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 2958 2671 287
2. LeBron James 2793 2310 483
3. Russell Westbrook 2129 1918 211
4. James Harden 1929 1656 273
5. Stephen Curry 1738 1515 223
6. Mike Conley 1696 1577 119
7. Paul George 1687 1515 172
8. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
9. Kyle Lowry 1667 1493 174
10. Jrue Holiday 1572 1445 127
11. Jimmy Butler 1553 1350 203
12. Kawhi Leonard 1451 1203 248
13. Draymond Green 1359 1119 240
14. Kevin Durant 1322 1150 172
15. DeMar DeRozan 1228 1156 72
16. Andre Drummond 1142 1126 16
17. Kyrie Irving 1130 1002 128
18. Marcus Smart 1122 978 144
19. John Wall 1109 1045 64
20. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1106 1030 76
21. Anthony Davis 1103 1027 76
22. Nicolas Batum 1056 1004 52
23. P.J. Tucker 1040 942 98
24. Giannis Antetokounmpo 1010 930 80
25. Al Horford 1005 853 152
26. Wesley Matthews 992 925 67
27. Robert Covington 988 938 50
28. Nikola Jokić 981 893 88
29. Khris Middleton 980 884 96
30. George Hill 929 806 123
31. Bradley Beal 926 857 69
  Damian Lillard 926 850 76
33. Jae Crowder 891 789 102
34. Klay Thompson 861 711 150
35. Victor Oladipo 859 805 54
36. T.J. McConnell 841 818 23
37. Eric Gordon 816 771 45
38. Nikola Vučević 810 802 8
39. Jeff Green 802 756 46
40. Tobias Harris 781 730 51
41. Fred VanVleet 776 732 44
  Donovan Mitchell 776 707 69
43. Patrick Beverley 775 708 67
44. Dejounte Murray 770 739 31
45. Andrew Wiggins 753 718 35
46. Kyle Anderson 749 685 64
47. Jayson Tatum 745 619 126
  De'Aaron Fox 745 730 15
49. CJ McCollum 740 683 57
50. Dennis Schröder 718 669 49
51. Jaylen Brown 712 589 123
52. Harrison Barnes 697 647 50
53. Gary Harris 689 654 35
54. Kent Bazemore 688 658 30
55. Kelly Oubre Jr. 682 655 27
56. D'Angelo Russell 677 646 31
57. Joe Ingles 676 620 56
  Delon Wright 676 641 35
59. Brook Lopez 672 616 56
60. Steven Adams 662 632 30
  Tyus Jones 662 638 24
62. Mikal Bridges 657 619 38
63. Cory Joseph 654 611 43
64. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 652 626 26
65. Terry Rozier 642 602 40
66. Kelly Olynyk 640 613 27
67. Larry Nance Jr. 638 617 21
68. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
69. Reggie Jackson 631 589 42
  Kevin Love 631 576 55
  Patty Mills 631 580 51
  Bam Adebayo 631 568 63
73. Justin Holiday 626 614 12
  Jordan Clarkson 626 602 24
75. OG Anunoby 621 590 31
76. Maurice Harkless 616 583 33
  Markieff Morris 616 593 23
78. Mason Plumlee 614 584 30
79. DeAndre Jordan 612 565 47
80. Garrett Temple 607 598 9
81. Devin Booker 606 557 49
82. Derrick Favors 604 577 27
83. Ben Simmons 601 554 47
84. Rudy Gobert 599 550 49
  Elfrid Payton 599 598 1
86. Pascal Siakam 598 540 58
87. Nerlens Noel 596 588 8
88. Luka Dončić 595 511 84
89. James Johnson 591 581 10
90. Josh Richardson 587 566 21
91. Buddy Hield 585 585 0
92. Marcus Morris 581 545 36
  Jamal Murray 581 509 72
94. Danilo Gallinari 579 550 29
95. Taj Gibson 557 527 30
96. Ish Smith 554 543 11
97. Zach LaVine 553 550 3
98. Alex Caruso 548 519 29
99. Aaron Gordon 544 510 34
100. Caris LeVert 543 522 21