what are the most steals by a player in a playoff game

Katie Douglas has the most steals in a playoff game, with 8 steals against the Fever on August 23, 2007.

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 Katie Douglas
K. Douglas
8
8/23/2007
CON CON
vs
IND IND
48
14
8
4
0
4
21
19.0
2
12
16.7
4
4
100.0
30.8
4
4
5
3
+9
2 Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
7
8/21/2014
IND IND
vs
WAS WAS
29
22
10
2
0
4
15
26.7
0
1
0.0
14
14
100.0
52.0
3
7
2
4
+14
3 Nykesha Sales
N. Sales
7
9/27/2004
CON CON
vs
WAS WAS
34
13
7
2
1
4
11
36.4
1
1
100.0
4
4
100.0
50.9
1
6
4
3
+11
4 Clarissa dos Santos
C. dos Santos
6
9/30/2016
CHI CHI
@
LAS LAS
26
15
8
1
0
6
10
60.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
63.8
4
4
4
2
-3
5 Briann January
B. January
6
9/29/2015
IND IND
@
NYL NYL
33
8
2
8
0
3
8
37.5
0
0
2
2
100.0
45.0
0
2
1
2
+18
6 Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
6
9/25/2009
IND IND
vs
DET DET
36
22
9
5
0
6
13
46.2
1
6
16.7
9
11
81.8
61.7
1
8
4
4
+5
7 Elaine Powell
E. Powell
6
9/26/2004
DET DET
@
NYL NYL
29
5
0
9
0
1
3
33.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
52.5
0
0
1
4
+16
8 Tamecka Dixon
T. Dixon
6
8/30/2003
LAS LAS
vs
MIN MIN
36
17
0
2
0
5
11
45.5
1
2
50.0
6
6
100.0
62.3
0
0
1
3
+20
9 Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
6
8/18/2002
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
47
28
8
7
0
11
22
50.0
0
2
0.0
6
9
66.7
53.9
3
5
3
2
+11
10 Vickie Johnson
V. Johnson
6
8/24/2001
NYL NYL
@
CHA CHA
39
11
3
7
0
4
13
30.8
1
5
20.0
2
2
100.0
39.6
1
2
6
1
+4
11 Mwadi Mabika
M. Mabika
6
8/24/1999
LAS LAS
vs
SAC SAC
35
12
3
2
0
6
11
54.5
0
4
0.0
0
0
54.5
0
3
3
5
+14
12 Napheesa Collier
N. Collier
5
10/16/2024
MIN MIN
vs
NYL NYL
40
22
9
2
1
9
22
40.9
1
1
100.0
3
4
75.0
46.3
2
7
4
3
-3
13 Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
5
10/13/2024
NYL NYL
vs
MIN MIN
38
21
9
5
1
7
18
38.9
2
5
40.0
5
6
83.3
50.9
3
6
5
3
+13
14 DeWanna Bonner
D. Bonner
5
10/1/2024
CON CON
@
MIN MIN
34
17
6
3
0
5
15
33.3
3
7
42.9
4
4
100.0
50.7
1
5
1
2
-6
15 Tiffany Hayes
T. Hayes
5
9/22/2024
LVA LVA
vs
SEA SEA
26
20
4
1
0
8
12
66.7
2
3
66.7
2
2
100.0
77.6
1
3
0
0
+12
16 Veronica Burton
V. Burton
5
9/29/2023
DAL DAL
vs
LVA LVA
26
7
4
6
0
2
8
25.0
1
6
16.7
2
3
66.7
37.6
1
3
0
4
+14
17 Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
5
9/13/2023
CON CON
vs
MIN MIN
37
15
3
10
0
7
15
46.7
0
1
0.0
1
4
25.0
44.7
0
3
5
1
+27
18 Emma Meesseman
E. Meesseman
5
9/4/2022
CHI CHI
@
CON CON
32
13
3
6
1
6
12
50.0
1
2
50.0
0
0
54.2
1
2
1
4
+10
19 Diamond DeShields
D. DeShields
5
10/15/2021
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
24
11
5
2
0
3
10
30.0
0
3
0.0
5
8
62.5
40.7
3
2
3
1
+20
20 Courtney Vandersloot
C. Vandersloot
5
10/13/2021
CHI CHI
@
PHX PHX
41
20
3
14
1
9
15
60.0
2
6
33.3
0
0
66.7
0
3
6
2
+3
21 Jasmine Thomas
J. Thomas
5
10/3/2021
CON CON
@
CHI CHI
29
5
4
6
0
2
10
20.0
1
5
20.0
0
0
25.0
2
2
2
3
-1
22 DeWanna Bonner
D. Bonner
5
9/29/2020
CON CON
@
LVA LVA
37
15
8
6
3
4
13
30.8
1
3
33.3
6
6
100.0
48.0
0
8
4
4
-1
23 Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
5
9/20/2020
CON CON
@
LVA LVA
34
18
6
5
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
2
2
100.0
60.5
1
5
0
3
+22
24 Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
5
9/29/2019
CON CON
@
WAS WAS
40
20
6
6
1
7
10
70.0
0
0
6
7
85.7
76.5
3
3
4
3
-9
25 LaToya Sanders
L. Sanders
5
9/17/2019
WAS WAS
vs
LVA LVA
31
9
5
1
3
4
12
33.3
0
0
1
1
100.0
36.2
3
2
0
2
+6
StatMuse has game-level data for steals going back to the 1997 playoffs.

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TEAM W L PCT GB
2
Dream Dream
13
9
.591
2.5
3
Fever Fever
12
11
.522
4.0
4
Mystics Mystics
11
11
.500
4.5
5
Sky Sky
7
15
.318
8.5
6
Sun Sun
3
19
.136
12.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
7/24
LAS LAS
@
CON CON
7:00 PM
Sun
7/27
GSV GSV
@
CON CON
1:00 PM
Mon
7/28
SEA SEA
@
CON CON
7:00 PM
Fri
8/1
NYL NYL
@
CON CON
7:30 PM
Sun
8/3
NYL NYL
@
CON CON
1:00 PM
Last Game
CON Sun

3 - 19

77

Final

85

IND Fever

12 - 10

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WNBA 2025 Division Standings

undefined W L PCT GB
Lynx Lynx
20
4
.833
Mercury Mercury
15
7
.682
4.0
Storm Storm
14
9
.609
5.5
Aces Aces
11
11
.500
8.0
Valkyries Valkyries
10
12
.455
9.0
Sparks Sparks
8
14
.364
11.0
Wings Wings
6
17
.261
13.5
undefined W L PCT GB
Liberty Liberty
15
6
.714
Dream Dream
13
9
.591
2.5
Fever Fever
12
11
.522
4.0
Mystics Mystics
11
11
.500
4.5
Sky Sky
7
15
.318
8.5
Sun Sun
3
19
.136
12.5

WNBA undefined Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/12
SEA SEA
@
LAS LAS
68-78
Thu
5/15
ATL ATL
@
WAS WAS
90-94
Thu
5/15
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
99-84
Thu
5/15
LAS LAS
@
GSV GSV
84-67
Fri
5/16
LVA LVA
@
NYL NYL
78-92

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
7/22
LAS LAS
@
WAS WAS
7:30 PM
Tue
7/22
IND IND
@
NYL NYL
8:00 PM
Tue
7/22
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Tue
7/22
DAL DAL
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Tue
7/22
ATL ATL
@
LVA LVA
10:00 PM