most finals steals of all-time before 2018-19 season

Before 2018-19, Magic Johnson had the most steals in the NBA Finals, with 102 steals.

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most finals steals by a player of all-time before 2018-19 season

	NAME	STL	SERIES	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	102	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	16	190	147
2	LeBron James L. James	86	NBA Finals	49	42.9	28.2	10.0	7.7	1.8	0.9	10.6	22.5	47.2	1.8	5.1	34.3	5.2	7.1	73.9	55.1	1.9	8.1	4.0	2,101	1,383	490	379	43	196	117	-122
3	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	67	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	39	117	118	+38
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	65	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	33	123	118	+36
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	63	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	24	91	80
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	62	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	23	99	103	+45
7	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	59	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	20	60	159
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	53	NBA Finals	29	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	125	30	85	75	-51
9	Robert Horry R. Horry	49	NBA Finals	37	32.7	9.7	5.9	2.9	1.3	1.2	3.3	7.6	42.9	1.5	3.9	39.2	1.6	2.3	71.4	56.1	1.7	4.2	1.2	1,208	358	220	109	43	45	113	+116
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	48	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	39	100	106
11	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	46	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	150	4	56	106
12	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	45	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	376	94	103	1	41	127	+110
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	45	NBA Finals	52	36.8	23.3	8.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	9.6	18.5	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.9	69.6	55.0	2.4	5.9	2.7	1,914	1,209	433	170	116	121	184
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	44	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	40	45	56
15	Draymond Green D. Green	39	NBA Finals	21	38.3	12.8	8.9	6.0	1.9	1.0	4.4	10.3	42.4	1.3	4.3	31.1	2.7	3.7	74.0	53.6	1.3	7.6	2.0	804	269	187	126	22	42	87	+141
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	38	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	2.4	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	237	43	117	2	40	36
17	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	37	NBA Finals	29	30.5	14.0	4.2	3.5	1.3	0.2	4.3	9.9	43.8	1.4	4.1	35.0	3.9	4.7	83.1	58.5	0.7	3.5	2.6	884	407	121	102	5	76	95	+177
18	Byron Scott B. Scott	35	NBA Finals	30	30.5	11.0	3.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.4	10.0	44.5	0.3	1.3	25.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.9	0.8	2.2	1.3	915	330	89	53	5	39	82
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	NBA Finals	22	38.7	25.4	5.9	6.3	1.5	0.4	8.2	19.5	42.2	4.5	11.2	39.7	4.5	4.9	91.6	58.6	1.2	4.6	4.0	852	558	129	138	9	88	63	+122
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	NBA Finals	16	37.2	22.6	4.2	7.9	2.1	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	127	5	61	55
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	20	68	88
22	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	NBA Finals	17	42.5	27.5	10.6	3.4	1.9	3.2	11.0	22.5	48.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.4	7.2	74.0	53.4	3.0	7.6	3.1	722	467	181	58	54	52	70
23	Robert Parish R. Parish	32	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	54	65	108
24	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	31	NBA Finals	27	31.4	14.7	5.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	6.4	14.7	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.5	76.5	46.5	2.7	3.0	2.0	849	398	156	50	9	45	82
25	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	29	NBA Finals	23	30.1	9.5	2.4	3.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	7.7	40.4	1.6	4.2	37.1	1.7	2.3	75.0	54.5	0.2	2.2	2.1	693	219	55	70	3	48	61	+56

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1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	11	.694	4.5
3	Lakers	23	11	.676	5.5
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	LAL	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 1/9	MIL	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Mon 1/12	LAL	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Tue 1/13	ATL	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 1/15	CHA	@	LAL	10:30 PM

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33.5

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12.2

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2,035.3

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1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Cavaliers	21	17	.553	7.0
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8	Heat	20	17	.541	7.5
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10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
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13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	10	25	.286	16.5
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1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	11	.694	4.5
3	Lakers	23	11	.676	5.5
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
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8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	16	20	.444	13.5
11	Mavericks	14	23	.378	16.0
12	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
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Wed 1/7	TOR	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 1/7	DEN	@	BOS	7:00 PM
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Before 2018-19, Magic Johnson had the most steals in the NBA Finals, with 102 steals.

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