John Stockton got the most steals by a player in his 18th season, with 152 steals.

Interpreted as:

most all-time steals by a player as a 18th 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	John Stockton J. Stockton	152	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	13.4	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	60.1	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,566	1,102	263	674	24	208	209	+166
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	136	2002-03	UTA	81	36.2	20.6	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	7.3	15.9	46.2	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.9	7.7	76.3	53.4	1.4	6.4	2.6	2,936	1,667	628	379	31	210	204	+172
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	91	2022-23	PHX	59	32.0	13.9	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	5.0	11.3	44.0	1.7	4.4	37.5	2.3	2.7	83.1	55.5	0.5	3.8	1.9	1,889	819	251	524	22	114	126	+84
4	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	82	2011-12	DAL	48	28.7	6.2	4.1	5.5	1.7	0.2	2.1	5.7	36.3	1.6	4.6	35.4	0.5	0.6	78.6	52.4	0.3	3.8	1.9	1,379	299	198	264	10	91	83	+66
5	Mike Conley M. Conley	79	2024-25	MIN	71	24.7	8.2	2.6	4.5	1.1	0.2	2.6	6.6	40.0	1.8	4.4	41.0	1.1	1.3	90.0	57.3	0.5	2.1	1.1	1,756	582	182	319	14	75	111	+265
6	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	78	2012-13	BOS	68	29.7	14.8	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.2	12.5	2.3	3.0	78.6	53.5	1.1	6.7	1.6	2,022	1,004	530	159	62	110	154	+112
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	74	2001-02	TOR	61	22.6	7.1	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	6.9	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	56.0	47.8	1.6	4.4	1.6	1,378	435	366	66	90	98	147	+28
8	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	70	2013-14	OKC	81	17.6	5.2	1.5	1.4	0.9	0.0	1.7	4.5	39.1	1.1	2.8	38.4	0.7	0.9	77.5	54.2	0.1	1.4	0.6	1,428	425	122	117	3	49	157	+236
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	63	2014-15	SAS	77	28.9	13.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	5.4	10.6	51.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.0	4.0	74.0	56.0	2.2	6.9	1.7	2,227	1,070	704	230	151	131	165	+305
10	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	59	2023-24	TOT	60	28.2	8.1	3.2	4.2	1.0	0.4	2.7	6.3	43.2	1.6	4.2	39.2	1.1	1.3	84.0	59.4	0.6	2.7	1.4	1,690	487	194	253	21	85	146	+2
11	Ray Allen R. Allen	54	2013-14	MIA	73	26.5	9.6	2.8	2.0	0.7	0.1	3.3	7.4	44.2	1.6	4.2	37.5	1.4	1.6	90.5	59.0	0.3	2.5	1.2	1,936	701	205	143	8	84	115	+163
12	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	52	2015-16	DAL	75	31.5	18.3	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	6.6	14.8	44.8	1.7	4.6	36.8	3.3	3.7	89.3	55.5	0.7	5.8	1.1	2,364	1,372	489	132	52	84	161	+257
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	50	2004-05	IND	66	31.9	14.8	2.4	2.2	0.8	0.1	4.8	10.9	43.7	1.5	4.5	32.2	3.8	4.1	93.3	58.2	0.3	2.1	1.2	2,105	974	156	146	5	77	109	+232
14	LeBron James L. James	48	2020-21	LAL	45	33.4	25.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	60.2	0.6	7.0	3.7	1,504	1,126	346	350	25	168	70	+287
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	46	2020-21	POR	69	24.5	13.4	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.6	4.7	11.3	42.1	1.9	4.7	40.9	2.0	2.2	89.0	54.7	0.5	2.6	0.9	1,690	924	214	104	38	61	144	-23
16	Jason Terry J. Terry	46	2016-17	MIL	74	18.4	4.1	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	1.4	3.3	43.2	1.0	2.3	42.7	0.3	0.4	82.8	60.0	0.2	1.2	0.5	1,365	307	106	98	20	36	95	+108
17	Robert Parish R. Parish	42	1993-94	BOS	74	26.9	11.7	7.3	1.1	0.6	1.3	4.8	9.8	49.1	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.8	74.0	53.0	1.9	5.4	1.5	1,987	866	542	82	96	108	190
18	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	40	2017-18	MIN	80	20.7	10.3	1.2	2.3	0.5	0.1	3.9	9.3	41.5	1.3	3.9	33.1	1.3	1.4	90.3	51.9	0.3	1.0	1.2	1,653	822	99	185	9	95	85	-154
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	38	2015-16	MEM	60	16.8	6.6	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	2.2	5.7	38.8	1.0	2.8	34.9	1.2	1.4	83.3	52.0	0.5	1.9	0.6	1,005	395	146	56	16	35	101	-33
20	Al Horford A. Horford	36	2024-25	BOS	60	27.6	9.0	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.9	3.3	7.7	42.3	1.9	5.2	36.3	0.6	0.6	89.5	56.3	1.3	4.8	0.8	1,658	538	369	128	51	46	81	+397
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	34	2021-22	LAL	60	16.2	6.2	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.2	3.7	61.2	0.1	0.3	53.3	1.6	2.4	65.8	65.7	2.0	4.0	0.8	971	372	356	35	36	47	115	-128
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	33	2015-16	LAC	68	18.1	6.1	2.7	1.0	0.5	0.3	2.1	5.8	36.3	1.1	3.6	31.0	0.8	1.0	81.8	48.9	0.2	2.6	0.9	1,231	417	186	71	17	58	129	+56
23	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	27	2021-22	GSW	31	19.5	4.0	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.7	1.5	3.9	38.0	0.5	2.4	23.0	0.5	0.6	75.0	47.8	0.7	2.5	0.9	603	124	100	114	22	28	34	+114
24	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	21	2018-19	TOT	55	15.9	3.1	5.6	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	61.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.6	58.6	63.0	1.7	3.9	0.8	875	173	307	37	23	42	110	-36
25	Tony Parker T. Parker	21	2018-19	CHA	56	17.9	9.5	1.5	3.7	0.4	0.1	3.8	8.3	46.0	0.2	0.9	25.5	1.6	2.2	73.4	51.2	0.3	1.2	1.3	1,003	530	83	207	7	75	53	+19