most total steals in first nba playoff run

Rick Barry had the most steals by a player in the playoffs in his first playoff, with 50 steals.

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most total steals by a player in first NBA playoff run

	NAME	STL	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Rick Barry R. Barry	50	17	726	479	94	103	15	189	426	44.4				101	110	91.8	50.5	22	72		51		42.7	28.2	5.5	6.1	2.9	0.9
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	49	16	658	293	168	151	6	103	199	51.8	2	8	25.0	85	106	80.2	59.6	52	116	65	47		41.1	18.3	10.5	9.4	3.1	0.4	4.1
3	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	47	19	682	328	52	85	5	134	321	41.7				60	88	68.2	45.6	13	39		74		35.9	17.3	2.7	4.5	2.5	0.3
4	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	45	26	831	266	107	172	8	107	263	40.7	5	20	25.0	47	68	69.1	45.4	39	68	47	74	+62	32.0	10.2	4.1	6.6	1.7	0.3	1.8
5	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	41	24	660	226	92	70	9	71	184	38.6	28	73	38.4	56	74	75.7	52.2	29	63	36	62	+191	27.5	9.4	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.5
6	Julius Erving J. Erving	41	19	758	518	122	85	23	204	390	52.3				110	134	82.1	57.7	41	81		45		39.9	27.3	6.4	4.5	2.2	1.2
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	37	9	330	169	35	63	4	66	121	54.5				37	56	66.1	58.0	13	22	29	29		36.7	18.8	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2
8	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	33	24	811	307	98	65	9	108	261	41.4	38	113	33.6	53	66	80.3	52.9	19	79	68	53	+47	33.8	12.8	4.1	2.7	1.4	0.4	2.8
9	Bob Gross B. Gross	32	19	583	268	112	80	15	110	186	59.1				48	54	88.9	63.9	49	63		84		30.7	14.1	5.9	4.2	1.7	0.8
10	Julian Champagnie J. Champagnie	30	23	705	258	131	36	12	87	196	44.4	61	154	39.6	23	30	76.7	61.7	21	110	13	51	+127	30.7	11.2	5.7	1.6	1.3	0.5	0.6
11	Devin Vassell D. Vassell	29	23	801	298	122	62	17	105	243	43.2	56	148	37.8	32	39	82.1	57.3	19	103	22	46	+141	34.8	13.0	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	1.0
12	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	29	18	598	253	75	52	5	97	249	39.0	47	143	32.9	12	17	70.6	49.3	11	64	27	50	+33	33.2	14.1	4.2	2.9	1.6	0.3	1.5
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	28	12	486	289	59	135	2	111	221	50.2	5	21	23.8	62	79	78.5	56.5	16	43	22	43	+57	40.5	24.1	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8
14	Caron Butler C. Butler	28	13	511	167	110	31	7	59	153	38.6	2	11	18.2	47	57	82.5	46.9	18	92	23	45	+12	39.3	12.8	8.5	2.4	2.2	0.5	1.8
15	Haywoode Workman H. Workman	28	16	511	128	51	112	1	45	131	34.4	6	21	28.6	32	38	84.2	43.3	11	40	38	40		31.9	8.0	3.2	7.0	1.8	0.1	2.4
16	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	28	9	396	227	33	101	7	90	185	48.6	17	48	35.4	30	38	78.9	56.3	5	28	25	22		44.0	25.2	3.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	2.8
17	Johnny Davis J. Davis	28	16	436	168	33	52	3	65	133	48.9				38	53	71.7	53.7	10	23		32		27.3	10.5	2.1	3.3	1.8	0.2
18	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	28	19	731	403	188	79	23	164	316	51.9				75	101	74.3	55.9	43	145		79		38.5	21.2	9.9	4.2	1.5	1.2
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	27	16	672	394	137	66	20	122	303	40.3	30	104	28.8	120	157	76.4	52.9	27	110	61	52	+63	42.0	24.6	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8
20	James Worthy J. Worthy	27	21	708	371	105	56	11	164	274	59.9	1	2	50.0	42	69	60.9	60.9	36	69	39	57		33.7	17.7	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9
21	Slick Watts S. Watts	27	9	282	100	33	64	4	43	93	46.2				14	26	53.8	47.9	10	23		30		31.3	11.1	3.7	7.1	3.0	0.4
22	Deron Williams D. Williams	26	17	657	327	73	146	4	122	270	45.2	19	57	33.3	64	81	79.0	53.5	9	64	68	49	+11	38.6	19.2	4.3	8.6	1.5	0.2	4.0
23	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	26	17	503	255	119	28	14	111	249	44.6				33	47	70.2	47.3	30	89		53		29.6	15.0	7.0	1.6	1.5	0.8
24	Eric Williams E. Williams	25	16	487	125	70	21	4	47	94	50.0	14	30	46.7	17	23	73.9	60.0	18	52	11	53	+27	30.4	7.8	4.4	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.7
25	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	25	17	508	212	60	35	6	97	231	42.0				18	24	75.0	43.9	19	41		54		29.9	12.5	3.5	2.1	1.5	0.4

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13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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Rick Barry had the most steals by a player in the playoffs in his first playoff, with 50 steals.

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