Top 10 Career Steals Leaders in NBA history

#1 John Stockton

Stockton's #12 jersey has been retired by Utah Jazz

He was a first-round pick by the Jazz in the 1984 NBA Draft and played for the franchise throughout his time in the league, averaging 2.2 career steals per game. Stockton became the team’s starting point guard in his fourth season, and he promptly led the league in assists in his first year leading the Jazz offense. Stockton garnered 10 career All-Star Game selections and was named first-team All-NBA twice (1993–94, 1994–95).

He led the league in steals twice during his career, once in 1989 averaging a career-high 3.2 steals per game and the other instance in 1992. He was also a 5-time All-NBA second defensive team member.

His career total of 3,265 steals is more than 500 steals clear of the person that comes second(Jason Kidd) on the league's all-time steals list, making him NBA's steals leader for a fairly large amount of time to come. He retired in 2003 having never won an NBA championship but possesses two Olympics Medals from 1992(Dream team) and 1996.