Shaquille O'Neal career steals
739Career Regular Season
Shaquille O'Neal has recorded 739 steals over 19 regular seasons, 290th among 2,304 NBA players on file.
- Best season on file: 76 in 1993-94.
- Most recent: 16 in 2010-11.
Sum of 19 regular seasons, 1992-93 through 2010-11. 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%. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992-93 |  ORL | 1,893 | 1,122 | 152 | 60 | 286 | 56.2 | 0.0 | 59.2 | 58.4 |
| 1993-94 | ORL | 2,377 | 1,072 | 195 | 76 | 231 | 59.9 | 0.0 | 55.4 | 60.5 |
| 1994-95 | ORL | 2,315 | 901 | 214 | 73 | 192 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 53.3 | 58.8 |
| 1995-96 | ORL | 1,434 | 596 | 155 | 34 | 115 | 57.3 | 50.0 | 48.7 | 57.0 |
| 1996-97 |  LAL | 1,336 | 640 | 159 | 46 | 147 | 55.7 | 0.0 | 48.4 | 55.6 |
| 1997-98 | LAL | 1,699 | 681 | 142 | 39 | 144 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 52.7 | 58.7 |
| 1998-99 | LAL | 1,289 | 525 | 114 | 36 | 82 | 57.6 | 0.0 | 54.0 | 58.4 |
| 1999-00 | LAL | 2,344 | 1,078 | 299 | 36 | 239 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 52.4 | 57.8 |
| 2000-01 | LAL | 2,125 | 940 | 277 | 47 | 204 | 57.2 | 0.0 | 51.3 | 57.4 |
| 2001-02 | LAL | 1,822 | 715 | 200 | 41 | 137 | 57.9 | 0.0 | 55.5 | 59.0 |
| 2002-03 | LAL | 1,841 | 742 | 206 | 38 | 159 | 57.4 | 0.0 | 62.2 | 60.2 |
| 2003-04 | LAL | 1,439 | 769 | 196 | 34 | 166 | 58.4 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 57.8 |
| 2004-05 |  MIA | 1,669 | 760 | 200 | 36 | 171 | 60.1 | 0.0 | 46.1 | 58.3 |
| 2005-06 | MIA | 1,181 | 541 | 113 | 23 | 104 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 46.9 | 58.6 |
| 2006-07 | MIA | 690 | 297 | 79 | 8 | 55 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 42.2 | 56.7 |
| 2007-08 |  MIA/PHX | 832 | 554 | 93 | 32 | 88 | 59.3 | 0.0 | 50.3 | 58.9 |
| 2008-09 | PHX | 1,333 | 633 | 126 | 49 | 108 | 60.9 | 0.0 | 59.5 | 62.3 |
| 2009-10 |  CLE | 636 | 355 | 80 | 15 | 62 | 56.6 | 0.0 | 49.6 | 56.5 |
| 2010-11 |  BOS | 341 | 178 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 55.7 | 65.9 |
What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · FG% · 3P% · FT% · TS%