player with the most career steals in nba history

John Stockton has the most career 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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,727	1,368	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.6	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,810	23,050	6,004	12,546	222	3,108	3,205	+6037
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2,684	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
4	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
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,445	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
6	LeBron James L. James	2,349	1,566	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,172	42,250	11,751	11,617	1,151	5,479	2,787	+7407
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,983	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	164	3,262	1,777	+799
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,979	1,257	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,744	26,487	8,821	10,060	409	4,893	3,205	+2913
16	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
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,944	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
18	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
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,859	1,462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	7.2	14.5	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.3	4.2	78.9	54.6	2.2	7.8	2.2	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	2,037	3,179	3,561	+4913
20	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1,765	1,231	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	1.4	0.5	4.1	8.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	33.0	2.3	3.2	70.9	55.3	0.9	4.0	1.8	39,507	13,968	6,047	5,147	633	2,240	2,180	+3024
21	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,759	1,163	34.5	15.2	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	6.3	12.9	48.4	0.7	2.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	81.0	54.2	2.3	6.3	1.5	40,097	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,233	1,750	2,535	+1971
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,752	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
23	James Harden J. Harden	1,735	1,169	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,656	28,184	6,577	8,470	662	4,330	2,894	+4577
24	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
25	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,721	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	522	1,791	2,586	+1818