List of NBA single-game steals leaders

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This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have recorded nine or more steals in a game.

52 players have recorded nine or more steals in a game. It has occurred 72 times in NBA history.

Allen Iverson is the only player to record nine or more steals in a playoff game.

The NBA did not record steals until 1973–74 NBA season.

Key

^ Active NBA player
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
† Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[a]
Occurred in playoff competition
Player's team lost the game

Single-game leaders

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Steals Player Team Score Opponent Date Minutes played Points Rebounds Assists Notes
11 Larry Kenon San Antonio Spurs 110–105 Kansas City Kings December 26, 1976 44 29 15 4 [b]
Kendall Gill New Jersey Nets 88–77 Miami Heat April 3, 1999 40 15 10 3 [c]
10 Jerry West* Los Angeles Lakers 111–115 Seattle SuperSonics December 7, 1973 37 27 5 5 [d]
Larry Steele Portland Trail Blazers 112–99 Los Angeles Lakers November 16, 1974 44 12 11 9 [e]
Fred Brown* Seattle SuperSonics 121–112 Philadelphia 76ers December 3, 1976 40 29 3 7 [f]
Gus Williams Seattle SuperSonics 94–83 New Jersey Nets February 22, 1978 42 31 4 4
Eddie Jordan New Jersey Nets 98–110 Philadelphia 76ers March 23, 1979 39 13 1 1 [g]
Johnny Moore San Antonio Spurs 108–102 Indiana Pacers March 6, 1985 35 16 7 8
Fat Lever Denver Nuggets 126–116 Indiana Pacers March 9, 1985 31 13 4 15 [h]
Clyde Drexler* Portland Trail Blazers 89–95 Milwaukee Bucks January 10, 1986 42 26 9 11 [i]
Alvin Robertson San Antonio Spurs 120–114 Phoenix Suns February 18, 1986 36 20 11 10 [j]
Alvin Robertson (2) San Antonio Spurs 109–102 Los Angeles Clippers November 22, 1986 39 30 5 6 [k]
Ron Harper Cleveland Cavaliers 91–100 Philadelphia 76ers March 10, 1987 44 28 5 7 [l]
Michael Jordan* Chicago Bulls 120–93 New Jersey Nets January 29, 1988 27 32 1 4 [m]
Alvin Robertson (3) San Antonio Spurs 117–122 Houston Rockets January 11, 1989 44 20 5 7 [n]
Alvin Robertson (4) Milwaukee Bucks 114–104 Utah Jazz November 19, 1990 39 16 3 9 [o]
Kevin Johnson Phoenix Suns 114–95 Washington Bullets December 9, 1993 38 17 3 13 [p]
Clyde Drexler* (2) Houston Rockets 96–85 Sacramento Kings November 1, 1996 42 25 10 9 [q]
Mookie Blaylock Atlanta Hawks 95–94 Philadelphia 76ers April 14, 1998 44 14 8 11 [r]
Allen Iverson* Philadelphia 76ers 97–85 Orlando Magic May 13, 1999 43 33 5 5 [s]
Michael Finley* Dallas Mavericks 98–114 Philadelphia 76ers January 23, 2001 45 27 6 7 [t]
Brandon Roy Portland Trail Blazers 100–87 Washington Wizards January 24, 2009 39:04 22 5 7
Draymond Green^ Golden State Warriors 122–107 Memphis Grizzlies February 10, 2017 38 4 12 10 [u]
Lou Williams Los Angeles Clippers 113–125 Utah Jazz January 20, 2018 40 31 2 7 [v]
T. J. McConnell^ Indiana Pacers 114–111 Cleveland Cavaliers March 3, 2021 36 16 4 13 [w]
9 Calvin Murphy* Houston Rockets 106–114 Boston Celtics December 14, 1973 43 21 2 10
