LeBron James has gotten the most career steals by an active player in the playoffs, with 506 steals.
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most steals by a player in playoffs all-time only active players| 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 |  | L. James | 506 | 302 | 41.2 | 28.2 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 10.1 | 20.4 | 49.5 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 33.2 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 74.1 | 58.3 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 12,446 | 8,521 | 2,695 | 2,168 | 287 | 1,085 | 679 | +1234 |
| 2 |  | J. Harden | 313 | 191 | 36.3 | 22.2 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 15.8 | 42.4 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 33.7 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 86.6 | 58.4 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 6,940 | 4,240 | 1,040 | 1,224 | 110 | 674 | 558 | +253 |
| 3 |  | D. Green | 257 | 169 | 34.5 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 44.5 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 30.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 72.6 | 54.2 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 5,834 | 1,934 | 1,457 | 1,020 | 225 | 447 | 637 | +970 |
| 4 |  | K. Leonard | 256 | 146 | 35.6 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 15.0 | 51.3 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 39.9 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 84.1 | 62.1 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 5,193 | 3,133 | 1,142 | 432 | 99 | 278 | 323 | +643 |
| 5 |  | S. Curry | 231 | 155 | 37.2 | 26.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 19.7 | 45.4 | 4.2 | 10.6 | 39.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 88.9 | 60.8 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5,772 | 4,147 | 828 | 953 | 50 | 516 | 388 | +971 |
| 6 |  | R. Westbrook | 223 | 135 | 35.5 | 22.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 19.3 | 40.5 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 29.9 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 82.0 | 50.5 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4,787 | 3,035 | 905 | 955 | 42 | 501 | 391 | +6 |
| 7 |  | J. Butler III | 217 | 130 | 37.8 | 21.1 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 15.5 | 45.9 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 34.4 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 82.7 | 57.0 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 4,908 | 2,745 | 807 | 608 | 71 | 229 | 230 | -28 |
| 8 |  | P. George | 186 | 125 | 38.7 | 20.8 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 15.9 | 42.5 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 36.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 82.3 | 56.4 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 4,838 | 2,596 | 897 | 506 | 67 | 376 | 403 | +107 |
| 9 |  | K. Durant | 173 | 171 | 40.5 | 29.3 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 9.9 | 20.7 | 47.8 | 2.1 | 6.0 | 35.5 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 86.8 | 59.9 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 6,934 | 5,008 | 1,333 | 713 | 205 | 559 | 431 | +641 |
| 10 |  | M. Smart | 168 | 118 | 33.2 | 12.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 39.6 | 1.9 | 5.7 | 33.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 76.5 | 53.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3,917 | 1,506 | 504 | 575 | 61 | 287 | 335 | +20 |
| 11 |  | A. Horford | 159 | 197 | 33.7 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 49.3 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 39.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 77.5 | 57.0 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 6,642 | 2,353 | 1,561 | 625 | 243 | 260 | 483 | +50 |
| 12 |  | J. Tatum | 150 | 127 | 38.9 | 24.2 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 18.4 | 44.0 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 34.9 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 83.9 | 56.7 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 2.9 | 4,943 | 3,076 | 1,053 | 633 | 106 | 369 | 329 | +517 |
| 13 |  | K. Thompson | 150 | 158 | 36.9 | 19.2 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 16.4 | 43.6 | 3.2 | 7.8 | 40.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 84.5 | 55.5 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5,830 | 3,032 | 626 | 351 | 85 | 274 | 411 | +615 |
| 14 |  | J. Holiday | 141 | 102 | 37.5 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 14.4 | 43.1 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 34.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 79.3 | 52.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 3,827 | 1,634 | 542 | 633 | 50 | 228 | 227 | +250 |
| 15 |  | J. Brown | 140 | 142 | 33.6 | 19.6 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 15.3 | 48.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 35.7 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 72.6 | 57.4 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 4,773 | 2,788 | 811 | 369 | 64 | 348 | 401 | +242 |
| 16 |  | M. Conley | 136 | 120 | 31.6 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 10.7 | 41.2 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 36.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 80.9 | 53.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 3,789 | 1,548 | 389 | 678 | 24 | 195 | 256 | +148 |
| 17 |  | K. Irving | 128 | 96 | 37.4 | 23.0 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 8.5 | 18.6 | 45.8 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 39.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 88.3 | 56.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3,595 | 2,211 | 353 | 471 | 53 | 215 | 233 | +517 |
| 18 |  | N. Jokić | 122 | 100 | 38.4 | 27.4 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 10.3 | 19.9 | 52.0 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 37.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 83.3 | 60.8 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 3,837 | 2,735 | 1,238 | 769 | 87 | 334 | 335 | +124 |
| 19 |  | D. Mitchell | 107 | 81 | 36.7 | 27.8 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 22.0 | 44.2 | 3.1 | 8.9 | 34.9 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 82.4 | 56.0 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2,972 | 2,251 | 401 | 358 | 26 | 237 | 211 | -61 |
| 20 |  | K. Middleton | 96 | 80 | 37.6 | 20.6 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 16.7 | 44.1 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 39.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 86.6 | 55.9 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 3,004 | 1,650 | 521 | 383 | 15 | 216 | 250 | +261 |
| 21 |  | A. Caruso | 95 | 69 | 24.0 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 44.1 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 38.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 80.6 | 58.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1,659 | 574 | 174 | 161 | 40 | 72 | 172 | +285 |
| 22 |  | J. Murray | 94 | 85 | 39.3 | 23.7 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 8.8 | 19.5 | 44.9 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 37.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 91.3 | 55.8 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3,338 | 2,018 | 416 | 508 | 32 | 213 | 176 | +227 |
| 23 |  | OG Anunoby | 93 | 71 | 34.7 | 15.1 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 11.0 | 48.6 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 40.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 78.6 | 61.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 2,462 | 1,070 | 365 | 97 | 68 | 82 | 177 | +98 |
| 24 |  | L. Dončić | 89 | 55 | 39.2 | 30.9 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 10.8 | 23.3 | 46.1 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 34.7 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 73.7 | 57.3 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 2,156 | 1,697 | 504 | 427 | 26 | 232 | 150 | +73 |
| 25 |  | M. Bridges | 87 | 76 | 35.2 | 13.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 48.6 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 36.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 86.9 | 57.5 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 2,678 | 1,047 | 318 | 194 | 53 | 90 | 152 | +138 |
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