Career Steals Per Game Leaders Rank Player Games Steals SPG* 1 Paul Pierce 350 643 1.837 2 Larry Bird 897 1,556 1.735 3 David Wesley 207 344 1.662 4 Kenny Anderson 241 383 1.589 5 Ron Mercer 121 192 1.587 6 Antoine Walker 514 783 1.523 7 Dee Brown 476 675 1.418 8 Charlie Scott 156 214 1.372 9 JoJo White 421 561 1.333 10 Reggie Lewis 450 569 1.264 11 Rick Fox 444 552 1.243 12 Todd Day 152 185 1.217 13 Dennis Johnson 541 654 1.209 14 Danny Ainge 556 671 1.207 15 John Havlicek 395 476 1.205 16 Chris Ford 309 367 1.188 17 Bruce Bowen 91 108 1.187 18 Dave Cowens 484 569 1.176 19 Adrian Griffin 116 134 1.155 20 Quinn Buckner 226 255 1.128 21 Brian Shaw 178 195 1.096 22 Gerald Henderson 400 418 1.045 23 Don Chaney 330 344 1.042 24 Andrew DeClercq 95 98 1.032 25 Eric Williams 427 390 0.913 26 Cedric Maxwell 607 549 0.904 27 Nate Archibald 363 326 0.898 28 Dino Radja 224 201 0.897 29 Sherman Douglas 269 241 0.896 30 ML Carr 363 303 0.835 * - Minimum of 90 Games Played Record Index