Purvis Short had his most steals in a game on January 25, 1986 and on April 4, 1985, with 6 steals.

Interpreted as:

Purvis Short most steals in a regular-season game

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Purvis Short P. Short	6	1/25/1986	GSW	@	IND	39	17	5	2	0	8	21	38.1	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	39.6	3	2	3	4
2	Purvis Short P. Short	6	4/4/1985	GSW	vs	HOU	40	27	4	6	1	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	3	8	37.5	49.1	2	2	1	0
3	Purvis Short P. Short	5	2/19/1985	GSW	@	ATL	42	17	8	3	0	8	22	36.4	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	37.9	4	4	3	4
4	Purvis Short P. Short	5	11/8/1984	GSW	vs	LAL	33	27	4	4	0	10	25	40.0	1	3	33.3	6	7	85.7	48.1	3	1	3	4
5	Purvis Short P. Short	5	12/30/1983	GSW	@	LAL	31	10	4	3	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		2	3	66.7	40.6	2	2	0	3
6	Purvis Short P. Short	5	11/3/1982	GSW	vs	NYK	39	31	5	2	0	13	18	72.2	0	0		5	6	83.3	75.1	2	3	5	4
7	Purvis Short P. Short	5	3/29/1981	GSW	@	SEA	35	24	7	3	1	9	23	39.1	0	0		6	7	85.7	46.0	0	7	4	0
8	Purvis Short P. Short	5	12/16/1978	GSW	@	SAS	30	16	9	7	0	8	18	44.4				0	2	0.0	42.4	4	5	2	6
9	Purvis Short P. Short	4	1/14/1989	HOU	vs	DAL	28	12	4	1	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	43.2	1	3	2	3
10	Purvis Short P. Short	4	4/19/1987	GSW	vs	LAC	27	20	4	2	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		0	1	0.0	69.3	1	3	4	2
11	Purvis Short P. Short	4	11/5/1986	GSW	vs	POR	37	31	4	5	0	12	23	52.2	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	58.4	3	1	4	2
12	Purvis Short P. Short	4	4/11/1985	GSW	vs	LAL	45	30	6	8	0	11	26	42.3	1	4	25.0	7	9	77.8	50.1	3	3	4	4
13	Purvis Short P. Short	4	2/28/1985	GSW	vs	POR	43	35	1	1	0	12	23	52.2	0	1	0.0	11	12	91.7	61.9	1	0	3	1
14	Purvis Short P. Short	4	2/6/1985	GSW	@	DAL	32	12	3	2	0	3	10	30.0	0	2	0.0	6	8	75.0	44.4	2	1	4	4
15	Purvis Short P. Short	4	1/5/1985	GSW	vs	HOU	39	15	2	1	0	5	23	21.7	1	3	33.3	4	6	66.7	29.3	0	2	3	0
16	Purvis Short P. Short	4	12/8/1984	GSW	vs	PHX	42	40	2	3	0	15	30	50.0	1	4	25.0	9	11	81.8	57.4	2	0	4	3
17	Purvis Short P. Short	4	3/15/1984	GSW	vs	UTA	44	22	3	1	1	7	17	41.2	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	51.4	1	2	5	4
18	Purvis Short P. Short	4	1/21/1984	GSW	@	DEN	37	29	4	3	1	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	57.1	1	3	2	4
19	Purvis Short P. Short	4	11/25/1983	GSW	@	IND	37	21	8	2	0	9	23	39.1	0	0		3	3	100.0	43.2	4	4	2	2
20	Purvis Short P. Short	4	1/12/1983	GSW	@	BOS	41	28	3	6	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	52.3	2	1	2	4
21	Purvis Short P. Short	4	12/5/1982	GSW	vs	UTA	32	24	7	5	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	60.7	3	4	3	5
22	Purvis Short P. Short	4	11/9/1982	GSW	@	POR	26	21	2	1	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		3	3	100.0	57.3	0	2	1	5
23	Purvis Short P. Short	4	12/5/1981	GSW	vs	SDC	21	15	2	3	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		1	1	100.0	65.6	1	1	1	3
24	Purvis Short P. Short	4	11/21/1981	GSW	vs	SAS	18	14	5	5	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	71.7	2	3	6	4
25	Purvis Short P. Short	4	1/12/1980	GSW	vs	PHX	42	27	11	5	0	13	26	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	51.1	3	8	2	2