most steals in a single playoff game by a rookie

Maurice Cheeks has the most steals by a rookie in a playoff game, with 8 steals in Game 1 of the 1979 First Round versus the New Jersey Nets.

	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	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	8	4/11/1979	PHI	vs	NJN	25	9	1	5	0	4	11	36.4				1	4	25.0	35.3	1	0	2	2
2	Darrell Walker D. Walker	7	4/17/1984	NYK	@	DET	23	13	4	7	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	55.8	2	2	3	0
3	Horace Grant H. Grant	6	5/10/1988	CHI	@	DET	35	16	4	4	2	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	57.6	2	2	1	2
4	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	6	4/19/1984	ATL	@	MIL	32	6	2	2	2	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	0	0		42.9	1	1	3	3
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6	4/27/1980	LAL	@	SEA	41	15	13	6	0	6	15	40.0	0	0		3	7	42.9	41.5	6	7	6	3
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6	4/23/1980	LAL	vs	SEA	37	19	5	9	1	6	11	54.5	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	67.5	2	3	2	3
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6	4/9/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	48	25	13	11	0	6	11	54.5	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	72.8	4	9	4	6
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	6	4/22/1979	PHI	vs	SAS	46	33	6	9	1	12	19	63.2				9	12	75.0	68.0			1	4
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	6	4/20/1979	PHI	vs	SAS	41	15	2	9	0	6	10	60.0				3	4	75.0	63.8			5	5
10	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	5	5/22/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	29	9	2	7	0	2	7	28.6	0	0		5	7	71.4	44.6	1	1	3	3	-1
11	Pablo Prigioni P. Prigioni	5	4/26/2013	NYK	@	BOS	30	9	2	1	0	3	6	50.0	3	6	50.0	0	0		75.0	1	1	1	2	+13
12	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	5	5/1/2009	MIA	vs	ATL	42	9	3	8	0	4	8	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		56.3	0	3	3	4	+29
13	Tyrus Thomas T. Thomas	5	5/15/2007	CHI	@	DET	21	10	6	1	1	5	7	71.4	0	0		0	2	0.0	63.5	1	5	2	5	-2
14	Damien Wilkins D. Wilkins	5	5/15/2005	SEA	vs	SAS	32	15	6	1	1	7	11	63.6	1	3	33.3	0	0		68.2	3	3	1	4	+3
15	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	5	4/29/2005	PHI	vs	DET	33	13	3	2	0	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	83.8	2	1	1	2	+12
16	Chris Mills C. Mills	5	5/3/1994	CLE	vs	CHI	48	25	10	3	1	10	17	58.8	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	69.9	3	7	4	4
17	Robert Horry R. Horry	5	5/3/1993	HOU	@	LAC	40	13	3	5	1	5	12	41.7	2	6	33.3	1	2	50.0	50.5	0	3	3	3
18	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	5	5/4/1988	NYK	vs	BOS	46	9	7	14	0	4	14	28.6	1	2	50.0	0	0		32.1	2	5	3	4
19	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5	5/3/1985	PHI	vs	MIL	32	19	7	4	1	7	12	58.3	0	0		5	7	71.4	63.0	2	5	2	2
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5	4/24/1985	HOU	@	UTA	37	26	16	2	2	10	20	50.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	55.3	7	9	5	5
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5	4/11/1980	LAL	@	PHX	39	12	13	4	0	3	11	27.3	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	44.0	4	9	5	3
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	5	4/15/1979	PHI	@	SAS	35	19	1	1	1	9	13	69.2				1	3	33.3	66.3			5	1
23	John Lucas J. Lucas	5	5/13/1977	HOU	vs	PHI	39	16	1	14	1	7	11	63.6				2	2	100.0	67.3				4
24	Scott May S. May	5	4/12/1977	CHI	@	POR	37	15	3	2	2	4	8	50.0				7	8	87.5	65.1	2	1		3
25	Christian Braun C. Braun	4	4/29/2023	DEN	vs	PHX	14	1	5	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	10.2	2	3	2	2	-7