which nba player has the most steals in the 70s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Rick Barry got the most steals, with 1,024 steals.

	NAME	STL	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Rick Barry R. Barry	1,024	482	36.9	22.5	5.5	6.0	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.4	45.1	4.1	4.5	91.5	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	17,769	10,863	2,640	2,895	241	422	1,282
2	Randy Smith R. Smith	1,018	492	37.5	20.1	4.3	5.5	2.1	0.1	8.2	17.2	47.5	3.8	4.8	78.8	52.0	1.3	3.1	3.3	18,432	9,907	2,138	2,695	35	541	1,447
3	Slick Watts S. Watts	961	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	2.2	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3	1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	111	239	1,314
4	Chris Ford C. Ford	899	489	28.8	9.9	3.4	3.8	1.8	0.3	4.3	9.4	46.3	1.3	1.7	73.9	49.2	1.3	2.2	2.7	14,077	4,859	1,676	1,873	132	442	1,151
5	Larry Steele L. Steele	821	456	25.7	9.0	2.9	2.9	1.8	0.2	3.6	7.4	48.6	1.8	2.2	80.2	53.5	0.9	1.9	1.2	11,719	4,108	1,300	1,335	95	162	1,400
6	Fred Brown F. Brown	819	460	29.8	18.1	3.6	3.4	1.8	0.3	7.7	16.1	48.0	2.7	3.1	87.0	51.9	1.1	2.5	2.2	13,710	8,311	1,653	1,581	117	328	1,116
7	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	809	481	35.4	20.6	2.2	5.4	1.7	0.1	8.4	17.0	49.6	3.7	4.1	89.7	54.6	0.7	1.5	2.3	17,035	9,902	1,079	2,576	31	360	1,695
8	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	767	424	34.6	11.0	4.3	6.5	1.8	0.2	4.1	10.1	40.2	2.9	3.7	77.3	46.8	1.3	3.0	2.1	14,655	4,666	1,809	2,776	71	249	1,481
9	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	742	482	35.1	11.4	11.0	4.6	1.5	1.8	4.6	10.3	44.4	2.2	2.9	74.8	48.9	2.6	8.4	2.7	16,921	5,482	5,306	2,221	868	431	1,679
10	Jim Price J. Price	724	451	26.6	10.4	3.2	4.0	1.6	0.3	4.4	9.8	44.4	1.7	2.1	81.5	48.5	0.9	2.4	1.7	11,987	4,712	1,451	1,789	126	275	1,250
11	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	710	488	27.5	17.9	2.2	4.7	1.5	0.4	7.2	14.0	51.5	3.5	4.3	81.4	56.3	0.6	1.6	3.2	13,428	8,751	1,078	2,271	183	512	1,075
12	Steve Mix S. Mix	683	440	29.1	12.1	6.8	2.1	1.6	0.3	4.6	9.3	50.1	2.8	3.5	80.2	55.9	2.3	4.5	1.5	12,802	5,305	2,992	914	126	231	1,205
13	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	679	356	38.2	18.9	5.4	5.7	1.9	0.2	7.7	16.1	47.9	3.5	4.3	81.9	52.6	1.1	4.3	2.1	13,599	6,721	1,923	2,020	62	135	920
14	Kevin Porter K. Porter	651	426	31.9	13.0	2.1	9.0	1.5	0.1	5.4	11.3	48.1	2.1	2.8	73.2	51.6	0.7	1.4	4.3	13,609	5,528	896	3,840	51	697	1,578
15	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	649	374	34.6	19.2	3.8	3.0	1.7	0.6	7.9	17.6	45.1	3.4	4.1	82.1	49.5	0.9	2.9	1.6	12,927	7,182	1,421	1,140	223	98	727
16	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	627	310	34.8	21.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	10,800	6,761	3,552	1,238	157	658	1,241
17	Don Buse D. Buse	622	245	32.8	8.0	3.0	5.8	2.5	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.5	1.2	1.5	79.6	49.2	0.7	2.3	1.3	8,038	1,972	736	1,432	48	220	422
18	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	611	447	36.2	20.1	6.5	3.5	1.4	0.6	8.3	17.0	48.5	3.6	4.5	80.4	53.0	1.8	4.6	3.0	16,194	8,997	2,899	1,570	256	463	1,607
19	John Drew J. Drew	606	378	31.6	22.0	8.5	1.8	1.6	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.4	5.9	8.0	73.3	53.6	3.6	4.9	2.8	11,941	8,310	3,204	681	141	421	1,389
20	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	606	488	40.5	21.6	13.2	1.9	1.2	2.5	8.6	18.6	46.2	4.4	6.5	68.3	50.3	3.5	9.7	2.8	19,757	10,536	6,443	940	1,198	464	1,716
21	Gus Williams G. Williams	604	314	27.1	14.5	2.8	3.6	1.9	0.4	6.0	13.1	46.1	2.4	3.1	77.5	50.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	8,496	4,553	893	1,133	115	379	721
22	Lucius Allen L. Allen	604	400	30.4	14.7	3.3	4.8	1.5	0.3	6.0	13.2	45.6	2.6	3.3	77.6	49.9	1.0	2.3	2.3	12,171	5,863	1,309	1,912	124	247	1,088
23	Gar Heard G. Heard	596	423	29.5	10.4	9.3	2.0	1.4	1.6	4.3	10.3	41.9	1.7	2.6	64.0	45.0	2.6	6.7	1.3	12,459	4,384	3,925	841	659	180	1,338
24	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	587	450	37.8	17.3	3.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	7.4	16.6	44.3	2.6	3.0	85.3	48.2	0.9	2.9	2.7	17,027	7,779	1,738	2,399	98	329	1,050
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	576	452	40.1	26.7	14.1	4.6	1.3	3.5	11.1	20.3	54.6	4.6	6.3	72.7	58.0	3.1	11.0	3.5	18,112	12,070	6,389	2,082	1,595	490	1,409