Since November 29, 1996, Chris Paul has the most steals, with 2,717 steals.

Interpreted as:

most NBA steals by a player since 11/29/1996

	NAME	STL	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	2,717	1,354	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,606	23,011	5,978	12,499	222	3,093	3,185	+6113
2	LeBron James L. James	2,345	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,041	42,184	11,731	11,584	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	2,334	1,218	36.1	12.4	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.4	10.9	40.3	1.5	4.1	35.4	2.2	2.7	80.3	51.3	1.1	5.2	2.8	43,954	15,132	7,681	10,597	395	3,385	2,246	+3904
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,962	904	41.2	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.6	1.1	3.7	31.1	7.0	8.9	78.2	51.9	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,207	24,144	3,340	5,566	158	3,215	1,750	+829
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,955	1,237	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,170	26,205	8,677	9,925	406	4,829	3,157	+3039
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,943	1,333	36.4	25.2	5.3	4.7	1.5	0.5	8.8	19.6	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.3	7.5	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.2	3.0	48,495	33,569	7,029	6,299	636	3,990	3,334	+4184
7	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	1,765	1,231	32.1	11.3	4.9	4.2	1.4	0.5	4.1	8.8	46.3	0.9	2.7	33.0	2.3	3.2	70.9	55.3	0.9	4.0	1.8	39,503	13,968	6,047	5,147	633	2,240	2,180	+3024
8	Shawn Marion S. Marion	1,759	1,163	34.5	15.2	8.7	1.9	1.5	1.1	6.3	12.9	48.4	0.7	2.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	81.0	54.2	2.3	6.3	1.5	40,098	17,700	10,101	2,198	1,233	1,750	2,535	+1971
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1,752	1,343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.6	4.3	36.8	5.2	6.4	80.6	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.6	45,880	26,397	7,527	4,708	745	3,532	3,643	+3345
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1,747	1,369	34.8	18.3	10.3	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.5	4.4	79.3	54.7	2.2	8.1	2.2	47,622	25,032	14,037	5,255	1,869	3,043	3,338	+4927
11	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	1,721	991	31.7	13.2	4.5	2.7	1.7	0.5	4.7	11.4	41.4	1.2	3.4	33.9	2.6	3.6	71.5	50.8	1.2	3.3	1.8	31,440	13,058	4,448	2,631	522	1,791	2,586	+1818
12	James Harden J. Harden	1,715	1,151	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,009	27,687	6,473	8,316	655	4,260	2,857	+4610
13	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	1,628	1,118	29.4	10.4	4.8	2.1	1.5	0.3	3.7	8.8	42.2	1.4	4.1	35.1	1.5	2.1	73.1	53.5	1.0	3.8	1.3	32,911	11,593	5,356	2,379	355	1,473	2,205	+936
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1,620	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	35,774	23,165	4,933	5,701	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
15	Thaddeus Young T. Young	1,612	1,172	28.2	12.1	5.6	1.8	1.4	0.4	5.2	10.4	50.3	0.4	1.4	32.8	1.2	1.8	66.1	54.1	2.0	3.7	1.4	33,013	14,225	6,614	2,135	458	1,641	2,486	-276
16	Mike Conley M. Conley	1,603	1,172	31.2	14.1	2.9	5.7	1.4	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.8	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.5	3.1	82.5	55.7	0.5	2.5	1.9	36,595	16,470	3,454	6,625	242	2,180	2,270	+2713
17	Jason Terry J. Terry	1,603	1,410	29.8	13.4	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	4.9	11.1	44.4	1.6	4.3	38.0	2.0	2.3	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.0	1.7	42,033	18,881	3,274	5,415	275	2,415	2,577	+1718
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1,553	1,026	34.1	24.7	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.3	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.1	62.5	0.7	4.0	3.1	34,975	25,386	4,819	6,540	265	3,187	2,310	+6177
19	Andre Miller A. Miller	1,546	1,304	30.9	12.5	3.7	6.5	1.2	0.2	4.6	10.0	46.1	0.1	0.7	21.7	3.1	3.8	80.7	53.2	1.1	2.6	2.4	40,268	16,278	4,795	8,524	227	3,121	2,882	+810
20	Paul George P. George	1,539	908	33.6	20.6	6.3	3.7	1.7	0.4	7.0	16.0	44.0	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.9	4.6	85.3	57.1	0.8	5.4	2.7	30,515	18,697	5,684	3,369	401	2,423	2,418	+3384
21	Baron Davis B. Davis	1,530	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	1.8	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	5.0	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,593	13,447	3,183	6,025	360	2,308	2,361	+866
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	1,530	1,541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	6.0	13.8	43.5	1.5	4.0	37.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	53.6	1.1	3.2	1.7	46,369	25,728	6,606	4,714	888	2,590	3,995	+1817
23	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1,518	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	7.9	1.6	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	50.1	1.0	3.6	2.7	28,570	9,337	4,349	7,584	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
24	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	1,499	1,173	31.3	13.9	4.2	6.1	1.3	0.3	4.5	10.6	42.3	1.9	5.1	36.8	3.1	3.8	81.5	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.2	36,682	16,356	4,961	7,099	351	2,628	3,161	+2835
25	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	1,472	1,037	32.9	15.8	4.2	6.2	1.4	0.5	6.2	13.4	46.2	1.5	4.1	37.0	1.9	2.4	78.8	54.6	1.0	3.2	2.6	34,157	16,422	4,340	6,440	535	2,673	2,196	+2921