what is the most steals in a game in under 10 minutes

Michael Phelps has the most steals in a game with fewer than 10 minutes played, with 6 steals versus the Rockets on October 29, 1985.

Interpreted as:

What is the most steals by a player in a regular-season game in under 10 minutes?

	NAME	STL	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	6	9	10/29/1985	SEA	@	HOU	8	1	1	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	45.0	1	0	1	0
2	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	5	0	1/29/2016	HOU	@	OKC	8	6	5	1	3	12	25.0	2	9	22.2	0	0		33.3	1	5	1	2	-8
3	Mario West M. West	5	7	2/17/2009	ATL	@	LAL	7	4	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	77.4	2	2	1	1	+12
4	Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	5	9	1/8/1980	CLE	vs	HOU	6	2	1	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	2	0	0	2
5	Blake Wesley B. Wesley	4	4	1/31/2025	SAS	vs	MIL	2	0	3	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	1	0	+7
6	Gary Payton II G. Payton II	4	9	4/14/2021	GSW	@	OKC	10	3	0	1	3	4	75.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	86.8	1	2	1	1	-1
7	Kendall Marshall K. Marshall	4	9	3/17/2016	PHI	vs	WAS	3	1	1	0	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	33.8	0	1	1	2	+10
8	Tony Allen T. Allen	4	10	11/15/2010	MEM	@	ORL	7	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	59.5	2	0	2	2	-8
9	Brevin Knight B. Knight	4	8	12/11/2008	UTA	vs	POR	2	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	1	1	-5
10	A.C. Green	4	6	4/22/1999	DAL	@	SAS	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	-1
11	Craig Ehlo C. Ehlo	4	7	1/15/1997	SEA	vs	TOR	2	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	34.7	0	0	3	0	+11
12	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	4	8	2/14/1996	SEA	vs	MIN	0	1	4	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	1	0	1
13	David Wesley D. Wesley	4	7	2/27/1994	NJN	vs	DAL	2	0	3	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	0	0	1
14	Ed Pinckney E. Pinckney	4	8	3/22/1992	BOS	vs	GSW	2	4	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	4	0	0
15	Tony Brown T. Brown	4	7	11/22/1989	MIL	vs	ATL	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	2	0	1	1
16	Kevin Williams K. Williams	4	9	11/1/1986	SEA	vs	SAC	0	2	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	2	2	1
17	Dudley Bradley D. Bradley	4	5	4/12/1985	WAS	@	DET	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	1	0	0	1
18	Al Wood A. Wood	4	4	2/8/1983	SDC	vs	DEN	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Johnny High J. High	4	9	1/21/1983	PHX	vs	IND	2	2	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	2	0	2
20	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	4	4	3/5/1980	KCK	vs	LAL	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	0	1	0
21	Duck Williams D. Williams	4	6	2/23/1980	UTA	vs	SEA	2	1	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	1	0	0
22	Don Ford D. Ford	4	9	12/13/1978	LAL	@	SEA	6	5	0	0	3	5	60.0				0	0		60.0	1	4	0	2
23	Tommie Green T. Green	4	7	11/14/1978	NOJ	@	POR	5	1	0	0	2	3	66.7				1	3	33.3	57.9	0	1	3	1
24	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	4	6	11/2/1977	KCK	vs	NOJ	4	0	1	0	1	5	20.0				2	6	33.3	26.2	0	0		5
25	Ticky Burden T. Burden	4	9	4/7/1977	NYK	vs	IND	6	0	1		1	4	25.0				4	5	80.0	48.4	0	0		2