who has the most steals in the playoffs before 2010

Before 2009-10, Scottie Pippen had the most steals in the playoffs, with 395 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	395	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	52.4	2.2	5.4	2.9	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	185	602	686	+232
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	376	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	56.8	1.7	4.7	3.1	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	158	546	541	+294
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	358	190	39.7	19.5	7.7	12.3	1.9	0.3	6.8	13.4	50.6	0.3	1.1	24.1	5.6	6.7	83.8	59.5	1.8	5.9	3.7	7,538	3,701	1,465	2,346	64	696	524
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	338	182	35.2	13.4	3.3	10.1	1.9	0.3	4.7	9.9	47.3	0.6	1.9	32.6	3.4	4.2	81.0	56.8	0.9	2.5	2.8	6,398	2,436	608	1,839	50	517	539	+105
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	296	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	55.1	2.2	8.1	3.1	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	145	506	466
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	295	133	36.5	14.4	3.4	6.9	2.2	0.3	5.8	11.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	55.7	0.9	2.5	2.4	4,848	1,910	453	922	45	318	324
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	278	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	53.2	2.5	4.4	2.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	108	397	486	+52
8	Robert Horry R. Horry	276	244	28.0	7.9	5.6	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.7	6.4	42.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	1.4	2.0	72.2	54.6	1.7	3.9	1.2	6,823	1,939	1,361	575	225	282	717	+590
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	258	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	52.6	2.6	8.1	2.8	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	135	550	662	+123
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	247	175	39.4	25.0	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	8.9	20.0	44.7	1.2	3.7	32.9	5.9	7.3	81.1	53.9	1.0	4.1	2.9	6,888	4,381	889	829	123	503	529	+496
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	247	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	50.7	1.5	2.9	2.7	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	113	480	575
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	245	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	472	424	562	-29
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	235	141	37.5	21.9	7.0	4.2	1.7	1.7	8.4	17.3	48.6	0.1	0.3	19.4	5.0	6.4	77.9	54.4	2.6	4.5	3.2	5,288	3,088	994	594	239	396	403
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	234	111	38.0	20.4	4.7	8.9	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.8	44.1	0.7	2.1	34.6	4.8	6.2	76.9	52.0	1.2	3.5	3.3	4,216	2,261	524	987	38	369	363
15	Byron Scott B. Scott	226	183	29.3	13.4	2.9	2.1	1.2	0.2	5.1	10.6	48.2	0.7	1.9	39.5	2.5	3.0	81.9	56.3	0.7	2.2	1.5	5,365	2,451	536	390	30	266	445	+69
16	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	224	115	41.0	15.2	7.4	8.9	1.9	0.3	5.4	13.7	39.8	1.5	4.8	31.4	2.8	3.6	77.2	49.7	1.7	5.8	3.1	4,710	1,743	856	1,020	36	361	278	+1
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	216	154	35.6	14.0	3.7	5.3	1.4	0.2	5.6	12.6	44.1	0.9	2.8	31.5	2.0	2.8	70.6	50.6	1.0	2.8	1.9	5,481	2,155	575	811	32	297	434	-15
18	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	203	168	28.2	9.4	3.4	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.5	7.4	46.8	0.7	1.9	39.2	1.7	2.1	82.5	56.5	0.9	2.5	1.5	4,744	1,581	574	703	96	252	474
19	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	199	130	34.8	7.2	11.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	2.8	5.8	48.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	3.9	41.8	48.0	3.6	7.6	1.0	4,524	939	1,454	173	250	136	296	+368
20	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	193	176	27.1	8.7	2.3	2.6	1.1	0.1	3.0	7.0	42.3	1.1	2.7	40.8	1.7	2.1	79.4	55.0	0.3	2.0	1.0	4,771	1,533	411	449	10	173	440	+549
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	193	123	39.4	23.0	12.9	3.9	1.6	0.9	8.2	16.0	51.3	0.5	2.0	25.5	6.1	8.5	71.7	58.4	4.1	8.7	2.9	4,849	2,833	1,582	482	108	353	408	+1
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	189	196	36.0	23.4	9.1	3.2	1.0	2.4	9.5	17.5	54.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.8	75.4	58.4	2.6	6.5	2.6	7,053	4,585	1,778	618	476	447	666
23	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	178	144	35.5	10.8	10.0	2.0	1.2	0.3	4.1	8.8	45.9	0.1	0.3	36.6	2.5	3.4	75.5	52.2	3.6	6.4	2.1	5,108	1,550	1,445	283	42	308	503	-60
24	James Worthy J. Worthy	177	143	37.0	21.1	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	8.9	16.3	54.4	0.1	0.5	20.9	3.3	4.6	72.7	57.8	1.8	3.4	2.1	5,297	3,022	747	463	96	298	352
25	Gus Williams G. Williams	174	99	32.5	19.5	3.1	4.7	1.8	0.4	7.9	16.6	47.6	0.2	1.0	23.1	3.6	4.9	73.7	52.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	3,215	1,929	308	469	40	201	243

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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