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 2901 2614 287
2. LeBron James 2746 2275 471
3. Russell Westbrook 2053 1849 204
4. James Harden 1864 1597 267
5. Stephen Curry 1696 1473 223
6. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
7. Kyle Lowry 1634 1466 168
8. Paul George 1629 1464 165
9. Mike Conley 1622 1524 98
10. Jimmy Butler 1524 1323 201
11. Jrue Holiday 1513 1407 106
12. Kawhi Leonard 1440 1196 244
13. Draymond Green 1324 1084 240
14. Kevin Durant 1294 1124 170
15. Rudy Gay 1251 1231 20
16. DeMar DeRozan 1180 1108 72
17. Andre Drummond 1110 1094 16
18. John Wall 1109 1045 64
19. Marcus Smart 1099 955 144
20. Kyrie Irving 1060 956 104
21. Anthony Davis 1048 974 74
22. P.J. Tucker 1040 942 98
23. Danny Green 1028 853 175
24. Nicolas Batum 1027 976 51
25. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1017 958 59
26. Wesley Matthews 992 925 67
27. Robert Covington 988 938 50
28. Giannis Antetokounmpo 982 903 79
29. Al Horford 967 830 137
30. Khris Middleton 961 868 93
31. George Hill 930 806 124
32. Nikola Jokić 893 822 71
33. Bradley Beal 890 824 66
34. Jae Crowder 888 786 102
35. Damian Lillard 876 804 72
36. Victor Oladipo 859 805 54
37. Gordon Hayward 834 808 26
38. Klay Thompson 826 676 150
39. Jeff Green 799 753 46
40. Eric Gordon 790 750 40
41. T.J. McConnell 774 766 8
42. Patrick Beverley 769 708 61
43. Nikola Vučević 768 760 8
44. Tobias Harris 745 695 50
45. Andrew Wiggins 717 682 35
46. Kyle Anderson 713 659 54
47. Dejounte Murray 709 678 31
48. CJ McCollum 708 658 50
49. Fred VanVleet 707 663 44
50. Donovan Mitchell 701 645 56
51. Kent Bazemore 688 658 30
52. Harrison Barnes 683 633 50
53. De'Aaron Fox 680 665 15
54. Dennis Schröder 677 628 49
55. Joe Ingles 673 620 53
56. Gary Harris 669 641 28
  Jayson Tatum 669 563 106
58. Steven Adams 654 624 30
59. Delon Wright 651 620 31
60. Cory Joseph 644 600 44
61. Otto Porter Jr. 642 586 56
62. Brook Lopez 639 583 56
  Jaylen Brown 639 539 100
64. D'Angelo Russell 637 610 27
65. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
66. Kelly Olynyk 625 598 27
67. Tyus Jones 622 598 24
68. Justin Holiday 620 614 6
  Larry Nance Jr. 620 601 19
70. Patty Mills 618 568 50
  Terry Rozier 618 578 40
72. Reggie Jackson 617 577 40
  Kevin Love 617 562 55
74. Maurice Harkless 616 583 33
75. Markieff Morris 615 592 23
76. Mikal Bridges 613 575 38
77. Kelly Oubre Jr. 610 594 16
78. Jordan Clarkson 607 583 24
79. Derrick Favors 604 577 27
80. Garrett Temple 602 593 9
81. DeAndre Jordan 601 555 46
82. Nerlens Noel 596 588 8
83. James Johnson 591 581 10
84. Mason Plumlee 590 563 27
85. Elfrid Payton 589 588 1
86. Derrick Rose 585 536 49
87. Danilo Gallinari 579 550 29
  Josh Richardson 579 558 21
89. Marcus Morris 577 545 32
  Ben Simmons 577 530 47
91. Bam Adebayo 571 509 62
92. Rudy Gobert 555 520 35
93. Ish Smith 554 543 11
94. Devin Booker 552 510 42
95. Taj Gibson 551 521 30
96. OG Anunoby 550 527 23
97. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 548 535 13
98. Buddy Hield 545 545 0
  Pascal Siakam 545 499 46
100. Matisse Thybulle 536 510 26