List of NBA single-game steals leaders

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 the 1973–74 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

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]

See also

• NBA records
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 11 or more steals in a game
• Basketball portal

Notes

1. 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. Kenon finished with a triple-double.
3. 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. West had 6 steals in the first half and 4 steals in the second half.
5. Steele barely missed a quadruple-double, by one assist. Regardless, he finished with a triple-double.
6. Fred Brown had 8 steals in a half, tying the former NBA record.
7. This was the second game of a double header, which was only the second double header in NBA history.
8. 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. Drexler barely missed a quadruple-double, by one rebound. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double.
10. 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. Robertson led the league in steals this season.
12. Harper established the rookie single-game record. He had five steals in each half.
13. 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. The game went to overtime.
15. Robertson led the league in steals this season.
16. Johnson recorded a triple-double this game.
17. 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. Blaylock finished the game with a triple-double. He led the league in steals this season.
19. Iverson had quarterly steals of 3, 3, 3 and 1.
20. Finley had 8 steals in the first half, tying the former NBA record. He had 5 steals in the first quarter.
21. 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. 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. McConnell had 9 steals in the first half, setting the NBA record. He finished the game with a triple-double.
24. Steele led the league in steals this season.
25. 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. Watts fouled out of the game.
27. Buckner was a rookie. The Bucks combined for 21 steals.
28. Williams had 8 steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record.
29. Lee shot 6–12 from three-point range, tying the NBA record for three-point attempts at the time.
30. Bradley had eight steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record. He had six steals in the fourth quarter.
31. Bradley had five steals in the fourth quarter.
32. Johnson had five steals in a half and four steals in the other half. He led the league in steals this season.
33. Richardson led the league in steals this season.
34. The game went to overtime. Cook fouled out.
35. Moore barely missed a quadruple-double, by one steal. Regardless, he finished the game with a triple-double.
36. 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. Richardson registered a triple-double, and nearly reached a quadruple-double. The game went to triple overtime.
38. Cheeks had seven steals in a half.
39. 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. Jordan had 8 steals in the first half, tying the former NBA record.
41. Rivers had seven steals in a half.
42. Jordan led the league in steals this season.
43. Blaylock led the league in steals this season.
44. The game went to overtime.
45. Jones led the league in steals this season.
46. Pierce had six steals in the first quarter and seven steals in the first half.
47. Iverson had seven steals in the second half.
48. Miller had six steals in the second half.
49. The game went to overtime. Iverson led the league in steals this season.
50. Alston had eight steals in the second half, tying the former NBA record.
51. Paul had seven steals in the first half. He led the league in steals this season.
52. Chalmers was a rookie.
53. Wall was a rookie. He had seven steals in the second half. The game went to overtime.
54. The game was Carter-Williams' NBA debut, marking the most steals in an NBA debut.