Ben Wallace career steals
1,369Career Regular Season
Ben Wallace has recorded 1,369 steals over 16 regular seasons, 64th among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 146 in 2005-06.
- Most recent: 47 in 2011-12.
Sum of 16 regular seasons, 1996-97 through 2011-12. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | FG%: Share of shots from the floor that went in. League average sits near 47%. | 3P%: Share of three-point attempts that went in. League average sits near 36%. | FT%: Share of free throws that went in. League average sits near 78%. | TS%: Scoring per shot with threes and free throws counted: PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)). League average sits near 58%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 |  WSH | 38 | 58 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 34.8 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 34.7 |
| 1997-98 | WSH | 205 | 324 | 18 | 61 | 72 | 51.8 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 49.5 |
| 1998-99 | WSH | 277 | 384 | 18 | 50 | 90 | 57.8 | 0.0 | 35.6 | 53.9 |
| 1999-00 |  ORL | 390 | 665 | 67 | 72 | 130 | 50.3 | 0.0 | 47.4 | 50.8 |
| 2000-01 |  DET | 511 | 1,052 | 123 | 107 | 186 | 49.0 | 25.0 | 33.6 | 47.0 |
| 2001-02 | DET | 609 | 1,039 | 115 | 138 | 278 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 42.3 | 52.2 |
| 2002-03 | DET | 506 | 1,126 | 120 | 104 | 230 | 48.1 | 16.7 | 45.0 | 48.6 |
| 2003-04 | DET | 773 | 1,006 | 138 | 143 | 246 | 42.1 | 12.5 | 49.0 | 44.1 |
| 2004-05 | DET | 721 | 902 | 123 | 106 | 176 | 45.3 | 11.1 | 42.8 | 45.9 |
| 2005-06 | DET | 597 | 923 | 158 | 146 | 181 | 51.0 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 50.1 |
| 2006-07 |  CHI | 494 | 821 | 186 | 111 | 156 | 45.3 | 20.0 | 40.8 | 45.6 |
| 2007-08 |  CHI/CLE | 348 | 604 | 105 | 88 | 117 | 39.2 | 0.0 | 42.6 | 40.8 |
| 2008-09 | CLE | 165 | 362 | 44 | 48 | 75 | 44.5 | 0.0 | 42.2 | 45.0 |
| 2009-10 | DET | 381 | 597 | 105 | 86 | 84 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 40.6 | 52.6 |
| 2010-11 | DET | 154 | 350 | 72 | 54 | 54 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 44.2 |
| 2011-12 | DET | 85 | 269 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 39.5 | 25.0 | 34.0 | 39.8 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%