players most nba finals steals in 1980s in a single season

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Isiah Thomas had the most steals in an NBA Finals in 1987-88, with 20 steals.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	20	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	0.7	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	63	2	26	23
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	16	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	2	16	17
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	2	30	17
4	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	15	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	35.5	14.5	3.5	5.5	2.5	0.2	5.8	10.5	55.6	0.5	1.0	50.0	2.3	2.8	82.4	61.7	0.8	2.7	2.3	213	87	21	33	1	14	23
5	Byron Scott B. Scott	15	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	34.7	11.2	3.7	2.2	2.5	0.2	5.0	12.7	39.5	0.3	1.2	28.6	0.8	1.5	55.6	41.9	1.0	2.7	1.3	208	67	22	13	1	8	14
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	305	192	98	25	8	25	24
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	250	97	65	48	2	26	23
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	15	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.8	14.7	3.2	6.7	2.5	0.2	6.8	11.8	57.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	58.7	0.5	2.7	2.0	221	88	19	40	1	12	14
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.3	9.6	86.6	67.6	0.9	4.9	2.7	290	148	40	91	1	19	23
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	11.0	20.3	54.1	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.0	4.2	96.0	59.0	2.0	6.0	2.2	236	157	48	78	2	13	10
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	14	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.2	24.7	11.8	1.8	2.3	3.2	9.3	19.5	47.9	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.0	66.7	52.6	4.5	7.3	2.7	241	148	71	11	19	16	26
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	42.1	18.0	7.7	13.6	2.0	0.9	6.7	12.0	56.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.1	74.4	61.2	1.0	6.7	4.4	295	126	54	95	6	31	28
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	15.3	15.3	7.0	2.3	0.5	6.5	15.5	41.9	0.2	0.5	33.3	2.2	2.7	81.3	46.0	2.7	12.7	3.2	257	92	92	42	3	19	16
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.2	18.3	6.8	14.0	2.2	0.0	6.8	13.8	49.4	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.5	5.2	87.1	56.9	0.5	6.3	3.3	235	110	41	84	0	20	16
15	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	13	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.3	15.5	3.7	7.0	2.2	0.2	6.2	14.2	43.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.2	4.2	76.0	48.4	1.0	2.7	3.7	254	93	22	42	1	22	19
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	12	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	42.8	17.0	6.2	5.3	2.0	0.3	5.7	13.5	42.0	0.3	1.2	28.6	5.3	6.5	82.1	52.0	1.8	4.3	3.2	257	102	37	32	2	19	15
17	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	12	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	33.8	11.0	3.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	4.8	11.7	41.4	0.3	0.8	40.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	44.9	0.7	2.3	1.5	203	66	18	42	0	9	20
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	12	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.9	26.6	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	10.7	22.3	48.1	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.6	67.9	51.9	3.3	4.9	3.0	272	186	57	31	15	21	27
19	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	12	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	37.2	14.7	2.5	8.7	2.0	0.2	6.0	14.0	42.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.7	3.5	76.2	47.2	0.8	1.7	2.8	223	88	15	52	1	17	12
20	Robert Reid R. Reid	12	1980-81	NBA Finals	HOU	6	40.7	14.7	7.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	6.0	16.0	37.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.8	69.6	41.5	3.8	3.7	2.0	244	88	45	19	5	12	24
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	12	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	40.7	25.5	7.0	5.0	2.0	2.3	9.8	18.8	52.2	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.7	8.0	70.8	57.0	1.8	5.2	2.8	244	153	42	30	14	17	16
22	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	12	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.0	12.8	3.7	8.8	2.0	0.3	5.3	14.0	38.1	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.2	2.3	92.9	42.7	0.7	3.0	2.7	216	77	22	53	2	16	17
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.2	23.8	8.8	5.0	1.8	0.7	8.8	19.7	44.9	0.5	1.5	33.3	5.7	6.7	85.0	52.7	2.7	6.2	2.2	241	143	53	30	4	13	14
24	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	11	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.4	17.6	3.0	4.7	1.6	0.3	6.4	16.3	39.5	0.1	0.3	50.0	4.6	5.3	86.5	47.2	1.3	1.7	2.6	255	123	21	33	2	18	25
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	11	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.6	15.4	11.4	1.3	1.6	1.6	6.3	14.3	44.0	0.0	0.0		2.9	4.9	58.8	47.0	4.3	7.1	2.0	256	108	80	9	11	14	32

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