most steals by a player in his last season 1967-68 to 2020-21

Alvin Robertson got the most steals by an inactive or retired player in his last season, with 166 steals in 1995-96.

	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	166	1995-96	TOR	77	32.2	9.3	4.4	4.2	2.2	0.5	3.7	7.9	47.0	0.5	2.0	27.2	1.4	2.1	67.7	53.1	1.4	3.0	2.4	2,478	718	342	323	36	183	268
2	Fat Lever F. Lever	159	1993-94	DAL	81	24.0	6.9	3.5	2.6	2.0	0.2	2.8	6.9	40.8	0.3	0.9	35.1	0.9	1.2	76.5	46.2	1.0	2.5	1.1	1,947	555	283	213	15	88	155
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	137	2002-03	UTA	82	27.7	10.8	2.5	7.7	1.7	0.2	3.8	7.8	48.3	0.4	1.0	36.3	2.9	3.5	82.6	57.7	0.6	1.8	2.2	2,275	884	201	629	16	182	184	+241
4	Fatty Taylor F. Taylor	132	1976-77	DEN	79	19.6	3.8	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.1	1.7	4.0	42.0				0.5	0.8	56.9	43.9	1.1	1.5		1,548	301	211	288	9		202
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	126	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	5.5	1.8	0.6	6.5	15.1	42.7	1.5	4.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	80.1	53.1	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,473	1,287	346	382	42	189	193	+69
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	125	2012-13	NYK	76	26.9	6.0	4.3	3.3	1.6	0.3	2.0	5.4	37.2	1.5	4.3	35.1	0.5	0.6	83.3	53.2	0.7	3.6	1.0	2,043	458	323	249	25	76	125	+187
7	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	125	1985-86	NJN	47	34.1	15.7	5.3	7.2	2.7	0.2	6.3	14.1	44.8	0.1	0.6	14.8	3.0	3.8	78.8	49.8	1.6	3.7	3.2	1,604	737	250	340	11	150	163
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	123	2002-03	WAS	82	37.0	20.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.6	44.5	0.2	0.7	29.1	3.2	4.0	82.1	49.1	0.9	5.2	2.1	3,031	1,640	497	311	39	173	171	+6
9	Wilbur Holland W. Holland	122	1978-79	CHI	82	30.3	12.6	3.1	4.0	1.5	0.1	5.4	11.5	47.3				1.7	2.1	80.1	50.7	1.0	2.1	2.3	2,483	1,031	254	330	12	185	240
10	Mike Gale M. Gale	121	1981-82	GSW	75	23.9	5.6	2.5	3.5	1.6	0.4	2.5	5.0	49.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.9	78.5	52.4	0.5	2.0	1.7	1,793	421	189	261	28	126	173
11	Reggie Lewis R. Lewis	118	1992-93	BOS	80	39.3	20.8	4.3	3.7	1.5	1.0	8.3	17.6	47.0	0.2	0.8	23.3	4.1	4.7	86.7	52.9	1.1	3.2	1.7	3,144	1,666	347	298	77	133	248
12	Ron Lee R. Lee	116	1981-82	DET	81	18.1	3.4	1.9	3.9	1.4	0.2	1.1	3.0	35.8	0.2	0.7	30.5	1.0	1.5	70.6	46.6	0.4	1.5	1.5	1,467	278	155	312	20	123	221
13	Darren Collison D. Collison	110	2018-19	IND	76	28.2	11.2	3.1	6.0	1.4	0.1	4.1	8.7	46.7	1.0	2.6	40.7	2.1	2.5	83.2	57.4	0.5	2.6	1.6	2,143	853	232	459	9	125	138	+118
14	Gar Heard G. Heard	104	1980-81	SDC	78	20.9	4.8	4.5	1.6	1.3	0.9	1.9	5.1	37.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	1.3	78.2	42.8	1.5	2.9	1.0	1,631	377	348	122	72	81	196
15	Robert Covington R. Covington	101	2020-21	POR	70	32.0	8.5	6.7	1.7	1.4	1.2	2.9	7.3	40.1	1.9	5.1	37.9	0.7	0.9	80.6	55.3	0.9	5.8	0.9	2,243	593	466	117	84	64	195	+203
16	Duck Williams D. Williams	100	1979-80	UTA	77	23.3	6.6	1.4	2.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	6.7	44.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	70.0	46.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	1,794	506	106	183	11	107	166
17	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	98	2020-21	MIN	68	26.0	8.6	3.3	6.4	1.4	0.1	2.8	7.3	38.8	1.0	3.1	30.8	1.9	2.2	86.7	51.6	0.4	2.9	1.6	1,771	582	223	433	4	111	139	-186
18	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	98	1990-91	CLE	65	28.3	9.4	2.6	5.4	1.5	0.2	3.5	7.6	46.4	0.1	0.4	24.0	2.2	2.6	83.1	53.3	0.6	2.1	1.9	1,841	609	172	351	12	126	170
19	Ed Sherod E. Sherod	96	1982-83	NYK	64	25.4	6.2	2.3	4.9	1.5	0.2	2.7	6.6	40.6	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.3	65.0	43.3	0.7	1.7	1.6	1,624	395	149	311	14	104	112
20	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	96	1981-82	IND	76	17.6	4.7	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.4	1.9	5.0	37.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	2.1	45.3	39.5	1.2	4.0	1.7	1,341	354	398	204	28	131	198
21	Keith Jennings K. Jennings	95	1994-95	GSW	80	21.5	7.4	1.9	4.7	1.2	0.0	2.4	5.3	44.7	0.9	2.6	36.8	1.7	1.9	87.6	59.8	0.3	1.5	1.5	1,722	589	148	373	2	120	133
22	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	95	1978-79	WAS	82	22.2	9.2	2.5	2.2	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.6	43.5				0.8	1.0	84.8	45.8	0.9	1.6	1.1	1,819	751	202	177	6	87	161
23	Drazen Petrovic D. Petrovic	94	1992-93	NJN	70	38.0	22.3	2.7	3.5	1.3	0.2	8.4	16.2	51.8	1.1	2.4	44.9	4.5	5.2	87.0	60.5	0.6	2.1	2.9	2,660	1,564	190	247	13	204	237
24	Danny Green D. Green	92	2020-21	PHI	69	28.0	9.5	3.8	1.7	1.3	0.8	3.2	7.9	41.2	2.5	6.3	40.5	0.4	0.6	77.5	58.2	0.8	3.0	1.0	1,934	654	260	118	56	67	125	+312
25	Elston Turner E. Turner	90	1988-89	DEN	78	22.4	4.3	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.1	1.9	4.5	42.8	0.0	0.1	28.6	0.4	0.7	58.9	44.6	1.4	2.3	0.8	1,746	337	287	144	8	60	209