In terms of the 2023 year, Jordin Canada sat in first place in thefts with 86. Positioned in 2nd was Brittney Sykes, earning a steals total of 84. With a total of 73, Alyssa Thomas held on to the third position. Finishing out the top five were Arike Ogunbowale (69) in addition to Satou Sabally (68).
2023 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Jordin Canada |
86 |
2nd |
Brittney Sykes |
84 |
3rd |
Alyssa Thomas |
73 |
4th |
Arike Ogunbowale |
69 |
5th |
Satou Sabally |
68 |
6th |
Napheesa Collier |
61 |
7th |
Nneka Ogwumike |
61 |
8th |
Breanna Stewart |
58 |
9th |
Chelsea Gray |
57 |
10th |
A’ja Wilson |
55 |
11th |
Aliyah Boston |
53 |
12th |
Jackie Young |
52 |
13th |
Rhyne Howard |
51 |
14th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
51 |
15th |
Elizabeth Williams |
50 |
16th |
Natasha Howard |
50 |
17th |
Alanna Smith |
49 |
18th |
Kayla McBride |
47 |
19th |
Ezi Magbegor |
45 |
20th |
Erica Wheeler |
44 |
21st |
Cheyenne Parker |
43 |
22nd |
Moriah Jefferson |
43 |
23rd |
Kelsey Plum |
43 |
24th |
Jordan Horston |
43 |
25th |
DeWanna Bonner |
42 |
26th |
Azura Stevens |
41 |
27th |
Allisha Gray |
40 |
28th |
Brianna Turner |
39 |
29th |
Natasha Cloud |
39 |
30th |
Courtney Williams |
38 |
2022 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Brittney Sykes |
65 |
2nd |
Alyssa Thomas |
62 |
3rd |
Chelsea Gray |
57 |
4th |
Nneka Ogwumike |
56 |
5th |
Shey Peddy |
54 |
6th |
Breanna Stewart |
54 |
7th |
Gabby Williams |
53 |
8th |
Rhyne Howard |
53 |
9th |
Aari McDonald |
52 |
10th |
A’ja Wilson |
52 |
11th |
Emma Meesseman |
50 |
12th |
Ariel Atkins |
49 |
13th |
Rebekah Gardner |
49 |
14th |
Jackie Young |
48 |
15th |
Skylar Diggins-Smith |
47 |
16th |
Natasha Howard |
45 |
17th |
Arike Ogunbowale |
45 |
18th |
Brionna Jones |
44 |
19th |
Jordin Canada |
44 |
20th |
Brianna Turner |
43 |
21st |
Natisha Hiedeman |
42 |
22nd |
Aerial Powers |
42 |
23rd |
DeWanna Bonner |
41 |
24th |
Sabrina Ionescu |
39 |
25th |
Jewell Loyd |
39 |
26th |
Kayla Thornton |
39 |
27th |
Cheyenne Parker |
38 |
28th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
38 |
29th |
Sue Bird |
38 |
30th |
Victoria Vivians |
37 |
2021 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Brittney Sykes |
58 |
2nd |
Sylvia Fowles |
56 |
3rd |
Courtney Vandersloot |
54 |
4th |
Ariel Atkins |
48 |
5th |
Jewell Loyd |
46 |
6th |
Brionna Jones |
44 |
7th |
Erica Wheeler |
43 |
8th |
DeWanna Bonner |
40 |
9th |
Rebecca Allen |
40 |
10th |
Jasmine Thomas |
39 |
11th |
Diamond DeShields |
38 |
12th |
Napheesa Collier |
38 |
13th |
Danielle Robinson |
38 |
14th |
Chelsea Gray |
37 |
15th |
Monique Billings |
37 |
16th |
Odyssey Sims |
37 |
17th |
Natasha Cloud |
37 |
18th |
Arike Ogunbowale |
36 |
19th |
Elizabeth Williams |
36 |
20th |
Jackie Young |
36 |
21st |
Victoria Vivians |
35 |
22nd |
Skylar Diggins-Smith |
34 |
23rd |
Kelsey Mitchell |
34 |
24th |
Courtney Williams |
34 |
25th |
Jonquel Jones |
34 |
26th |
Breanna Stewart |
33 |
27th |
Tiffany Hayes |
33 |
28th |
Marina Mabrey |
32 |
29th |
Sami Whitcomb |
31 |
30th |
Dearica Hamby |
31 |
2020 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Alyssa Thomas |
42 |
2nd |
Napheesa Collier |
40 |
3rd |
Ariel Atkins |