Larry Steele (2) Portland Trail Blazers 107–102 Los Angeles Lakers March 5, 1974 40 15 5 10 [x]
Rick Barry* Golden State Warriors 130–101 Buffalo Braves October 29, 1974 43 30 10 11 [y]
Don "Slick" Watts Seattle SuperSonics 100–114 Philadelphia 76ers February 23, 1975 43 13 6 14 [z]
Larry Steele (3) Portland Trail Blazers 120–98 Phoenix Suns March 7, 1975 39 12 5 5
Larry Steele (4) Portland Trail Blazers 114–103 Detroit Pistons March 14, 1976 40 22 7 8
Quinn Buckner Milwaukee Bucks 109–116 Indiana Pacers January 2, 1977 33 16 7 7 [aa]
Slick Watts (2) Seattle SuperSonics 100–121 Phoenix Suns March 27, 1977 36 14 3 8
Earl Tatum Detroit Pistons 105–103 Los Angeles Lakers November 28, 1978 33 19 2 2
Gus Williams (2) Seattle SuperSonics 103–100 Washington Bullets January 23, 1979 37 24 7 6 [ab]
Ron Lee Detroit Pistons 99–102 Houston Rockets March 16, 1980 42 20 5 6 [ac]
Dudley Bradley Indiana Pacers 106–108 Utah Jazz November 10, 1980 39 14 2 6 [ad]
Dudley Bradley (2) Indiana Pacers 117–101 Cleveland Cavaliers November 29, 1980 28 11 0 2 [ae]
Micheal Ray Richardson New York Knicks 114–117 Chicago Bulls December 23, 1980 44 19 6 6
Johnny High Phoenix Suns 98–108 Washington Bullets January 28, 1981 26 11 4 2
Magic Johnson* Los Angeles Lakers 99–101 Phoenix Suns November 6, 1981 40 11 7 16 [af]
Jack Sikma* Seattle SuperSonics 110–103 Kansas City Kings January 27, 1982 40 20 9 3
Rickey Green Utah Jazz 125–119 Denver Nuggets November 10, 1982 45 24 5 11
Rickey Green (2) Utah Jazz 113–126 Philadelphia 76ers November 27, 1982 44 26 7 12
Micheal Ray Richardson (2) Golden State Warriors 106–102 San Antonio Spurs February 5, 1983 42 10 5 11 [ag]
Darwin Cook New Jersey Nets 122–128 Portland Trail Blazers December 3, 1983 44 17 2 6 [ah]
Gus Williams (3) Washington Bullets 119–104 Atlanta Hawks October 30, 1984 39 23 5 9
Johnny Moore (2) San Antonio Spurs 139–94 Golden State Warriors January 8, 1985 36 26 11 13 [ai]
Larry Bird* Boston Celtics 110–94 Utah Jazz February 18, 1985 33 30 12 10 [aj]
Micheal Ray Richardson (3) New Jersey Nets 147–138 Indiana Pacers October 30, 1985 54 38 11 11 [ak]
Maurice Cheeks* Philadelphia 76ers 108–102 Los Angeles Clippers January 5, 1987 42 22 3 10 [al]
T. R. Dunn Denver Nuggets 98–93 New Jersey Nets January 6, 1988 32 2 5 3 [am]
Michael Jordan* (2) Chicago Bulls 110–104 Boston Celtics November 9, 1988 42 52 3 2 [an]
Hersey Hawkins* Philadelphia 76ers 116–94 Boston Celtics January 25, 1991 41 38 8 6
John Stockton* Utah Jazz 113–92 Houston Rockets February 12, 1991 35 19 3 11
Michael Adams* Washington Bullets 109–103 Indiana Pacers November 1, 1991 42 23 4 13
Doc Rivers Los Angeles Clippers 111–87 Phoenix Suns November 6, 1991 18 5 1 5 [ao]
Michael Jordan* (3) Chicago Bulls 118–105 New Jersey Nets April 2, 1993 38 40 7 7 [ap]
Fat Lever (2) Dallas Mavericks 87–77 Washington Bullets February 10, 1994 34 4 7 3
Scottie Pippen* Chicago Bulls 116–95 Atlanta Hawks March 8, 1994 42 39 6 10
Eric Murdock Milwaukee Bucks 96–104 Washington Bullets April 2, 1994 37 18 5 7
