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{{Short description|List of Snipers}}
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A ''']''' is a trained ] who operates alone, ], or with a ] to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel. A ''']''' is a trained ] who operates alone, ], or with a ] to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel.


==Military snipers== ==Military snipers==
Some '''notable military snipers''' include: Some '''notable military snipers''' include


{| class="wikitable sortable"
===American===
|-
* ] (1824{{spaced ndash}}1893), commanded 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters during the ].<ref name=senich>{{cite book |last=Senich|first=Peter R.|title = The Complete Book of U.S. Sniping|year=1988| publisher = ]|location=Boulder| isbn= 978-0-87364-460-0|pages=50–57 }}</ref>
! width="130pt" |Name
* ] and ] were ] snipers who were posthumously awarded the ] for their unsuccessful attempt to protect the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the ].<ref name="Durant">{{Cite book |title=] |authorlink=Michael Durant |last=Durant|first= Michael J. |last2=Hartov|first2= Steve |publisher=Putnam Publishing Group |year= 2003 |isbn=0-399-15060-9}}</ref>
! Lived
* ] (1942{{spaced ndash}}1999), renowned United States Marine Corps sniper with 93 confirmed kills.<ref>{{Cite book |ref=harv|last=Sasser|first=Charles |last2=Roberts|first2=Craig | title = One Shot, One Kill|edition=1990|year=1990| publisher = ]| isbn= 978-0-671-68219-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Harold |title=Marine Corps Sets Sights on More Precise Shooting |publisher=National Defense Magazine |date=March 2003 |url=http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2003/Mar/Marine_Corps_Sets.htm |accessdate=2007-03-30 |quote=Founded in 1977, ] first staff NCOIC was the famed sniper, Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock II, who was credited with 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam. |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070130171546/http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2003/Mar/Marine_Corps_Sets.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = January 30, 2007}}</ref>
! Active
* ], a sniper with the ] deployed in Afghanistan in 2009 with 33 confirmed kills.<ref>{{cite news |title='The Reaper' is gripping autobiography of sniper who killed record 33 Taliban in Afghanistan deployment |first=Sherryl |last=Connelly |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/reaper-gripping-tale-deadly-u-s-sniper-article-1.2090936 |publisher=Daily News |date=2015-01-24 |accessdate=2015-02-08 }}</ref>
! class="sortable" | Notes
* ] (1974–2013), a former US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buiso|first=Gary|title=Meet the big shot|url=http://nypost.com/2012/01/01/meet-the-big-shot/|accessdate=2 February 2015|date=1 January 2012}}</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Confirmed<br />sniper kills
* ] (born 1975), a United States Navy SEAL known for being the lone surviving member of SDV Team 1 in the Operation Red Wings ambush in Afghanistan, 2005.<ref>{{cite book|last=Luttrell|first=Marcus|title=Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Lone_Survivor.html?id=i2Gfu-algOwC|date=12 June 2007|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|isbn=978-0-316-06759-1|pages=390}}</ref>
! width="120pt" |Nationality
*], US citizen and captain in the ], during the First World War.
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
* ] (born 1949), a United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103).<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |title=A Sniper at Peace With His Duties |first=Tony |last=Perry |url=http://articles.latimes.com/print/2000/jan/22/news/mn-56566 |publisher=] |date=2000-01-22 |accessdate=2011-04-16 }}</ref>
| data-sort-value="Adamia, Noah Petrovich" | ]
* ] was an ] sniper who killed British General ] during the ].<ref name=senich/>
| 1919–1942
* ], former American special forces major.<ref>{{cite book|title =Special operations forces and elusive enemy ground targets: lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War|publisher= ]|first= William |last=Rosenau|year= 2001 |ISBN = 978-0-8330-3071-9 |page=17}}</ref>
| 1938–1942
* ] (1933{{spaced ndash}}1995), a United States Army sniper who formerly held the record for the most confirmed kills by a US military sniper (109).<ref>{{cite book |last=Kirchner|first=Paul | title = More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived|year=2009| publisher = ]| location=Boulder|isbn= 978-1-58160-690-4}}</ref>
| A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sevastopol.su/faces/adamiya-noy-petrovich |title=Адамия Ной Петрович |website= sevastopol.su|date=January 2000 |access-date=2021-01-16}}</ref> Trained another 80 snipers within a couple of months during the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://airaces.narod.ru/snipers/m1/adamiya.htm|title=Адамия Ной Петрович - советский снайпер Великой Отечественной войны - Ворошиловские стрелки. Русские снайперы Великой Отечественной войны|website=airaces.narod.ru}}</ref>
* ] (1887{{spaced ndash}}1964), ], an expert sharpshooter using an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse-Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in ]. ] recipient.
| data-sort-value="200.200" | 200+
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===Australian===
| data-sort-value="Berdan, Hiram" | ]
* ] of the Australian ] was awarded the ] for his actions in 2006 during ] in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nicholson|first=Brendan|title=You think I'm brave? Meet my mates: Ben Roberts-Smith|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/you-think-im-brave-meet-my-mates-ben-roberts-smith/story-fn59niix-1226043546948|work=theaustralian.com.au|publisher=The Australian|accessdate=11 February 2012|date=23 April 2011}}</ref>
| 1824–1893 |1824–1893
* ] served as a sniper with Australia's ] post World War 2. He became one of the most effective snipers during the ]. In one morning he killed 30 enemy soldiers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831474340.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=A sniper's tale | date=26 April 2004}}</ref>
| 1861–1864
* ], an Australian soldier in WW1 was credited with over 150 confirmed kills.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hamilton|first= J. C. M. |year=2008|title=Gallipoli Sniper: The life of Billy Sing|location=Sydney|publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia|page=6|ISBN =978-1-4050-3865-2}}</ref>
| The commander of the 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters during the American Civil War.<ref name="ACWS">{{Cite web|url=https://acws.co.uk/archives-history-hiram_berdan_usss|title=Hiram Berdan and the US Sharpshooters|publisher=American Civil War Society}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="0" | N/A
| {{flag|United States}}


