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 2758 2275 483
3. Russell Westbrook 2060 1849 211
4. James Harden 1870 1597 273
5. Stephen Curry 1696 1473 223
6. Thaddeus Young 1677 1612 65
7. Kyle Lowry 1640 1466 174
8. Paul George 1636 1464 172
9. Mike Conley 1626 1524 102
10. Jimmy Butler 1524 1323 201
11. Jrue Holiday 1520 1407 113
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 1071 956 115
21. Anthony Davis 1050 974 76
22. P.J. Tucker 1040 942 98
23. Nicolas Batum 1028 976 52
  Danny Green 1028 853 175
25. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 1027 958 69
26. Wesley Matthews 992 925 67
27. Robert Covington 988 938 50
28. Giannis Antetokounmpo 982 903 79
29. Al Horford 970 830 140
30. Khris Middleton 964 868 96
31. George Hill 930 806 124
32. Nikola Jokić 899 822 77
33. Bradley Beal 893 824 69
34. Jae Crowder 888 786 102
35. Damian Lillard 880 804 76
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 795 750 45
41. T.J. McConnell 778 766 12
42. Patrick Beverley 775 708 67
43. Nikola Vučević 768 760 8
44. Tobias Harris 746 695 51
45. Andrew Wiggins 717 682 35
46. CJ McCollum 715 658 57
47. Kyle Anderson 713 659 54
48. Donovan Mitchell 710 645 65
49. Dejounte Murray 709 678 31
50. Fred VanVleet 707 663 44
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 676 620 56
56. Gary Harris 675 641 34
57. Jayson Tatum 671 563 108
58. Delon Wright 655 620 35
59. Steven Adams 654 624 30
60. Cory Joseph 644 600 44
  Jaylen Brown 644 539 105
62. Otto Porter Jr. 642 586 56
63. D'Angelo Russell 641 610 31
64. Brook Lopez 639 583 56
65. Evan Fournier 636 615 21
66. Kelly Olynyk 625 598 27
67. Justin Holiday 624 614 10
68. Tyus Jones 622 598 24
  Larry Nance Jr. 622 601 21
70. Kelly Oubre Jr. 621 594 27
71. Patty Mills 619 568 51
72. Reggie Jackson 618 577 41
  Terry Rozier 618 578 40
74. Kevin Love 617 562 55
75. Maurice Harkless 616 583 33
76. 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. Mason Plumlee 593 563 30
84. James Johnson 591 581 10
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 573 509 64
92. Rudy Gobert 560 520 40
93. Devin Booker 559 510 49
94. OG Anunoby 556 527 29
95. Ish Smith 554 543 11
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 554 535 19
97. Taj Gibson 551 521 30
98. Pascal Siakam 550 499 51
99. Buddy Hield 545 545 0
100. Matisse Thybulle 536 510 26