Daily Archives: June 30, 2011
Top 20 Steal Leaders in NBA History
John Stockton is the All-Time NBA Steals Leader (Getty)
With the NBA poised to lockout the players at midnight tonight, threatening to “steal” the season from fans, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the best NBA “thieves” in history.
The Utah Jazz‘ John Stockton leads the way – by a lot. Stockton is the only NBA player to break the 3,000 mark in steals and he’s more than 700 ahead of second place, held by Michael Jordan himself.
Couple other surprises? How about Scottie Pippen at No. 6 and big-man Hakeem Olajuwon at No. 8? Even Charles Barkley is in on the act.
Jason Kidd should finish second all-time if he plays one more year. He’s just 37 steals behind MJ.
Source: basketball-reference.com
| 1. | John Stockton | 3,265 |
| 2. | Michael Jordan | 2,514 |
| 3. | Jason Kidd | 2,477 |
| 4. | Gary Payton | 2,445 |
| 5. | Maurice Cheeks | 2,310 |
| 6. | Scottie Pippen | 2,307 |
| 7. | Clyde Drexler | 2,207 |
| 8. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 2,162 |
| 9. | Alvin Robertson | 2,112 |
| 10. | Karl Malone | 2,085 |
| 11. | Mookie Blaylock | 2,075 |
| 12. | Allen Iverson | 1,983 |
| 13. | Derek Harper | 1,957 |
| 14. | Isiah Thomas | 1,861 |
| 15. | Magic Johnson | 1,724 |
| 16. | Ron Harper | 1,716 |
| 17. | Fat Lever | 1,666 |
| 18. | Kobe Bryant | 1,653 |
| 19. | Charles Barkley | 1,648 |
| 20. | Gus Williams | 1,638 |
