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 2987 2700 287
2. LeBron James 2810 2327 483
3. Russell Westbrook 2149 1938 211
4. James Harden 1969 1696 273
5. Stephen Curry 1760 1537 223
6. Mike Conley 1714 1595 119
7. Paul George 1711 1539 172
8. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
9. Kyle Lowry 1671 1497 174
10. Jrue Holiday 1591 1464 127
11. Jimmy Butler 1574 1371 203
12. Kawhi Leonard 1484 1236 248
13. Draymond Green 1401 1161 240
14. Kevin Durant 1343 1171 172
15. DeMar DeRozan 1238 1166 72
16. Kyrie Irving 1150 1022 128
17. Andre Drummond 1149 1133 16
18. Marcus Smart 1132 988 144
19. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1119 1043 76
20. John Wall 1109 1045 64
21. Anthony Davis 1104 1028 76
22. Nicolas Batum 1073 1021 52
23. P.J. Tucker 1040 942 98
24. Giannis Antetokounmpo 1029 949 80
25. Nikola Jokić 1019 931 88
26. Al Horford 1015 863 152
27. Khris Middleton 996 900 96
28. Wesley Matthews 992 925 67
29. Robert Covington 988 938 50
30. Damian Lillard 950 874 76
31. Bradley Beal 942 873 69
32. George Hill 929 806 123
33. Jae Crowder 891 789 102
34. Klay Thompson 872 722 150
35. T.J. McConnell 860 837 23
36. Victor Oladipo 859 805 54
37. Eric Gordon 821 776 45
38. Nikola Vučević 818 810 8
39. Tobias Harris 807 756 51
40. Jeff Green 804 758 46
41. Donovan Mitchell 795 726 69
42. Fred VanVleet 790 746 44
43. Patrick Beverley 775 708 67
44. Dejounte Murray 772 741 31
45. De'Aaron Fox 771 756 15
46. Andrew Wiggins 768 733 35
47. Jayson Tatum 758 632 126
48. CJ McCollum 756 699 57
49. Kyle Anderson 754 690 64
50. Dennis Schröder 737 688 49
51. Jaylen Brown 733 610 123
52. Kelly Oubre Jr. 713 686 27
53. Harrison Barnes 707 657 50
54. Gary Harris 697 662 35
55. D'Angelo Russell 692 661 31
56. Kent Bazemore 688 658 30
57. Brook Lopez 684 628 56
58. Tyus Jones 681 657 24
59. Delon Wright 679 644 35
60. Joe Ingles 678 622 56
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 678 652 26
62. Mikal Bridges 675 637 38
63. Steven Adams 672 642 30
64. Cory Joseph 661 618 43
65. Bam Adebayo 657 594 63
66. Terry Rozier 653 613 40
67. Kelly Olynyk 649 622 27
68. OG Anunoby 647 616 31
69. Larry Nance Jr. 642 621 21
70. Jordan Clarkson 638 614 24
71. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
72. Reggie Jackson 635 593 42
73. Kevin Love 632 577 55
  Patty Mills 632 581 51
75. Luka Dončić 626 542 84
  Justin Holiday 626 614 12
77. Mason Plumlee 623 593 30
  Devin Booker 623 574 49
79. Pascal Siakam 617 559 58
80. Maurice Harkless 616 583 33
  Markieff Morris 616 593 23
  Garrett Temple 616 607 9
83. DeAndre Jordan 614 567 47
84. Rudy Gobert 613 564 49
  Ben Simmons 613 566 47
86. Jamal Murray 611 539 72
87. Buddy Hield 605 605 0
  Elfrid Payton 605 604 1
89. Derrick Favors 604 577 27
90. Nerlens Noel 596 588 8
91. James Johnson 591 581 10
92. Josh Richardson 587 566 21
93. Marcus Morris 581 545 36
  Kris Dunn 581 579 2
95. Danilo Gallinari 579 550 29
96. Alex Caruso 572 543 29
97. Zach LaVine 569 566 3
98. Taj Gibson 559 529 30
  Caris LeVert 559 538 21
100. Josh Hart 555 533 22