Willie Smith got his most steals in a game 4 times, with 5 steals.

Interpreted as:

Willie Smith most steals in a regular-season game

	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	Willie Smith W. Smith	5	2/16/1980	CLE	vs	DET	21	6	4	8	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	63.0	1	3	3	3
2	Willie Smith W. Smith	5	2/10/1980	CLE	vs	CHI	20	5	2	4	0	2	7	28.6	1	3	33.3	0	0		35.7	1	1	2	2
3	Willie Smith W. Smith	5	1/27/1980	CLE	@	IND	36	12	2	7	0	4	8	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	61.5	1	1	5	6
4	Willie Smith W. Smith	5	11/24/1979	CLE	@	NYK	21	13	1	2	0	5	12	41.7	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.5	1	0	2	2
5	Willie Smith W. Smith	4	3/20/1980	CLE	vs	HOU	27	12	3	6	0	6	7	85.7	0	0		0	1	0.0	80.6	2	1	1	3
6	Willie Smith W. Smith	3	3/27/1980	CLE	vs	WAS	21	4	1	3	0	2	6	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	1	0	0	4
7	Willie Smith W. Smith	3	2/17/1980	CLE	@	PHI	22	9	5	4	0	4	9	44.4	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	45.5	3	2	1	1
8	Willie Smith W. Smith	3	11/22/1979	CLE	vs	GSW	18	4	2	2	0	2	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		40.0	0	2	1	1
9	Willie Smith W. Smith	3	10/18/1979	CLE	vs	SAS	21	6	0	6	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	0	0	2	2
10	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	3/16/1980	CLE	vs	PHI	29	4	2	8	0	2	6	33.3	0	2	0.0	0	0		33.3	1	1	1	2
11	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	3/15/1980	CLE	vs	SAS	17	10	3	5	0	3	8	37.5	2	3	66.7	2	4	50.0	51.2	1	2	1	1
12	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	3/4/1980	CLE	@	SDC	16	4	1	2	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	1	0	1
13	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	2/8/1980	CLE	@	HOU	20	2	4	4	0	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		25.0	3	1	1	2
14	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	1/19/1980	CLE	@	PHI	14	3	1	3	0	1	6	16.7	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	21.8	1	0	5	1
15	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	10/31/1979	CLE	@	WAS	20	6	6	4	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	47.5	2	4	2	2
16	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	10/27/1979	CLE	vs	PHI	14	4	4	3	0	1	7	14.3	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	25.4	1	3	3	4
17	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	10/16/1979	CLE	vs	DET	20	6	4	10	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		0	0		75.0	1	3	2	2
18	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	10/12/1979	CLE	@	NJN	23	10	3	5	0	4	8	50.0	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	56.3	2	1	4	0
19	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	2/13/1979	POR	vs	NOJ	14	7	0	2	0	2	5	40.0				3	5	60.0	48.6	0	0	2	5
20	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	2/11/1979	POR	vs	ATL	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0				0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	10/22/1978	POR	vs	PHX	12	2	1	2	0	1	1	100.0				0	0		100.0	1	0	3	1
22	Willie Smith W. Smith	2	10/17/1978	POR	vs	KCK	13	7	0	2	0	3	5	60.0				1	1	100.0	64.3	0	0	0	2
23	Willie Smith W. Smith	1	3/22/1980	CLE	vs	BOS	16	4	0	3	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	0	2	2
24	Willie Smith W. Smith	1	3/18/1980	CLE	@	DET	15	0	2	3	0	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	2	2	3
25	Willie Smith W. Smith	1	3/9/1980	CLE	@	IND	16	4	2	4	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	0	2	0