which forward has the most career steals

Scottie Pippen has gotten the most career steals by a forward, with 2,307 steals.

	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	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	7,494	6,135	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
2	LeBron James L. James	2,170	1,441	37.8	27.4	7.6	7.5	1.5	0.7	10.0	19.6	51.1	1.7	4.7	35.1	5.6	7.7	73.7	59.5	1.2	6.5	3.5	54,512	39,457	10,968	10,795	1,068	5,036	2,567	+7251
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,085	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	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	1,145	4,524	4,578	+3010
4	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
5	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,648	1,073	36.7	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	39,330	23,757	12,546	4,215	888	3,376	3,287	+532
6	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,636	1,233	36.1	19.0	10.5	4.0	1.3	1.5	7.6	15.3	49.8	0.1	0.5	28.1	3.6	4.6	78.7	54.9	2.4	8.1	2.3	44,471	23,445	12,969	4,952	1,857	2,847	3,034	+4585
7	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	32,912	11,593	5,356	2,379	355	1,473	2,205	+936
8	Thaddeus Young T. Young	1,612	1,172	28.2	12.1	5.6	1.8	1.4	0.4	5.2	10.4	50.3	0.4	1.4	32.8	1.2	1.8	66.1	54.1	2.0	3.7	1.4	33,012	14,225	6,614	2,135	458	1,641	2,486	-276
9	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,599	1,082	34.0	14.7	8.4	1.9	1.5	1.0	6.1	12.7	48.0	0.6	1.9	33.1	1.9	2.4	81.0	53.7	2.3	6.2	1.5	36,834	15,931	9,142	2,055	1,096	1,625	2,312	+1559
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,556	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	5,695	755	2,816	2,279
11	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	1,439	1,153	24.4	10.3	5.5	1.9	1.2	0.7	4.1	8.8	46.5	0.1	0.2	20.1	2.0	2.9	69.0	50.8	2.0	3.5	1.4	28,115	11,825	6,339	2,134	799	1,583	3,455	+523
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1,378	1,074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	9.3	20.1	46.1	0.7	2.1	31.9	5.6	6.9	81.1	53.6	2.7	3.9	2.5	38,113	26,668	7,169	2,677	642	2,669	2,061	-392
13	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1,351	1,282	31.4	9.7	9.5	2.5	1.1	0.3	3.8	8.0	47.1	0.1	0.2	25.3	2.1	2.7	76.1	52.6	3.1	6.5	2.2	40,280	12,417	12,205	3,217	384	2,785	4,421	+171
14	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	1,334	802	34.7	19.5	4.6	3.8	1.7	0.6	7.4	14.3	51.2	0.9	2.4	38.9	3.9	4.5	86.7	59.8	1.2	3.4	2.6	27,813	15,659	3,662	3,047	481	2,058	1,643	+243
15	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	1,327	1,085	28.1	13.4	7.1	2.2	1.2	1.0	5.0	10.3	48.9	0.5	1.5	34.1	2.8	3.9	73.6	55.9	2.2	4.9	1.7	30,500	14,536	7,673	2,378	1,045	1,829	3,248	+2789
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,319	702	34.6	22.8	7.1	4.0	1.9	1.6	9.0	17.6	51.2	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.8	6.2	77.4	56.2	2.5	4.5	3.1	24,285	16,019	4,967	2,785	1,117	1,951	1,953
17	Paul George P. George	1,304	736	35.2	22.3	6.6	4.0	1.8	0.4	7.6	17.3	43.9	2.8	7.3	38.3	4.3	5.0	85.6	57.1	0.9	5.7	2.9	25,940	16,430	4,832	2,972	320	2,117	1,989	+2883
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,280	1,055	32.8	18.2	5.3	3.3	1.2	0.5	6.0	13.2	45.4	1.5	4.0	37.5	4.7	5.8	80.6	57.7	0.8	4.5	2.4	34,643	19,196	5,584	3,494	532	2,548	2,823	+2972
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1,274	741	31.8	20.1	6.3	3.1	1.7	0.6	7.3	14.7	49.8	1.6	4.1	39.2	3.9	4.5	86.1	60.4	1.2	5.2	1.7	23,536	14,918	4,704	2,262	475	1,230	1,239	+4540
20	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1,242	1,161	28.9	16.6	7.3	1.9	1.1	0.6	6.9	14.2	48.4	0.0	0.1	29.5	2.8	4.0	70.5	52.1	2.7	4.6	1.9	33,500	19,276	8,523	2,169	642	2,173	3,762	+24
21	Rudy Gay R. Gay	1,231	1,120	30.9	15.8	5.6	2.0	1.1	0.7	6.0	13.2	45.2	1.1	3.1	34.6	2.8	3.5	79.9	53.5	1.3	4.3	2.0	34,560	17,642	6,283	2,280	798	2,245	2,524	-142
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,223	1,260	34.5	22.5	6.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	8.0	18.0	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.5	5.0	6.2	81.4	54.3	1.6	4.6	2.4	43,514	28,289	7,808	3,422	644	3,052	3,543	+1528
23	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	1,200	832	29.7	11.9	5.8	2.1	1.4	0.8	4.2	9.0	46.9	0.5	1.6	31.2	3.0	4.2	70.9	54.9	1.4	4.4	1.8	24,731	9,933	4,838	1,725	681	1,486	1,829	-176
24	Grant Long G. Long	1,199	1,003	28.4	9.5	6.1	1.7	1.2	0.4	3.5	7.4	46.7	0.1	0.3	28.3	2.5	3.3	76.1	53.6	2.2	4.0	1.6	28,514	9,518	6,154	1,716	366	1,628	2,957	-458
25	Draymond Green D. Green	1,197	897	28.7	8.7	6.9	5.6	1.3	1.0	3.2	7.2	44.8	0.9	2.7	32.1	1.4	2.0	70.9	54.1	1.1	5.8	2.3	25,741	7,795	6,179	5,041	901	2,078	2,596	+4685