Can you name the NBA career steals leaders?

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NBA Steals Leaders Quiz

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Published: May 8th, 2009
Category: Sports
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Tags: NBA Quizzes, player, rank, leader, career, steal

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	danzam:	May 8th, 2009 at 18:50 GMT	3 points
	hooray for stealing!

	el_barto:	May 8th, 2009 at 18:55 GMT	6 points
	When in doubt, name the Dream Team.

	BelowZero:	May 8th, 2009 at 19:00 GMT	6 points
	Is there a name weirder/cooler than Mookie Blaylock?

	dan8402:	May 8th, 2009 at 19:16 GMT	16 points
	@BelowZero: How about Fat Lever?

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	May 8th, 2009 at 19:25 GMT	6 points
	Like with Blocks, note that steals are only counted since the early '70s.

	BelowZero:	May 8th, 2009 at 20:09 GMT	1 point
	Fat Lever is just a name t hat would have gotten you picked on in grade school.

	ArtVandaley:	May 8th, 2009 at 20:22 GMT	6 points
	In the description you might want to say that steals became an official stat in 1973. I guessed tons of players who did not have steals as a stat when they played.

	Rom:	May 8th, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	6 points
	There are so many coaches here: Maurice Cheeks Clyde Drexler (college) Isiah Thomas Magic Johnson (1993-94) Terry Porter Doc Rivers Larry Bird Nate McMillan All of these HAVE been coaches.

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	evolve:	May 8th, 2009 at 21:45 GMT	-2 points
	So, who was the other "Jones" 27% of you were going for when you got Eddie Jones? I wouldn't have guessed him if you gave me 10 tries and told me he was a Miami Heat shooting guard.

	ted:	May 8th, 2009 at 22:06 GMT	13 points
	Very impressive that Olajuwon is so high up there as a center. He must lead among centers by a wide margin.

	mister_pianoman:	May 8th, 2009 at 22:34 GMT	7 points
	There must be 50 ways to love your lever.

	tannem:	May 8th, 2009 at 22:52 GMT	4 points
	@Sal: Jones is a common last name. I always give it a try in quizzes like this.

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	May 9th, 2009 at 03:41 GMT	3 points
	Jack, what the hell are you doing? ... Sal, I was actually thinking of Bobby Jones, the old Sixers forward who was known as a defensive stud. But his career wasn't that long and he came up 150 steals short of this list. Eddie Jones was a good player and I might have thought of him eventually, but I'm not sure. ... Ted, Olajuwon is the only player with 200 steals and 200 blocks in a season. The next center on the steals list appears to be David Robinson, in 42nd with 1388. ... If you count ABA stats, Dr. J would have almost 2300 steals.

	JohnJF:	May 9th, 2009 at 04:21 GMT	4 points
	Alvin Robertson? Um, okay, sure, I was thinking of him and not any other Robertson.

	drhaase:	May 9th, 2009 at 07:26 GMT	-3 points
	i was putting in Rivers as time ran out...17/30...NBA is definitely my weakest American sport when it comes to useless knowledge

	ku_sucks:	May 9th, 2009 at 19:17 GMT	-1 points
	question: why are there no asterisks for active players, a la other sporcle sports quizzes?

	MarloStanfield:	May 9th, 2009 at 22:16 GMT	0 points
	Fat Lever was an amazing rebounder for his size.

	TKlabz28:	May 10th, 2009 at 16:32 GMT	3 points
	If Chris Paul keeps it up, he will be on this list.

	sub:	May 11th, 2009 at 12:56 GMT	1 point
	Barring injury, Kobe should be #30 on this list after next season

	Jack:	May 11th, 2009 at 16:24 GMT	2 points
	The diversty of position is pretty interesting. Also, I am not the same guy who listed all the answers.

	jpm:	Jul 5th, 2009 at 09:08 GMT	4 points
	I love these basketball quizzes because they remind us of how great John Stockton was... it's hard to imagine his assists/steals records ever being beaten, since you basically have to lead the league for 15 years without injury to even come close.

	Zeppelin1985:	Aug 12th, 2009 at 11:34 GMT	1 point
	I didn't think I'd get 20/30. Interesting list. Who would've guessed "The Dream", well I did lol!

	Coulton:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 14:57 GMT	0 points
	took awhile to guess mullin.... other than that, piece of piss. 4:49 remaining

	JukaiBallin:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 19:18 GMT	0 points
	22/30, but shoulda done better. Should have thought of Ron Harper and gotten Derek by luck!

	skinnyd:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 00:24 GMT	1 point
	surprised Tim Hardaway wasn't on here. Steals only became a stat in 73-74 season.

	grossekugeln:	Jan 7th, 2011 at 00:47 GMT	0 points
	Doug Christie my ass.

	kash_rulez:	Feb 5th, 2011 at 21:48 GMT	1 point
	I think Hornacek got alot of his steals because of stocktons D.

	Pilgab:	Apr 11th, 2011 at 19:13 GMT	2 points
	Iverson is not an active NBA player.

	Saints09:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 16:28 GMT	1 point
	World B. Free

	hollabackitsobi:	May 18th, 2011 at 17:12 GMT	2 points
	This is why Hakeem Olajuwon is the greatest center in NBA history. I'm not just saying this as a biased (and proud) Nigerian, but because of his complete skillset. While centers like Wilt and Shaq dominated due to sheer physical presence, Hakeem mastered opponents through the "Dream Shake", and he excelled in areas (steals, jump shots, free throw shooting) where other centers are nonexistent. He recorded a quadruple double (and missed another by an assist), and is still the all-time leader in blocks and in the TOP FREAKING TEN in steals. Mind-boggling.

	sunsfan99:	Jun 12th, 2011 at 00:13 GMT	1 point
	i got the 1st 6 in a row

	Joker21:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 20:16 GMT	1 point
	Wouldn't have thought of JK.

	baseball100:	Jan 18th, 2012 at 00:58 GMT	1 point
	Great Quiz Long Live Legends.