most total steals in nba history by active players

LeBron James has gotten the most career steals by an active player, with 2,417 steals.

	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	LeBron James L. James	2,417	1,622	61,031	43,440	12,095	12,016	1,185	15,961	31,502	50.7	2,636	7,565	34.8	8,882	12,051	73.7	59.0	1,842	10,253	5,650	2,862	+7508	37.6	26.8	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,038	1,301	43,025	27,176	9,025	10,351	418	9,786	22,329	43.8	1,495	4,856	30.8	6,109	7,928	77.1	52.6	2,054	6,971	5,038	3,304	+2583	33.1	20.9	6.9	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.9
3	James Harden J. Harden	1,794	1,221	42,449	29,339	6,809	8,873	683	8,661	19,733	43.9	3,390	9,323	36.4	8,627	10,002	86.3	60.8	911	5,898	4,505	2,994	+4709	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.3	1.5	0.6	3.7
4	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,638	1,226	37,587	16,715	3,547	6,782	256	5,856	13,419	43.6	1,986	5,131	38.7	3,017	3,652	82.6	55.6	576	2,971	2,214	2,354	+2728	30.7	13.6	2.9	5.5	1.3	0.2	1.8
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,602	1,069	36,303	26,528	4,973	6,743	282	9,022	19,155	47.1	4,248	10,073	42.2	4,236	4,645	91.2	62.6	686	4,287	3,308	2,385	+6266	34.0	24.8	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	3.1
6	Paul George P. George	1,601	945	31,651	19,338	5,880	3,502	417	6,625	15,066	44.0	2,449	6,382	38.4	3,639	4,271	85.2	57.1	770	5,110	2,487	2,502	+3473	33.5	20.5	6.2	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.6
7	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1,526	1,090	35,718	17,287	4,585	6,762	541	6,754	14,637	46.1	1,711	4,621	37.0	2,068	2,618	79.0	54.7	1,069	3,516	2,819	2,274	+3118	32.8	15.9	4.2	6.2	1.4	0.5	2.6
8	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1,501	1,187	36,798	16,373	4,970	7,110	353	5,254	12,425	42.3	2,209	6,022	36.7	3,656	4,484	81.5	56.9	892	4,078	2,632	3,169	+2796	31.0	13.8	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.3	2.2
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1,455	907	29,972	16,658	4,858	3,957	387	5,387	11,371	47.4	716	2,169	33.0	5,168	6,120	84.4	59.2	1,529	3,329	1,459	1,242	+2678	33.0	18.4	5.4	4.4	1.6	0.4	1.6
10	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1,377	798	25,366	16,546	5,075	2,470	498	5,987	11,994	49.9	1,359	3,472	39.1	3,213	3,722	86.3	60.7	943	4,132	1,345	1,303	+4937	31.8	20.7	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.6	1.7
11	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	1,250	1,264	43,635	26,711	5,434	5,185	416	9,563	20,320	47.1	662	2,194	30.2	6,923	8,209	84.3	55.8	870	4,564	2,475	2,808	-384	34.5	21.1	4.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	2.0
12	Draymond Green D. Green	1,244	949	27,151	8,235	6,462	5,324	930	3,036	6,790	44.7	843	2,628	32.1	1,320	1,859	71.0	54.1	1,019	5,443	2,208	2,733	+4463	28.6	8.7	6.8	5.6	1.3	1.0	2.3
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,235	1,201	44,076	32,597	8,254	5,280	1,344	11,258	22,376	50.3	2,377	6,070	39.2	7,704	8,738	88.2	62.2	781	7,473	3,799	2,279	+5072	36.7	27.1	6.9	4.4	1.0	1.1	3.2
14	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1,171	967	25,450	11,696	11,513	1,187	1,197	4,899	9,090	53.9	50	230	21.7	1,848	3,780	48.9	54.4	3,965	7,548	1,683	2,724	-903	26.3	12.1	11.9	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.7
15	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope K. Caldwell-Pope	1,100	963	28,124	10,600	2,833	1,790	273	3,777	8,845	42.7	1,588	4,356	36.5	1,458	1,765	82.6	55.1	542	2,291	984	1,743	+859	29.2	11.0	2.9	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.0
16	Marcus Smart M. Smart	1,081	697	20,495	7,314	2,355	3,080	251	2,456	6,319	38.9	1,099	3,387	32.4	1,303	1,672	77.9	51.8	541	1,814	1,290	1,773	+1983	29.4	10.5	3.4	4.4	1.6	0.4	1.9
17	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	1,075	1,205	33,930	11,553	5,656	3,612	720	4,091	9,382	43.6	1,842	4,971	37.1	1,529	1,839	83.1	56.7	1,116	4,540	1,703	2,049	+1642	28.2	9.6	4.7	3.0	0.9	0.6	1.4
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1,055	807	27,708	19,385	8,637	2,065	1,848	7,269	13,923	52.2	385	1,306	29.5	4,462	5,627	79.3	59.1	2,148	6,489	1,614	1,882	+879	34.3	24.0	10.7	2.6	1.3	2.3	2.0
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1,041	810	25,904	18,009	8,977	6,080	589	6,880	12,274	56.1	926	2,559	36.2	3,323	4,030	82.5	64.1	2,175	6,802	2,420	2,169	+4626	32.0	22.2	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	3.0
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1,022	779	26,879	18,433	3,173	4,365	337	6,787	14,313	47.4	1,876	4,763	39.4	2,983	3,360	88.8	58.4	638	2,535	1,942	1,770	+1962	34.5	23.7	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.4	2.5
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	995	895	29,272	21,531	8,882	4,484	1,088	7,898	14,266	55.4	557	1,953	28.5	5,178	7,491	69.1	61.3	1,697	7,185	2,701	2,617	+3110	32.7	24.1	9.9	5.0	1.1	1.2	3.0
22	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	944	839	25,261	13,541	3,931	3,242	160	4,915	10,727	45.8	1,476	3,830	38.5	2,235	2,545	87.8	57.2	533	3,398	1,724	2,094	+1721	30.1	16.1	4.7	3.9	1.1	0.2	2.1
23	P.J. Tucker	943	886	24,993	5,863	4,778	1,224	263	2,131	5,018	42.5	880	2,404	36.6	721	961	75.0	53.9	1,304	3,474	816	2,152	+509	28.2	6.6	5.4	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.9
24	T.J. McConnell	905	762	15,894	5,921	2,178	3,829	143	2,649	5,113	51.8	188	548	34.3	435	556	78.2	55.3	407	1,771	1,190	1,044	-779	20.9	7.8	2.9	5.0	1.2	0.2	1.6
25	Al Horford A. Horford	896	1,183	36,885	15,077	9,162	3,745	1,351	6,200	12,224	50.7	1,050	2,794	37.6	1,627	2,130	76.4	57.3	2,213	6,949	1,611	2,467	+3561	31.2	12.7	7.7	3.2	0.8	1.1	1.4

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Mobley

APG

5.8

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Sun 5/31	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 2

Final

109

Knicks

2 - 0

Thu 21 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

8.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.8

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

125.2

124.0

117.1

113.7

112.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.8

106.9

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.2

14.1

10.2

3.0

1.7

-0.3

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

668.4

Wembanyama

629.4

Mobley

627.9

Cunningham

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

660

Wembanyama

639.5

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.62

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.60

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-40

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-57

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0