nba most steals by a guard in a playoff year off the bench

Alex Caruso has gotten the most steals by a guard off the bench in a single NBA playoff run, with 45 steals in 2024-25.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	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	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	45	2024-25	OKC	23	24.4	9.2	2.7	2.2	2.0	0.6	3.1	7.0	45.0	1.6	3.9	41.1	1.3	1.7	79.5	59.8	0.7	2.0	0.8	562	212	62	51	13	19	63	+106
2	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	41	2002-03	SAS	24	27.5	9.4	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	3.0	7.7	38.6	1.2	3.0	38.4	2.3	3.1	75.7	52.2	1.2	2.6	1.5	660	226	92	70	9	36	62	+191
3	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	36	2013-14	SAS	23	25.5	14.3	3.3	4.1	1.6	0.1	4.5	10.3	43.9	1.8	4.6	39.0	3.5	4.1	86.2	59.3	0.4	2.9	2.3	586	330	75	95	2	52	60	+182
4	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	36	1992-93	SEA	17	21.5	5.2	3.5	5.1	2.1	0.6	2.0	5.4	37.4	0.3	1.2	23.8	0.9	1.6	53.6	42.6	1.1	2.4	1.3	366	88	59	87	10	22	50
5	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	33	2006-07	SAS	20	30.1	16.7	5.5	3.7	1.7	0.2	5.0	12.4	40.1	1.9	5.0	38.4	4.9	5.8	83.6	55.9	0.8	4.7	2.1	602	333	109	74	4	42	61	+90
6	James Harden J. Harden	31	2011-12	OKC	20	31.5	16.3	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	4.7	10.7	43.5	1.6	3.9	41.0	5.4	6.3	85.7	60.5	0.7	4.5	2.1	630	326	102	68	2	42	67	+129
7	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	28	2024-25	OKC	20	21.8	5.6	2.6	2.3	1.4	0.4	2.2	5.1	42.6	1.0	2.8	35.7	0.3	0.4	71.4	53.3	1.1	1.6	0.7	435	111	52	45	7	14	44	+141
8	Jason Terry J. Terry	26	2010-11	DAL	21	32.6	17.5	1.9	3.2	1.2	0.1	6.1	12.8	47.8	2.0	4.5	44.2	3.3	4.0	84.3	60.4	0.3	1.6	1.5	684	368	40	67	3	32	44	+146
9	Tony Allen T. Allen	25	2009-10	BOS	24	16.3	5.1	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	2.0	4.1	48.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.5	77.8	53.6	0.5	1.2	1.0	391	122	41	17	14	23	58	-10
10	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	25	1986-87	LAL	18	29.0	13.0	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	4.3	8.8	48.4	1.9	3.9	48.6	2.6	3.0	85.2	64.0	0.4	2.8	2.1	522	234	59	90	14	37	46
11	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	24	2022-23	MIA	22	25.9	9.4	3.6	4.5	1.1	0.6	3.3	7.7	42.6	1.5	3.9	37.2	1.4	1.5	93.9	56.4	0.5	3.0	1.6	569	207	79	100	14	36	58	+22
12	Darrell Walker D. Walker	24	1983-84	NYK	12	16.3	6.8	2.9	1.7	2.0	0.2	2.3	6.1	37.0	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.8	60.9	44.0	1.7	1.3	2.7	195	82	35	20	2	32	29
13	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	23	2010-11	MIA	20	23.6	7.3	1.9	1.9	1.2	0.1	2.5	5.6	43.8	1.5	3.9	39.0	0.9	1.2	73.9	59.4	0.2	1.7	1.3	472	145	37	37	1	25	46	+74
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	23	2005-06	MIA	23	24.3	5.8	1.7	1.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	5.0	42.2	0.7	2.5	29.3	0.8	1.1	72.0	52.4	0.3	1.5	0.8	560	133	40	36	3	18	55	+38
15	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	23	1995-96	SEA	19	20.3	4.4	3.7	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.5	3.6	40.6	1.0	2.1	47.5	0.5	0.7	64.3	55.9	0.7	3.0	1.1	385	84	70	52	5	20	34
16	Sedale Threatt S. Threatt	23	1985-86	PHI	12	26.0	13.3	2.1	3.5	1.9	0.2	5.6	11.9	46.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.2	2.8	78.8	50.8	0.5	1.6	1.3	312	160	25	42	2	15	35
17	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	22	2019-20	LAL	16	24.7	8.9	4.3	6.6	1.4	0.1	3.4	7.6	45.5	1.3	3.1	40.0	0.8	1.2	68.4	55.3	0.8	3.5	2.1	395	143	69	105	2	34	36	+44
18	Alex Caruso A. Caruso	22	2019-20	LAL	20	23.9	6.7	2.3	2.7	1.1	0.6	2.3	5.3	43.4	0.9	3.0	28.8	1.2	1.5	80.0	55.8	0.7	1.6	1.5	477	133	45	54	11	30	53	+80
19	Marcus Smart M. Smart	22	2016-17	BOS	15	28.8	7.6	4.9	4.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	6.9	34.6	1.3	3.5	35.8	1.5	2.6	59.0	47.0	1.3	3.7	1.9	431	114	74	70	15	28	46	+6
20	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	22	2012-13	SAS	18	25.4	10.6	3.8	4.8	1.2	0.3	3.4	9.0	37.7	1.4	4.7	29.8	2.4	3.4	71.0	50.5	0.4	3.4	2.2	458	191	69	87	6	40	40	+92
21	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	22	2004-05	DET	25	15.0	3.8	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.4	4.5	31.9	0.3	1.4	22.2	0.6	0.9	72.7	39.1	0.4	1.2	0.6	374	96	40	39	7	15	45	+3
22	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	22	1982-83	LAL	14	29.5	9.1	4.0	2.9	1.6	0.4	3.4	7.4	46.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.3	2.8	82.1	53.3			1.3	413	128	56	40	6	18	49
23	Donte DiVincenzo D. DiVincenzo	21	2024-25	MIN	15	25.2	8.7	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.3	3.1	8.4	36.5	1.9	5.9	31.8	0.7	0.9	76.9	49.3	0.8	2.3	1.9	377	130	46	50	4	28	45	-62
24	Bruce Brown B. Brown	21	2022-23	DEN	20	26.6	12.0	4.0	1.9	1.1	0.5	4.5	8.8	51.1	0.9	2.9	31.6	2.1	2.5	85.7	60.7	0.8	3.3	1.2	532	240	80	38	9	23	49	+103
25	James Harden J. Harden	21	2010-11	OKC	17	31.6	13.0	5.4	3.6	1.2	0.8	3.9	8.2	47.5	1.4	4.5	30.3	3.9	4.7	82.5	63.4	0.6	4.8	1.6	537	221	91	61	13	28	48	+81