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#4 Gary Payton - 2,445
Payton was the second overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and spent his first 12 and a half seasons with the Sonics.
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Gary Payton was NBA's Defensive Player of the year in 1996, averaging an astounding 2.9 steals per game in the 1995-96 season. He led the league in steals in the very same season & became the only point guard in the league to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award. He was a member of the NBA All-defensive First team for 9 years(1994-2002) in a row.
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He stacked up a mammoth total of 2,445 steals and is currently ranked 4th on the all-time steals list. Led by Dwyane Wade and Payton’s contemporary Shaquille O’Neal, the Heat won the NBA title in 2006, giving Payton his one and only NBA Championship ring.
Gary was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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