Before 2004-05, John Stockton got the most steals, with 3,265 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	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,265	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,514	1,072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	11.4	22.9	49.7	0.5	1.7	32.7	6.8	8.2	83.5	56.9	1.6	4.7	2.7	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	893	2,924	2,783	+1438
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,310	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	294	2,268	2,258
4	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2,307	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,243	1,109	36.8	18.0	4.2	7.2	2.0	0.2	7.2	15.4	46.9	0.9	2.8	32.1	2.7	3.7	72.6	52.9	1.2	3.0	2.4	40,768	19,956	4,668	8,039	260	2,714	2,810	+1960
6	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,207	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	719	2,977	3,285	+434
7	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
8	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2,112	779	31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.7	0.3	1.0	29.5	2.3	3.1	74.3	52.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	323	2,116	2,638
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,085	1,476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	9.2	17.8	51.6	0.1	0.2	27.4	6.6	8.9	74.2	57.7	2.4	7.7	3.1	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
10	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2,075	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	300	2,067	1,687	+347
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,957	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	304	2,334	2,755	-353
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,861	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	249	3,682	2,971
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,724	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	374	3,506	2,050
14	Ron Harper R. Harper	1,716	1,009	30.9	13.8	4.3	3.9	1.7	0.7	5.3	11.8	44.6	0.5	1.8	28.9	2.7	3.8	72.0	51.1	1.3	3.0	2.2	31,199	13,910	4,309	3,916	729	2,251	2,324	+1199
15	Fat Lever F. Lever	1,666	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	209	1,471	1,803
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,648	1,073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	888	3,376	3,287	+532
17	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,638	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	2.0	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	291	1,646	1,637
18	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,622	983	32.6	14.7	3.6	2.9	1.7	0.3	5.0	10.8	46.1	1.2	3.2	39.4	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.5	0.8	2.8	1.9	32,034	14,470	3,554	2,860	302	1,828	2,043	+680
19	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	1,613	1,078	31.0	13.4	3.8	7.4	1.5	0.2	5.0	11.0	45.5	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.2	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,438	14,435	4,057	7,948	213	2,846	2,033	-283
20	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	1,608	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	10,334	117	3,155	2,230	+402
21	Terry Porter T. Porter	1,583	1,274	27.8	12.2	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	4.3	9.2	46.3	1.0	2.6	38.6	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	35,354	15,586	3,872	7,160	181	2,666	2,203	+1405
22	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	1,563	864	27.3	10.9	3.0	5.7	1.8	0.4	3.8	8.6	44.4	0.4	1.3	32.8	2.8	3.6	78.4	53.4	0.7	2.3	1.9	23,568	9,377	2,625	4,889	351	1,651	2,660
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,556	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	755	2,816	2,279
24	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	1,544	796	25.7	5.9	4.0	6.1	1.9	0.4	2.3	5.2	44.3	0.4	1.1	34.3	1.0	1.5	65.0	50.8	1.2	2.9	1.9	20,462	4,733	3,222	4,893	356	1,486	2,408	+280
25	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	1,536	1,077	31.5	14.5	3.4	4.9	1.4	0.2	5.5	11.1	49.6	0.8	1.9	40.3	2.8	3.1	87.7	58.2	0.9	2.5	1.8	33,964	15,659	3,646	5,281	226	1,971	2,364	+1905