Most steals in a team's first 20 games of a WNBA season
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Teresa Weatherspoon leads with 67 steals through NYL's first 20 games of 1998, first of 4,931 player-seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Teresa Weatherspoon (1998 NYL)1998 | 67 | |
 Tamika Catchings (2007 IND)2007 | 63 | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (1997 NYL)1997 | 63 | |
 Epiphanny Prince (2011 CHI)2011 | 62 | |
 Sheryl Swoopes (2000 HOU)2000 | 61 | |
 Angel McCoughtry (2013 ATL)2013 | 59 | |
 Nicky Anosike (2009 MIN)2009 | 58 | |
| Sheryl Swoopes (2002 HOU)2002 | 57 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2010 IND)2010 | 57 | |
| Kim Perrot (1998 HOU)1998 | 54 | |
| Rita Williams (2000 IND)2000 | 54 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2005 IND)2005 | 54 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2013 IND)2013 | 54 | |
 Yolanda Griffith (2000 SAC)2000 | 54 | |
 Arike Ogunbowale (2024 DAL)2024 | 53 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2009 IND)2009 | 53 | |
 Sophia Young-Malcolm (2012 SAN)2012 | 52 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2002 IND)2002 | 52 | |
| Debbie Black (1999 UTA)1999 | 51 | |
 Gabby Williams (2025 SEA)2025 | 51 | |
| Rhyne Howard (2026 ATL)2026 | 50 | |
| Sancho Lyttle (2012 ATL)2012 | 50 | |
| Sheryl Swoopes (1999 HOU)1999 | 50 | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (1999 NYL)1999 | 50 | |
 Alana Beard (2009 WAS)2009 | 49 |