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 3004 2717 287
2. LeBron James 2838 2345 493
3. Russell Westbrook 2178 1955 223
4. James Harden 1997 1715 282
5. Stephen Curry 1784 1553 231
6. Mike Conley 1731 1603 128
7. Paul George 1711 1539 172
8. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
9. Kyle Lowry 1673 1499 174
10. Jimmy Butler 1617 1400 217
11. Jrue Holiday 1607 1473 134
12. Kawhi Leonard 1511 1255 256
13. Draymond Green 1440 1183 257
14. Kevin Durant 1346 1174 172
15. DeMar DeRozan 1242 1170 72
16. Kyrie Irving 1150 1022 128
17. Andre Drummond 1149 1133 16
18. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1140 1057 83
19. Marcus Smart 1138 994 144
20. Anthony Davis 1109 1033 76
  John Wall 1109 1045 64
22. Nicolas Batum 1086 1028 58
23. Nikola Jokić 1065 949 116
24. Giannis Antetokounmpo 1046 961 85
25. P.J. Tucker 1041 943 98
26. Al Horford 1025 866 159
27. Khris Middleton 999 903 96
28. Wesley Matthews 992 925 67
29. Robert Covington 988 938 50
30. Damian Lillard 952 874 78
31. Bradley Beal 951 882 69
32. George Hill 929 806 123
33. Jae Crowder 891 789 102
34. T.J. McConnell 877 849 28
35. Klay Thompson 876 726 150
36. Victor Oladipo 859 805 54
37. Nikola Vučević 829 821 8
38. Tobias Harris 826 769 57
  Donovan Mitchell 826 740 86
40. Eric Gordon 821 776 45
41. Fred VanVleet 808 757 51
42. Jeff Green 805 759 46
43. Jayson Tatum 782 639 143
44. Andrew Wiggins 778 742 36
45. Patrick Beverley 775 708 67
46. Dejounte Murray 772 741 31
47. De'Aaron Fox 771 756 15
48. Kyle Anderson 763 699 64
49. CJ McCollum 761 704 57
50. Dennis Schröder 750 694 56
51. Jaylen Brown 746 612 134
52. Harrison Barnes 722 672 50
53. Mikal Bridges 718 650 68
54. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 717 666 51
55. Kelly Oubre Jr. 713 686 27
56. Gary Harris 705 667 38
57. OG Anunoby 704 637 67
58. D'Angelo Russell 697 666 31
59. Delon Wright 693 655 38
60. Tyus Jones 691 667 24
61. Brook Lopez 690 633 57
62. Kent Bazemore 688 658 30
63. Steven Adams 679 646 33
64. Joe Ingles 678 622 56
65. Cory Joseph 674 626 48
  Bam Adebayo 674 607 67
67. Kelly Olynyk 658 631 27
68. Terry Rozier 655 615 40
69. Luka Dončić 645 556 89
70. Pascal Siakam 644 569 75
71. Larry Nance Jr. 642 621 21
72. Jordan Clarkson 638 614 24
73. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
74. Reggie Jackson 635 593 42
75. Rudy Gobert 633 576 57
76. Kevin Love 632 577 55
  Patty Mills 632 581 51
78. Jamal Murray 631 542 89
79. Buddy Hield 628 614 14
80. Justin Holiday 626 614 12
  Mason Plumlee 626 596 30
  Devin Booker 626 577 49
83. Garrett Temple 619 610 9
84. DeAndre Jordan 618 571 47
85. Markieff Morris 617 594 23
86. Maurice Harkless 616 583 33
  Ben Simmons 616 568 48
88. Alex Caruso 614 557 57
89. Elfrid Payton 613 612 1
90. Kris Dunn 607 597 10
91. Derrick Favors 604 577 27
92. Josh Hart 597 555 42
93. Nerlens Noel 596 588 8
94. James Johnson 593 581 12
95. Josh Richardson 587 566 21
96. Marcus Morris 581 545 36
97. Danilo Gallinari 579 550 29
98. Zach LaVine 574 571 3
99. Caris LeVert 569 548 21
  Matisse Thybulle 569 543 26