|- style="vertical-align: top;"
===British===
| data-sort-value="Davis, Herman" | ]
*], (1875{{spaced ndash}}1969), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, First World War. A Scottish laird and roe-deer stalker, who was instrumental in the creation of the first professional sniper school within the British First Army in France 1914-15.
| 1888–1923
* ] (born 1975), British Army sniper who achieved the longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475m) using the ] L115A3 Long Range Rifle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_british_sniper_craig_harrison_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html|title= British sniper Craig Harrison (The Silent Assassin) breaks record, kills target from 1.5 miles away|publisher=New York Daily News'|date= May 3, 2010}}</ref>
| 1918
* ], (1876{{spaced ndash}}1922) an explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War.
| American sniper of the First World War, awarded the ], the Croix de Guerre with palm, the ] and the ] awards from the American and ] governments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=56549|title=DAVIS (VETERAN WWI, FAMOUS), HERMAN – Mississippi County, Arkansas {{!}} HERMAN DAVIS (VETERAN WWI, FAMOUS) – Arkansas Gravestone Photos|website=arkansasgravestones.org|access-date=2018-01-21}}</ref><ref>Pegler, Martin (June 2017), "The Allies Strike Back: The Genesis of Sniping, Part 5", ''American Rifleman'', 60–63; 63.</ref>
* Unnamed Royal Marine corporal, reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2015 with 173 confirmed kills mostly with the L115A3 ] in 2006-7, including over 90 Taliban in one day.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2935918/The-world-s-deadly-sniper-Royal-Marine-said-173-confirmed-kills-coming-one-six-month-tour-Afghanistan.html| title= Deadlier than American sniper Chris Kyle: With 173 kills, Marine is revealed as the world's deadliest | date=February 2, 2015 | first=Larisa | last=Brown | newspaper=The Daily Mail}}</ref>
| 60
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===Canadian===
| data-sort-value="Dyachenko, Fedir" | ]
* ], a Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance.<ref name="macleans">{{citation|authorlink=Michael Friscolanti|last=Friscolanti,| first=Michael|url=http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20060515_126689_126689 |title=We were abandoned|publisher= Rogers Publishing|date= May 15, 2006|pages= 18–25}}</ref>
| 1917–1995
* ], a sniper in the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a German sniper in August 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/aboriginal-veterans/native-soldiers/norwest|title=Sharpshooter: Henry Louis Norwest|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref>
| 1932–1946
* ] (1875-1959), ] during World War One. 88 confirmed kills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://21stbattalion.ca/tributeos/paudash_j.html|title=Johnson Paudash MM|publisher=http://21stbattalion.ca/|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref>
* ], a ] sniper in ] who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills.<ref>{{cite book| last=Brownlie|first=Robin | title = A Fatherly Eye: Indian Agents, Government Power, and Aboriginal Resistance in Ontario, 1918–1939|year=2003| publisher = ]| isbn= 978-0-19-541784-5|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=sF5Cey6p-bcC&lpg=PP1&dq=A%20Fatherly%20Eye%3A%20Indian%20Agents%2C%20Government%20Power%2C%20and%20Aboriginal%20Resistance%20in%20Ontario%2C&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true |page=63}}</ref>
* ], a Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002.<ref name="macleans"/>
* ], a Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2003.<ref name="macleans"/>


