Mike Sanders had his most steals in a game against the Rockets on December 16, 1986, with 6 steals.

Interpreted as:

Mike Sanders 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	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	6	12/16/1986	PHX	@	HOU	27	5	5	1	1	2	8	25.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	28.2	1	4	1	2
2	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	4	1/5/1993	CLE	@	NYK	34	15	4	1	0	6	10	60.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	63.8	1	3	3	3
3	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	4	3/25/1992	CLE	@	ORL	37	13	8	4	1	6	9	66.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	63.0	1	7	1	4
4	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	4	3/16/1992	CLE	@	WAS	32	16	2	3	1	8	10	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	0	2	1	3
5	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	4	3/28/1989	CLE	vs	DAL	33	8	2	3	1	4	11	36.4	0	0		0	0		36.4	0	2	3	1
6	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	4	11/25/1987	PHX	vs	HOU	26	13	4	4	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	55.8	1	3	0	5
7	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	4	10/29/1985	PHX	vs	DEN	24	10	9	2	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		2	2	100.0	63.5	5	4	2	5
8	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	4/14/1990	IND	@	NJN	21	8	6	5	0	4	11	36.4	0	2	0.0	0	0		36.4	2	4	1	6
9	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	3/20/1989	CLE	vs	WAS	28	6	5	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		0	0		42.9	2	3	2	2
10	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	3/15/1989	CLE	vs	CHI	30	12	3	2	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.5	2	1	2	2
11	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	2/28/1989	CLE	vs	DET	29	11	3	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	0		5	6	83.3	47.3	0	3	0	4
12	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	1/5/1989	CLE	vs	CHI	16	2	1	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	1	1	4
13	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	1/3/1989	CLE	vs	IND	23	7	4	1	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		1	1	100.0	41.5	1	3	1	3
14	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	12/23/1988	CLE	vs	SEA	33	18	6	2	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		0	0		56.3	3	3	0	5
15	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	12/20/1988	CLE	vs	UTA	28	7	6	2	1	2	9	22.2	0	0		3	4	75.0	32.5	2	4	1	2
16	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	11/15/1988	CLE	vs	ATL	32	10	7	6	1	5	13	38.5	0	0		0	0		38.5	2	5	1	3
17	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	11/4/1988	CLE	@	CHA	24	8	3	3	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	2	1	0	1
18	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	11/20/1987	PHX	vs	LAC	21	6	1	0	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		0	0		42.9	0	1	1	4
19	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	3/21/1987	PHX	vs	GSW	32	20	8	4	0	9	18	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.0	5	3	1	3
20	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	1/31/1987	PHX	@	SEA	26	17	4	3	0	7	9	77.8	0	0		3	3	100.0	82.4	2	2	1	6
21	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	1/21/1987	PHX	@	NJN	21	10	4	2	0	3	10	30.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	42.5	0	4	2	2
22	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	3/10/1986	PHX	@	DET	19	19	8	1	0	8	11	72.7	0	0		3	3	100.0	77.1	4	4	1	2
23	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	2/6/1986	PHX	vs	LAC	20	11	1	4	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		5	5	100.0	59.8	0	1	1	4
24	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	1/11/1986	PHX	vs	IND	35	18	7	5	1	6	13	46.2	0	0		6	6	100.0	57.5	2	5	3	3
25	Mike Sanders M. Sanders	3	1/3/1986	PHX	@	POR	23	14	2	4	0	5	11	45.5	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	53.0	1	1	2	1