Alvin Robertson got the most steals in 1986-87, with 260 steals.

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Most NBA steals by a player 1986-87

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	260	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	3.2	0.4	7.3	15.6	46.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.0	4.0	75.3	51.0	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,697	1,435	424	421	35	243	264
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	236	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	125	272	237
3	Ron Harper R. Harper	209	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	84	345	247
4	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	204	1986-87	POR	82	38.0	21.7	6.3	6.9	2.5	0.9	8.6	17.2	50.2	0.1	0.6	23.4	4.4	5.7	76.0	55.2	2.8	3.5	3.1	3,114	1,782	518	566	71	253	281
5	Fat Lever F. Lever	201	1986-87	DEN	82	37.2	18.9	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	7.8	16.7	46.9	0.3	1.1	23.9	3.0	3.8	78.2	51.5	2.6	6.3	2.0	3,054	1,552	729	654	34	167	219
6	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	180	1986-87	PHI	68	38.6	15.6	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	6.1	11.6	52.7	0.1	0.3	23.5	3.3	4.3	77.7	57.9	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,624	1,061	215	538	15	173	109
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	177	1986-87	UTA	82	22.7	7.9	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.8	5.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	18.4	2.2	2.8	78.2	57.5	0.4	1.5	2.0	1,858	648	151	670	14	164	224
8	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	171	1986-87	ATL	82	31.6	12.8	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	4.2	9.2	45.1	0.0	0.3	19.0	4.5	5.4	82.8	55.3	1.0	2.6	2.6	2,590	1,053	299	823	30	217	287
9	Derek Harper D. Harper	167	1986-87	DAL	77	33.2	16.0	2.6	7.9	2.2	0.3	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.0	2.8	35.8	2.1	3.0	68.4	56.1	0.7	1.9	1.8	2,556	1,230	199	609	25	138	195
10	Terry Porter T. Porter	159	1986-87	POR	80	33.9	13.1	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	4.7	9.6	48.8	0.2	0.8	21.7	3.5	4.2	83.8	57.0	0.9	3.3	3.2	2,714	1,045	337	715	9	255	192
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	153	1986-87	DET	81	37.2	20.6	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.2	1.2	19.4	4.9	6.4	76.8	52.8	1.0	2.9	4.2	3,013	1,671	319	813	20	343	251
12	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	146	1986-87	GSW	82	37.4	18.8	3.3	10.3	1.8	0.2	6.1	12.6	48.8	0.9	2.3	38.4	5.6	6.5	86.0	60.8	0.7	2.6	3.4	3,064	1,541	268	848	18	280	199
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	140	1986-87	HOU	75	36.8	23.4	11.4	2.9	1.9	3.4	9.0	17.8	50.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.3	7.6	70.2	55.4	4.2	7.2	3.0	2,760	1,755	858	220	254	228	294
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	138	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	36	300	168
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	135	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	566	70	240	185
16	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	129	1986-87	MIL	82	33.8	20.8	8.5	2.8	1.6	1.0	8.9	17.4	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	66.2	53.6	2.6	5.9	2.1	2,770	1,707	700	229	81	172	296
17	John Williams J. Williams	129	1986-87	WAS	78	22.7	9.2	4.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	3.6	8.0	45.4	0.1	0.5	22.2	1.8	2.9	64.6	49.7	1.7	3.0	1.6	1,773	718	366	191	30	122	173
18	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	125	1986-87	SEA	71	27.8	5.3	4.7	8.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	4.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.0	61.7	51.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	1,972	373	331	583	45	155	238
19	Byron Scott B. Scott	125	1986-87	LAL	82	33.3	17.0	3.5	3.4	1.5	0.2	6.8	13.8	48.9	0.8	1.8	43.6	2.7	3.1	89.2	56.1	0.8	2.7	1.8	2,729	1,397	286	281	18	144	163
20	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	122	1986-87	POR	82	25.5	12.3	6.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	4.5	8.9	50.9	0.0	0.3	4.3	3.2	4.4	72.0	56.5	2.5	3.6	1.8	2,088	1,009	496	194	77	149	328
21	Darrell Walker D. Walker	120	1986-87	DEN	81	24.9	12.2	4.0	3.5	1.5	0.5	4.4	9.2	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.5	74.5	54.7	1.9	2.1	2.3	2,020	988	327	282	37	187	229
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	119	1986-87	PHI	68	40.3	23.0	14.6	4.9	1.8	1.5	8.2	13.8	59.4	0.3	1.5	20.2	6.3	8.3	76.1	66.0	5.7	8.9	4.7	2,740	1,564	994	331	104	322	252
23	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	117	1986-87	ATL	79	37.6	29.0	6.3	3.3	1.5	0.6	10.5	22.6	46.3	0.4	1.3	29.2	7.7	9.4	81.8	54.3	2.7	3.6	2.7	2,969	2,294	494	261	51	215	149
24	Trent Tucker T. Tucker	116	1986-87	NYK	70	24.2	11.4	1.9	2.4	1.7	0.2	4.6	9.9	47.0	1.0	2.3	42.2	1.1	1.4	76.2	54.0	0.7	1.2	1.1	1,691	795	135	166	13	78	169
25	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	116	1986-87	LAC	65	27.1	11.2	2.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	4.2	10.3	41.0	0.2	0.9	23.2	2.5	3.1	81.5	47.8	0.6	1.7	2.6	1,759	726	150	447	10	167	148