Alvin Robertson has gotten the most steals in a season, with 301 steals in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in a NBA season

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	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	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	301	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	5.5	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	40	256	296
2	Don Buse D. Buse	281	1976-77	IND	81	36.4	8.0	3.3	8.5	3.5	0.2	3.3	7.9	41.6				1.4	1.8	78.6	46.0	0.8	2.5		2,947	646	270	685	16		129
3	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	265	1979-80	NYK	82	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	832	35	359	260
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	263	1988-89	UTA	82	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	1,118	14	308	241
5	Slick Watts S. Watts	261	1975-76	SEA	82	33.9	13.0	4.5	8.1	3.2	0.2	5.3	12.4	42.7				2.4	4.2	57.8	45.7	1.4	3.1		2,776	1,065	365	661	16		270
6	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	260	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	3.2	0.4	7.3	15.6	46.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.0	4.0	75.3	51.0	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,697	1,435	424	421	35	243	264
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	259	1987-88	CHI	82	40.4	35.0	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.0	24.4	53.5	0.1	0.6	13.2	8.8	10.5	84.1	60.3	1.7	3.8	3.1	3,311	2,868	449	485	131	252	270
8	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	246	1990-91	MIL	81	32.1	13.6	5.7	5.5	3.0	0.2	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.3	0.8	36.5	2.5	3.2	75.7	53.8	2.4	3.3	2.6	2,598	1,098	459	444	16	212	273
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	244	1991-92	UTA	82	36.6	15.8	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	5.5	11.5	48.2	1.0	2.5	40.7	3.8	4.5	84.2	59.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	3,002	1,297	270	1,126	22	286	234
10	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	243	1987-88	SAS	82	36.3	19.6	6.1	6.8	3.0	0.8	8.0	17.2	46.5	0.3	1.2	28.4	3.3	4.5	74.8	51.3	2.0	4.1	3.1	2,978	1,610	498	557	69	251	300
11	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	243	1984-85	NJN	82	38.1	20.1	5.6	8.2	3.0	0.3	8.4	17.9	46.9	0.4	1.4	25.2	2.9	3.8	76.7	51.3	1.9	3.7	3.0	3,127	1,649	457	669	22	249	277
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	242	1987-88	UTA	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	1,128	16	262	247
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	236	1986-87	CHI	82	40.0	37.1	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	13.4	27.8	48.2	0.1	0.8	18.2	10.2	11.9	85.7	56.2	2.0	3.2	3.3	3,281	3,041	430	377	125	272	237
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	234	1990-91	UTA	82	37.8	17.2	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	6.0	11.9	50.7	0.7	2.0	34.5	4.4	5.3	83.6	60.4	0.6	2.3	3.6	3,103	1,413	237	1,164	16	298	233
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	234	1988-89	CHI	81	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	2,633	652	650	65	290	247
16	Micheal Williams M. Williams	233	1991-92	IND	79	34.8	15.0	3.6	8.2	2.9	0.3	5.1	10.4	49.0	0.1	0.4	24.2	4.7	5.4	87.1	58.7	0.9	2.6	3.0	2,750	1,188	282	647	22	240	262
17	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	232	1994-95	CHI	79	38.2	21.4	8.1	5.2	2.9	1.1	8.0	16.7	48.0	1.4	4.0	34.5	4.0	5.6	71.6	55.9	2.2	5.9	3.4	3,014	1,692	639	409	89	271	238
18	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	232	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	7.9	2.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	627	35	302	258
19	Gary Payton G. Payton	231	1995-96	SEA	81	39.0	19.3	4.2	7.5	2.9	0.2	7.6	15.8	48.4	1.2	3.7	32.8	2.8	3.8	74.8	55.4	1.3	2.9	3.2	3,162	1,563	339	608	19	260	221
20	Johnny Moore J. Moore	229	1984-85	SAS	82	32.8	12.8	4.6	10.0	2.8	0.2	5.1	11.1	45.7	0.3	1.1	28.1	2.3	3.0	76.2	51.3	1.1	3.5	2.9	2,689	1,046	378	816	18	236	247
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	228	1974-75	GSW	80	40.4	30.6	5.7	6.2	2.9	0.4	12.9	27.7	46.4				4.9	5.5	90.4	50.9	1.2	4.6		3,235	2,450	456	492	33		225
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	227	1989-90	CHI	82	39.0	33.6	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	12.6	24.0	52.6	1.1	3.0	37.6	7.2	8.5	84.8	60.6	1.7	5.1	3.0	3,197	2,753	565	519	54	247	241
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	225	2002-03	PHI	82	42.5	27.6	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	9.8	23.7	41.4	1.0	3.7	27.7	7.0	9.0	77.4	50.0	0.8	3.4	3.5	3,485	2,262	344	454	13	286	149	+184
24	Ron Lee R. Lee	225	1977-78	PHX	82	23.5	12.2	3.1	3.7	2.7	0.2	5.1	11.6	43.9				2.1	2.8	74.6	47.8	1.2	1.9	2.7	1,928	1,004	254	305	17	221	257
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	223	1990-91	CHI	82	37.0	31.5	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	12.1	22.4	53.9	0.4	1.1	31.2	7.0	8.2	85.1	60.5	1.4	4.6	2.5	3,034	2,580	492	453	83	202	229