List of National Basketball Association single-game steals leaders

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

50 different players have recorded nine or more steals in a game. It has occurred 71 times in total 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.

^	Active NBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
	Occurred in playoff competition
	Player's team lost the game

Steals	Player	Team	Score	Opponent	Date	Minutes played	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Triple-double	Led the league in steals	Notes	Ref.
11	Kenon, LarryLarry Kenon	San Antonio Spurs	110–105	Kansas City Kings	December 26, 1976	44	29	15	4	Yes	No
11	Gill, KendallKendall Gill	New Jersey Nets	88–77	Miami Heat	April 3, 1999	40	15	10	3	Yes	Yes	[lower-alpha 1]
10	West, JerryJerry West*	Los Angeles Lakers	111–115	Seattle SuperSonics	December 7, 1973	37	27	5	5	No	No	[lower-alpha 2]
10	Steele, LarryLarry Steele	Portland Trail Blazers	112–99	Los Angeles Lakers	November 16, 1974	44	12	11	9	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 3]
10	Brown, FredFred Brown	Seattle SuperSonics	121–112	Philadelphia 76ers	December 3, 1976	40	29	3	7	No	No	[lower-alpha 4]
10	Williams, GusGus Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	94–83	New Jersey Nets	February 22, 1978	42	31	4	4	No	No
10	Jordan, EddieEddie Jordan	New Jersey Nets	98–110	Philadelphia 76ers	March 23, 1979	39	13	1	1	No	No	[lower-alpha 5]
10	Moore, JohnnyJohnny Moore	San Antonio Spurs	108–102	Indiana Pacers	March 6, 1985	35	16	7	8	No	No
10	Lever, Lafayette "Fat"Lafayette "Fat" Lever	Denver Nuggets	126–116	Indiana Pacers	March 9, 1985	31	13	4	15	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 6]
10	Drexler, ClydeClyde Drexler*	Portland Trail Blazers	89–95	Milwaukee Bucks	January 10, 1986	42	26	9	11	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 7]
10	Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson	San Antonio Spurs	120–114	Phoenix Suns	February 18, 1986	36	20	11	10	Yes	Yes	[lower-alpha 8]
10	Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson (2)	San Antonio Spurs	109–102	Los Angeles Clippers	November 22, 1986	39	30	5	6	No	Yes
10	Harper, RonRon Harper	Cleveland Cavaliers	91–100	Philadelphia 76ers	March 10, 1987	44	28	5	7	No	No	[lower-alpha 9]
10	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan*	Chicago Bulls	120–93	New Jersey Nets	January 29, 1988	27	32	1	4	No	Yes	[lower-alpha 10]
10	Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson (3)	San Antonio Spurs	117–122	Houston Rockets	January 11, 1989	44	20	5	7	No	No	[lower-alpha 11]
10	Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson (4)	Milwaukee Bucks	114–104	Utah Jazz	November 19, 1990	39	16	3	9	No	Yes
10	Johnson, KevinKevin Johnson	Phoenix Suns	114–95	Washington Bullets	December 9, 1993	38	17	3	13	Yes	No
10	Drexler, ClydeClyde Drexler* (2)	Houston Rockets	96–85	Sacramento Kings	November 1, 1996	42	25	10	9	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 12]
10	Blaylock, Daron "Mookie"Daron "Mookie" Blaylock	Atlanta Hawks	95–94	Philadelphia 76ers	April 14, 1998	44	14	8	11	Yes	Yes
10	Iverson, AllenAllen Iverson*	Philadelphia 76ers	97–85	Orlando Magic	May 13, 1999	43	33	5	5	No	–	[lower-alpha 13]
10	Finley, MichaelMichael Finley	Dallas Mavericks	98–114	Philadelphia 76ers	January 23, 2001	45	27	6	7	No	No	[lower-alpha 14]
10	Roy, BrandonBrandon Roy	Portland Trail Blazers	100–87	Washington Wizards	January 24, 2009	39:04	22	5	7	No	No
9	Murphy, CalvinCalvin Murphy*	Houston Rockets	106–114	Boston Celtics	December 14, 1973	43	21	2	10	No	No
9	Steele, LarryLarry Steele (2)	Portland Trail Blazers	107–102	Los Angeles Lakers	March 5, 1974	40	15	5	10	No	Yes
9	Barry, RickRick Barry*	Golden State Warriors	130–101	Buffalo Braves	October 29, 1974	43	30	10	11	Yes	Yes	[lower-alpha 15]
9	Watts, Don "Slick"Don "Slick" Watts	Seattle SuperSonics	100–114	Philadelphia 76ers	February 23, 1975	43	13	6	14	No	No	[lower-alpha 16]
9	Steele, LarryLarry Steele (3)	Portland Trail Blazers	120–98	Phoenix Suns	March 7, 1975	39	12	5	5	No	No
9	Steele, LarryLarry Steele (4)	Portland Trail Blazers	114–103	Detroit Pistons	March 14, 1976	40	22	7	8	No	No
9	Buckner, QuinnQuinn Buckner	Milwaukee Bucks	109–116	Indiana Pacers	January 2, 1977	33	16	7	7	No	No	[lower-alpha 17]
9	Watts, Don "Slick"Don "Slick" Watts (2)	Seattle SuperSonics	100–121	Phoenix Suns	March 27, 1977	36	14	3	8	No	No
9	Tatum, EarlEarl Tatum	Detroit Pistons	105–103	Los Angeles Lakers	November 28, 1978	33	19	2	2	No	No
9	Williams, GusGus Williams (2)	Seattle SuperSonics	103–100	Washington Bullets	January 23, 1979	37	24	7	6	No	No	[lower-alpha 18]