Mookie Blaylock (2) Atlanta Hawks 98–127 Houston Rockets February 17, 1997 34 18 0 5 [aq]
Doug Christie Toronto Raptors 124–122 Denver Nuggets February 25, 1997 46 27 5 3 [ar]
Eddie Jones Charlotte Hornets 98–89 Indiana Pacers November 4, 1999 36 22 3 3 [as]
Paul Pierce* Boston Celtics 96–84 Miami Heat December 3, 1999 38 26 5 4 [at]
Allen Iverson* (2) Philadelphia 76ers 89–85 Orlando Magic March 19, 2000 42 18 3 10 [au]
Andre Miller Cleveland Cavaliers 91–94 Philadelphia 76ers December 15, 2001 44 14 4 22 [av]
Allen Iverson* (3) Philadelphia 76ers 107–104 Los Angeles Lakers December 20, 2002 48 32 2 5 [aw]
Dirk Nowitzki* Dallas Mavericks 98–101 Houston Rockets March 7, 2004 45 18 1 1
Rafer Alston Houston Rockets 104–83 Charlotte Bobcats February 10, 2007 41:13 14 1 8 [ax]
Chris Paul† New Orleans Hornets 104–93 Dallas Mavericks February 20, 2008 40:38 31 5 11 [ay]
Mario Chalmers Miami Heat 106–83 Philadelphia 76ers November 5, 2008 30:32 6 4 6 [az]
John Wall Washington Wizards 116–115 Philadelphia 76ers November 2, 2010 44:48 29 2 13 [ba]
Michael Carter-Williams Philadelphia 76ers 114–110 Miami Heat October 30, 2013 36:10 22 7 12 [bb]
8 Norm Van Lier Chicago Bulls 112-111 Golden State Warriors November 8, 1973 43 25 4 11
Phil Chenier Capital Bullets 109-81 New York Knicks November 25, 1973 36 26 6 4
Lou Hudson Atlanta Hawks 145-118 Philadelphia 76ers December 26, 1973 39 35 9 4
Randy Smith Buffalo Braves 119-109 Philadelphia 76ers January 22, 1974 34 15 3 4
Gail Goodrich* Los Angeles Lakers 112-96 Seattle SuperSonics February 15, 1974 38 28 4 3
Larry Steele (5) Portland Trail Blazers 101-106 Cleveland Cavaliers February 16, 1974 38 14 4 6
Butch Beard Golden State Warriors 138-108 Los Angeles Lakers January 21, 1975 31 19 4 5
Sam Lacey Kansas City-Omaha Kings 90-82 Portland Trail Blazers February 5, 1975 45 8 14 7
Mike Newlin Houston Rockets 110-104 Phoenix Suns March 2, 1975
Rick Barry* (2) Golden State Warriors 139-122 Los Angeles Lakers March 25, 1975 33 40 3 6
Larry Steele (6) Portland Trail Blazers 115-96 New York Knicks November 9, 1975 39 9 3 8
Slick Watts Seattle SuperSonics 114-105 Philadelphia 76ers December 14, 1975 35 16 6 10
Randy Smith (2) Buffalo Braves 95-96 Philadelphia 76ers December 26, 1975 41 32 5 6
Wes Unseld* Washington Bullets 100-84 Phoenix Suns January 24, 1976 41 19 16 3 [bc]
Julius Erving* Philadelphia 76ers 143-104 Washington Bullets November 12, 1976 35 28 7 10
Quinn Buckner (2) Milwaukee Bucks 91-96 New York Nets November 27, 1976 35 10 4 2
Don Buse* Indiana Pacers 112-109 Cleveland Cavaliers December 3, 1976 40 10 2 11
Henry Bibby Philadelphia 76ers 107-108 Portland Trail Blazers March 1, 1977 36 14 3 2
Randy Smith (3) Buffalo Braves 84-86 Atlanta Hawks March 22, 1977 44 26 10 5
Randy Smith (4) Buffalo Braves 107-102 Phoenix Suns March 24, 1977 46 29 2 7
Chris Ford Detroit Pistons 107-94 Golden State Warriors March 25, 1977 30 11 9 3
Don Buse* (2) Indiana Pacers 118-119 (2OT) New Orleans Jazz March 27, 1977 50 8 5 9
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Notes

