John Stockton career steals
3,265Career Regular Season
John Stockton has recorded 3,265 steals over 19 regular seasons, 1st among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 263 in 1988-89.
- Most recent: 137 in 2002-03.
Sum of 19 regular seasons, 1984-85 through 2002-03. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 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%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-85 |  UTAH | 458 | 105 | 415 | 109 | 11 | 47.1 | 18.2 | 73.6 | 54.8 |
| 1985-86 | UTAH | 630 | 179 | 610 | 157 | 10 | 48.9 | 13.3 | 83.9 | 56.6 |
| 1986-87 | UTAH | 648 | 151 | 670 | 177 | 14 | 49.9 | 18.4 | 78.2 | 57.5 |
| 1987-88 | UTAH | 1,204 | 237 | 1,128 | 242 | 16 | 57.4 | 35.8 | 84.0 | 64.5 |
| 1988-89 | UTAH | 1,400 | 248 | 1,118 | 263 | 14 | 53.8 | 24.2 | 86.3 | 62.4 |
| 1989-90 | UTAH | 1,345 | 206 | 1,134 | 207 | 18 | 51.4 | 41.6 | 81.9 | 60.7 |
| 1990-91 | UTAH | 1,413 | 237 | 1,164 | 234 | 16 | 50.7 | 34.5 | 83.6 | 60.4 |
| 1991-92 | UTAH | 1,297 | 270 | 1,126 | 244 | 22 | 48.2 | 40.7 | 84.2 | 59.0 |
| 1992-93 | UTAH | 1,239 | 237 | 987 | 199 | 21 | 48.6 | 38.5 | 79.8 | 58.4 |
| 1993-94 | UTAH | 1,236 | 258 | 1,031 | 199 | 22 | 52.8 | 32.2 | 80.5 | 60.8 |
| 1994-95 | UTAH | 1,206 | 251 | 1,011 | 194 | 22 | 54.2 | 44.9 | 80.4 | 65.1 |
| 1995-96 | UTAH | 1,209 | 226 | 916 | 140 | 15 | 53.8 | 42.2 | 83.0 | 64.2 |
| 1996-97 | UTAH | 1,183 | 228 | 860 | 166 | 15 | 54.8 | 42.2 | 84.6 | 65.6 |
| 1997-98 | UTAH | 770 | 166 | 543 | 89 | 10 | 52.8 | 42.9 | 82.7 | 62.8 |
| 1998-99 | UTAH | 553 | 146 | 374 | 81 | 13 | 48.8 | 32.0 | 81.1 | 57.1 |
| 1999-00 | UTAH | 990 | 215 | 703 | 143 | 15 | 50.1 | 35.5 | 86.0 | 59.1 |
| 2000-01 | UTAH | 944 | 227 | 713 | 132 | 21 | 50.4 | 46.2 | 81.7 | 61.0 |
| 2001-02 | UTAH | 1,102 | 263 | 674 | 152 | 24 | 51.7 | 32.1 | 85.7 | 60.1 |
| 2002-03 | UTAH | 884 | 201 | 629 | 137 | 16 | 48.3 | 36.3 | 82.6 | 57.7 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%