NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Steal Pct

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

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player STL%
1.Alvin Robertson 4.12
2.Wendell Ladner 3.80
3.Quinn Buckner 3.79
4.Nate McMillan 3.75
5.Michael Ray Richardson 3.68
6.Fatty Taylor 3.64
7.Brevin Knight 3.53
8.Mookie Blaylock 3.46
9.John Stockton* 3.46
10.Tony Allen 3.37
11.Don Buse 3.34
12.Doc Rivers 3.28
13.Fat Lever 3.23
14.Mike Gale 3.20
15.Maurice Cheeks* 3.18
16.Ted McClain 3.17
17.Michael Jordan* 3.13
18.Doug Christie 3.07
19.Foots Walker 3.07
20.Chris Paul 3.06
21.Ray Williams 3.01
22.Gus Williams 2.99
23.Brian Taylor 2.98
24.Darrell Armstrong 2.97
25.Jim O'Brien 2.96
26.Greg Anthony 2.95
27.Ricky Rubio 2.95
28.Scottie Pippen* 2.92
29.Mario Chalmers 2.90
30.Metta World Peace 2.87
31.Terrell Brandon 2.86
32.Darrell Walker 2.83
33.Clyde Drexler* 2.82
34.Warren Jabali 2.81
35.Jason Kidd* 2.80
36.Baron Davis 2.77
37.Ron Harper 2.75
38.Allen Iverson* 2.75
39.Manu Ginóbili* 2.73
40.Rajon Rondo 2.72
41.Corey Brewer 2.72
42.Bonzi Wells 2.72
43.Allen Leavell 2.71
44.Kawhi Leonard 2.70
45.Rickey Green 2.69
46.Gary Payton* 2.69
47.Muggsy Bogues 2.67
48.Kevin Edwards 2.67
49.Lloyd Batts 2.63
50.Lionel Hollins 2.63
51.Kendall Gill 2.63
52.Robert Covington 2.62
53.Eddie Jones 2.62
54.Derek Harper 2.60
55.M.L. Carr 2.60
56.Marcus Smart 2.60
57.Hersey Hawkins 2.59
58.Lindsey Hunter 2.58
59.Wil Robinson 2.57
60.Chris Ford 2.57
61.T.R. Dunn 2.55
62.Gerald Wallace 2.55
63.Ron Thomas 2.55
64.George McGinnis* 2.54
65.Larry Hughes 2.54
66.Gene Littles 2.53
67.Rick Barry* 2.53
68.Sedale Threatt 2.53
69.Dave Twardzik 2.53
70.Isiah Thomas* 2.52
71.Aaron McKie 2.52
72.Paul George 2.52
73.Kerry Kittles 2.52
74.Kenny Anderson 2.51
75.Julius Erving* 2.51
76.Trevor Ariza 2.50
77.Ruben Patterson 2.50
78.Jerome Kersey 2.49
79.Thabo Sefolosha 2.48
80.Victor Oladipo 2.48
81.Anfernee Hardaway 2.48
82.Thaddeus Young 2.47
83.Michael Adams 2.47
84.George Karl* 2.46
85.Magic Johnson* 2.46
86.Paul Pressey 2.45
87.Bobby Jones* 2.45
88.Jimmy Butler 2.45
89.Billy Shepherd 2.44
90.Chris Morris 2.44
91.Andrei Kirilenko 2.44
92.George Lynch 2.43
93.Rod Strickland 2.43
94.Jay Humphries 2.43
95.Reggie Williams 2.43
96.Hakeem Olajuwon* 2.43
97.Monta Ellis 2.42
98.Kim Hughes 2.42
99.Fred Brown 2.42
100.Eric Bledsoe 2.42
101.Ticky Burden 2.41
102.Dee Brown 2.41
103.Gerald Henderson 2.40
104.Bill Chamberlain 2.39
105.Dwyane Wade* 2.38
106.Craig Ehlo 2.37
