Kobe Bryant career steals
1,944Career Regular Season
Kobe Bryant has recorded 1,944 steals over 20 regular seasons, 17th among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 181 in 2002-03.
- Most recent: 62 in 2015-16.
Sum of 20 regular seasons, 1996-97 through 2015-16. 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 |  LAL | 539 | 132 | 91 | 49 | 23 | 41.7 | 37.5 | 81.9 | 54.4 |
| 1997-98 | LAL | 1,220 | 242 | 199 | 74 | 40 | 42.8 | 34.1 | 79.4 | 54.8 |
| 1998-99 | LAL | 996 | 264 | 190 | 72 | 50 | 46.5 | 26.7 | 83.9 | 54.9 |
| 1999-00 | LAL | 1,485 | 416 | 323 | 106 | 62 | 46.8 | 31.9 | 82.1 | 54.6 |
| 2000-01 | LAL | 1,938 | 399 | 338 | 114 | 43 | 46.4 | 30.5 | 85.3 | 55.2 |
| 2001-02 | LAL | 2,019 | 441 | 438 | 118 | 35 | 46.9 | 25.0 | 82.9 | 54.4 |
| 2002-03 | LAL | 2,461 | 564 | 481 | 181 | 67 | 45.1 | 38.3 | 84.3 | 55.0 |
| 2003-04 | LAL | 1,557 | 359 | 330 | 112 | 28 | 43.8 | 32.7 | 85.2 | 55.1 |
| 2004-05 | LAL | 1,819 | 392 | 398 | 86 | 53 | 43.3 | 33.9 | 81.6 | 56.3 |
| 2005-06 | LAL | 2,832 | 425 | 360 | 147 | 30 | 45.0 | 34.7 | 85.0 | 55.9 |
| 2006-07 | LAL | 2,430 | 439 | 413 | 111 | 36 | 46.3 | 34.4 | 86.8 | 58.0 |
| 2007-08 | LAL | 2,323 | 517 | 441 | 151 | 40 | 45.9 | 36.1 | 84.0 | 57.6 |
| 2008-09 | LAL | 2,201 | 429 | 399 | 120 | 37 | 46.7 | 35.1 | 85.6 | 56.1 |
| 2009-10 | LAL | 1,970 | 391 | 365 | 113 | 20 | 45.6 | 32.9 | 81.1 | 54.5 |
| 2010-11 | LAL | 2,078 | 419 | 388 | 99 | 12 | 45.1 | 32.3 | 82.8 | 54.8 |
| 2011-12 | LAL | 1,616 | 313 | 264 | 69 | 18 | 43.0 | 30.3 | 84.5 | 52.7 |
| 2012-13 | LAL | 2,133 | 433 | 469 | 106 | 25 | 46.3 | 32.4 | 83.9 | 57.0 |
| 2013-14 | LAL | 83 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 42.5 | 18.8 | 85.7 | 50.5 |
| 2014-15 | LAL | 782 | 199 | 197 | 47 | 7 | 37.3 | 29.3 | 81.3 | 47.7 |
| 2015-16 | LAL | 1,161 | 247 | 184 | 62 | 13 | 35.8 | 28.5 | 82.6 | 46.9 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%