Robert Parish career steals
1,219Career Regular Season
Robert Parish has recorded 1,219 steals over 21 regular seasons, 85th among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 100 in 1978-79.
- Most recent: 6 in 1996-97.
Sum of 21 regular seasons, 1976-77 through 1996-97. 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%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976-77 |  GS | 697 | 543 | 74 | 55 | 94 | 50.3 | 0.0 | 70.8 | 53.8 |
| 1977-78 | GS | 1,025 | 680 | 95 | 79 | 123 | 47.2 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 49.9 |
| 1978-79 | GS | 1,304 | 916 | 115 | 100 | 217 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 69.8 | 52.9 |
| 1979-80 | GS | 1,223 | 783 | 122 | 58 | 115 | 50.7 | 0.0 | 71.5 | 54.1 |
| 1980-81 |  BOS | 1,552 | 777 | 144 | 81 | 214 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 71.0 | 57.9 |
| 1981-82 | BOS | 1,590 | 866 | 140 | 68 | 192 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 71.0 | 57.1 |
| 1982-83 | BOS | 1,509 | 827 | 141 | 79 | 148 | 55.0 | 0.0 | 69.8 | 58.2 |
| 1983-84 | BOS | 1,520 | 857 | 139 | 55 | 116 | 54.6 | 0.0 | 74.5 | 58.4 |
| 1984-85 | BOS | 1,394 | 840 | 125 | 56 | 101 | 54.2 | 0.0 | 74.3 | 58.6 |
| 1985-86 | BOS | 1,305 | 770 | 145 | 65 | 116 | 54.9 | 0.0 | 73.1 | 58.6 |
| 1986-87 | BOS | 1,403 | 851 | 173 | 64 | 144 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 73.5 | 58.8 |
| 1987-88 | BOS | 1,061 | 628 | 115 | 55 | 84 | 58.9 | 0.0 | 73.4 | 62.0 |
| 1988-89 | BOS | 1,486 | 996 | 175 | 79 | 116 | 57.0 | 0.0 | 71.9 | 60.7 |
| 1989-90 | BOS | 1,243 | 796 | 103 | 38 | 69 | 58.0 | 0.0 | 74.7 | 61.6 |
| 1990-91 | BOS | 1,207 | 856 | 66 | 66 | 103 | 59.8 | 0.0 | 76.7 | 63.7 |
| 1991-92 | BOS | 1,115 | 705 | 70 | 68 | 97 | 53.5 | 0.0 | 77.2 | 57.1 |
| 1992-93 | BOS | 994 | 740 | 61 | 57 | 107 | 53.5 | 0.0 | 68.9 | 56.5 |
| 1993-94 | BOS | 866 | 542 | 82 | 42 | 96 | 49.1 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 53.0 |
| 1994-95 |  NO | 389 | 350 | 44 | 27 | 36 | 42.7 | 0.0 | 70.3 | 46.7 |
| 1995-96 | NO | 290 | 303 | 29 | 21 | 54 | 49.8 | 0.0 | 70.4 | 53.3 |
| 1996-97 |  CHI | 161 | 89 | 22 | 6 | 19 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 67.7 | 51.4 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%