107.Randy Smith 2.37
108.John Lucas 2.36
109.Gilbert Arenas 2.36
110.Bryon Russell 2.35
111.Russell Westbrook 2.35
112.Tom Gugliotta 2.35
113.Fly Williams 2.35
114.Stacey Augmon 2.34
115.Andre Drummond 2.34
116.Tim Hardaway* 2.34
117.Travis Best 2.34
118.Earl Watson 2.33
119.John Wall 2.33
120.Collis Jones 2.32
121.Monte Towe 2.32
122.Chris Mullin* 2.29
123.Andre Iguodala 2.29
124.Tyrone Corbin 2.28
125.Ben Wallace* 2.28
126.Paul Westphal* 2.27
127.Nick Anderson 2.27
128.Draymond Green 2.26
129.Jeff Hornacek 2.26
130.Gar Heard 2.26
131.Steve Mix 2.26
132.Shawn Marion 2.26
133.Mike Conley 2.25
134.Kyle Anderson 2.24
135.Eric Snow 2.24
136.Jimmy Foster 2.24
137.Calvin Murphy* 2.24
138.Spud Webb 2.24
139.Mike Barr 2.24
140.Ralph Simpson 2.23
141.Rafer Alston 2.23
142.DeMarcus Cousins 2.23
143.Robert Horry 2.22
144.David Wesley 2.22
145.Mike Woodson 2.22
146.Paul Millsap 2.22
147.Kurt Rambis 2.21
148.Ricky Sobers 2.21
149.Bob Sura 2.20
150.Bobby Jackson 2.19
151.Mack Calvin 2.19
152.Alvan Adams 2.18
153.Jimmy Jones 2.18
154.Terry Porter 2.18
155.Devin Harris 2.18
156.Pooh Richardson 2.17
157.Caron Butler 2.17
158.Stephen Curry 2.17
159.Larry Bird* 2.16
160.Grant Long 2.15
161.John Drew 2.15
162.Fred VanVleet 2.15
163.Brent Barry 2.15
164.Len Elmore 2.14
165.Jrue Holiday 2.14
166.Bo Outlaw 2.14
167.Jeff Teague 2.14
168.Jimmy O'Brien 2.14
169.Derek Fisher 2.14
170.John Bagley 2.12
171.Bill Hanzlik 2.12
172.James Harden 2.12
173.John Starks 2.11
174.Coby Dietrick 2.11
175.Trent Tucker 2.11
176.Stephen Jackson 2.11
177.Kevin Johnson 2.10
178.Dell Curry 2.10
179.Jim Paxson 2.10
180.Nenê 2.09
181.Kevin Porter 2.09
182.Mark Jackson 2.09
183.Charles Barkley* 2.09
184.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2.09
185.David Robinson* 2.08
186.Jason Williams 2.08
187.Shawn Kemp 2.08
188.James Posey 2.08
189.Rick Fox 2.08
190.Steve Francis 2.08
191.Kyle Lowry 2.07
192.Brandon Jennings 2.07
193.Kobe Bryant* 2.07
194.Danny Manning 2.07
195.Raymond Felton 2.07
196.Darrell Elston 2.07
197.Rodney Rogers 2.07
198.De'Aaron Fox 2.06
199.Derek Anderson 2.06
200.Michael Cooper* 2.05
201.Tyreke Evans 2.05
202.Billy Harris 2.05
203.LeBron James 2.05
204.Darrell Griffith 2.04
205.Danny Green 2.04
206.Al Skinner 2.04
207.Mark Price 2.03
208.Walter Davis* 2.03
209.Blue Edwards 2.03
210.Derrick McKey 2.02
211.Vernon Maxwell 2.02
212.Larry Drew 2.02
213.Norm Nixon 2.02
214.Sleepy Floyd 2.01
215.Bo Lamar 2.01
216.Dan Majerle 2.01
217.Andre Miller 2.01
218.Byron Scott 2.00
