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 2749 2275 474
3. Russell Westbrook 2056 1849 207
4. James Harden 1865 1597 268
5. Stephen Curry 1696 1473 223
6. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
7. Kyle Lowry 1637 1466 171
8. Paul George 1631 1464 167
9. Mike Conley 1624 1524 100
10. Jimmy Butler 1524 1323 201
11. Jrue Holiday 1515 1407 108
12. Kawhi Leonard 1444 1196 248
13. Draymond Green 1324 1084 240
14. Kevin Durant 1296 1124 172
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 1065 956 109
21. Anthony Davis 1049 974 75
22. P.J. Tucker 1040 942 98
23. Danny Green 1028 853 175
24. Nicolas Batum 1027 976 51
25. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1020 958 62
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 897 822 75
33. Bradley Beal 893 824 69
34. Jae Crowder 888 786 102
35. Damian Lillard 877 804 73
36. Victor Oladipo 859 805 54
37. Gordon Hayward 835 808 27
38. Klay Thompson 826 676 150
39. Jeff Green 799 753 46
40. Eric Gordon 792 750 42
41. T.J. McConnell 774 766 8
42. Patrick Beverley 772 708 64
43. Nikola Vučević 768 760 8
44. Tobias Harris 746 695 51
45. Andrew Wiggins 717 682 35
46. Kyle Anderson 713 659 54
47. CJ McCollum 710 658 52
48. Dejounte Murray 709 678 31
49. Fred VanVleet 707 663 44
50. Donovan Mitchell 705 645 60
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 675 620 55
56. Gary Harris 673 641 32
57. Jayson Tatum 671 563 108
58. Steven Adams 654 624 30
59. Delon Wright 653 620 33
60. Cory Joseph 644 600 44
61. Otto Porter Jr. 642 586 56
62. Brook Lopez 639 583 56
  D'Angelo Russell 639 610 29
  Jaylen Brown 639 539 100
65. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
66. Kelly Olynyk 625 598 27
67. Justin Holiday 622 614 8
  Tyus Jones 622 598 24
69. 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. Kelly Oubre Jr. 615 594 21
  Markieff Morris 615 592 23
77. Mikal Bridges 613 575 38
78. Jordan Clarkson 607 583 24
79. Derrick Favors 604 577 27
80. DeAndre Jordan 602 555 47
  Garrett Temple 602 593 9
82. Nerlens Noel 596 588 8
83. James Johnson 591 581 10
  Mason Plumlee 591 563 28
85. Elfrid Payton 589 588 1
86. Derrick Rose 585 536 49
87. Josh Richardson 579 558 21
  Danilo Gallinari 579 550 29
89. Marcus Morris 577 545 32
  Ben Simmons 577 530 47
91. Bam Adebayo 571 509 62
92. Rudy Gobert 558 520 38
93. Devin Booker 555 510 45
94. Ish Smith 554 543 11
95. Taj Gibson 551 521 30
  OG Anunoby 551 527 24
97. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 548 535 13
98. Pascal Siakam 546 499 47
99. Buddy Hield 545 545 0
100. Matisse Thybulle 536 510 26