Magic Johnson has the most steals by a player 23 or younger in a single NBA playoff run, with 49 steals in his rookie season in 1979-80.

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most total steals by a player NBA playoffs by u23

	NAME	STL	Age	SEASON	TM	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	49	20	1979-80	LAL	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
2	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	47	23	1976-77	POR	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
3	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	46	23	2009-10	BOS	24	975	379	134	223	3	151	326	46.3	9	24	37.5	68	114	59.6	50.4	38	96	72	57	+78	40.6	15.8	5.6	9.3	1.9	0.1	3.0
4	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	45	21	2007-08	BOS	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	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	45	23	1979-80	PHI	18	675	208	74	111	4	89	174	51.1	1	5	20.0	29	41	70.7	54.2	22	52	45	43		37.5	11.6	4.1	6.2	2.5	0.2	2.5
6	Paul George P. George	41	23	2013-14	IND	19	781	429	145	73	7	138	315	43.8	52	129	40.3	101	128	78.9	57.8	13	132	49	56	+24	41.1	22.6	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6
7	Byron Scott B. Scott	41	23	1984-85	LAL	19	585	321	52	50	4	138	267	51.7	10	21	47.6	35	44	79.5	56.0	16	36	24	47		30.8	16.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	0.2	1.3
8	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	40	23	1994-95	ORL	21	849	412	79	162	15	144	305	47.2	40	99	40.4	84	111	75.7	58.2	30	49	73	70		40.4	19.6	3.8	7.7	1.9	0.7	3.5
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	40	23	1985-86	HOU	20	766	537	236	39	69	205	387	53.0	0	1	0.0	127	199	63.8	56.6	101	135	43	87		38.3	26.9	11.8	2.0	2.0	3.5	2.2
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	40	22	1981-82	LAL	14	562	243	158	130	3	83	157	52.9	0	4	0.0	77	93	82.8	61.4	54	104	44	50		40.1	17.4	11.3	9.3	2.9	0.2	3.1
11	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	39	22	2013-14	SAS	23	736	328	155	38	14	122	239	51.0	31	74	41.9	53	72	73.6	60.6	31	124	29	66	+173	32.0	14.3	6.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	1.3
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	37	21	2012-13	SAS	21	775	284	190	22	11	115	211	54.5	23	59	39.0	31	49	63.3	61.1	50	140	23	40	+130	36.9	13.5	9.0	1.0	1.8	0.5	1.1
13	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	37	22	1978-79	PHI	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
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	36	23	2015-16	CLE	21	774	530	62	98	13	201	423	47.5	51	116	44.0	77	88	87.5	57.4	15	47	48	46	+145	36.9	25.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3
15	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	36	23	2008-09	LAL	23	722	260	97	54	10	92	185	49.7	40	84	47.6	36	64	56.3	61.0	22	75	38	73	+97	31.4	11.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7
16	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	35	22	2008-09	BOS	14	577	236	136	137	3	93	223	41.7	6	24	25.0	44	67	65.7	46.7	32	104	38	47	+44	41.2	16.9	9.7	9.8	2.5	0.2	2.7
17	Robert Horry R. Horry	35	23	1993-94	HOU	23	778	269	141	82	20	98	226	43.4	34	89	38.2	39	51	76.5	54.1	41	100	27	68		33.8	11.7	6.1	3.6	1.5	0.9	1.2
18	LeBron James L. James	34	22	2006-07	CLE	20	893	501	161	159	10	166	399	41.6	21	75	28.0	148	196	75.5	51.6	26	135	66	40	+71	44.7	25.1	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	34	23	1982-83	LAL	15	643	268	128	192	12	100	206	48.5	0	11	0.0	68	81	84.0	55.5	51	77	64	49		42.9	17.9	8.5	12.8	2.3	0.8	4.3
20	Jalen Williams J. Williams	32	23	2024-25	OKC	23	796	492	127	111	9	178	396	44.9	35	115	30.4	101	128	78.9	54.4	24	103	41	50	+110	34.6	21.4	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8
21	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	32	21	2024-25	OKC	23	516	128	61	48	10	51	119	42.9	20	62	32.3	6	9	66.7	52.0	23	38	16	51	+130	22.4	5.6	2.7	2.1	1.4	0.4	0.7
22	Baron Davis B. Davis	32	22	2001-02	CHA	9	401	203	63	71	5	71	188	37.8	21	62	33.9	40	67	59.7	46.7	16	47	27	36	+23	44.6	22.6	7.0	7.9	3.6	0.6	3.0
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32	21	1999-00	LAL	22	857	465	98	97	32	174	394	44.2	22	64	34.4	95	126	75.4	51.7	26	72	55	89	+47	39.0	21.1	4.5	4.4	1.5	1.5	2.5
24	Bob Gross B. Gross	32	23	1976-77	POR	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
25	James Harden J. Harden	31	22	2011-12	OKC	20	630	326	102	68	2	93	214	43.5	32	78	41.0	108	126	85.7	60.5	13	89	42	67	+129	31.5	16.3	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1

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