219.Jason Terry 1.99
220.Greg Monroe 1.99
221.Donovan Mitchell 1.99
222.Kenyon Martin 1.99
223.Paul Pierce* 1.99
224.Ty Lawson 1.98
225.Tom Henderson 1.98
226.Darren Collison 1.98
227.Gary Harris 1.98
228.Nikola Jokić 1.97
229.Anthony Peeler 1.97
230.Chris Webber* 1.97
231.Danny Ainge 1.97
232.Garrett Temple 1.97
233.Josh Smith 1.96
234.Luke Ridnour 1.96
235.Al-Farouq Aminu 1.96
236.Tracy McGrady* 1.95
237.Avery Johnson 1.95
238.Karl Malone* 1.95
239.Sam Lacey 1.95
240.Toni Kukoč* 1.94
241.Kevin Garnett* 1.94
242.Luc Mbah a Moute 1.94
243.Tony Campbell 1.94
244.Patrick Beverley 1.94
245.Dennis Johnson* 1.94
246.Dana Barros 1.94
247.Vlade Divac* 1.94
248.Joe Hamilton 1.94
249.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1.93
250.Frank Brickowski 1.93

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player STL%
1.Alvin Robertson 4.12
2.Quinn Buckner 3.79
3.Nate McMillan 3.75
4.Michael Ray Richardson 3.68
5.Brevin Knight 3.53
6.Mookie Blaylock 3.46
7.John Stockton* 3.46
8.Tony Allen 3.37
9.Doc Rivers 3.28
10.Fat Lever 3.23
11.Maurice Cheeks* 3.18
12.Michael Jordan* 3.13
13.Don Buse 3.10
14.Doug Christie 3.07
15.Foots Walker 3.07
16.Chris Paul 3.06
17.Ray Williams 3.01
18.Gus Williams 2.99
19.Darrell Armstrong 2.97
20.Greg Anthony 2.95
21.Ricky Rubio 2.95
22.Scottie Pippen* 2.92
23.Mario Chalmers 2.90
24.Metta World Peace 2.87
25.Terrell Brandon 2.86
26.Darrell Walker 2.83
27.Clyde Drexler* 2.82
28.Jason Kidd* 2.80
29.Baron Davis 2.77
30.Ron Harper 2.75
31.Allen Iverson* 2.75
32.Manu Ginóbili* 2.73
33.Rajon Rondo 2.72
34.Corey Brewer 2.72
35.Bonzi Wells 2.72
36.Allen Leavell 2.71
37.Kawhi Leonard 2.70
38.Rickey Green 2.69
39.Gary Payton* 2.69
40.Muggsy Bogues 2.67
41.Kevin Edwards 2.67
42.Lionel Hollins 2.63
43.Kendall Gill 2.63
44.Robert Covington 2.62
45.Eddie Jones 2.62
46.Derek Harper 2.60
47.Marcus Smart 2.60
48.George McGinnis* 2.59
49.Hersey Hawkins 2.59
50.Lindsey Hunter 2.58
51.Chris Ford 2.57
52.T.R. Dunn 2.55
53.Gerald Wallace 2.55
54.Larry Hughes 2.54
55.Rick Barry* 2.53
56.Sedale Threatt 2.53
57.Isiah Thomas* 2.52
58.Aaron McKie 2.52
59.Paul George 2.52
60.Kerry Kittles 2.52
61.Kenny Anderson 2.51
62.Trevor Ariza 2.50
63.Ruben Patterson 2.50
64.Jerome Kersey 2.49
65.Thabo Sefolosha 2.48
66.Victor Oladipo 2.48
67.Anfernee Hardaway 2.48
68.Thaddeus Young 2.47
69.Michael Adams 2.47
70.Magic Johnson* 2.46
71.Paul Pressey 2.45
72.Julius Erving* 2.45
73.Jimmy Butler 2.45
74.Chris Morris 2.44
75.Andrei Kirilenko 2.44
