Over the next week, we'll be taking a closer look at Illinois basketball's updated career leaders in major statistical categories to see if any members of the current roster can etch their names into the record books. Today's post will look at the All-Time Steal List.
| RANK | PLAYER | YEARS | FR. | SO. | JR. | SR. | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Douglas | (1982-86) | 78 | 73 | 85 | 88 | 324 |
| 2 | Dee Brown | (2002-06) | 57 | 51 | 70 | 53 | 231 |
| 3 | Kendall Gill | (1986-90) | 39 | 65 | 51 | 63 | 218 |
| 4 | Frank Williams | (1999-02) | 74 | 67 | 71 | X | 212 |
| 5 | Sergio McClain | (1997-01) | 40 | 71 | 53 | 46 | 210 |
| 6 | Derek Harper | (1980-83) | 39 | 67 | 72 | X | 178 |
| 7 | Kiwane Garris | (1993-97) | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 163 |
| T-8 | Kenny Battle | (1987-89) | 72 | 89 | X | X | 161 |
| T-8 | Mark Smith* | (1977-81) | 37 | 39 | 35 | 36 | 161 |
| 10 | Luther Head | (2001-05) | 34 | 27 | 30 | 67 | 158 |
Asterisks denote minor discrepancies between total career steals, and the sum of yearly totals from basketball reference; this is possibly due to the exclusion of postseason games on the stat sheet PDFs.