Sports quiz
NBA all time steals leaders
The 25 players with the most regular season steals in NBA history, as of the end of the 2025/26 season. Steals have only been counted since 1973/74.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 25 answers
- Limit
- 3:20
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 25
- Time limit
- 3:20
- Order
- Any order
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Name the 25 leaders in career regular season steals.
| Rank | Steals | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,265 | Not found yet |
| 2 | 2,728 | Not found yet |
| 3 | 2,684 | Not found yet |
| 4 | 2,514 | Not found yet |
| 5 | 2,445 | Not found yet |
| 6 | 2,417 | Not found yet |
| 7 | 2,310 | Not found yet |
| 8 | 2,307 | Not found yet |
| 9 | 2,207 | Not found yet |
| 10 | 2,162 | Not found yet |
| 11 | 2,112 | Not found yet |
| 12 | 2,085 | Not found yet |
| 13 | 2,075 | Not found yet |
| Rank | Steals | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2,038 | Not found yet |
| 15 | 1,983 | Not found yet |
| 16 | 1,957 | Not found yet |
| 17 | 1,944 | Not found yet |
| 18 | 1,861 | Not found yet |
| 19 | 1,859 | Not found yet |
| 20 | 1,794 | Not found yet |
| 21 | 1,765 | Not found yet |
| 22 | 1,759 | Not found yet |
| 23 | 1,752 | Not found yet |
| 24 | 1,724 | Not found yet |
| 25 | 1,721 | Not found yet |
About this quiz
Career steals in NBA regular season games only. The NBA has recorded steals and blocks only since the 1973/74 season, so earlier players have none to their name. The order and totals are those at the end of the 2025/26 regular season.
- John Stockton leads with 3,265 steals, 537 more than Chris Paul's 2,728.
- Stockton, Chris Paul and Jason Kidd fill the top three places for both steals and assists.
- Three steals separate Maurice Cheeks (2,310) in seventh from Scottie Pippen (2,307) in eighth.
- LeBron James, sixth with 2,417, was the highest ranked player still active after 2025/26.
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