Last season, while he was still with the Houston Rockets, Chris Paul worked his way into the top-10 NBA All-Time Steal Leaders, bumping out Karl Malone (2,085). He also surpassed Alvin Robertson (2,112) to enter the 2019-20 season as No. 9 all-time.
In his first year with the Thunder, Paul has surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon (2,162) and, most recently, Clyde Drexler (2,207) on the list. He is now seventh all-time in steals.
Scottie Pippen (2,307) is Paul’s next target, but he that’ll have to wait until 2020-21. (With 25 games left in 2019-20 and Paul needing 100 steals to pass Pippen, he would need to average four steals a night for the rest of the season to move into sixth place all-time by the end of 2019-20.)
Given he’s now seventh all-time on the NBA Steal Leaders list, it only seemed fitting to look at the seven best steals he’s had since he joined the Thunder:
7. Back on December 18, Paul had two steals in OKC’s 126-122 with over the Memphis Grizzlies — one of his 25 multi-steal performances of the season.
He best steal came late in the fourth. This one was a display of Paul’s ability to clog the passing lanes, even when it may seem like he’s lost sight of his man.
Defense ➡️ Offense. @CP3 all over the place. #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/EA6hEAl4tK
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) December 19, 2019