76.George Lynch 2.43
77.Rod Strickland 2.43
78.Jay Humphries 2.43
79.Reggie Williams 2.43
80.Hakeem Olajuwon* 2.43
81.Monta Ellis 2.42
82.Fred Brown 2.42
83.Eric Bledsoe 2.42
84.Dee Brown 2.41
85.Gerald Henderson 2.40
86.Bobby Jones* 2.39
87.Dwyane Wade* 2.38
88.Craig Ehlo 2.37
89.Randy Smith 2.37
90.John Lucas 2.36
91.Gilbert Arenas 2.36
92.Bryon Russell 2.35
93.Russell Westbrook 2.35
94.Tom Gugliotta 2.35
95.Stacey Augmon 2.34
96.Andre Drummond 2.34
97.Tim Hardaway* 2.34
98.Travis Best 2.34
99.Earl Watson 2.33
100.John Wall 2.33
101.Chris Mullin* 2.29
102.Andre Iguodala 2.29
103.Tyrone Corbin 2.28
104.Ben Wallace* 2.28
105.Paul Westphal* 2.27
106.Nick Anderson 2.27
107.Draymond Green 2.26
108.Jeff Hornacek 2.26
109.Gar Heard 2.26
110.Steve Mix 2.26
111.Shawn Marion 2.26
112.Mike Conley 2.25
113.Kyle Anderson 2.24
114.Eric Snow 2.24
115.Calvin Murphy* 2.24
116.Spud Webb 2.24
117.Rafer Alston 2.23
118.DeMarcus Cousins 2.23
119.Robert Horry 2.22
120.David Wesley 2.22
121.Mike Woodson 2.22
122.Paul Millsap 2.22
123.Kurt Rambis 2.21
124.Ricky Sobers 2.21
125.Bob Sura 2.20
126.Bobby Jackson 2.19
127.Alvan Adams 2.18
128.Terry Porter 2.18
129.Devin Harris 2.18
130.Pooh Richardson 2.17
131.Caron Butler 2.17
132.Stephen Curry 2.17
133.Larry Bird* 2.16
134.Grant Long 2.15
135.John Drew 2.15
136.Fred VanVleet 2.15
137.Brent Barry 2.15
138.Jrue Holiday 2.14
139.Bo Outlaw 2.14
140.Jeff Teague 2.14
141.Derek Fisher 2.14
142.John Bagley 2.12
143.Bill Hanzlik 2.12
144.James Harden 2.12
145.John Starks 2.11
146.Trent Tucker 2.11
147.Stephen Jackson 2.11
148.Kevin Johnson 2.10
149.Dell Curry 2.10
150.Jim Paxson 2.10
151.Nenê 2.09
152.Kevin Porter 2.09
153.Mark Jackson 2.09
154.Charles Barkley* 2.09
155.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2.09
156.David Robinson* 2.08
157.Jason Williams 2.08
158.Shawn Kemp 2.08
159.James Posey 2.08
160.Rick Fox 2.08
161.Steve Francis 2.08
162.Kyle Lowry 2.07
163.Brandon Jennings 2.07
164.Kobe Bryant* 2.07
165.Danny Manning 2.07
166.Raymond Felton 2.07
167.Rodney Rogers 2.07
168.De'Aaron Fox 2.06
169.Derek Anderson 2.06
170.Michael Cooper* 2.05
171.Tyreke Evans 2.05
172.LeBron James 2.05
173.Darrell Griffith 2.04
174.Danny Green 2.04
175.Mark Price 2.03
176.Walter Davis* 2.03
177.Blue Edwards 2.03
178.Derrick McKey 2.02
179.Vernon Maxwell 2.02
180.Larry Drew 2.02
181.Norm Nixon 2.02
182.Sleepy Floyd 2.01
183.Dan Majerle 2.01
184.Andre Miller 2.01
185.Byron Scott 2.00
186.Jason Terry 1.99
187.Greg Monroe 1.99
188.Donovan Mitchell 1.99
