Hakeem Olajuwon has the most career steals for the Rockets, with 2,088 steals.

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,088	1,177	36.4	22.5	11.4	2.5	1.8	3.2	9.0	17.5	51.3	0.0	0.1	20.5	4.6	6.4	71.3	55.5	3.3	8.0	3.0	42,844	26,511	13,382	2,992	3,740	3,569	4,236	+536
2	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,165	761	32.0	18.6	1.9	4.5	1.5	0.1	7.7	15.7	48.8	0.0	0.3	13.9	3.3	3.6	90.3	53.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	24,352	14,159	1,451	3,418	51	822	2,478
3	James Harden J. Harden	1,087	621	37.0	29.6	6.0	7.7	1.8	0.6	8.7	19.6	44.3	3.3	9.0	36.2	8.9	10.4	86.2	61.2	0.9	5.1	4.4	23,006	18,365	3,736	4,796	390	2,763	1,661	+2623
4	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	929	700	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	1.3	0.2	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.2	0.9	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.4	52.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	16,248	6,684	1,164	3,339	120	1,324	1,489
5	Robert Reid R. Reid	881	762	28.5	11.6	4.9	3.0	1.2	0.5	4.9	10.5	46.7	0.1	0.5	28.1	1.6	2.2	73.3	50.2	1.4	3.5	1.5	21,718	8,823	3,706	2,253	364	1,165	2,502
6	Trevor Ariza T. Ariza	683	382	35.1	12.7	5.2	2.5	1.8	0.3	4.5	11.0	40.6	2.3	6.5	35.4	1.5	2.0	75.6	53.5	0.8	4.4	1.4	13,419	4,863	1,980	953	116	540	790	+1009
7	Steve Francis S. Francis	619	384	39.1	19.0	6.0	6.3	1.6	0.4	6.5	15.2	43.0	1.2	3.5	34.5	4.7	5.9	78.9	53.3	1.9	4.1	3.6	15,024	7,281	2,318	2,411	166	1,399	1,210	+351
8	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	559	402	33.1	14.9	2.9	4.3	1.4	0.2	5.4	13.4	40.5	1.8	5.6	32.6	2.3	3.1	72.9	50.5	0.5	2.5	2.2	13,299	6,002	1,182	1,730	89	883	872
9	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	526	436	37.5	17.1	4.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	6.1	14.1	43.2	1.5	4.1	37.2	3.4	4.0	83.9	53.9	0.8	3.3	2.2	16,343	7,448	1,761	1,177	187	956	991	+361
10	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	470	439	26.5	11.5	2.5	5.4	1.1	0.2	4.2	9.8	42.7	0.7	2.1	33.4	2.4	2.9	81.2	51.6	0.6	2.0	2.2	11,631	5,030	1,104	2,363	76	949	808
11	John Lucas J. Lucas	469	325	29.8	11.6	2.4	7.3	1.4	0.1	4.6	10.2	44.6	0.6	1.9	30.8	2.2	2.8	78.0	50.6	0.6	1.9	2.3	9,680	3,756	792	2,358	37	549	643
12	Kenny Smith K. Smith	467	468	29.3	12.6	1.9	5.3	1.0	0.1	4.6	9.5	49.0	1.1	2.7	40.7	2.2	2.6	85.7	59.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	13,712	5,910	889	2,457	42	976	699
13	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	467	440	30.7	14.7	3.1	4.6	1.1	0.1	5.5	11.6	47.1				3.8	4.4	86.8	54.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	13,493	6,465	1,352	2,037	42	295	1,382
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	433	464	38.3	24.0	15.0	1.5	0.9	1.6	8.7	17.0	51.4	0.0	0.1	6.7	6.5	8.9	73.6	57.4	6.5	8.5	3.8	17,780	11,119	6,959	697	758	1,448	1,317
15	Ed Ratleff E. Ratleff	430	338	24.9	8.3	4.0	2.7	1.3	0.4	3.4	7.6	45.4				1.5	1.8	80.3	49.8	1.4	2.7	1.0	8,433	2,813	1,363	896	143	67	801
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	412	219	36.7	19.0	6.1	5.4	1.9	0.6	6.6	14.8	44.5	1.7	4.9	33.9	4.1	5.2	78.5	55.4	1.8	4.3	2.6	8,041	4,155	1,338	1,192	125	568	586	+434
17	Robert Horry R. Horry	409	295	31.9	10.5	5.3	3.1	1.4	1.2	4.0	9.0	44.7	1.0	2.7	35.6	1.5	2.1	74.2	53.2	1.4	3.9	1.9	9,408	3,109	1,568	919	343	575	754
18	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	404	518	36.0	15.8	9.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	6.2	11.1	55.9	0.0	0.1	9.1	3.4	5.0	67.0	59.3	3.3	6.4	2.5	18,631	8,177	5,010	1,338	178	1,320	1,703
19	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	396	303	36.7	22.7	5.5	5.6	1.3	0.6	8.3	19.7	42.0	1.6	4.8	32.2	4.6	6.3	73.7	50.6	0.8	4.7	2.5	11,133	6,888	1,667	1,699	176	764	522	+1094
20	Rafer Alston R. Alston	385	267	35.9	12.6	3.5	5.7	1.4	0.2	4.6	12.0	38.1	1.9	5.5	35.0	1.5	2.1	73.0	48.8	0.4	3.1	2.2	9,588	3,370	941	1,519	50	575	600	+827
21	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	374	532	35.7	19.3	7.4	2.3	0.7	0.3	8.1	15.8	51.2	0.3	1.1	26.2	3.0	3.7	80.5	55.1	2.2	5.2	1.6	18,991	10,242	3,956	1,205	175	332	1,395
22	Buck Johnson B. Johnson	368	432	24.4	9.6	3.6	1.8	0.9	0.5	4.0	8.2	48.9	0.0	0.1	11.9	1.6	2.1	73.9	52.5	1.3	2.4	1.4	10,562	4,139	1,565	767	234	594	1,216
23	Chuck Hayes C. Hayes	367	426	20.1	4.4	5.7	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.9	3.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.9	60.5	53.4	2.0	3.8	0.8	8,558	1,858	2,449	537	186	326	1,128	+763
24	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	366	291	28.5	9.3	4.1	3.4	1.3	0.4	3.3	8.0	41.4	1.6	4.4	37.5	1.0	1.3	76.4	54.0	1.2	2.9	1.3	8,290	2,708	1,185	980	118	384	895	+973
25	Rodney McCray R. McCray	338	405	33.4	12.5	6.7	3.8	0.8	0.7	4.8	9.2	52.2	0.0	0.1	3.8	2.9	3.8	76.3	57.5	2.4	4.4	1.9	13,517	5,059	2,718	1,521	291	780	955