oldest player with a steal in a playoff game

Dikembe Mutombo is the oldest with more than 0 steals in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 297 days old in Game 1 of the 2009 First Round against the Trail Blazers.

NAMEAgeSTLDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
42-297
1
4/18/2009
@
18
0
9
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
0.0
1
8
0
4
+10
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-056
1
6/11/1989
vs
33
24
13
2
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
10
2
1
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-051
1
6/6/1989
@
14
8
2
0
0
4
7
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
0
2
1
4
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-040
1
5/26/1989
@
25
15
4
1
1
6
14
42.9
0
0
3
4
75.0
47.6
2
2
0
1
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42-014
2
4/30/1989
vs
29
13
4
0
2
6
10
60.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
59.7
0
4
2
4
6Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
41-304
1
4/24/2008
@
18
2
7
0
2
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
7
0
1
-5
7Kevin Willis
K. Willis
41-224
1
4/17/2004
vs
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
+3
8LeBron James
L. James
41-130
1
5/9/2026
vs
37
19
6
8
0
7
19
36.8
2
6
33.3
3
4
75.0
45.8
0
6
3
1
-24
9LeBron James
L. James
41-128
3
5/7/2026
@
38
23
2
6
0
9
18
50.0
1
4
25.0
4
4
100.0
58.2
1
1
3
1
-9
10LeBron James
L. James
41-126
1
5/5/2026
@
36
27
4
6
0
12
17
70.6
3
6
50.0
0
1
0.0
77.4
1
3
2
1
-6
11LeBron James
L. James
41-120
2
4/29/2026
vs
39
25
3
7
0
9
20
45.0
0
6
0.0
7
10
70.0
51.2
0
3
2
1
-5
12LeBron James
L. James
41-115
3
4/24/2026
@
45
29
13
6
1
10
22
45.5
4
9
44.4
5
6
83.3
58.8
0
13
8
1
0
13LeBron James
L. James
41-112
1
4/21/2026
vs
39
28
8
7
0
8
20
40.0
2
5
40.0
10
14
71.4
53.5
1
7
3
3
+6
14LeBron James
L. James
41-109
2
4/18/2026
vs
38
19
8
13
1
9
15
60.0
1
2
50.0
0
2
0.0
59.8
0
8
2
3
+11
15Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-064
1
6/19/1988
vs
32
14
6
1
2
3
14
21.4
0
0
8
8
100.0
40.0
2
4
3
5
16Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-054
2
6/9/1988
vs
32
15
1
1
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
44.7
0
1
0
4
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-052
1
6/7/1988
vs
28
8
2
1
0
4
13
30.8
0
0
0
0
30.8
0
2
1
1
18Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-049
2
6/4/1988
vs
35
17
7
4
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4
19Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-047
1
6/2/1988
@
32
8
8
1
1
4
7
57.1
0
0
0
0
57.1
2
6
2
4
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-045
1
5/31/1988
vs
35
21
5
1
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
1
2
50.0
62.2
2
3
1
5
21Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-041
1
5/27/1988
@
31
10
4
1
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
2
2
100.0
38.8
3
1
3
5
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-039
1
5/25/1988
vs
24
19
7
2
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
3
3
100.0
58.2
3
4
2
2
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41-035
1
5/21/1988
vs
36
11
6
3
4
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
48.6
3
3
2
4
24John Stockton
J. Stockton
41-033
2
4/28/2003
vs
33
12
5
7
1
3
9
33.3
0
0
6
6
100.0
51.5
0
5
5
1
-12
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
41-031
2
4/26/2003
vs
33
15
3
7
0
3
6
50.0
0
0
9
9
100.0
75.3
2
1
2
4
-3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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