The New Jersey Nets got their most steals in a game versus the Rockets on February 19, 1982, with 23 steals.

Interpreted as:

nets record for steals in a regular-season game

	TEAM	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Nets	23	2/19/1982	NJN	vs	HOU	L 96-103	240	96	42	29	9	40	92	43.5	0			16	21	76.2	47.4			21	27
2	Nets	21	3/1/1988	NJN	vs	LAC	W 104-75	240	104	49	21	8	43	82	52.4	0	1	0.0	18	24	75.0	56.2	16	33	21	26
3	Nets	20	3/21/1989	NJN	vs	IND	L 89-92	240	89	37	17	3	33	83	39.8	2	5	40.0	21	30	70.0	46.3	14	23	17	25
4	Nets	20	12/13/1988	NJN	@	NYK	L 100-121	240	100	39	20	2	34	86	39.5	1	8	12.5	31	35	88.6	49.3	14	25	27	22
5	Nets	20	4/10/1982	NJN	vs	IND	W 115-86	240	115	47	34	5	54	96	56.3	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	57.5			20	19
6	Nets	19	3/3/2014	BKN	vs	CHI	W 96-80	240	96	28	19	3	34	73	46.6	7	25	28.0	21	28	75.0	56.3	6	22	11	18
7	Nets	19	2/29/1984	NJN	vs	LAL	W 102-92	240	102	43	29	4	48	94	51.1	0	2	0.0	6	12	50.0	51.4	18	25	15	19
8	Nets	19	4/17/1983	NJN	@	IND	W 112-99	240	112	44	32	6	46	83	55.4	0	0		20	25	80.0	59.6	10	34	24	16
9	Nets	19	2/25/1983	NJN	vs	GSW	W 115-107	240	115	55	28	16	48	97	49.5	0	1	0.0	19	29	65.5	52.4	20	35	25	22
10	Nets	19	11/30/1979	NJN	vs	DEN	W 127-118	240	127	40	31	6	44	85	51.8	1	5	20.0	38	50	76.0	59.3	12	28	17	28
11	Nets	19	3/13/1979	NJN	@	CHI	L 102-105	240	102	41	20	3	39	89	43.8				24	34	70.6	49.1	15	26	23	31
12	Nets	19	12/29/1978	NJN	vs	KCK	L 126-137	240	126	27	21	3	46	77	59.7				34	44	77.3	65.4				35
13	Nets	18	12/19/2003	NJN	vs	WAS	W 97-87	240	97	45	30	7	38	79	48.1	5	15	33.3	16	19	84.2	55.5	11	34	23	20
14	Nets	18	11/11/2000	NJN	vs	SEA	W 126-91	240	126	38	25	2	54	90	60.0	4	10	40.0	14	23	60.9	62.9	13	25	17	32
15	Nets	18	11/14/1988	NJN	vs	GSW	L 96-100	240	96	42	21	10	37	86	43.0	1	7	14.3	21	31	67.7	48.2	15	27	21	22
16	Nets	18	11/5/1988	NJN	vs	NYK	W 112-102	240	112	55	21	9	44	95	46.3	2	8	25.0	22	31	71.0	51.5	26	29	25	34
17	Nets	18	3/17/1985	NJN	vs	IND	W 129-105	240	129	39	32	6	49	84	58.3	0	1	0.0	31	41	75.6	63.2	10	29	22	31
18	Nets	18	2/21/1984	NJN	vs	PHI	W 119-116	265	119	45	31	6	50	100	50.0	0	2	0.0	19	32	59.4	52.2	21	24	25	29
19	Nets	18	12/9/1983	NJN	@	PHI	W 100-93	240	100	41	29	8	43	92	46.7	0	0		14	25	56.0	48.5	15	26	16	25
20	Nets	18	12/3/1983	NJN	vs	POR	L 122-128	265	122	51	14	6	48	103	46.6	1	6	16.7	25	36	69.4	51.3	20	31	29	34
21	Nets	18	2/23/1983	NJN	vs	CHI	W 119-86	240	119	58	35	8	46	91	50.5	1	2	50.0	26	35	74.3	55.9	19	39	27	33
22	Nets	18	4/4/1982	NJN	@	CLE	W 119-109	240	119	35	32	5	49	88	55.7	0	1	0.0	21	31	67.7	58.5	6	29	16	26
23	Nets	18	1/27/1982	NJN	@	DEN	L 116-130	240	116	43	37	4	50	94	53.2	0	3	0.0	16	30	53.3	54.1	13	30	29	29
24	Nets	18	11/14/1981	NJN	vs	KCK	W 103-92	240	103	52	14	9	45	98	45.9	0			13	22	59.1	47.8				34
25	Nets	18	2/8/1980	NJN	vs	LAL	L 120-125	265	120	45	38	5	49	110	44.5	1	6	16.7	21	25	84.0	49.6	18	27	17	22