40 |
4th |
Natasha Howard |
38 |
5th |
DeWanna Bonner |
37 |
6th |
Dearica Hamby |
37 |
7th |
Arike Ogunbowale |
35 |
8th |
Betnijah Laney |
35 |
9th |
Brionna Jones |
35 |
10th |
Chelsea Gray |
34 |
11th |
Alysha Clark |
33 |
12th |
Breanna Stewart |
33 |
13th |
Jewell Loyd |
32 |
14th |
Myisha Hines-Allen |
31 |
15th |
Brittney Sykes |
31 |
16th |
Lexie Brown |
31 |
17th |
Jordin Canada |
30 |
18th |
Gabby Williams |
29 |
19th |
Angel McCoughtry |
29 |
20th |
Jazmine Jones |
28 |
21st |
A’ja Wilson |
27 |
22nd |
Courtney Vandersloot |
26 |
23rd |
Candace Parker |
26 |
24th |
Kayla McBride |
26 |
25th |
Cheyenne Parker |
26 |
26th |
Julie Allemand |
25 |
27th |
Damiris Dantas |
25 |
28th |
Marina Mabrey |
25 |
29th |
Emma Meesseman |
24 |
30th |
Brianna Turner |
24 |
2019 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Natasha Howard |
74 |
2nd |
Jordin Canada |
68 |
3rd |
Alyssa Thomas |
66 |
4th |
Napheesa Collier |
65 |
5th |
Nneka Ogwumike |
60 |
6th |
Jasmine Thomas |
48 |
7th |
Ariel Atkins |
48 |
8th |
Betnijah Laney |
48 |
9th |
Brittany Boyd |
47 |
10th |
Odyssey Sims |
46 |
11th |
Courtney Williams |
46 |
12th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
45 |
13th |
DeWanna Bonner |
44 |
14th |
Diamond DeShields |
43 |
15th |
Jonquel Jones |
43 |
16th |
Jessica Breland |
42 |
17th |
Allisha Gray |
42 |
18th |
Danielle Robinson |
42 |
19th |
Kayla McBride |
41 |
20th |
Erica Wheeler |
40 |
21st |
Glory Johnson |
39 |
22nd |
Mercedes Russell |
37 |
23rd |
Sami Whitcomb |
36 |
24th |
Natasha Cloud |
35 |
25th |
Isabelle Harrison |
35 |
26th |
Arike Ogunbowale |
35 |
27th |
Jewell Loyd |
35 |
28th |
Shekinna Stricklen |
34 |
29th |
Chelsea Gray |
33 |
30th |
Alysha Clark |
33 |
2018 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Maya Moore |
57 |
2nd |
Gabby Williams |
56 |
3rd |
Sylvia Fowles |
49 |
4th |
Chelsea Gray |
48 |
5th |
Breanna Stewart |
46 |
6th |
Skylar Diggins-Smith |
46 |
7th |
Renee Montgomery |
45 |
8th |
Allisha Gray |
44 |
9th |
Natasha Howard |
44 |
10th |
Alana Beard |
44 |
11th |
DeWanna Bonner |
43 |
12th |
Jewell Loyd |
43 |
13th |
Nneka Ogwumike |
42 |
14th |
Kristi Toliver |
40 |
15th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
40 |
16th |
Alex Bentley |
40 |
17th |
Jessica Breland |
39 |
18th |
Ariel Atkins |
39 |
19th |
Candace Parker |
38 |
20th |
Angel McCoughtry |
38 |
21st |
Jasmine Thomas |
37 |
22nd |
Diamond DeShields |
37 |
23rd |
Brittany Boyd |
37 |
24th |
Tiffany Hayes |
36 |
25th |
Kayla Thornton |
35 |
26th |
Sue Bird |
35 |
27th |
Chiney Ogwumike |
35 |
28th |
LaToya Sanders |
35 |
29th |
Kayla McBride |
33 |
30th |
Victoria Vivians |
32 |
2017 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Alana Beard |
71 |
2nd |
Maya Moore |
64 |
3rd |
Nneka Ogwumike |
63 |
4th |
Allisha Gray |
52 |
5th |
Alyssa Thomas |
52 |
6th |
Jasmine Thomas |
51 |
7th |
Candace Parker |
48 |
8th |
Erica Wheeler |
47 |
9th |
Skylar Diggins-Smith |
45 |
10th |
Odyssey Sims |
45 |
11th |
Sancho Lyttle |
45 |
12th |
Sylvia Fowles |
44 |
13th |
Jewell Loyd |
43 |
14th |
Karima Christmas-Kelly |
42 |
15th |
Shekinna Stricklen |
42 |
16th |
Tiffany Hayes |
41 |
17th |
Glory Johnson |
41 |
18th |
Breanna Stewart |