| ] Ukrainian sniper during ], credited with as many as 425 kills and awarded with the ].
===Chinese===
| 425
* ] (1931{{spaced ndash}}2007), a Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills in 32 days.<ref name="Stronge2011">{{cite book|last=Stronge|first=Charles|title=Kill Shot: The 15 Deadliest Snipers of All Time|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-jz1AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=25 January 2011|publisher=Ulysses Press|isbn=978-1-56975-862-5|page=91}}</ref>
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}
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| data-sort-value="Furlong, Rob" | ]
| 1976–
| 1996–2003
| A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance during ], ].<ref name="macleans">{{citation|author-link=Michael Friscolanti|last=Friscolanti| first=Michael|url=http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20060515_126689_126689 |title=We were abandoned|publisher= Rogers Publishing|date= 15 May 2006|pages= 18–25}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="1.1" | 1+
| {{flag|Canada}}


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===German===
| data-sort-value="Furlong, Rob" | ]
* ], (1924{{spaced ndash}}2010), credited with 257 kills on the Eastern Front between 1942 and 1945 during the Second World War.
| 1988–
* ], most famous German sniper on the Eastern Front of the World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit
| 2003–2024
|year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans_title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2}}</ref>
| An Indian ] Sniper, nickname '''Lima'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/hindi-news/news/delhi/nsg-commando-ex-raw-agent-lucky-bishts-biography-raw-hitman-published-s-hussain-zaidi-is-the-author-6112950/|title=एक्स रॉ एजेंट लकी सिंह ज़िन्दगी से रूबरू होगी दुनिया, एस. हुसैन जैदी ने लिखी 'रॉ हिटमैन' बायोग्राफी|website=www.india.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= from modis bodyguard to spending years|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2022/oct/16/from-modis-bodyguard-to-spending-years-in-jail-&ndash;-journey-of-a-filmmaker-2508565.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016082656/https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2022/oct/16/from-modis-bodyguard-to-spending-years-in-jail-&ndash;-journey-of-a-filmmaker-2508565.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2022|website=newindianexpress.com|language=en|date=16 October 2022}}</ref> who has a record of shooting the heads of two gangsters with a single bullet, killing both but till date no agency has been able to prove how he did this.<ref>{{cite web |title= देश के मशहूर लेखक हुसैन जैदी लिखेंगे कमांडो लकी बिष्ट की कहानी, जल्द फिल्म भी बनेगी |url= https://ndtv.in/zara-hatke/amous-writer-hussain-zaidi-will-write-the-story-of-commando-lucky-bisht-soon-a-film-will-also-be-made-3030277 |website=NDTVइण्डिया.com |language=hi |date=24 May 2022}}</ref> He is also alleged to be a contract killer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Dehradun Edition |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110910/dun.htm#3 |website=tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=दोहरे हत्याकांड में लकी कमांडो समेत पांचों आरोपी बरी |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/haldwani/story-five-accused-including-lucky-commando-in-double-murder-casea-acquitted-1837453.html |work=livehindustan.com |date=7 March 2018 |language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=राजू परगई और अमित आर्य के पांचां हत्यारोपी बरी |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/nainital/crime/21520368952-nainital-news |website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/dvb-original/news/the-world-says-nsg-raw-agent-lucky-bisht-my-sir-130971844.html |title= નરેન્દ્ર મોદીના પૂર્વ સુરક્ષા કમાન્ડો સાથે વાતચીત:'દુનિયામાંથી આતંકવાદ ક્યારેય નાબૂદ નહીં થાય', NSG-રૉ એજન્ટ લકી બિષ્ટ કહે છે, 'જોયું તો મારા સાહેબનું માથું જ નહોતું |first=sunil|last=Sharma|date=12 February 2023|website=Danik}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/india/who-is-lucky-bisht-know-about-his-life?amp |title= Who Is Lucky Bisht?