Nick Van Exel career steals
726Career Regular Season
Nick Van Exel has recorded 726 steals over 13 regular seasons, 299th among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 97 in 1994-95.
- Most recent: 16 in 2005-06.
Sum of 13 regular seasons, 1993-94 through 2005-06. 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%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-94 |  LAL | 1,099 | 238 | 466 | 85 | 8 | 39.4 | 33.8 | 78.1 | 48.5 |
| 1994-95 | LAL | 1,348 | 223 | 660 | 97 | 6 | 42.0 | 35.8 | 78.3 | 54.4 |
| 1995-96 | LAL | 1,099 | 181 | 509 | 70 | 10 | 41.7 | 35.7 | 79.9 | 52.8 |
| 1996-97 | LAL | 1,206 | 226 | 672 | 75 | 10 | 40.2 | 37.8 | 82.5 | 51.8 |
| 1997-98 | LAL | 881 | 194 | 442 | 64 | 6 | 41.9 | 38.9 | 79.1 | 53.8 |
| 1998-99 |  DEN | 826 | 113 | 368 | 40 | 3 | 39.8 | 30.8 | 81.1 | 48.8 |
| 1999-00 | DEN | 1,275 | 311 | 714 | 68 | 11 | 39.0 | 33.2 | 81.7 | 48.3 |
| 2000-01 | DEN | 1,259 | 241 | 600 | 61 | 18 | 41.4 | 37.7 | 81.9 | 51.5 |
| 2001-02 |  DEN/DAL | 1,322 | 254 | 478 | 44 | 11 | 40.9 | 34.0 | 80.1 | 49.5 |
| 2002-03 | DAL | 912 | 208 | 312 | 42 | 4 | 41.2 | 37.8 | 76.4 | 51.0 |
| 2003-04 |  GS | 490 | 104 | 206 | 20 | 2 | 39.0 | 30.7 | 70.7 | 46.9 |
| 2004-05 |  POR | 586 | 161 | 227 | 44 | 0 | 38.1 | 38.9 | 78.4 | 49.4 |
| 2005-06 |  SA | 355 | 91 | 123 | 16 | 3 | 39.7 | 35.7 | 68.3 | 49.2 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%