nba most steals regular season by a center

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most career steals by a center, with 2,162 steals.

	NAME	STL	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,162	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1,388	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
3	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1,289	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	54.1	2.0	5.0	2.6	27,203	13,910	6,937	4,012	808	2,194	3,214
4	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1,288	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,631	2,470	3,609	+2228
5	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,249	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	47.2	3.3	6.7	1.0	28,812	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,932	960	1,834	+1643
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,219	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,160	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	3,189	2,527	3,667
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1,153	941	26.5	12.3	12.0	1.2	1.2	1.3	5.1	9.5	54.1	0.0	0.2	18.7	1.9	4.0	48.8	54.4	4.1	7.9	1.8	24,943	11,544	11,302	1,135	1,180	1,655	2,673	-868
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,089	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,733	3,804	3,076
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,047	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
11	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,001	943	33.7	16.0	10.0	3.3	1.1	1.0	5.9	12.7	46.2	0.2	0.7	33.1	4.0	4.7	84.8	54.0	2.3	7.7	2.4	31,782	15,059	9,429	3,075	928	2,243	3,263
12	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	999	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.7	2.2	6.9	2.2	23,463	7,206	6,873	3,275	1,160	978	2,636
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	996	778	31.8	22.1	11.0	7.4	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.1	56.2	1.1	3.1	36.5	4.0	4.9	82.5	64.2	2.7	8.3	2.9	24,769	17,189	8,542	5,739	561	2,291	2,088	+4386
14	Dwight Howard D. Howard	939	1,078	31.3	16.0	11.9	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	60.7	3.3	8.5	2.7	33,744	17,212	12,782	1,476	1,977	2,920	3,403	+3033
15	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	874	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	742	2,149	2,421	-553
16	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	852	1,019	31.4	17.2	10.4	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.3	14.7	49.8	1.0	2.7	35.1	1.6	2.1	77.3	55.1	2.5	7.9	1.7	31,960	17,517	10,599	2,992	875	1,737	2,451	-1551
17	Al Horford A. Horford	836	1,099	31.3	12.8	7.8	3.1	0.8	1.2	5.3	10.3	51.2	0.8	2.2	37.9	1.4	1.9	76.4	57.5	1.9	5.9	1.4	34,446	14,103	8,626	3,422	1,270	1,515	2,308	+3480
18	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	792	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.5	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	55.7	1.6	5.8	2.0	28,719	12,514	6,604	2,996	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
19	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	777	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.5	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	23,844	13,984	6,696	2,353	1,100	1,112	2,201
20	Marcus Camby M. Camby	775	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	50.9	2.6	7.4	1.4	23,423	7,612	7,923	1,528	1,881	1,098	2,195	+280
21	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	768	1,098	20.3	6.8	5.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.4	5.1	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.7	75.1	54.1	2.2	3.6	1.3	22,240	7,414	6,315	1,433	378	1,444	2,738	+179
22	Nene	740	706	25.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	4.2	7.4	56.7	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.6	3.9	66.3	60.3	1.8	4.2	1.6	17,818	7,744	4,279	1,098	574	1,123	2,138	+1537
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	739	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	698	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	396	1,281	2,022
25	Steven Adams S. Adams	668	796	25.7	8.7	8.0	1.5	0.8	0.9	3.6	6.2	58.4	0.0	0.0	5.9	1.5	2.8	53.4	58.8	3.7	4.4	1.4	20,466	6,930	6,391	1,193	723	1,118	1,863	+2610

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has season-level data for steals going back to the 1973-74 season.

More Rockets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

26.5

Durant

RPG

9.1

Sengun

APG

6.3

Sengun

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

5th

DRTG

112.8

5th

NETRTG

6.2

4th

3P%

37.0

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	32	15	.681	5.0
3	Nuggets	33	16	.673	5.0
4	Rockets	29	17	.630	7.5
5	Lakers	29	18	.617	8.0
6	Suns	30	19	.612	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/31	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Mon 2/2	HOU	@	IND	7:00 PM
Wed 2/4	BOS	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Thu 2/5	CHA	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Sat 2/7	HOU	@	OKC	3:30 PM

Last Game

Rockets

29 - 17

104

Final

Hawks

24 - 26

Thu 29 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.4

Maxey

RPG Leaders

11.8

Towns

11.2

Gobert

11.2

Wembanyama

APG Leaders

9.7

Cunningham

8.8

Dončić

8.8

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.1

Sarr

2.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.8

Porter

3.8

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

71.6

Jokić

69.5

Williams

68.0

Gobert

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

121.2

120.0

119.4

119.0

118.0

DRtg Rankings

107.2

109.7

112.0

112.5

112.8

112.9

NetRtg Rankings

12.2

6.8

6.6

6.2

5.5

5.1

Tank Leaderboard

12-38

12-36

12-35

13-37

12-34

15-33

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,386.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,290.1

Maxey

2,268.3

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,411.5

Dončić

2,396.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,336

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.5

Brown

33.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.1

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.8

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.41

Cunningham

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.46

Cunningham

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-16

29-20

28-21

26-20-1

28-22

Worst Record ATS

19-31

19-28

19-27

20-27

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	34	12	.739
2	Knicks	30	18	.625	5.0
3	Celtics	30	18	.625	5.0
4	Raptors	29	21	.580	7.0
5	Cavaliers	29	21	.580	7.0
6	76ers	26	21	.553	8.5
7	Magic	25	22	.532	9.5
8	Heat	26	23	.531	9.5
9	Hawks	24	26	.480	12.0
10	Bulls	23	25	.479	12.0
11	Hornets	21	28	.429	14.5
12	Bucks	18	28	.391	16.0
13	Nets	12	34	.261	22.0
14	Wizards	12	35	.255	22.5
15	Pacers	12	36	.250	23.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	38	11	.776
2	Spurs	32	15	.681	5.0
3	Nuggets	33	16	.673	5.0
4	Rockets	29	17	.630	7.5
5	Lakers	29	18	.617	8.0
6	Suns	30	19	.612	8.0
7	Timberwolves	30	19	.612	8.0
8	Warriors	27	22	.551	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	23	26	.469	15.0
10	Clippers	22	25	.468	15.0
11	Mavericks	19	29	.396	18.5
12	Grizzlies	18	28	.391	18.5
13	Jazz	15	33	.313	22.5
14	Pelicans	13	37	.260	25.5
15	Kings	12	38	.240	26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 1/3	DEN	@	BKN	115-127
Sat 1/3	MIN	@	WAS	141-115
Sat 1/3	NOP	@	MIA	106-125
Sat 1/3	OKC	@	PHX	105-108
Sat 1/3	MIL	@	SAC	115-98

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/31	SAS	@	CHA	12:00 PM
Sat 1/31	ATL	@	IND	7:00 PM
Sat 1/31	NOP	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sat 1/31	CHI	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 1/31	MIN	@	MEM	8:00 PM

Hakeem Olajuwon has the most career steals by a center, with 2,162 steals.

Related Searches

More Rockets Stats

26.5

9.1

6.3

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.7

32.0

29.4

11.8

11.2

11.2

9.7

8.8

8.8

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.7

2.1

2.0

4.5

3.8

3.8

71.6

69.5

68.0

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

2,386.6

2,290.1

2,268.3

2,411.5

2,396.5

2,336

37.7

36.5

33.3

39.1

37.3

36.8

1.61

1.52

1.41

1.71

1.53

1.46

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule