NBA & ABA Active Combined (Regular Season + Playoffs) Leaders and Records for Steals

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
Steals since 1973-74 (1972-73 for ABA)

Table
Rank Player Tot STL Reg STL Play STL
1. Chris Paul 2928 2641 287
2. LeBron James 2771 2288 483
3. Russell Westbrook 2087 1876 211
4. James Harden 1907 1634 273
5. Stephen Curry 1718 1495 223
6. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
7. Mike Conley 1669 1550 119
8. Kyle Lowry 1656 1482 174
9. Paul George 1655 1483 172
10. Jrue Holiday 1549 1422 127
11. Jimmy Butler 1543 1340 203
12. Kawhi Leonard 1444 1196 248
13. Draymond Green 1343 1103 240
14. Kevin Durant 1303 1131 172
15. DeMar DeRozan 1205 1133 72
16. Andre Drummond 1132 1116 16
17. Marcus Smart 1114 970 144
18. John Wall 1109 1045 64
19. Kyrie Irving 1107 979 128
20. Anthony Davis 1075 999 76
21. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1065 989 76
22. P.J. Tucker 1040 942 98
23. Nicolas Batum 1036 984 52
24. Al Horford 995 843 152
25. Giannis Antetokounmpo 992 912 80
  Wesley Matthews 992 925 67
27. Robert Covington 988 938 50
28. Khris Middleton 964 868 96
29. Nikola Jokić 932 844 88
30. George Hill 929 806 123
31. Bradley Beal 906 837 69
32. Damian Lillard 896 820 76
33. Jae Crowder 890 788 102
34. Victor Oladipo 859 805 54
35. Klay Thompson 837 687 150
36. T.J. McConnell 816 793 23
37. Eric Gordon 805 760 45
38. Jeff Green 801 755 46
39. Nikola Vučević 783 775 8
40. Patrick Beverley 775 708 67
41. Tobias Harris 761 710 51
42. Donovan Mitchell 744 675 69
43. Kyle Anderson 740 676 64
  Fred VanVleet 740 696 44
45. Andrew Wiggins 730 695 35
46. CJ McCollum 727 670 57
47. Dejounte Murray 721 690 31
48. Jayson Tatum 717 591 126
49. De'Aaron Fox 714 699 15
50. Dennis Schröder 700 651 49
51. Harrison Barnes 689 639 50
52. Kent Bazemore 688 658 30
53. Gary Harris 685 650 35
54. Jaylen Brown 679 556 123
55. Joe Ingles 676 620 56
56. Delon Wright 666 631 35
57. Brook Lopez 663 607 56
58. D'Angelo Russell 661 630 31
59. Steven Adams 657 627 30
60. Cory Joseph 645 602 43
61. Tyus Jones 643 619 24
62. Otto Porter Jr. 642 586 56
63. Kelly Oubre Jr. 641 614 27
64. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
65. Mikal Bridges 633 595 38
66. Kevin Love 629 574 55
  Larry Nance Jr. 629 608 21
68. Terry Rozier 628 588 40
69. Justin Holiday 626 614 12
70. Reggie Jackson 625 583 42
  Patty Mills 625 574 51
  Kelly Olynyk 625 598 27
73. Jordan Clarkson 618 594 24
74. Maurice Harkless 616 583 33
75. Markieff Morris 615 592 23
76. Garrett Temple 606 597 9
77. DeAndre Jordan 604 557 47
  Bam Adebayo 604 541 63
  Derrick Favors 604 577 27
80. Elfrid Payton 599 598 1
81. Mason Plumlee 598 568 30
82. Nerlens Noel 596 588 8
83. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 595 569 26
84. James Johnson 591 581 10
85. Ben Simmons 590 543 47
86. Josh Richardson 587 566 21
87. OG Anunoby 586 555 31
88. Marcus Morris 581 545 36
89. Danilo Gallinari 579 550 29
90. Rudy Gobert 578 529 49
  Devin Booker 578 529 49
92. Luka Dončić 576 492 84
93. Pascal Siakam 574 516 58
94. Buddy Hield 560 560 0
95. Taj Gibson 555 525 30
96. Ish Smith 554 543 11
97. Jamal Murray 544 472 72
98. Aaron Gordon 539 505 34
99. Matisse Thybulle 536 510 26
100. Jusuf Nurkić 533 511 22