players most nba finals steals in 1972-73 to 2015-16

Between the 1972-73 and 2015-16 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most steals in the NBA Finals, with 102 steals.

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Data note: Steals: player game data complete from 1973-74 · postseason

	NAME	STL	SERIES	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	102	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	16	190	147
2	LeBron James L. James	74	NBA Finals	40	42.7	27.0	9.9	7.2	1.9	0.9	10.1	22.3	45.5	1.7	5.1	33.7	5.0	6.8	73.6	53.4	1.9	8.0	3.9	1,710	1,079	396	289	34	155	93	-55
3	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	67	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	39	117	118	+38
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	65	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	33	123	118	+36
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	63	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	24	91	80
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	62	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	23	99	103	+45
7	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	59	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	20	60	159
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	53	NBA Finals	29	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	125	30	85	75	-51
9	Robert Horry R. Horry	49	NBA Finals	37	32.7	9.7	5.9	2.9	1.3	1.2	3.3	7.6	42.9	1.5	3.9	39.2	1.6	2.3	71.4	56.1	1.7	4.2	1.2	1,208	358	220	109	43	45	113	+116
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	48	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	39	100	106
11	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	46	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	150	4	56	106
12	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	45	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	376	94	103	1	41	127	+110
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	45	NBA Finals	52	36.8	23.3	8.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	9.6	18.5	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.9	69.6	55.0	2.4	5.9	2.7	1,914	1,209	433	170	116	121	184
14	Julius Erving J. Erving	44	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	40	45	56
15	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	38	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	2.4	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	237	43	117	2	40	36
16	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	37	NBA Finals	29	30.5	14.0	4.2	3.5	1.3	0.2	4.3	9.9	43.8	1.4	4.1	35.0	3.9	4.7	83.1	58.5	0.7	3.5	2.6	884	407	121	102	5	76	95	+177
17	Byron Scott B. Scott	35	NBA Finals	30	30.5	11.0	3.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.4	10.0	44.5	0.3	1.3	25.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.9	0.8	2.2	1.3	915	330	89	53	5	39	82
18	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	34	NBA Finals	16	37.2	22.6	4.2	7.9	2.1	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	127	5	61	55
19	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	20	68	88
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	NBA Finals	17	42.5	27.5	10.6	3.4	1.9	3.2	11.0	22.5	48.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.4	7.2	74.0	53.4	3.0	7.6	3.1	722	467	181	58	54	52	70
21	Robert Parish R. Parish	32	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	54	65	108
22	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	31	NBA Finals	27	31.4	14.7	5.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	6.4	14.7	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.5	76.5	46.5	2.7	3.0	2.0	849	398	156	50	9	45	82
23	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	29	NBA Finals	23	30.1	9.5	2.4	3.0	1.3	0.1	3.1	7.7	40.4	1.6	4.2	37.1	1.7	2.3	75.0	54.5	0.2	2.2	2.1	693	219	55	70	3	48	61	+56
24	Ron Harper R. Harper	28	NBA Finals	27	24.4	6.6	3.4	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4	6.0	41.0	0.6	1.8	31.3	1.1	1.6	72.1	49.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	659	178	92	73	14	24	53	+58
25	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	28	NBA Finals	15	30.5	12.2	2.7	5.9	1.9	0.3	5.0	13.2	37.9	0.0	0.6	0.0	2.2	3.0	73.3	42.0	0.7	2.0	2.3	458	183	40	88	4	21	44

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