John Houston Stockton is an American former professional basketball player, born in 1962, who spent his entire nineteen season NBA career with the Utah Jazz from 1984 to 2003, reaching the playoffs every season and leading the team to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, both losses to the Chicago Bulls. He holds the NBA's all time records for career assists, with 15,806, and career steals, with 3,265, by wide margins over any other player, and led the league in assists for nine consecutive seasons. A ten time All-Star who was named to the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Career HighlightHolds the NBA record for career steals with 3,265 1 Classification
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Did John Stockton play in the Olympics?
He won two Olympic gold medals with the United States team in 1992 and 1996.
Yes. John Stockton was selected for the 1992 United States Dream Team, the first American Olympic basketball team to feature professional players, and it won the gold medal in Barcelona. He returned for a second gold medal in Atlanta in 1996. Olympedia lists two Olympic gold medals for him, which sit alongside his long NBA career with the Utah Jazz.
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As of March 2026, Stockton holds the NBA record for career steals with 3,265.
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John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player.
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In 2009, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as an individual, and again in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States Olympic basketball team.
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