Earl Tatum got his most steals in a game versus the Lakers on November 28, 1978, with 9 steals.

Interpreted as:

Earl Tatum most steals in a regular-season game

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	9	11/28/1978	DET	@	LAL	33	19	2	2	1	8	15	53.3	3	5	60.0	55.2	1	1	2	2
2	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	7	3/5/1978	IND	@	DET	41	18	4	3		6	14	42.9	6	6	100.0	54.1				3
3	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	6	1/31/1978	IND	@	BOS	40	25	4	3		12	22	54.5	1	2	50.0	54.6
4	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	5	3/20/1978	IND	@	CLE	41	17	2	8	0	7	14	50.0	3	4	75.0	53.9	1	1	4	2
5	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	1/18/1979	DET	vs	PHX	11	4	3	1	0	2	8	25.0	0	0		25.0	1	2	2	0
6	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	3/23/1978	IND	@	GSW	38	16	4	7	1	6	13	46.2	4	6	66.7	51.2	1	3	4	5
7	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	3/21/1978	IND	vs	PHX	43	12	11	5	2	5	13	38.5	2	2	100.0	43.2	3	8	3	2
8	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	3/12/1978	IND	vs	CLE	34	12	8	2	0	6	20	30.0	0	0		30.0	3	5	0	1
9	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	3/9/1978	IND	vs	DET	28	7	1	3		3	9	33.3	1	2	50.0	35.4				3
10	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	3/6/1978	IND	@	KCK	41	21	3	7	0	6	13	46.2	9	11	81.8	58.9				6
11	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	2/12/1978	IND	vs	CHI	42	24	4	9	2	12	23	52.2	0	0		52.2	2	2	2	2
12	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	10/18/1977	LAL	@	MIL	25	21	2	3	0	9	13	69.2	3	4	75.0	71.1	0	2	6	5
13	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	4	4/10/1977	LAL	@	SEA	25	8	3	6		4	8	50.0	0	0		50.0				3
14	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	2/14/1979	DET	vs	DEN	6	6	2	0	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		42.9	1	1	0	1
15	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	2/6/1979	DET	@	HOU	22	20	6	2	1	9	15	60.0	2	2	100.0	63.0				2
16	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	12/5/1978	DET	vs	BOS	27	16	0	1	0	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	54.2	0	0	1	1
17	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	3/18/1978	IND	vs	MIL	39	8	3	6	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		36.4				4
18	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	3/17/1978	IND	@	WAS	44	18	5	7	0	6	16	37.5	6	6	100.0	48.3				3
19	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	3/15/1978	IND	vs	BUF	34	14	4	6		7	13	53.8	0	0		53.8				3
20	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	3/3/1978	IND	vs	SEA	43	15	1	6		7	14	50.0	1	1	100.0	51.9	0	1		2
21	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	2/19/1978	IND	@	POR	42	16	2	4	1	6	16	37.5	4	4	100.0	45.0	1	1	1	3
22	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	2/15/1978	IND	@	HOU	41	18	7	4	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		52.9				2
23	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	2/9/1978	IND	@	NYK	45	24	2	6		11	24	45.8	2	4	50.0	46.6				3
24	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	2/2/1978	IND	vs	ATL	48	23	4	3		10	15	66.7	3	6	50.0	65.2				3
25	Earl Tatum E. Tatum	3	11/22/1977	LAL	@	PHX	33	22	9	6	0	8	17	47.1	6	7	85.7	54.8	1	8	5	5