who has the most total steals ever in the nba

John Stockton has the most career steals, with 3,265 steals.

	NAME	STL	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,265	1,504	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	315	7,039	13,658	51.5	845	2,202	38.4	4,788	5,796	82.6	60.8	966	3,085	4,244	3,942	+2941	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	2.8
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,728	1,370	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	222	8,165	17,408	46.9	1,870	5,059	37.0	4,858	5,581	87.0	58.0	798	5,208	3,109	3,208	+6029	33.5	16.8	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	2.3
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2,684	1,391	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	450	6,219	15,557	40.0	1,988	5,701	34.9	3,103	3,954	78.5	50.7	1,768	6,957	4,003	2,572	+3868	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	2.9
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,514	1,072	41,011	32,292	6,672	5,633	893	12,192	24,537	49.7	581	1,778	32.7	7,327	8,772	83.5	56.9	1,668	5,004	2,924	2,783	+1438	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	2.7
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	2,445	1,335	47,117	21,813	5,269	8,966	285	8,708	18,698	46.6	1,132	3,570	31.7	3,265	4,480	72.9	52.8	1,392	3,877	3,030	3,217	+1928	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3
6	LeBron James L. James	2,350	1,569	59,274	42,297	11,764	11,637	1,152	15,533	30,680	50.6	2,570	7,355	34.9	8,661	11,757	73.7	59.0	1,804	9,960	5,484	2,791	+7401	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	2,310	1,101	34,845	12,195	3,088	7,392	294	4,906	9,374	52.3	52	204	25.5	2,331	2,938	79.3	57.2	713	2,375	2,268	2,258		31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	2.1
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	2,307	1,178	41,069	18,940	7,494	6,135	947	7,420	15,700	47.3	978	3,002	32.6	3,122	4,437	70.4	53.6	2,068	5,426	3,257	3,329	+2022	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	2.8
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	2,207	1,086	37,537	22,195	6,677	6,125	719	8,335	17,673	47.2	827	2,603	31.8	4,698	5,962	78.8	54.7	2,615	4,062	2,977	3,285	+434	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	2.7
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,162	1,238	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,830	10,749	20,991	51.2	25	124	20.2	5,423	7,621	71.2	55.3	4,034	9,714	3,667	4,383	+564	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	3.0
11	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	2,112	779	24,669	10,882	4,066	3,929	323	4,412	9,245	47.7	236	800	29.5	1,822	2,451	74.3	52.7	1,621	2,445	2,116	2,638		31.7	14.0	5.2	5.0	2.7	0.4	2.7
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	2,085	1,476	54,852	36,928	14,968	5,248	1,145	13,528	26,210	51.6	85	310	27.4	9,787	13,188	74.2	57.7	3,562	11,406	4,524	4,578	+3010	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	3.1
13	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	2,075	889	31,026	11,962	3,659	5,972	300	4,705	11,499	40.9	1,283	3,816	33.6	1,269	1,724	73.6	48.8	1,017	2,642	2,067	1,687	+347	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	2.3
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,988	1,261	41,864	26,538	8,844	10,100	410	9,553	21,776	43.9	1,413	4,600	30.7	6,019	7,805	77.1	52.6	2,012	6,832	4,909	3,214	+2892	33.2	21.0	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.9
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,983	914	37,584	24,368	3,394	5,624	164	8,467	19,906	42.5	1,059	3,383	31.3	6,375	8,168	78.0	51.8	745	2,649	3,262	1,777	+799	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	3.6
16	Derek Harper D. Harper	1,957	1,199	37,786	16,006	2,884	6,577	304	6,191	13,384	46.3	1,070	3,026	35.4	2,554	3,426	74.5	53.7	696	2,188	2,334	2,755	-353	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	1.9
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,944	1,346	48,637	33,643	7,047	6,306	640	11,719	26,200	44.7	1,827	5,546	32.9	8,378	10,011	83.7	55.0	1,499	5,548	4,010	3,353	+4153	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	3.0
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,861	979	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	249	7,194	15,904	45.2	398	1,373	29.0	4,036	5,316	75.9	51.6	951	2,527	3,682	2,971		36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	3.8
19	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,859	1,462	50,418	26,071	14,662	5,445	2,037	10,505	21,142	49.7	174	632	27.5	4,887	6,190	78.9	54.6	3,209	11,453	3,179	3,561	+4913	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	2.2
20	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1,765	1,231	39,507	13,968	6,047	5,147	633	5,028	10,870	46.3	1,081	3,278	33.0	2,831	3,994	70.9	55.3	1,118	4,929	2,240	2,180	+3024	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	1.4	0.5	1.8
21	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,759	1,163	40,097	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,233	7,289	15,056	48.4	791	2,390	33.1	2,331	2,877	81.0	54.2	2,732	7,369	1,750	2,535	+1971	34.5	15.2	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	1.5
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,752	1,343	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	745	8,668	19,465	44.5	2,143	5,816	36.8	6,918	8,578	80.6	56.8	1,092	6,435	3,532	3,643	+3345	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	2.6
23	James Harden J. Harden	1,742	1,174	40,824	28,303	6,598	8,506	665	8,352	19,012	43.9	3,256	8,971	36.3	8,343	9,677	86.2	60.8	883	5,715	4,351	2,906	+4550	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	3.7
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1,724	906	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	374	6,211	11,951	52.0	325	1,074	30.3	4,960	5,850	84.8	61.0	1,601	4,958	3,506	2,050		36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9
25	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,721	991	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	522	4,666	11,266	41.4	1,154	3,402	33.9	2,572	3,596	71.5	50.8	1,159	3,289	1,791	2,586	+1818	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	1.8