Mookie Blaylock had the most steals by a player in his 12th season, with 163 steals.

Interpreted as:

most all-time steals by a player as a 12th season

	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	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	163	2000-01	GSW	69	34.1	11.0	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	4.6	11.6	39.6	1.1	3.3	32.4	0.8	1.1	69.7	45.5	1.0	2.9	1.9	2,352	760	272	462	20	128	134	-330
2	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	160	2015-16	HOU	81	34.8	12.7	4.5	2.3	2.0	0.3	4.4	10.6	41.6	2.3	6.2	37.1	1.6	2.0	78.3	55.1	0.8	3.7	1.4	2,818	1,025	366	188	26	113	177	+41
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	160	2007-08	DEN	82	41.8	26.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	8.7	19.0	45.8	1.2	3.4	34.5	7.9	9.7	80.9	56.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	3,424	2,164	243	586	12	245	109	+361
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	151	2007-08	LAL	82	38.9	28.3	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	9.5	20.6	45.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	7.6	9.0	84.0	57.6	1.1	5.2	3.1	3,192	2,323	517	441	40	257	227	+598
5	Doug Christie D. Christie	151	2003-04	SAC	82	33.9	10.1	4.0	4.2	1.8	0.5	3.9	8.4	46.1	0.6	1.7	34.5	1.8	2.1	86.0	54.4	0.8	3.2	1.9	2,780	831	329	347	41	155	186	+373
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	150	2005-06	NJN	80	37.2	13.3	7.3	8.4	1.9	0.4	4.6	11.3	40.4	1.7	4.9	35.2	2.4	3.1	79.5	52.6	1.1	6.2	2.4	2,975	1,065	580	672	29	192	157	+269
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	140	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	29.6	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	44	166	156	+818
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	140	1995-96	UTA	82	35.5	14.7	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	5.4	10.0	53.8	1.2	2.7	42.2	2.9	3.4	83.0	64.2	0.7	2.1	3.0	2,915	1,209	226	916	15	246	207
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	136	1994-95	TOT	76	35.9	21.8	6.3	4.8	1.8	0.6	7.5	16.3	46.1	1.9	5.4	36.0	4.8	5.8	82.4	57.7	2.0	4.3	2.4	2,728	1,653	480	362	45	186	206
10	Eddie Jones E. Jones	131	2005-06	MEM	75	32.5	11.8	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	3.9	9.6	40.4	1.8	5.0	35.6	2.2	2.9	78.1	54.2	0.5	3.3	1.2	2,437	885	279	177	27	93	201	+318
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	131	2001-02	SEA	82	40.3	22.1	4.8	9.0	1.6	0.3	9.0	19.2	46.7	0.9	2.9	31.4	3.3	4.1	79.7	52.6	1.0	3.9	2.5	3,301	1,815	396	737	26	209	179	+199
12	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	130	1996-97	GSW	79	34.6	14.5	4.0	4.1	1.6	0.4	5.5	10.0	55.3	1.1	2.6	41.1	2.3	2.7	86.4	64.5	0.9	3.1	2.4	2,733	1,143	317	322	33	192	155	-270
13	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	124	2010-11	LAL	82	29.4	8.5	3.3	2.1	1.5	0.4	3.2	8.0	39.7	1.0	2.8	35.6	1.1	1.7	67.6	48.5	1.2	2.0	1.1	2,410	697	267	175	36	90	181	+425
14	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	124	1989-90	TOT	81	31.1	9.7	3.0	5.6	1.5	0.1	3.8	7.5	50.4	0.0	0.2	25.0	2.1	2.5	84.7	56.5	0.6	2.3	1.5	2,519	789	240	453	10	121	78
15	Thaddeus Young T. Young	123	2018-19	IND	81	30.7	12.6	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	5.5	10.4	52.7	0.6	1.8	34.9	1.1	1.7	64.4	56.9	2.4	4.1	1.5	2,489	1,024	523	204	36	123	194	+134
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	123	1992-93	DET	79	37.0	17.6	2.9	8.5	1.6	0.2	6.7	15.9	41.8	0.8	2.5	30.8	3.5	4.8	73.7	48.8	0.9	2.0	3.6	2,922	1,391	232	671	18	284	222
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	119	2016-17	LAC	61	31.5	18.1	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	6.1	12.9	47.6	2.0	5.0	41.1	3.8	4.3	89.2	61.4	0.7	4.3	2.4	1,921	1,104	304	563	8	147	146	+577
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	117	2022-23	MIA	64	33.4	22.9	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	7.5	13.9	53.9	0.6	1.6	35.0	7.4	8.7	85.0	64.7	2.2	3.7	1.6	2,138	1,466	375	340	21	101	80	+47
19	Andre Miller A. Miller	114	2010-11	POR	81	32.7	12.7	3.7	7.0	1.4	0.1	4.8	10.4	46.0	0.0	0.5	10.8	3.1	3.6	85.3	52.9	1.2	2.5	2.4	2,650	1,029	302	566	12	197	171	+254
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	114	1995-96	PHX	71	37.1	23.2	11.6	3.7	1.6	0.8	8.2	16.3	50.0	0.7	2.5	28.0	6.2	8.0	77.7	58.5	3.4	8.1	3.1	2,632	1,649	821	262	56	218	208
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	113	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	27.4	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	48	233	217	+768
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	113	1995-96	HOU	72	38.8	26.9	10.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	10.7	20.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.5	7.6	72.4	55.8	2.4	8.4	3.4	2,797	1,936	784	257	207	247	242
23	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	111	2023-24	LAC	68	34.3	23.7	6.1	3.6	1.6	0.9	9.0	17.1	52.5	2.1	4.9	41.7	3.7	4.2	88.5	62.6	1.2	4.9	1.8	2,330	1,613	416	244	59	119	97	+392
24	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	111	1996-97	NYK	80	35.9	10.8	9.8	2.8	1.4	0.3	4.2	8.7	48.8	0.1	0.2	26.3	2.3	2.8	80.8	54.5	3.1	6.7	2.1	2,873	864	781	221	21	171	305	+105
25	Tony Allen T. Allen	110	2015-16	MEM	64	25.3	8.4	4.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	3.4	7.3	45.8	0.2	0.7	35.7	1.4	2.2	65.2	50.5	1.6	3.0	1.2	1,620	535	296	70	18	78	175	-92