which guard has the most steals in nba history

John Stockton has the most career steals by a guard, with 3,265 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	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	4,244	3,942	+2941
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,728	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
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	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
4	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	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
5	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,310	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	294	2,268	2,258
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,306	930	38.6	31.5	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	11.8	23.3	50.5	0.6	1.8	33.2	7.3	8.7	83.8	58.0	1.7	4.6	2.8	35,887	29,277	5,836	5,012	828	2,589	2,493	+1416
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,207	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	719	2,977	3,285	+434
8	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	10,882	4,066	3,929	323	2,116	2,638
9	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
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,988	1,262	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,890	26,555	8,847	10,105	410	4,911	3,216	+2873
11	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	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	164	3,262	1,777	+799
12	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,957	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	304	2,334	2,755	-353
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,882	1,280	36.5	25.4	5.3	4.8	1.5	0.5	8.8	19.6	45.1	1.3	4.0	33.4	6.4	7.6	83.7	55.3	1.1	4.2	3.0	46,774	32,482	6,800	6,122	627	3,881	3,238	+4724
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,861	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	249	3,682	2,971
15	James Harden J. Harden	1,745	1,175	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	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,864	28,325	6,601	8,513	665	4,355	2,909	+4554
16	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	2,251	2,324	+1199
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,698	874	36.9	19.7	7.3	11.4	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.3	52.1	0.3	1.2	29.8	5.5	6.5	84.8	60.9	1.8	5.5	3.9	32,287	17,239	6,376	9,921	361	3,403	2,002
18	Fat Lever F. Lever	1,666	752	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	2.2	0.3	5.6	12.6	44.7	0.2	0.7	31.0	2.4	3.1	77.1	49.6	1.9	4.1	2.0	23,814	10,433	4,523	4,696	209	1,471	1,803
19	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,638	825	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	2.0	0.4	7.0	15.2	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	2.9	3.8	75.6	50.5	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,645	14,093	2,222	4,597	291	1,646	1,637
20	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,622	983	32.6	14.7	3.6	2.9	1.7	0.3	5.0	10.8	46.1	1.2	3.2	39.4	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.5	0.8	2.8	1.9	32,034	14,470	3,554	2,860	302	1,828	2,043	+680
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1,620	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,773	23,165	4,933	5,701	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,617	1,196	31.0	13.9	2.9	5.6	1.4	0.2	4.9	11.1	43.7	1.6	4.2	38.8	2.5	3.0	82.6	55.7	0.5	2.5	1.8	37,055	16,597	3,498	6,702	245	2,197	2,312	+2729
23	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	1,616	1,094	30.7	13.2	3.7	7.3	1.5	0.2	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,634	14,463	4,084	7,987	215	2,862	2,048	-270
24	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	1,608	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	10,334	117	3,155	2,230	+402
25	Jason Terry J. Terry	1,603	1,410	29.8	13.4	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	4.9	11.1	44.4	1.6	4.3	38.0	2.0	2.3	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.0	1.7	42,034	18,881	3,274	5,415	275	2,415	2,577	+1718