9	Lee, RonRon Lee	Detroit Pistons	99–102	Houston Rockets	March 16, 1980	42	20	5	6	No	No	[lower-alpha 19]
9	Bradley, DudleyDudley Bradley	Indiana Pacers	106–108	Utah Jazz	November 10, 1980	39	14	2	6	No	No	[lower-alpha 20]
9	Bradley, DudleyDudley Bradley (2)	Indiana Pacers	117–101	Cleveland Cavaliers	November 29, 1980	28	11	0	2	No	No	[lower-alpha 21]
9	Richardson, Micheal RayMicheal Ray Richardson	New York Knicks	114–117	Chicago Bulls	December 23, 1980	44	19	6	6	No	No
9	High, JohnnyJohnny High	Phoenix Suns	98–108	Washington Bullets	January 28, 1981	26	11	4	2	No	No
9	Johnson, Earvin "Magic"Earvin "Magic" Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	99–101	Phoenix Suns	November 6, 1981	40	11	7	16	No	Yes	[lower-alpha 22]
9	Sikma, JackJack Sikma	Seattle SuperSonics	110–103	Kansas City Kings	January 27, 1982	40	20	9	3	No	No
9	Green, RickeyRickey Green	Utah Jazz	125–119	Denver Nuggets	November 10, 1982	45	24	5	11	No	No
9	Green, RickeyRickey Green (2)	Utah Jazz	113–126	Philadelphia 76ers	November 27, 1982	44	26	7	12	No	No
9	Richardson, Micheal RayMicheal Ray Richardson (2)	Golden State Warriors	106–102	San Antonio Spurs	February 5, 1983	42	10	5	11	No	Yes
9	Cook, DarwinDarwin Cook	New Jersey Nets	122–128	Portland Trail Blazers	December 3, 1983	44	17	2	6	No	No	[lower-alpha 23]
9	Williams, GusGus Williams (3)	Washington Bullets	119–104	Atlanta Hawks	October 30, 1984	39	23	5	9	No	No
9	Moore, JohnnyJohnny Moore (2)	San Antonio Spurs	139–94	Golden State Warriors	January 8, 1985	36	26	11	13	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 24]
9	Bird, LarryLarry Bird*	Boston Celtics	110–94	Utah Jazz	February 18, 1985	33	30	12	10	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 25]
9	Richardson, Micheal RayMicheal Ray Richardson (3)	New Jersey Nets	147–138	Indiana Pacers	October 30, 1985	54	38	11	11	Yes	No	[lower-alpha 26]
9	Cheeks, MauriceMaurice Cheeks	Philadelphia 76ers	108–102	Los Angeles Clippers	January 5, 1987	42	22	3	10	No	No	[lower-alpha 27]
9	Dunn, T. R.T. R. Dunn	Denver Nuggets	98–93	New Jersey Nets	January 6, 1988	32	2	5	3	No	No	[lower-alpha 28]
9	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan* (2)	Chicago Bulls	110–104	Boston Celtics	November 9, 1988	42	52	3	2	No	No	[lower-alpha 29]
9	Hawkins, HerseyHersey Hawkins	Philadelphia 76ers	116–94	Boston Celtics	January 25, 1991	41	38	8	6	No	No
9	Stockton, JohnJohn Stockton*	Utah Jazz	113–92	Houston Rockets	February 12, 1991	35	19	3	11	No	No
9	Adams, MichaelMichael Adams	Washington Bullets	109–103	Indiana Pacers	November 1, 1991	42	23	4	13	No	No
9	Rivers, Glenn "Doc"Glenn "Doc" Rivers	Los Angeles Clippers	111–87	Phoenix Suns	November 6, 1991	18	5	1	5	No	No	[lower-alpha 30]
9	Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan* (3)	Chicago Bulls	118–105	New Jersey Nets	April 2, 1993	38	40	7	7	No	Yes
9	Lever, Lafayette "Fat"Lafayette "Fat" Lever (2)	Dallas Mavericks	87–77	Washington Bullets	February 10, 1994	34	4	7	3	No	No
9	Pippen, ScottieScottie Pippen*	Chicago Bulls	116–95	Atlanta Hawks	March 8, 1994	42	39	6	10	No	No
9	Murdock, EricEric Murdock	Milwaukee Bucks	96–104	Washington Bullets	April 2, 1994	37	18	5	7	No	No
9	Blaylock, Daron "Mookie"Daron "Mookie" Blaylock (2)	Atlanta Hawks	98–127	Houston Rockets	February 17, 1997	34	18	0	5	No	Yes
9	Christie, DougDoug Christie	Toronto Raptors	124–122	Denver Nuggets	February 25, 1997	46	27	5	3	No	No	[lower-alpha 31]
9	Jones, EddieEddie Jones	Charlotte Hornets	98–89	Indiana Pacers	November 4, 1999	36	22	3	3	No	Yes
9	Pierce, PaulPaul Pierce^	Boston Celtics	96–84	Miami Heat	December 3, 1999	38	26	5	4	No	No	[lower-alpha 32]
9	Iverson, AllenAllen Iverson* (2)	Philadelphia 76ers	89–85	Orlando Magic	March 19, 2000	42	18	3	10	No	No	[lower-alpha 33]
9	Miller, AndreAndre Miller^	Cleveland Cavaliers	91–94	Philadelphia 76ers	December 15, 2001	44	14	4	22	No	No	[lower-alpha 34]
9	Iverson, AllenAllen Iverson* (3)	Philadelphia 76ers	107–104	Los Angeles Lakers	December 20, 2002	48	32	2	5	No	Yes	[lower-alpha 35]
9	Nowitzki, DirkDirk Nowitzki^	Dallas Mavericks	98–101	Houston Rockets	March 7, 2004	45	18	1	1	No	No
9	Alston, RaferRafer Alston	Houston Rockets	104–83	Charlotte Bobcats	February 10, 2007	41:13	14	1	8	No	No	[lower-alpha 36]
9	Paul, ChrisChris Paul^	New Orleans Hornets	104–93	Dallas Mavericks	February 20, 2008	40:38	31	5	11	No	Yes	[lower-alpha 37]
9	Chalmers, MarioMario Chalmers^	Miami Heat	106–83	Philadelphia 76ers	November 5, 2008	30:32	6	4	6	No	No	[lower-alpha 38]
9	Wall, JohnJohn Wall^	Washington Wizards	116–115	Philadelphia 76ers	November 2, 2010	44:48	29	2	13	No	No	[lower-alpha 39]
9	Carter-Williams, MichaelMichael Carter-Williams^	Philadelphia 76ers	114–110	Miami Heat	October 30, 2013	36:10	22	7	12	No	No	[lower-alpha 40]	[1]