189.Kenyon Martin 1.99
190.Paul Pierce* 1.99
191.Ty Lawson 1.98
192.Tom Henderson 1.98
193.Darren Collison 1.98
194.Gary Harris 1.98
195.Nikola Jokić 1.97
196.Anthony Peeler 1.97
197.Chris Webber* 1.97
198.Danny Ainge 1.97
199.Garrett Temple 1.97
200.Josh Smith 1.96
201.Luke Ridnour 1.96
202.Al-Farouq Aminu 1.96
203.Tracy McGrady* 1.95
204.Avery Johnson 1.95
205.Karl Malone* 1.95
206.Sam Lacey 1.95
207.Toni Kukoč* 1.94
208.Kevin Garnett* 1.94
209.Luc Mbah a Moute 1.94
210.Tony Campbell 1.94
211.Patrick Beverley 1.94
212.Dennis Johnson* 1.94
213.Dana Barros 1.94
214.Vlade Divac* 1.94
215.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1.93
216.Larry Kenon 1.93
217.Frank Brickowski 1.93
218.Lamond Murray 1.93
219.Jae Crowder 1.92
220.Reggie Evans 1.92
221.Mickey Johnson 1.92
222.Sidney Moncrief* 1.91
223.Justin Holiday 1.91
224.Ed Pinckney 1.91
225.Kyrie Irving 1.90
226.J.R. Smith 1.90
227.Leandro Barbosa 1.90
228.Latrell Sprewell 1.90
229.James Johnson 1.90
230.Courtney Lee 1.90
231.Grant Hill* 1.89
232.Anthony Johnson 1.89
233.Greg Ballard 1.88
234.Johnny Newman 1.88
235.Kemba Walker 1.88
236.John Long 1.88
237.Anthony Davis 1.88
238.Christian Laettner 1.88
239.Sherman Douglas 1.88
240.Anderson Varejão 1.87
241.Kelly Oubre Jr. 1.87
242.Kirk Hinrich 1.87
243.Khris Middleton 1.87
244.Bryant Stith 1.87
245.Sam Cassell 1.86
246.Bimbo Coles 1.86
247.P.J. Tucker 1.85
248.Lonnie Shelton 1.85
249.Shandon Anderson 1.85
250.Otis Birdsong 1.84

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player STL%
1.Wendell Ladner 3.80
2.Don Buse 3.80
3.Fatty Taylor 3.64
4.Mike D'Antoni 3.59
5.Ted McClain 3.52
6.Brian Taylor 3.35
7.Mike Gale 3.01
8.Jim O'Brien 2.96
9.Warren Jabali 2.81
10.Joe Caldwell 2.80
11.Monte Towe 2.77
12.Billy Cunningham* 2.77
13.Bobby Jones* 2.66
14.M.L. Carr 2.65
15.Julius Erving* 2.65
16.Lloyd Batts 2.63
17.Wil Robinson 2.57
18.Ron Thomas 2.55
19.Gene Littles 2.53
20.George Karl* 2.51
21.George McGinnis* 2.45
22.Billy Shepherd 2.44
23.Dave Twardzik 2.38
24.Jimmy Jones 2.37
25.Mike Barr 2.36
26.Fly Williams 2.35
27.Mack Calvin 2.34
28.Collis Jones 2.32
29.Ralph Simpson 2.28
30.Len Elmore 2.28
31.Jimmy Foster 2.24
32.Don Adams 2.17
33.John Trapp 2.16
34.Ed Manning 2.16
35.Jimmy O'Brien 2.14
36.Coby Dietrick 2.12
37.Bill Melchionni 2.12
38.Ticky Burden 2.12
39.Darrell Elston 2.09
40.George Thompson 2.06
41.Kim Hughes 2.06
42.Billy Harris 2.05
43.Don Chaney 2.03
44.Bird Averitt 2.03
45.Bruce Seals 2.03
46.Ron Boone 2.02
