Tamika Catchings had the most steals in the 2009 playoffs, with 33 steals.

Interpreted as:

most stl by a player in 2009 playoffs

	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	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	33	2009	IND	10	35.7	17.2	10.4	5.4	3.3	1.4	5.6	12.2	45.9	0.9	3.6	25.0	5.1	6.0	85.0	58.0	2.4	8.0	3.4	357	172	104	54	14	34	34	+32
2	Tangela Smith T. Smith	15	2009	PHX	11	26.4	9.9	5.8	0.8	1.4	0.8	3.6	6.9	52.6	1.8	3.5	52.6	0.8	1.1	75.0	67.1	1.3	4.5	0.6	290	109	64	9	9	7	38	+33
3	Katie Douglas K. Douglas	14	2009	IND	10	36.1	15.5	3.5	4.0	1.4	0.6	5.1	14.1	36.2	1.8	5.8	31.0	3.5	4.3	81.4	48.5	1.4	2.1	1.9	361	155	35	40	6	19	14	+26
4	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	13	2009	PHX	11	30.9	18.2	3.6	3.5	1.2	0.0	6.9	14.9	46.3	0.8	3.3	25.0	3.5	4.0	88.6	54.5	1.0	2.6	1.5	340	200	40	39	0	16	26	+50
5	Tully Bevilaqua T. Bevilaqua	12	2009	IND	10	22.4	5.3	2.3	2.0	1.2	0.1	1.8	5.3	34.0	1.0	3.2	31.3	0.7	1.0	70.0	46.2	0.5	1.8	1.1	224	53	23	20	1	11	25	-7
6	Ebony Hoffman E. Hoffman	11	2009	IND	10	29.5	11.9	4.8	0.8	1.1	0.5	4.7	8.5	55.3	0.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.2	86.4	62.8	1.1	3.7	1.8	295	119	48	8	5	18	38	+24
7	DeLisha Milton-Jones D. Milton-Jones	10	2009	LAS	6	31.7	9.0	5.8	2.5	1.7	0.2	3.3	9.5	35.1	0.7	2.2	30.8	1.7	2.7	62.5	42.2	2.7	3.2	2.2	190	54	35	15	1	13	14	-1
8	Alexis Hornbuckle A. Hornbuckle	9	2009	DET	5	35.4	10.6	6.0	4.0	1.8	0.6	4.4	9.0	48.9	0.6	1.8	33.3	1.2	1.2	100.0	55.6	1.6	4.4	3.2	177	53	30	20	3	16	19	+27
9	Deanna Nolan D. Nolan	9	2009	DET	5	38.0	21.6	1.6	3.2	1.8	0.4	7.8	19.6	39.8	1.8	5.6	32.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	49.9	1.0	0.6	3.6	190	108	8	16	2	18	18	+24
10	Tammy Sutton-Brown T. Sutton-Brown	9	2009	IND	10	31.1	14.3	5.6	0.5	0.9	1.4	5.6	10.6	52.8	0.0	0.0		3.1	4.5	68.9	56.8	1.5	4.1	3.0	311	143	56	5	14	30	30	+1
11	Temeka Johnson T. Johnson	8	2009	PHX	11	24.3	7.5	1.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	2.7	6.9	39.5	1.2	2.5	48.1	0.9	1.1	83.3	51.1	0.4	1.5	1.5	267	83	21	34	2	17	27	+5
12	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	8	2009	PHX	11	32.9	22.3	5.9	3.8	0.7	1.3	7.5	16.5	45.1	2.8	7.7	36.5	4.5	5.1	89.3	59.3	0.8	5.1	3.0	362	245	65	42	14	33	41	+48
13	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	8	2009	LAS	6	34.7	16.7	9.2	2.0	1.3	1.5	6.3	14.0	45.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.5	61.5	49.4	3.2	6.0	2.2	208	100	55	12	9	13	26	-3
14	Noelle Quinn N. Quinn	7	2009	LAS	6	26.3	4.8	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.5	1.7	6.3	26.3	0.2	1.7	10.0	1.3	1.3	100.0	34.9	0.8	2.3	3.2	158	29	19	23	3	19	10	-9
15	Swin Cash S. Cash	7	2009	SEA	3	38.7	21.0	5.3	1.7	2.3	1.0	6.3	13.0	48.7	1.3	3.3	40.0	7.0	8.3	84.0	63.0	2.0	3.3	2.0	116	63	16	5	3	6	10	-7
16	Cheryl Ford C. Ford	7	2009	DET	5	29.6	7.8	10.0	1.2	1.4	0.2	2.6	5.8	44.8	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.2	81.3	54.1	3.4	6.6	3.6	148	39	50	6	1	18	23	+25
17	Sophia Young-Malcolm S. Young-Malcolm	6	2009	SAN	3	32.0	19.3	5.3	2.0	2.0	0.7	7.3	16.0	45.8	0.3	0.7	50.0	4.3	6.3	68.4	51.5	2.0	3.3	1.7	96	58	16	6	2	5	9	-36
18	Shavonte Zellous S. Zellous	6	2009	DET	5	29.0	15.6	5.0	2.8	1.2	0.6	4.8	13.6	35.3	1.4	3.4	41.2	4.6	5.4	85.2	48.8	1.6	3.4	1.4	145	78	25	14	3	7	15	+57
19	Tanisha Wright T. Wright	5	2009	SEA	3	32.7	11.7	5.3	5.3	1.7	0.0	4.3	12.7	34.2	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.7	2.7	100.0	42.1	3.0	2.3	3.0	98	35	16	16	0	9	12	-15
20	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	5	2009	PHX	11	16.9	8.8	4.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.1	6.3	49.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.2	82.9	57.5	1.5	2.7	0.6	186	97	47	3	6	7	13	+28
21	Candace Parker C. Parker	5	2009	LAS	6	35.2	18.0	10.7	1.7	0.8	1.8	6.3	11.8	53.5	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.2	7.3	70.5	59.8	3.5	7.2	1.7	211	108	64	10	11	10	23	+12
22	Becky Hammon B. Hammon	5	2009	SAN	3	33.7	18.3	2.7	2.0	1.7	0.0	6.3	13.7	46.3	2.7	7.0	38.1	3.0	3.3	90.0	60.6	0.0	2.7	2.3	101	55	8	6	0	7	4	-30
23	Jessica Moore J. Moore	5	2009	IND	10	12.0	2.2	1.7	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.4	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.8	75.0	40.0	0.9	0.8	0.3	120	22	17	3	2	3	24	-20
24	Betty Lennox B. Lennox	5	2009	LAS	6	21.3	12.3	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.0	4.0	9.7	41.4	1.8	4.2	44.0	2.5	2.5	100.0	57.3	0.3	2.7	1.8	128	74	18	9	0	11	11	+4
25	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	5	2009	DET	5	26.8	7.6	4.4	1.8	1.0	0.4	3.6	5.6	64.3	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.2	0.4	50.0	65.8	1.2	3.2	2.6	134	38	22	9	2	13	18	+19