John Salmons got the most steals in a 2010 playoff game, with 6 steals versus the Hawks on April 17, 2010.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in a playoff game 2009-10

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Salmons J. Salmons	6	4/17/2010	MIL	@	ATL	43	16	5	2	0	6	18	33.3	0	5	0.0	4	4	100.0	40.5	2	3	2	3	-4
2	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	5	6/17/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	46	20	5	1	0	7	18	38.9	2	7	28.6	4	5	80.0	49.5	3	2	4	3	-1
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	5	6/13/2010	BOS	vs	LAL	36	18	10	3	2	6	11	54.5	0	0		6	7	85.7	63.9	1	9	3	4	+6
4	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	5	5/13/2010	BOS	vs	CLE	44	21	3	12	0	9	15	60.0	0	1	0.0	3	7	42.9	58.1	0	3	4	3	+7
5	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	5	5/9/2010	SAS	vs	PHX	38	15	6	9	0	2	11	18.2	1	6	16.7	10	12	83.3	46.1	0	6	3	1	-10
6	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	5	5/2/2010	LAL	vs	UTA	40	10	3	3	0	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	57.1	0	3	3	4	+10
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	6/15/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	40	26	11	3	0	9	19	47.4	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	58.9	3	8	2	2	+15
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	6/6/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	34	21	5	6	0	8	20	40.0	2	7	28.6	3	3	100.0	49.2	0	5	5	5	-9
9	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	4	5/22/2010	BOS	vs	ORL	34	11	3	12	0	4	14	28.6	0	0		3	7	42.9	32.2	1	2	3	1	+25
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	4	5/3/2010	SAS	@	PHX	38	27	5	5	0	9	20	45.0	3	9	33.3	6	7	85.7	58.5	2	3	3	5	+5
11	Luke Ridnour L. Ridnour	4	4/28/2010	MIL	@	ATL	18	15	2	1	0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	85.6	0	2	1	0	+2
12	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	4	4/27/2010	BOS	vs	MIA	44	16	8	12	0	6	16	37.5	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	45.0	3	5	2	1	+15
13	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	4	4/25/2010	SAS	vs	DAL	34	17	4	7	0	4	16	25.0	1	7	14.3	8	9	88.9	42.6	0	4	1	4	-12
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	4	4/25/2010	DEN	@	UTA	44	39	11	1	1	13	26	50.0	4	4	100.0	9	9	100.0	65.1	6	5	9	5	-7
15	Jameer Nelson J. Nelson	4	4/24/2010	ORL	@	CHA	38	32	4	3	0	12	21	57.1	5	9	55.6	3	3	100.0	71.7	1	3	0	2	+13
16	Martell Webster M. Webster	4	4/22/2010	POR	vs	PHX	38	14	8	0	0	6	15	40.0	1	4	25.0	1	5	20.0	40.7	3	5	1	3	-3
17	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	4	4/20/2010	LAL	vs	OKC	41	5	4	4	2	2	10	20.0	1	6	16.7	0	0		25.0	2	2	2	2	0
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	4	4/18/2010	DAL	vs	SAS	41	13	8	11	0	5	12	41.7	3	6	50.0	0	0		54.2	1	7	4	3	+6
19	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	4	4/17/2010	CHI	@	CLE	44	8	8	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		40.0	1	7	0	1	-11
20	Ray Allen R. Allen	3	6/17/2010	BOS	@	LAL	45	13	2	2	0	3	14	21.4	2	7	28.6	5	6	83.3	39.1	0	2	4	3	0
21	Tony Allen T. Allen	3	6/15/2010	BOS	@	LAL	17	2	1	0	2	1	4	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	1	0	0	3	-10
22	Jordan Farmar J. Farmar	3	6/15/2010	LAL	vs	BOS	17	4	1	1	0	2	6	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	1	2	0	+9
23	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	3	6/10/2010	BOS	vs	LAL	31	10	5	3	0	5	15	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	31.5	2	3	1	0	+1
24	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	3	5/29/2010	LAL	@	PHX	41	25	4	2	0	10	16	62.5	4	7	57.1	1	2	50.0	74.1	2	2	0	1	+2
25	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	3	5/29/2010	PHX	vs	LAL	43	27	4	0	2	7	20	35.0	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	50.8	2	2	3	4	-8