Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Rickey Henderson had the most stolen bases, with 838 steals.

Interpreted as:

the most stolen bases by a player in the 1980s

	NAME	SB	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	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	838	1,383	5,173	1,122	1,507	248	44	137	535	962	31	697	190	6,206	2,254	429	10	30	31	80	.291	.403	.436	.839	993	296.6	.379	140	288.6
2	Tim Raines T. Raines	583	1,269	4,848	866	1,467	262	76	87	490	705	22	520	90	5,621	2,142	425	16	30	110	72	.303	.391	.442	.833	857	222.2	.369	134	220.6
3	Vince Coleman V. Coleman	472	754	3,038	493	792	88	47	9	178	279	8	540	98	3,367	1,001	144	28	14	5	22	.261	.323	.329	.653	331	-52.8	.298	86	-53.2
4	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	451	1,366	5,666	845	1,639	200	115	32	401	285	43	798	85	6,051	2,165	347	36	21	19	58	.289	.327	.382	.709	679	-3.6	.318	95	-38.7
5	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	364	1,468	5,330	703	1,392	241	39	17	477	662	23	341	86	6,159	1,762	297	110	34	60	93	.261	.343	.331	.674	648	-46	.308	94	-42.9
6	Steve Sax S. Sax	333	1,249	4,963	662	1,423	185	38	35	396	415	15	450	143	5,462	1,789	258	50	19	38	100	.287	.342	.360	.703	615	-2.6	.317	101	8.6
7	Lonnie Smith L. Smith	331	1,100	3,877	690	1,131	208	42	68	382	431	68	599	120	4,422	1,627	318	15	31	10	57	.292	.370	.420	.790	628	130.3	.356	123	114
8	Brett Butler B. Butler	307	1,200	4,379	742	1,232	169	74	36	318	564	19	465	141	5,053	1,657	279	65	26	13	37	.281	.364	.378	.742	649	78.1	.337	110	56.8
9	Mookie Wilson M. Wilson	293	1,170	4,265	624	1,183	179	63	62	359	243	18	729	91	4,554	1,674	304	14	14	36	52	.277	.318	.392	.711	506	-6.5	.316	100	-0.4
10	Dave Collins D. Collins	284	1,066	3,265	451	897	135	40	17	243	303	32	408	83	3,662	1,163	192	41	21	9	42	.275	.340	.356	.696	409	-1.3	.318	96	-17
11	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	281	1,172	4,723	828	1,421	257	40	104	474	501	18	601	73	5,330	2,070	401	51	37	30	79	.301	.367	.438	.806	773	173.1	.359	124	153.1
12	Juan Samuel J. Samuel	280	938	3,836	560	997	189	72	103	441	232	50	900	87	4,150	1,639	364	5	27	21	50	.260	.309	.427	.736	491	19.5	.323	101	7.6
13	Gary Redus G. Redus	279	794	2,603	458	650	136	39	68	260	376	12	545	67	3,031	1,068	243	12	28	17	30	.250	.344	.410	.754	389	43.3	.337	109	30.2
14	Gary Pettis G. Pettis	273	832	2,765	438	661	81	33	17	197	381	5	704	72	3,204	859	131	45	8	3	42	.239	.331	.311	.642	316	-47.5	.299	85	-59.7
15	Omar Moreno O. Moreno	270	861	3,162	400	788	112	58	18	238	200	9	550	118	3,422	1,070	188	28	23	23	29	.249	.294	.338	.632	290	-92.6	.283	73	-103.5
16	Lloyd Moseby L. Moseby	255	1,392	5,124	768	1,319	242	60	149	651	547	50	1,015	86	5,799	2,128	451	38	40	41	88	.257	.333	.415	.748	723	68.9	.333	103	20.4
17	Ryne Sandberg R. Sandberg	250	1,234	4,893	756	1,395	226	54	139	549	414	18	702	69	5,385	2,146	419	27	33	35	77	.285	.341	.439	.780	724	114.3	.345	112	70.9
18	Willie McGee W. McGee	246	1,039	4,084	551	1,194	172	71	49	483	204	8	612	78	4,328	1,655	292	7	25	25	76	.292	.325	.405	.731	507	14.4	.323	103	13.3
19	Alan Wiggins A. Wiggins	242	631	2,247	346	581	61	19	5	118	235	8	193	68	2,553	695	85	54	9	4	18	.259	.330	.309	.639	243	-48.2	.296	84	-47.7
20	Rudy Law R. Law	225	738	2,409	377	653	101	37	18	198	183	13	208	64	2,634	882	156	22	7	9	29	.271	.325	.366	.691	283	-14.1	.312	90	-30.2
21	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	221	1,060	4,078	617	1,354	192	51	45	416	382	11	233	84	4,527	1,783	288	34	22	88	102	.332	.389	.437	.826	678	164.4	.364	133	170.7
22	Julio Cruz J. Cruz	220	842	2,696	385	624	80	23	20	218	323	13	352	53	3,090	810	123	35	23	2	47	.231	.314	.300	.615	270	-75.3	.287	72	-100.9
23	Bob Dernier B. Dernier	218	904	2,483	374	634	92	16	23	152	222	8	301	63	2,757	827	131	36	8	2	34	.255	.318	.333	.651	268	-43.7	.297	80	-61.5
24	Von Hayes V. Hayes	217	1,195	4,191	619	1,147	236	31	122	573	557	15	627	82	4,811	1,811	389	16	32	61	75	.274	.358	.432	.791	667	121.5	.350	118	101.8
25	Eric Davis E. Davis	212	640	2,119	431	582	83	16	142	413	316	7	561	32	2,465	1,123	241	2	21	35	41	.275	.367	.530	.897	417	136.8	.389	143	123.7