John Stockton had the most steals when playing >0 games, with 3,265 steals.

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top 10 steals by a player of all times in the NBA

	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	4,245	3,941	+2941
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,717	1,354	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,606	23,011	5,978	12,499	222	3,093	3,185	+6113
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	50,110	17,529	8,725	12,091	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,515	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	892	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	47,116	21,813	5,269	8,966	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
6	LeBron James L. James	2,345	1,562	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	59,041	42,184	11,731	11,584	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
7	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	7,493	6,135	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,163	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	13,747	3,058	3,825	3,668	4,381	+564
9	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	10,884	4,067	3,929	323	2,116	2,637
10	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,100	1,004	36.0	21.5	6.4	5.9	2.1	0.7	8.1	17.0	47.2	0.8	2.6	31.8	4.6	5.8	79.0	54.8	2.5	3.9	2.8	36,128	21,567	6,442	5,972	690	2,854	3,076	+434
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,087	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	54,854	36,928	14,968	5,248	1,145	4,524	4,577	+3010
12	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
13	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	37,583	24,368	3,394	5,624	164	3,262	1,777	+799
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,955	1,237	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,170	26,205	8,677	9,925	406	4,829	3,157	+3039
15	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	48,638	33,643	7,047	6,306	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
16	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,861	1,117	32.3	13.9	2.4	5.7	1.7	0.3	5.4	11.6	46.3	1.0	2.7	35.6	2.2	3.0	74.8	54.0	0.6	1.9	2.0	36,074	15,539	2,714	6,342	283	2,217	2,611	-353
17	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
18	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	39,503	13,968	6,047	5,147	633	2,240	2,180	+3024
19	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	40,098	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,233	1,750	2,535	+1971
20	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
21	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
22	Ron Harper R. Harper	1,716	1,009	30.9	13.8	4.3	3.9	1.7	0.7	5.3	11.8	44.6	0.5	1.8	28.9	2.7	3.8	72.0	51.1	1.3	3.0	2.2	31,199	13,910	4,309	3,916	729	2,246	2,324	+1199
23	James Harden J. Harden	1,715	1,151	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	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,009	27,687	6,473	8,316	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,649	1,073	36.6	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	7.9	14.5	54.1	0.5	1.9	26.6	5.9	8.1	73.5	61.2	4.0	7.7	3.1	39,325	23,757	12,546	4,215	888	3,374	3,286	+532
25	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1,628	1,118	29.4	10.4	4.8	2.1	1.5	0.3	3.7	8.8	42.2	1.4	4.1	35.1	1.5	2.1	73.1	53.5	1.0	3.8	1.3	32,911	11,593	5,356	2,379	355	1,473	2,205	+936