List of Women's National Basketball Association career steals leaders

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The following is a list of the players who have achieved the most steals during their WNBA careers. Active players are in bold.

WNBA Most steals recorded
Rank Player Steals Team(s) played for (years)
1 Tamika Catchings 1074 Indiana Fever (2002–2016)
2 Ticha Penicheiro 764 Sacramento Monarchs (1998–2009)
Los Angeles Sparks (2010–2011)
Chicago Sky (2012)
3 Alana Beard 710 Washington Mystics (2004–2011)
Los Angeles Sparks (2012–2019)
4 Sue Bird 659 Seattle Storm (2002–Present)[a]
5 Sheryl Swoopes 657 Houston Comets (1997–2007)[b]
Seattle Storm (2008)
Tulsa Shock (2011)
6 Jia Perkins 635 Charlotte Sting (2004–2005)
Chicago Sky (2006–2010)
San Antonio Stars (2011–2015)
Minnesota Lynx (2016–2017)
7 Sancho Lyttle 634 Houston Comets (2005–2008)
Atlanta Dream (2009–2017)
Phoenix Mercury (2018–2019)
8 Angel McCoughtry 626 Atlanta Dream (2009–2019)
Las Vegas Aces (2020–Present)
9 Katie Douglas 623 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (2001–2007, 2014)
Indiana Fever (2008–2013)
10 DeLisha Milton-Jones 619 Los Angeles Sparks (1999–2004, 2008–2012)
Washington Mystics (2005–2007)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2013)
New York Liberty (2013–2014)
Atlanta Dream (2014–2015)
11 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 580 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (1999–2006)
Los Angeles Sparks (2007)
Washington Mystics (2008)
Detroit Shock (2008–2009)
New York Liberty (2010)
Minnesota Lynx (2011–2012)
12 Tully Bevilaqua 573 Cleveland Rockers (1998)
Portland Fire (2000–2002)
Seattle Storm (2003–2004)
Indiana Fever (2005–2010)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2011–2012)
13 Yolanda Griffith 529 Sacramento Monarchs (1999–2007)
Seattle Storm (2008)
Indiana Fever (2009)
14 Lindsay Whalen 500 Connecticut Sun (2004–2009)
Minnesota Lynx (2010–2018)
15 Shannon Johnson 494 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (1999–2003)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2004–2006)
Detroit Shock (2007)
Houston Comets (2008)
Seattle Storm (2009)
16 Lisa Leslie 492 Los Angeles Sparks (1997–2009)[c]
17 Nykesha Sales 490 Orlando Miracle/Connecticut Sun (1999–2007)
18 Becky Hammon 488 New York Liberty (1999–2006)
San Antonio Stars (2007–2014)
19 Penny Taylor 480 Cleveland Rockers (2001–2003)
Phoenix Mercury (2004–2016)[d]
20 Sophia Young-Malcolm 477 San Antonio Stars (2006–2015)
21 Teresa Weatherspoon 465 New York Liberty (1997–2003)
Los Angeles Sparks (2004)
22 Rebekkah Brunson 459 Sacramento Monarchs (2004–2009)
Minnesota Lynx (2010–2018)
23 Diana Taurasi 458 Phoenix Mercury (2004–Present)[e]
24 Tangela Smith 456 Sacramento Monarchs (1998–2004)
Charlotte Sting (2005–2006)
Phoenix Mercury (2007–2010)
Indiana Fever (2011)
San Antonio Silver Stars (2012)
25 Tina Thompson 453 Houston Comets (1997–2008)
Los Angeles Sparks (2009–2011)
Seattle Storm (2012–2013)

All statistics are up to date as of the end of the 2020 WNBA season.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Bird did not play the 2013 season and 2019 season because of knee surgery.
  2. ^ Swoopes missed the 2001 season due to an injury.
  3. ^ Leslie did not play the 2007 season because of a pregnancy leave.
  4. ^ Taylor did not play the 2008 season due to the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 season due to an knee injury, and 2015 season due to personal reasons.
  5. ^ Taurasi did not play the 2015 season at the request of her Russian Premier League team, UMMC Ekaterinburg.

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