which nba player has the most steals in a game in the 2020s

Between the 2019-20 and 2028-29 seasons, T.J. McConnell had the most steals in a game, with 10 steals against the Cavaliers on March 3, 2021.

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Which NBA player has the most steals in a regular-season game in the 2020s?

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	T.J. McConnell	10	3/3/2021	IND	@	CLE	36	16	4	13	1	8	8	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	4	2	0	+14
2	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	8	3/22/2025	CHI	@	LAL	33	15	10	17	0	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	55.0	3	7	2	3	+22
3	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	8	12/30/2024	PHI	@	POR	37	15	5	2	1	6	10	60.0	0	3	0.0	3	3	100.0	66.3	2	3	2	3	+22
4	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	8	12/23/2024	ATL	vs	MIN	34	10	4	4	2	4	10	40.0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	46.0	0	4	2	1	+16
5	Paul George P. George	8	10/25/2021	LAC	vs	POR	27	14	0	5	1	6	16	37.5	2	8	25.0	0	0		43.8	0	0	3	3	+21
6	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	8	2/8/2021	SAS	vs	GSW	36	27	10	4	0	10	19	52.6	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	62.4	0	10	4	1	+9
7	James Harden J. Harden	7	3/31/2025	LAC	@	ORL	40	20	3	5	1	8	19	42.1	1	6	16.7	3	4	75.0	48.2	0	3	5	2	+2
8	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	7	3/21/2025	HOU	@	MIA	35	18	9	5	1	8	14	57.1	0	0		2	3	66.7	58.7	3	6	2	1	+20
9	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	7	2/24/2025	ATL	vs	MIA	34	10	11	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	3	0.0	0	0		41.7	2	9	2	4	+7
10	Dyson Daniels D. Daniels	7	11/8/2024	ATL	@	DET	38	18	3	2	2	7	17	41.2	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	2	2	4	+10
11	Tre Mann T. Mann	7	4/10/2024	CHA	@	ATL	37	16	3	7	0	5	13	38.5	1	4	25.0	5	6	83.3	51.2	1	2	1	0	+2
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	7	3/10/2024	LAL	vs	MIN	39	27	25	5	3	9	17	52.9	0	0		9	13	69.2	59.4	10	15	3	2	+15
13	Herbert Jones H. Jones	7	2/22/2024	NOP	vs	HOU	37	17	5	4	0	6	9	66.7	3	5	60.0	2	3	66.7	82.4	1	4	1	4	+36
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	7	11/14/2023	OKC	vs	SAS	28	28	6	5	0	10	16	62.5	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	73.4	1	5	2	2	+25
15	De'Anthony Melton D. Melton	7	12/9/2022	PHI	vs	LAL	43	33	4	2	0	11	16	68.8	8	12	66.7	3	4	75.0	92.9	0	4	2	1	+3
16	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	7	10/28/2022	MIN	vs	LAL	31	11	4	7	1	4	15	26.7	2	7	28.6	1	2	50.0	34.6	0	4	2	1	+12
17	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	7	11/27/2021	PHX	@	BKN	41	13	6	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	57.4	3	3	1	2	+9
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	7	11/14/2021	PHX	@	HOU	30	15	3	4	0	6	11	54.5	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	65.6	0	3	2	2	+25
19	Draymond Green D. Green	7	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	37	2	6	15	4	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	34.7	1	5	7	5	+7
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7	1/12/2021	DEN	@	BKN	34	23	8	11	1	8	17	47.1	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	58.6	1	7	1	2	-11
21	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	7	12/23/2020	MIA	@	ORL	36	19	3	7	0	7	15	46.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	55.2	1	2	6	1	-5
22	OG Anunoby	7	3/1/2020	TOR	@	DEN	40	32	7	3	0	12	16	75.0	3	6	50.0	5	5	100.0	87.9	2	5	0	5	-11
23	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	7	2/24/2020	NYK	@	HOU	29	15	7	5	0	5	12	41.7	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	52.8	1	6	3	2	-19
24	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	7	2/24/2020	PHX	@	UTA	33	22	6	11	0	6	13	46.2	2	3	66.7	8	9	88.9	64.9	1	5	1	4	+31
25	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	7	2/6/2020	NYK	vs	ORL	33	15	4	9	0	7	13	53.8	1	1	100.0	0	0		57.7	1	3	2	4	+8