47.Freddie Lewis 2.00
48.Goo Kennedy 1.96
49.Bo Lamar 1.95
50.Joe Hamilton 1.94
51.Johnny Neumann 1.94
52.Al Skinner 1.92
53.David Thompson* 1.89
54.George Gervin* 1.89
55.Lionel Billingy 1.86
56.Dan Roundfield 1.80
57.Marvin Barnes 1.80
58.Willie Wise 1.79
59.James Silas 1.79
60.Pierre Russell 1.79
61.Mike Flynn 1.79
62.Ollie Taylor 1.78
63.Charles Edge 1.78
64.Tom Ingelsby 1.78
65.Billy Knight 1.75
66.Pat McFarland 1.75
67.Charles Jordan 1.72
68.Wil Jones 1.71
69.Chuck Williams 1.69
70.Jim Bradley 1.67
71.Scott English 1.67
72.Kevin Joyce 1.65
73.Rudy Hackett 1.65
74.John Williamson 1.60
75.Al Smith 1.59
76.Mel Bennett 1.58
77.Wali Jones 1.54
78.Jim Ard 1.54
79.Mike Green 1.52
80.Hank Williams 1.51
81.Bob Warren 1.51
82.Roy Ebron 1.47
83.Clyde Dickey 1.45
84.David Vaughn 1.45
85.Rick Mount 1.44
86.Dennis Wuycik 1.43
87.Johnny Baum 1.42
88.Larry Kenon 1.41
89.Stew Johnson 1.40
90.Jan van Breda Kolff 1.40
91.Walt Simon 1.40
92.Maurice Lucas 1.40
93.John Roche 1.39
94.Aulcie Perry 1.37
95.Claude Terry 1.35
96.Rich Jones 1.35
97.Claude Virden 1.34
98.Steve Green 1.33
99.Gus Gerard 1.33
100.Billy Schaeffer 1.33
101.Darnell Hillman 1.32
102.Gene Moore 1.32
103.Louie Dampier* 1.32
104.Chuck Terry 1.31
105.Larry Miller 1.31
106.Barry Parkhill 1.31
107.Flynn Robinson 1.30
108.George Adams 1.30
109.Roger Brown* 1.28
110.George Carter 1.28
111.Glen Combs 1.24
112.Larry Finch 1.24
113.Dan Issel* 1.23
114.Allan Bristow 1.22
115.Zelmo Beaty* 1.22
116.Moses Malone* 1.21
117.Donnie Freeman 1.21
118.Byron Beck 1.20
119.Tim Bassett 1.18
120.Don Washington 1.17
121.Terry Driscoll 1.17
122.Willie Long 1.17
123.Jim Chones 1.15
124.Goose Ligon 1.14
125.Travis Grant 1.14
126.Marv Roberts 1.13
127.George Lehmann 1.13
128.Mark Olberding 1.11
129.Bill Keller 1.10
130.Randy Denton 1.10
131.Bill Higgins 1.09
132.Roger Brown 1.09
133.Gerald Govan 1.09
134.Caldwell Jones 1.07
135.Jim Eakins 1.06
136.George Irvine 1.05
137.Henry Ward 1.05
138.David Bustion 1.04
139.Gus Johnson* 1.02
140.Jim McDaniels 0.99
141.Billy Paultz 0.98
142.Marvin Webster 0.98
143.Mel Daniels* 0.97
144.Dave Robisch 0.96
145.Jerry Chambers 0.96
146.Red Robbins 0.95
147.Mike Jackson 0.95
148.Ronnie Robinson 0.95
149.Cincy Powell 0.91
150.Steve Jones 0.91
151.Lee Davis 0.90
152.Artis Gilmore* 0.85
153.Julius Keye 0.81
154.Willie Sojourner 0.79
155.Simmie Hill 0.78
156.Tom Owens 0.78
157.Swen Nater 0.73
158.Lamar Green 0.72
159.John Beasley 0.71
160.Joby Wright 0.70
161.Bob Netolicky 0.63
162.Gary Gregor 0.58