Paul Pierce career steals
1,752Career Regular Season
Paul Pierce has recorded 1,752 steals over 19 regular seasons, 23rd among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 154 in 2001-02.
- Most recent: 4 in 2016-17.
Sum of 19 regular seasons, 1998-99 through 2016-17. 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%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-99 |  BOS | 791 | 309 | 115 | 82 | 50 | 43.9 | 41.2 | 71.3 | 54.0 |
| 1999-00 | BOS | 1,427 | 396 | 221 | 152 | 62 | 44.2 | 34.3 | 79.8 | 55.0 |
| 2000-01 | BOS | 2,071 | 522 | 253 | 138 | 69 | 45.4 | 38.3 | 74.5 | 56.3 |
| 2001-02 | BOS | 2,144 | 566 | 261 | 154 | 86 | 44.2 | 40.4 | 80.9 | 57.0 |
| 2002-03 | BOS | 2,048 | 578 | 349 | 139 | 62 | 41.6 | 30.2 | 80.2 | 53.2 |
| 2003-04 | BOS | 1,836 | 522 | 410 | 131 | 52 | 40.2 | 29.9 | 81.9 | 51.7 |
| 2004-05 | BOS | 1,769 | 539 | 348 | 133 | 39 | 45.5 | 37.0 | 82.2 | 58.3 |
| 2005-06 | BOS | 2,116 | 530 | 375 | 107 | 34 | 47.1 | 35.4 | 77.2 | 58.2 |
| 2006-07 | BOS | 1,173 | 277 | 194 | 48 | 13 | 43.9 | 38.9 | 79.6 | 57.1 |
| 2007-08 | BOS | 1,570 | 411 | 363 | 101 | 36 | 46.4 | 39.2 | 84.3 | 59.9 |
| 2008-09 | BOS | 1,658 | 457 | 294 | 80 | 27 | 45.7 | 39.1 | 83.0 | 58.2 |
| 2009-10 | BOS | 1,296 | 310 | 218 | 84 | 31 | 47.2 | 41.4 | 85.2 | 61.3 |
| 2010-11 | BOS | 1,511 | 430 | 260 | 80 | 51 | 49.7 | 37.4 | 86.0 | 62.0 |
| 2011-12 | BOS | 1,181 | 317 | 274 | 70 | 26 | 44.3 | 36.6 | 85.2 | 56.7 |
| 2012-13 | BOS | 1,430 | 487 | 370 | 84 | 30 | 43.6 | 38.0 | 78.7 | 55.9 |
| 2013-14 |  BKN | 1,010 | 348 | 178 | 86 | 31 | 45.1 | 37.3 | 82.6 | 59.5 |
| 2014-15 |  WSH | 868 | 294 | 144 | 46 | 24 | 44.7 | 38.9 | 78.1 | 58.0 |
| 2015-16 |  LAC | 417 | 186 | 71 | 33 | 17 | 36.3 | 31.0 | 81.8 | 48.9 |
| 2016-17 | LAC | 81 | 48 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 40.0 | 34.9 | 76.9 | 53.5 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%