Hakeem Olajuwon has gotten the most career steals by a center, with 2,162 steals.

	NAME	STL	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,162	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1,388	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
3	Alvan Adams A. Adams	1,289	988	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	1.3	0.8	5.8	11.6	49.8	0.0	0.0	13.3	2.5	3.2	78.8	54.1	2.0	5.0	2.6	27,203	13,910	6,937	4,012	808	2,194	3,214
4	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1,288	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,631	2,470	3,609	+2228
5	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,249	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	47.2	3.3	6.7	1.0	28,812	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,932	960	1,834	+1643
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,219	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	2,361	3,183	4,443	+105
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,160	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	3,189	2,527	3,667
8	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	1,123	885	27.0	12.6	12.3	1.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	9.8	54.2	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.0	4.1	48.4	54.4	4.2	8.1	1.8	23,899	11,164	10,851	1,084	1,139	1,604	2,556	-673
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,089	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,733	3,804	3,076
10	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1,047	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
11	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,001	943	33.7	16.0	10.0	3.3	1.1	1.0	5.9	12.7	46.2	0.2	0.7	33.1	4.0	4.7	84.8	54.0	2.3	7.7	2.4	31,782	15,059	9,429	3,075	928	2,243	3,263
12	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	999	761	30.8	9.5	9.0	4.3	1.3	1.5	3.8	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.7	2.2	6.9	2.2	23,463	7,206	6,873	3,275	1,160	978	2,636
13	Dwight Howard D. Howard	939	1,078	31.3	16.0	11.9	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	60.7	3.3	8.5	2.7	33,744	17,212	12,782	1,476	1,977	2,920	3,403	+3033
14	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	874	654	29.8	19.6	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	742	2,149	2,421	-553
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	860	696	31.4	21.2	10.8	7.0	1.2	0.7	8.2	14.7	55.7	1.0	2.9	35.6	3.8	4.7	82.6	63.5	2.7	8.1	2.9	21,851	14,788	7,528	4,875	506	2,028	1,877	+3668
16	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	792	891	32.2	14.0	7.4	3.4	0.9	1.4	5.2	10.8	48.1	0.5	1.3	36.0	3.2	4.1	77.6	55.7	1.6	5.8	2.0	28,719	12,514	6,604	2,996	1,254	1,755	2,551	+1139
17	Al Horford A. Horford	792	1,030	31.8	13.1	8.0	3.2	0.8	1.2	5.4	10.6	51.6	0.8	2.0	38.4	1.5	1.9	76.1	57.7	1.9	6.0	1.4	32,765	13,544	8,219	3,275	1,205	1,462	2,224	+3152
18	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	780	925	31.4	17.2	10.5	2.9	0.8	0.9	7.4	14.8	49.7	0.9	2.6	34.8	1.6	2.1	77.1	54.8	2.5	8.0	1.7	29,049	15,919	9,684	2,640	813	1,595	2,257	-1431
19	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	777	716	33.3	19.5	9.4	3.3	1.1	1.5	7.8	14.9	52.8	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.8	5.0	77.0	57.2	2.6	6.8	2.6	23,844	13,984	6,696	2,353	1,100	1,112	2,201
20	Marcus Camby M. Camby	775	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	50.9	2.6	7.4	1.4	23,423	7,612	7,923	1,528	1,881	1,098	2,195	+280
21	Zaza Pachulia Z. Pachulia	768	1,098	20.3	6.8	5.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.4	5.1	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.7	75.1	54.1	2.2	3.6	1.3	22,240	7,414	6,315	1,433	378	1,444	2,738	+179
22	Nene	740	706	25.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	4.2	7.4	56.7	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.6	3.9	66.3	60.3	1.8	4.2	1.6	17,818	7,744	4,279	1,098	574	1,123	2,138	+1537
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	739	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
24	Dan Issel D. Issel	698	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	396	1,281	2,022
25	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	637	628	33.2	18.3	7.8	1.8	1.0	1.6	7.4	15.4	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.8	74.5	52.3	2.5	5.3	2.9	20,834	11,479	4,915	1,151	1,016	1,800	2,017