Michael Phelps got his most steals in a game against the Rockets on October 29, 1985, with 6 steals.

Interpreted as:

Michael Phelps 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	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	6	10/29/1985	SEA	@	HOU	9	8	1	1	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	45.0	1	0	1	0
2	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	5	1/26/1988	LAC	@	HOU	20	7	2	3	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	50.9	0	2	2	1
3	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	5	3/16/1986	SEA	vs	SAS	28	18	3	1	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	69.9	1	2	3	2
4	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	3	1/3/1987	SEA	@	HOU	19	8	1	2	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	68.0	0	1	3	2
5	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	3	1/15/1986	SEA	@	LAC	23	10	2	2	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	46.5	1	1	0	1
6	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	3	1/11/1986	SEA	vs	LAL	22	4	3	2	1	2	8	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	1	2	0	4
7	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	3	12/19/1985	SEA	vs	DET	16	4	3	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	42.0	0	3	2	0
8	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	2	2/5/1987	SEA	@	SAS	6	2	0	3	0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	0	2	1
9	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	2	12/13/1986	SEA	vs	DAL	11	2	2	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	1	1	0	1
10	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	2	4/8/1986	SEA	@	HOU	23	4	2	3	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	0	2	0	3
11	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	2	1/7/1986	SEA	vs	UTA	15	6	0	3	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	0	0	0	0
12	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	3/26/1987	SEA	@	DEN	6	5	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	56.3	0	0	0	1
13	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	3/10/1987	SEA	@	HOU	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	1	1
14	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	3/5/1987	SEA	vs	POR	9	2	4	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	1	3	0	1
15	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	2/18/1987	SEA	@	IND	1	6	0	0	0	3	4	75.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		75.0	0	0	0	0
16	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	2/4/1987	SEA	@	DAL	13	2	1	5	0	0	5	0.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	17.0	0	1	1	2
17	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	1/30/1987	SEA	@	GSW	9	2	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	1	3	3
18	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	1/21/1987	SEA	@	PHI	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	1
19	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	12/28/1986	SEA	vs	POR	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	1	1	0
20	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	12/16/1986	SEA	@	POR	5	2	0	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	0	1	1
21	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	12/6/1986	SEA	@	HOU	11	9	2	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		1	1	100.0	47.7	2	0	0	1
22	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	12/4/1986	SEA	@	SAS	10	5	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	90.6	0	0	0	0
23	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	11/12/1986	SEA	@	LAL	8	5	0	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	52.5	0	0	0	3
24	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	11/6/1986	SEA	vs	DAL	16	8	2	3	0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	2	6	33.3	41.5	1	1	2	3
25	Michael Phelps M. Phelps	1	11/4/1986	SEA	vs	LAL	13	4	1	5	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	1	0	1