Most steals in a team's first 40 games of a WNBA season
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Teresa Weatherspoon leads with 100 steals through all 30 of NYL's games of 1998, first of 4,931 player-seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Teresa Weatherspoon (1998 NYL)1998 | 100 | |
 Tamika Catchings (2009 IND)2009 | 99 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2002 IND)2002 | 94 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2006 IND)2006 | 94 | |
 Gabby Williams (2025 SEA)2025 | 92 | |
 Rhyne Howard (2026 ATL)2026 | 92 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2005 IND)2005 | 90 | |
| Angel McCoughtry (2013 ATL)2013 | 89 | |
 Sheryl Swoopes (2002 HOU)2002 | 88 | |
| Sheryl Swoopes (2000 HOU)2000 | 87 | |
 Jordin Canada (2023 LAS)2023 | 86 | |
| Tamika Catchings (2013 IND)2013 | 85 | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (1997 NYL)1997 | 85 | |
 Brittney Sykes (2023 WAS)2023 | 84 | |
| Kim Perrot (1998 HOU)1998 | 84 | |
 Yolanda Griffith (2000 SAC)2000 | 83 | |
 Debbie Black (2001 MIA)2001 | 82 | |
| Sancho Lyttle (2012 ATL)2012 | 82 | |
 Arike Ogunbowale (2024 DAL)2024 | 81 | |
 Nicky Anosike (2009 MIN)2009 | 81 | |
 Jia Perkins (2013 SAN)2013 | 80 | |
| Alexis Hornbuckle (2008 DET)2008 | 79 | |
 Epiphanny Prince (2011 CHI)2011 | 79 | |
| Teresa Weatherspoon (1999 NYL)1999 | 78 | |
| Debbie Black (1999 UTA)1999 | 77 |