Lonnie Shelton had his most steals in a game versus the Lakers on December 15, 1978, with 8 steals.

Interpreted as:

Lonnie Shelton most steals in a regular-season game

	NAME	STL	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	8	12/15/1978	SEA	@	LAL	38	22	5	2	1	11	20	55.0				0	2	0.0	52.7	1	4	6	1
2	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	6	1/22/1985	CLE	vs	PHI	35	15	8	2	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	58.2	2	6	2	5
3	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	6	11/3/1976	NYK	@	DEN	27	17	10	3	4	8	13	61.5				1	1	100.0	63.2	2	8		5
4	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	5	1/23/1983	SEA	@	NJN	37	12	9	3	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	38.1	4	5	0	4
5	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	5	4/4/1979	SEA	@	SDC	43	19	6	0		7	10	70.0				5	6	83.3	75.2	4	2	1	5
6	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	5	3/23/1978	NYK	@	PHX	43	22	8	5	2	8	16	50.0				6	8	75.0	56.4	1	7	3	0
7	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	1/17/1984	CLE	@	CHI	34	18	5	4	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	69.9	3	2	1	3
8	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	1/4/1984	CLE	vs	LAL	38	24	10	5	1	12	19	63.2	0	0		0	0		63.2	3	7	4	4
9	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	12/23/1982	SEA	vs	GSW	35	16	8	2	3	6	11	54.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	60.6	2	6	4	0
10	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	4/13/1982	SEA	vs	POR	38	16	6	3	0	7	17	41.2	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.7	1	5	3	3
11	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	3/18/1982	SEA	@	DET	43	24	5	3	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	64.4	3	2	4	4
12	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	1/12/1980	SEA	@	DEN	32	15	6	2	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	63.1	1	5	3	5
13	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	12/28/1979	SEA	vs	POR	26	11	14	2	1	5	10	50.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	48.6	3	11	3	0
14	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	12/16/1979	SEA	vs	DEN	33	24	9	3	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		6	8	75.0	72.6	7	2	2	6
15	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	2/25/1978	NYK	vs	PHX	26	21	11	0	3	8	11	72.7				5	7	71.4	74.6	2	9	4	3
16	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	3/31/1977	NYK	@	IND	25	10	8	1		5	11	45.5				0	0		45.5				6
17	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	3/10/1977	NYK	vs	POR	32	19	6	0	3	9	12	75.0				1	2	50.0	73.8	2	4		2
18	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	4	11/7/1976	NYK	@	POR	41	15	14	2	7	7	10	70.0				1	2	50.0	68.9	5	9		5
19	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	2/13/1986	CLE	vs	NJN	18	6	3	2	1	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	0	3	1	6
20	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	4/3/1985	CLE	@	PHI	29	10	10	2	0	4	10	40.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	42.5	2	8	0	5
21	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	2/12/1985	CLE	vs	DAL	31	10	4	2	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		0	0		55.6	2	2	2	5
22	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	3/31/1984	CLE	vs	IND	44	33	7	2	0	12	17	70.6	0	0		9	10	90.0	77.1	3	4	4	4
23	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	3/15/1984	CLE	@	NYK	29	12	6	3	0	6	13	46.2	0	0		0	0		46.2	3	3	1	2
24	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	2/28/1984	CLE	@	KCK	33	16	5	1	1	6	11	54.5	0	0		4	6	66.7	58.7	1	4	3	6
25	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	3	2/26/1984	CLE	@	DET	24	6	6	3	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		0	0		37.5	0	6	6	1