  1. [a]
    A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.
  2. [b]
    Kenon finished with a triple-double.
  3. [c]
    Gill had quarterly steals of 0, 5, 3 and 3. He had no steals in the first quarter. He finished with a triple-double. He led the league in steals that season.
  4. [d]
    West had 6 steals in the first half and 4 steals in the second half.
  5. [e]
    Steele barely missed a quadruple-double, by one assist. Regardless, he finished with a triple-double.
  6. [f]
    Fred Brown had 8 steals in a half, tying the former NBA record.
  7. [g]
    This was the second game of a double header, which was only the second double header in NBA history.
  8. [h]
    Lever had 8 steals in the third quarter, setting the NBA record. He had 8 steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record. He finished the game with a triple-double.
  9. [i]
    Drexler barely missed a quadruple-double, by one rebound. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double.
  10. [j]
    Robertson achieved the second quadruple-double in NBA history. It is the only NBA quadruple-double with steals as one of the four statistics in double figures. He led the league in steals this season.
  11. [k]
    Robertson led the league in steals this season.
  12. [l]
    Harper established the rookie single-game record. He had five steals in each half.
  13. [m]
    Jordan had 6 steals within the third quarter. He left the game early due to the Bulls' comfortable lead. He led the league in steals this season.
  14. [n]
    The game went to overtime.
  15. [o]
    Robertson led the league in steals this season.
  16. [p]
    Johnson recorded a triple-double this game.
  17. [q]
    Drexler had 8 steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record. It was the first game of the season, marking the most steals in a season opener. For a second time in his career, Drexler barely missed a quadruple-double, this time by one assist. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double.
  18. [r]
    Blaylock finished the game with a triple-double. He led the league in steals this season.
  19. [s]
    Iverson had quarterly steals of 3, 3, 3 and 1.
  20. [t]
    Finley had 8 steals in the first half, tying the former NBA record. He had 5 steals in the first quarter.
  21. [u]
    Green became the first player in NBA history to record 10 steals and 5 blocks in one game. First triple-double in NBA history without scoring at least 10 points. He led the league in steals this season.
  22. [v]
    Williams became the first player in NBA history to record 30 points, 10 steals, and 7 assists in a game since steals became a recorded stat.
  23. [w]
    McConnell had 9 steals in the first half, setting the NBA record. He finished the game with a triple-double.
  24. [x]
    Steele led the league in steals this season.
  25. [y]
    Barry barely missed a quadruple-double, by one steal. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double. He led the league in steals this season.
  26. [z]
    Watts fouled out of the game.
  27. [aa]
    Buckner was a rookie. The Bucks combined for 21 steals.
  28. [ab]
    Williams had 8 steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record.
  29. [ac]
    Lee shot 6–12 from three-point range, tying the NBA record for three-point attempts at the time.
  30. [ad]
    Bradley had eight steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record. He had six steals in the fourth quarter.
  31. [ae]
    Bradley had five steals in the fourth quarter.
  32. [af]
    Johnson had five steals in a half and four steals in the other half. He led the league in steals this season.
  33. [ag]
    Richardson led the league in steals this season.
  34. [ah]
    The game went to overtime. Cook fouled out.
  35. [ai]
    Moore barely missed a quadruple-double, by one steal. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double.
  36. [aj]
    Bird did not play in the fourth quarter due to the Celtics' 22 point lead, as well as his own volition. He barely missed a quadruple-double, by one steal. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double.
  37. [ak]
    Richardson registered a triple-double, and nearly reached a quadruple-double. The game went to triple overtime.
  38. [al]
    Cheeks had seven steals in a half.
  39. [am]
    Dunn did not start the game. Teammate Fat Lever had eight steals in the same game. It is the only time in NBA history that two teammates have both collected eight or more steals in the same game.
  40. [an]
    Jordan had 8 steals in the first half, tying the former NBA record.
  41. [ao]
    Rivers had seven steals in a half.
  42. [ap]
    Jordan led the league in steals this season.
  43. [aq]
    Blaylock led the league in steals this season.
  44. [ar]
    The game went to overtime.
  45. [as]
    Jones led the league in steals this season.
  46. [at]
    Pierce had six steals in the first quarter and seven steals in the first half.
  47. [au]
    Iverson had seven steals in the second half.
  48. [av]
    Miller had six steals in the second half.
  49. [aw]
    The game went to overtime. Iverson led the league in steals this season.
  50. [ax]
    Alston had eight steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record.
  51. [ay]
    Paul had seven steals in the first half. He led the league in steals this season.
  52. [az]
    Chalmers was a rookie.
  53. [ba]
    Wall was a rookie. He had seven steals in the second half. The game went to overtime.
  54. [bb]
    The game was Carter-Williams' NBA debut, marking the most steals in an NBA debut.
  55. [bc]
    Unseld missed only two shots in the game.

References

General
  • Sporting News, The (2005). 2005–06 Official NBA Guide.
  • "NBA Single Game Leaders and Records for Steals". Basketball Reference. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
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