38 |
19th |
Jia Perkins |
37 |
20th |
Tamera Young |
36 |
21st |
Chelsea Gray |
36 |
22nd |
Elizabeth Williams |
36 |
23rd |
Sue Bird |
36 |
24th |
Danielle Robinson |
35 |
25th |
Epiphanny Prince |
35 |
26th |
Kayla McBride |
34 |
27th |
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt |
33 |
28th |
Rebekkah Brunson |
33 |
29th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
33 |
30th |
Moriah Jefferson |
33 |
2016 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Tamika Catchings |
62 |
2nd |
Alana Beard |
58 |
3rd |
Moriah Jefferson |
55 |
4th |
Maya Moore |
53 |
5th |
Brittany Boyd |
52 |
6th |
Angel McCoughtry |
52 |
7th |
Candace Parker |
47 |
8th |
Sylvia Fowles |
45 |
9th |
DeWanna Bonner |
44 |
10th |
Alyssa Thomas |
44 |
11th |
Jasmine Thomas |
43 |
12th |
Jewell Loyd |
42 |
13th |
Breanna Stewart |
42 |
14th |
Nneka Ogwumike |
42 |
15th |
Karima Christmas-Kelly |
41 |
16th |
Emma Meesseman |
41 |
17th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
41 |
18th |
Tiffany Hayes |
40 |
19th |
Sancho Lyttle |
39 |
20th |
Sydney Colson |
38 |
21st |
Camille Little |
38 |
22nd |
Penny Taylor |
38 |
23rd |
Essence Carson |
37 |
24th |
Odyssey Sims |
37 |
25th |
Jamierra Faulkner |
36 |
26th |
Briann January |
36 |
27th |
Sugar Rodgers |
35 |
28th |
Tayler Hill |
35 |
29th |
Shenise Johnson |
35 |
30th |
Sue Bird |
34 |
2015 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Angel McCoughtry |
72 |
2nd |
Maya Moore |
56 |
3rd |
Tamika Catchings |
55 |
4th |
Sancho Lyttle |
54 |
5th |
Alex Bentley |
49 |
6th |
Matee Ajavon |
47 |
7th |
Epiphanny Prince |
47 |
8th |
Courtney Vandersloot |
45 |
9th |
DeWanna Bonner |
44 |
10th |
Riquna Williams |
43 |
11th |
Marissa Coleman |
42 |
12th |
Camille Little |
42 |
13th |
Sophia Young-Malcolm |
42 |
14th |
Jasmine Thomas |
41 |
15th |
Jia Perkins |
38 |
16th |
Rebekkah Brunson |
37 |
17th |
Crystal Langhorne |
37 |
18th |
Leilani Mitchell |
35 |
19th |
Shenise Johnson |
35 |
20th |
Brittany Boyd |
35 |
21st |
Candice Dupree |
34 |
22nd |
Karima Christmas-Kelly |
34 |
23rd |
Elena Delle Donne |
33 |
24th |
Monique Currie |
31 |
25th |
Emma Meesseman |
31 |
26th |
Candace Parker |
31 |
27th |
Briann January |
30 |
28th |
Renee Montgomery |
29 |
29th |
Natasha Cloud |
29 |
30th |
Tayler Hill |
29 |
2014 WNBA Steals Leaders
STL Rank |
Player |
STL |
1st |
Sancho Lyttle |
74 |
2nd |
Angel McCoughtry |
74 |
3rd |
Maya Moore |
64 |
4th |
Erlana Larkins |
64 |
5th |
Nneka Ogwumike |
58 |
6th |
Danielle Robinson |
55 |
7th |
Candace Parker |
54 |
8th |
Armintie Herrington |
51 |
9th |
Skylar Diggins-Smith |
50 |
10th |
DeWanna Bonner |
49 |
11th |
Epiphanny Prince |
49 |
12th |
Emma Meesseman |
48 |
13th |
Glory Johnson |
45 |
14th |
Alex Bentley |
44 |
15th |
Tina Charles |
44 |
16th |
Anna Cruz |
44 |
17th |
Odyssey Sims |
44 |
18th |
Janel McCarville |
40 |
19th |
Penny Taylor |
40 |
20th |
Kelsey Griffin |
39 |
21st |
Briann January |
38 |
22nd |
Sophia Young-Malcolm |
37 |
23rd |
Alana Beard |
37 |
24th |
Erika de Souza |
37 |
25th |
Monique Currie |
36 |
26th |
Chiney Ogwumike |
36 |
27th |
Alyssa Thomas |
35 |
28th |
Tiffany Hayes |
34 |
29th |
Cappie Pondexter |
34 |
30th |
Camille Little |
34 |