See also

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

Notes

1. Kendall Gill had quarterly steals of 0, 5, 3 and 3. He had no steals in the first quarter.
2. Jerry West had 6 steals in the first half and 4 steals in the second half.
3. Larry Steele barely missed a quadruple-double, by one assist.
4. Fred Brown had 8 steals in a half, tying the NBA record.
5. This was the second game of a double header, which was only the second double header in NBA history.
6. Fat Lever had 8 steals in the third quarter, setting the NBA record. He had 8 steals in the second half, tying the NBA record.
7. Clyde Drexler barely missed a quadruple-double, by one rebound.
8. Alvin 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.
9. Ron Harper established the rookie single-game record. He had five steals in each half.
10. Michael Jordan had 6 steals within the third quarter. He left the game early due to the Bulls' comfortable lead.
11. The game went to overtime.
12. Clyde Drexler had 8 steals in the second half, tying the 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.
13. Allen Iverson had quarterly steals of 3, 3, 3 and 1.
14. Michael Finley had 8 steals in the first half, tying the NBA record. He had 5 steals in the first quarter.
15. Rick Barry barely missed a quadruple-double, by one steal.
16. Slick Watts fouled out of the game.
17. Quinn Buckner was a rookie. The Bucks combined for 21 steals.
18. Gus Williams had 8 steals in the second half, tying the NBA record.
19. Ron Lee shot 6–12 from three-point range, tying the NBA record for three-point attempts at the time.
20. Dudley Bradley had eight steals in the second half, tying the NBA record. He had six steals in the fourth quarter.
21. Dudley Bradley had five steals in the fourth quarter.
22. Magic Johnson had five steals in a half and four steals in the other half.
23. The game went to overtime. Darwin Cook fouled out.
24. Johnny Moore barely missed a quadruple-double, by one steal.
25. Larry 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.
26. Micheal Ray Richardson registered a triple-double, and nearly reached a quadruple-double. The game went to triple overtime.
27. Maurice Cheeks had seven steals in a half.
28. T. R. 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.
29. Michael Jordan had 8 steals in the first half, tying the NBA record.
30. Doc Rivers had seven steals in a half.
31. The game went to overtime.
32. Paul Pierce had six steals in the first quarter and seven steals in the first half.
33. Allen Iverson had seven steals in the second half.
34. Andre Miller had six steals in the second half.
35. The game went to overtime.
36. Rafer Alston had eight steals in the second half, tying the NBA record.
37. Chris Paul had seven steals in the first half.
38. Mario Chalmers was a rookie.
39. John Wall was a rookie. He had seven steals in the second half. The game went to overtime.
40. The game was Michael Carter-Williams' NBA debut, marking the most steals in an NBA debut.

References

1. Associated Press (October 30, 2013). "Michael Carter-Williams, 76ers hold on, stun Dwyane Wade-less Heat". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

• Sporting News, The (2005). 2005–06 Official NBA Guide.