what is the most steals in a game in under 30 minutes

Michael Jordan has the most steals in a game with fewer than 30 minutes played, with 10 steals versus the New Jersey Nets on January 29, 1988.

Interpreted as:
What is the most steals by a player in a regular-season game in under 30 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 Jordan
M. Jordan
10
27
1/29/1988
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
32
1
4
2
14
18
77.8
0
0
4
5
80.0
79.2
0
1
3
1
2 Doc Rivers
D. Rivers
9
18
11/6/1991
LAC LAC
vs
PHX PHX
5
1
5
2
2
8
25.0
0
0
1
3
33.3
26.8
1
0
0
2
3 Johnny High
J. High
9
26
1/28/1981
PHX PHX
@
WAS WAS
11
4
2
0
3
6
50.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
63.7
1
3
6
3
4 Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
9
28
11/29/1980
IND IND
vs
CLE CLE
11
0
2
1
4
6
66.7
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
75.1
0
0
0
4
5 Paul George
P. George
8
27
10/25/2021
LAC LAC
vs
POR POR
14
0
5
1
6
16
37.5
2
8
25.0
0
0
43.8
0
0
3
3
+21
6 Pablo Prigioni
P. Prigioni
8
15
1/13/2016
LAC LAC
vs
MIA MIA
2
2
2
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
0
2
1
1
+3
7 Sergio Rodriguez
S. Rodriguez
8
29
2/22/2010
NYK NYK
vs
MIL MIL
4
1
1
0
2
8
25.0
0
2
0.0
0
0
25.0
0
1
3
0
-19
8 Bonzi Wells
B. Wells
8
26
3/22/2008
NOH NOH
vs
BOS BOS
12
3
2
0
3
8
37.5
1
2
50.0
5
7
71.4
54.2
0
3
2
2
+23
9 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
8
27
4/20/1993
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
28
3
4
0
12
22
54.5
3
6
50.0
1
1
100.0
62.4
1
2
1
1
10 John Stockton
J. Stockton
8
27
12/3/1992
UTA UTA
vs
MIN MIN
8
6
12
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
0
0
44.4
0
6
3
0
11 Lester Conner
L. Conner
8
24
3/9/1989
NJN NJN
@
SAS SAS
3
4
4
0
1
5
20.0
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
25.5
1
3
1
0
12 Fat Lever
F. Lever
8
28
11/24/1987
DEN DEN
vs
NJN NJN
21
13
14
0
9
11
81.8
0
0
3
5
60.0
79.5
2
11
4
2
13 Chris McNealy
C. McNealy
8
28
3/4/1986
NYK NYK
vs
WAS WAS
12
10
2
0
5
6
83.3
0
0
2
3
66.7
82.0
1
9
2
2
14 Alvin Robertson
A. Robertson
8
29
2/16/1986
SAS SAS
vs
SAC SAC
9
8
4
2
4
10
40.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
43.1
1
7
4
3
15 Derek Harper
D. Harper
8
27
11/9/1985
DAL DAL
vs
HOU HOU
11
3
5
1
5
11
45.5
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
46.3
0
3
1
1
16 Darnell Valentine
D. Valentine
8
28
10/27/1985
POR POR
vs
GSW GSW
10
1
8
0
4
7
57.1
0
0
2
3
66.7
60.1
1
0
4
2
17 Rob Williams
R. Williams
8
28
2/17/1983
DEN DEN
@
NJN NJN
13
4
6
0
5
11
45.5
0
0
3
4
75.0
50.9
2
2
4
5
18 Eddie Jordan
E. Jordan
8
27
1/4/1978
NJN NJN
vs
PHX PHX
11
2
7
1
5
14
35.7
1
1
100.0
38.1
0
2
1
3
19 Paul Griffin
P. Griffin
8
22
11/9/1977
NOJ NOJ
@
DEN DEN
5
4
1
0
1
3
33.3
3
3
100.0
57.9
2
2
1
3
20 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
7
28
11/14/2023
OKC OKC
vs
SAS SAS
28
6
5
0
10
16
62.5
1
4
25.0
7
7
100.0
73.4
1
5
2
2
+25
21 Chris Paul
C. Paul
7
30
11/14/2021
PHX PHX
@
HOU HOU
15
3
4
0
6
11
54.5
2
5
40.0
1
1
100.0
65.6
0
3
2
2
+25
22 Dennis Smith Jr.
D. Smith Jr.
7
29
2/24/2020
NYK NYK
@
HOU HOU
15
7
5
0
5
12
41.7
1
2
50.0
4
5
80.0
52.8
1
6
3
2
-19
23 Jonathan Isaac
J. Isaac
7
30
12/28/2019
ORL ORL
@
MIL MIL
19
9
2
1
8
13
61.5
1
3
33.3
2
2
100.0
68.4
4
5
2
3
+2
24 Dejounte Murray
D. Murray
7
30
1/23/2018
SAS SAS
vs
CLE CLE
19
10
3
0
8
15
53.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
56.7
4
6
4
4
+3
25 Willie Cauley-Stein
W. Cauley-Stein
7
25
1/6/2018
SAC SAC
vs
DEN DEN
17
4
2
0
8
12
66.7
0
0
1
3
33.3
63.8
1
3
0
4
+11
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for steals going back to the 1984-85 season.

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