry J. Terry	1,063	2000s	800	33.9	16.2	2.9	4.9	1.3	0.2	6.0	13.3	45.0	1.7	4.5	38.3	2.5	3.0	84.2	55.5	0.5	2.4	2.1	27,158	12,964	2,282	3,902	162	1,699	1,714	+898
10	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,063	2000s	756	33.5	6.8	11.2	1.6	1.4	2.3	2.8	5.9	46.7	0.0	0.1	11.6	1.2	2.9	42.5	47.0	3.6	7.7	1.1	25,340	5,114	8,500	1,179	1,775	837	1,552	+2284
11	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,037	2000s	769	38.2	21.6	12.1	4.7	1.3	1.6	8.5	17.1	49.9	0.2	0.7	28.6	4.4	5.6	79.4	55.4	2.6	9.4	2.6	29,345	16,638	9,288	3,603	1,206	2,003	1,882	+3322
12	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	994	2000s	623	32.3	15.0	4.3	3.3	1.6	0.4	5.5	13.4	40.9	0.8	2.4	31.5	3.3	4.3	75.6	49.0	1.0	3.3	2.2	20,151	9,364	2,703	2,069	226	1,399	1,468	-1109
13	Brevin Knight B. Knight	963	2000s	610	23.8	7.0	2.3	5.8	1.6	0.1	2.7	6.5	40.7	0.0	0.2	15.0	1.6	2.0	79.2	46.8	0.3	2.0	1.8	14,507	4,246	1,401	3,523	62	1,068	1,470	-1424
14	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	956	2000s	752	36.1	16.6	3.4	6.0	1.3	0.2	6.1	13.9	44.0	1.6	4.2	37.8	2.8	3.5	80.8	53.9	0.6	2.8	2.4	27,167	12,515	2,529	4,537	129	1,777	1,432	+620
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	938	2000s	671	37.5	24.4	6.3	5.2	1.4	0.9	8.9	20.3	43.5	1.5	4.4	34.0	5.2	6.9	75.0	52.2	1.5	4.8	2.5	25,177	16,380	4,230	3,489	617	1,684	1,305	+1523
16	Vince Carter V. Carter	914	2000s	727	37.8	23.9	5.4	4.4	1.3	0.7	8.7	19.5	44.6	1.6	4.3	37.8	4.8	6.1	79.9	53.8	1.6	3.9	2.4	27,511	17,341	3,960	3,166	525	1,741	2,211	+731
17	Ray Allen R. Allen	901	2000s	728	37.9	22.1	4.4	3.8	1.2	0.2	7.7	17.1	45.2	2.7	6.7	40.3	4.0	4.4	90.0	58.2	1.1	3.4	2.3	27,561	16,101	3,238	2,801	143	1,674	1,623	+2189
18	Darrell Armstrong D. Armstrong	899	2000s	659	24.5	9.3	2.8	4.0	1.4	0.1	3.2	7.9	40.7	1.2	3.5	33.2	1.7	1.9	86.8	52.9	0.8	2.1	1.8	16,118	6,117	1,851	2,640	80	1,180	1,091	+387
19	Eddie Jones E. Jones	886	2000s	610	34.1	14.5	4.2	2.8	1.5	0.5	5.0	11.8	42.3	1.7	4.5	37.1	2.9	3.5	83.0	54.6	0.7	3.5	1.5	20,824	8,862	2,553	1,736	332	925	1,628	+1420
20	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	880	2000s	757	35.3	17.3	5.9	1.9	1.2	0.6	6.3	13.7	45.8	1.9	4.8	39.2	2.9	3.6	80.9	56.8	1.6	4.3	1.7	26,711	13,081	4,460	1,448	450	1,262	1,866	+1459
21	Doug Christie D. Christie	868	2000s	463	33.0	10.4	4.1	4.1	1.9	0.5	3.6	8.4	43.2	0.9	2.5	35.8	2.2	2.6	85.8	54.4	0.9	3.2	1.9	15,283	4,834	1,886	1,894	211	876	1,099	+1774
22	James Posey J. Posey	851	2000s	738	28.0	9.2	4.9	1.7	1.2	0.4	3.1	7.5	41.6	1.2	3.4	35.3	1.8	2.2	82.0	54.6	1.0	3.9	1.2	20,690	6,780	3,585	1,262	273	906	2,023	+87
23	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	846	2000s	734	28.4	10.2	2.3	3.3	1.2	0.1	3.6	8.8	40.3	1.2	3.1	37.7	1.9	2.3	83.2	52.0	0.4	1.9	1.2	20,872	7,511	1,675	2,396	60	906	1,653	+2346
24	Steve Francis S. Francis	846	2000s	576	37.6	18.1	5.6	6.0	1.5	0.4	6.2	14.4	42.9	1.0	2.9	34.1	4.8	6.1	79.7	53.3	1.7	3.9	3.5	21,632	10,446	3,215	3,473	223	2,030	1,813	+51
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	842	2000s	631	35.4	16.3	4.1	6.6	1.3	0.2	6.4	14.2	45.4	1.0	2.9	32.4	2.5	3.3	74.8	52.1	0.8	3.3	2.1	22,352	10,310	2,563	4,150	134	1,296	1,298	+656