most total steals scored by a player in a finals series

Isiah Thomas has the most steals in an NBA Finals, with 20 steals.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	SERIES	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	262	138	31	63	2	49	115	42.6	5	17	29.4	35	42	83.3	51.7	5	26	26	23		37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	3.7
2	LeBron James L. James	18	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	292	208	79	62	16	82	166	49.4	13	35	37.1	31	43	72.1	56.2	17	62	31	16	+26	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	4.4
3	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	17	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	7	202	71	25	11	6	23	53	43.4	10	25	40.0	15	18	83.3	58.3	9	16	8	21	-10	28.8	10.1	3.6	1.6	2.4	0.9	1.1
4	Derek Harper D. Harper	17	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	266	115	21	42	1	42	90	46.7	17	39	43.6	14	17	82.4	59.0	7	14	12	21		38.0	16.4	3.0	6.0	2.4	0.1	1.7
5	LeBron James L. James	16	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	301	177	76	49	6	67	150	44.7	12	34	35.3	31	39	79.5	52.9	17	59	18	10	0	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	0.9	2.6
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	16	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	258	154	28	30	1	53	131	40.5	9	28	32.1	39	49	79.6	50.5	8	20	23	19	-39	43.0	25.7	4.7	5.0	2.7	0.2	3.8
7	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	16	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	261	208	47	23	6	65	139	46.8	3	11	27.3	75	97	77.3	57.2	12	35	22	22	+22	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	3.7
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	16	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	269	144	58	57	2	53	110	48.2	7	19	36.8	31	33	93.9	57.8	10	48	16	17		44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	2.7
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	256	129	67	52	2	47	82	57.3	0	2	0.0	35	40	87.5	64.8	17	50	30	17		42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	5.0
10	Julius Erving J. Erving	16	1976-77	NBA Finals	PHI	6	248	182	41	30	7	70	129	54.3				42	49	85.7	60.4	10	31		17		41.3	30.3	6.8	5.0	2.7	1.2
11	T.J. McConnell	15	2024-25	NBA Finals	IND	7	142	84	25	30	1	37	67	55.2	3	5	60.0	7	9	77.8	59.2	3	22	19	11	-12	20.3	12.0	3.6	4.3	2.1	0.1	2.7
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	15	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	273	190	27	27	5	72	154	46.8	15	37	40.5	31	33	93.9	56.4	8	19	18	18	+33	39.0	27.1	3.9	3.9	2.1	0.7	2.6
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	15	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	288	200	56	27	5	66	163	40.5	15	47	31.9	53	60	88.3	52.8	12	44	27	27	+8	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	3.9
14	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	15	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	213	87	21	33	1	35	63	55.6	3	6	50.0	14	17	82.4	61.7	5	16	14	23		35.5	14.5	3.5	5.5	2.5	0.2	2.3
15	Byron Scott B. Scott	15	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	208	67	22	13	1	30	76	39.5	2	7	28.6	5	9	55.6	41.9	6	16	8	14		34.7	11.2	3.7	2.2	2.5	0.2	1.3
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	305	192	98	25	8	62	128	48.4	4	6	66.7	64	76	84.2	59.5	26	72	25	24		43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	3.6
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	250	97	65	48	2	32	60	53.3	0	3	0.0	33	39	84.6	62.9	20	45	26	23		41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	4.3
18	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	15	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	221	88	19	40	1	41	71	57.7	0	1	0.0	6	9	66.7	58.7	3	16	12	14		36.8	14.7	3.2	6.7	2.5	0.2	2.0
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	14	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	7	255	102	78	6	3	41	80	51.3	8	23	34.8	12	17	70.6	58.3	21	57	7	16	+12	36.5	14.6	11.1	0.9	2.0	0.4	1.0
20	Rasheed Wallace R. Wallace	14	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	7	229	76	39	13	17	35	80	43.8	5	17	29.4	1	4	25.0	46.5	13	26	7	30	+39	32.7	10.9	5.6	1.9	2.0	2.4	1.0
21	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	14	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	248	94	49	32	8	34	99	34.3	9	39	23.1	17	24	70.8	42.9	20	29	11	22		41.3	15.7	8.2	5.3	2.3	1.3	1.8
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	220	156	33	57	7	63	113	55.8	2	4	50.0	28	33	84.8	61.2	8	25	18	18		44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	2.8	1.4	3.6
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	290	148	40	91	1	44	80	55.0	2	6	33.3	58	67	86.6	67.6	6	34	19	23		41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	2.7
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	236	157	48	78	2	66	122	54.1	1	2	50.0	24	25	96.0	59.0	12	36	13	10		39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	2.2
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	14	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	241	148	71	11	19	56	117	47.9	0	0		36	54	66.7	52.6	27	44	16	26		40.2	24.7	11.8	1.8	2.3	3.2	2.7