Hugh Nicol has the most stolen bases in a season, with 138 steals in 1887.

Interpreted as:

most stolen bases by a player in one season

	NAME	SB	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Hugh Nicol H. Nicol	138	1887	CIN	125	475	122	102	18	2	1	34	86	5	47		566	127	21					.215	.341	.267	.608	83	-10.6	.310	84	-16.1
2	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	130	1982	OAK	149	536	119	143	24	4	10	51	116	2	94	42	656	205	38	0	2	1	5	.267	.398	.382	.780	95	21.7	.361	127	21.3
3	Arlie Latham A. Latham	129	1887	STL	136	627	163	198	35	10	2	83	45	5	29		677	259	47					.316	.366	.413	.779	131	19.7	.365	109	10.9
4	Lou Brock L. Brock	118	1974	STL	153	635	105	194	25	7	3	48	61	2	88	33	701	242	35	2	1	16	8	.306	.368	.381	.749	87	11.2	.340	108	6.3
5	Charlie Comiskey C. Comiskey	117	1887	STL	125	538	139	180	22	5	4	103	27	7	11		572	224	31					.335	.374	.416	.790	114	19.5	.371	112	12
6	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	111	1891	PHN	133	527	141	179	23	7	2	60	102	7	28		636	222	32					.340	.453	.421	.874	144	51.1	.432	150	47.7
7	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	111	1889	KCC	137	534	144	161	17	12	3	77	87	14	41		635	211	32					.301	.413	.395	.808	130	32.6	.396	124	23.8
8	John Ward J. Ward	111	1887	NYG	129	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	29	4	12		578	213	22					.338	.375	.391	.766	111	15.9	.363	116	15.9
9	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	110	1985	STL	151	636	107	170	20	10	1	40	50	0	115	25	692	213	31	5	1	1	3	.267	.320	.335	.655	68	-11	.297	88	-9.4
10	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	109	1987	STL	151	623	121	180	14	10	3	43	70	3	126	22	702	223	27	5	1	0	7	.289	.363	.358	.721	87	0.8	.327	99	-0.7
11	Arlie Latham A. Latham	109	1888	STL	133	570	119	151	19	5	2	31	43	8	35		621	186	26					.265	.325	.326	.652	92	10	.313	101	0.8
12	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	108	1983	OAK	145	513	105	150	25	7	9	48	103	4	80	19	622	216	41	1	1	8	11	.292	.414	.421	.835	99	28.4	.378	140	29
13	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	107	1986	STL	154	600	94	139	13	8	0	29	60	2	98	14	670	168	21	3	5	0	4	.232	.301	.280	.581	50	-26.8	.270	66	-26.6
14	Tom Brown T. Brown	106	1891	BSA	137	589	177	189	30	21	5	72	70	4	96		663	276	56					.321	.397	.469	.865	139	42.6	.412	134	35.6
15	Maury Wills M. Wills	104	1962	LAD	165	695	130	208	13	10	6	48	51	2	57	13	759	259	29	7	4	1	7	.299	.347	.373	.720	91	2.5	.326	103	2.9
16	Hugh Nicol H. Nicol	103	1888	CIN	135	548	112	131	10	2	1	35	67	7	23		622	148	13					.239	.330	.270	.600	85	3	.297	97	-2.2
17	Pete Browning P. Browning	103	1887	LOU	134	547	137	220	35	16	4	118	55	8	39		610	299	55					.402	.464	.547	1.011	172	71.3	.465	161	64.3
18	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	102	1890	PHN	123	496	133	161	13	9	2	49	83	9	37		588	198	24					.325	.430	.399	.829	126	36.2	.411	138	34
19	Jim Fogarty J. Fogarty	102	1887	PHN	126	495	113	129	26	12	8	50	82	10	44		587	203	46					.261	.376	.410	.787	117	20.6	.372	116	15.8
20	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	100	1980	OAK	158	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	117	5	54	26	722	236	35	6	3	7	6	.303	.420	.399	.820	112	31.3	.377	137	31.2
21	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	100	1894	PHI	132	558	198	225	25	15	4	90	128	9	19		702	292	44	7				.403	.521	.523	1.044	209	81.9	.495	157	76.2
22	Jim Fogarty J. Fogarty	99	1889	PHN	128	499	107	129	15	17	3	54	65	7	60		571	187	35					.259	.352	.375	.727	96	8.1	.351	101	0.5
23	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	97	1980	MON	139	521	95	134	21	11	4	39	62	1	99	19	587	189	36	2	1	1	4	.257	.337	.363	.700	66	0	.320	100	0
24	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	97	1895	PHI	123	517	166	201	22	6	7	74	96	7	30		629	256	35	9				.389	.490	.495	.985	167	63.2	.471	157	61.2
25	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	97	1890	BSP	118	481	142	144	25	11	12	84	81	5	38		567	227	48					.299	.406	.472	.878	125	37.9	.418	125	25.3