|first = Shuriti |last=Govil|date=7 May 2024|website=Maps of India }}</ref> A book has been written on Bisht's life, ] according to which he is. Hitman of ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/lucky-bishts-story-in-the-book-raw-hitman-the-real-story-of-agent-lima/article67037005.ece|title=Lucky Bisht's story in the book 'R.A.W Hitman: The real story of Agent Lima'|newspaper=The Hindu |date=July 4, 2023|via=www.thehindu.com |last1=Murthy |first1=Neeraja }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/lifestyle/the-curious-case-of-former-nsg-commando-raw-agent-lucky-bisht-10924031.html|title=The curious case of former NSG commando & RAW agent Lucky Bisht|date=July 8, 2023|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.takeonedigitalnetwork.com/raw-agent-and-worlds-top-most-sniper-lucky-bisht-announces-sequel-to-his-biopic-novel-curated-by-indias-top-crime-writer-s-hussain-zaidi/ |title= Raw agent and world’s top most Sniper Lucky Bisht Announces Sequel to His Biopic Novel curated by India’s top crime writer S. Hussain Zaidi|first=Shuriti |last=Govil|date=19 Dec 2024|website=Take one India }}</ref> Bisht is the first Indian whose life has been written about in the sequel to '''R.A.W. Hitman2: The Assassinations'''<ref>{{Cite news |author=Jaspreet Kaur |title=RAW एजेंट लकी बिष्ट ने रचा इतिहास ! अंतर्राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर सुर्खियों में छाई सच्चे देशभक्त की कहानी “Raw Hitman 2” |work=Punjab Kesari |date=23 December 2024 |url=https://m.punjabkesari.in/national/news/raw-agent-lucky-bisht-announces-biopic-sequel-raw-hitman-2-2079106 |accessdate=1 January 2025}}</ref> This book was published by the American company ].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Simran Jain |title=Lucky Bisht And S. Hussain Zaidi Unite Once Again For Thrilling Biopic Sequel |work=Times of India |date=17 December 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/lucky-bisht-and-s-hussain-zaidi-unite-once-again-for-thrilling-biopic-sequel/amp_articleshow/116396391.cms |accessdate=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Sakchi Agarwal |title=RAW agent Lucky Bisht announces thrilling sequel to his biographical novel, curated by THIS renowned crime maestro; details inside |work=Pinkvilla |date=14 December 2024 |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/raw-agent-lucky-bisht-announces-thrilling-sequel-to-his-biographical-novel-curated-by-this-renowned-crime-maestro-details-inside-1362710?amp |accessdate=2 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Utkarsh Garhwan |title=R.A.W. एजेंट Lucky Bisht ने अपनी बायोपिक नोवेल के सीक्वल का किया ऐलान, इस मशहूर क्राइम राइटर ने किया है क्यूरेट |work=NBT |date=13 December 2024 |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/famous-snipper-raw-agent-lucky-bisht-announces-sequel-of-his-biopic-novel-know-all-about-it/articleshow/116286857.cms |accessdate=2 January 2025}}</ref>
* ] (died c. 1942) an apocryphal German officer and sniper said to have taken part in the ].<ref name="Haskew2005"/>
* ] (1915{{spaced ndash}}1975), Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War
* ] (1924{{spaced ndash}}2003), credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945 during the Second World War


===Finnish===
* ] (1905{{spaced ndash}}2002), the White Death, a Finnish sniper who holds the record for highest number of confirmed sniper kills. Häyhä was credited with 505 confirmed sniper kills of Soviet soldiers accomplished in fewer than 100 days during the ].<ref name="Stirling2012">{{cite book|last=Stirling|first=Robert|title=Special Forces Sniper Skills|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=gBGlAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=20 December 2012|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-78096-003-6|pages=79–80}}</ref>


===Indonesia===
* ] (1947{{spaced ndash}}2015), was a sniper credited with at least 41 confirmed kills during the ] in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jakarta.coconuts.co/2015/03/04/indonesian-sniper-tatang-koswara-passes-away-68|title="Indonesian Sniper" Tatang Koswara passes away at 68|publisher=Coconuts Media Limited|accessdate=March 4, 2015}}</ref>


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===Iraqi===
| {{flagicon|India}} ]
* ], an Iraqi insurgent sniper who features in several propaganda videos who may be a constructed composite of a number of insurgent snipers.<ref name="alertnet.org.Juba">{{cite web |ref=harv|date= 29 October 2006|url = http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR929648.htm|title = U.S. military probes sniper threat in Baghdad|work =alertnet.org |publisher = Reuters |accessdate=9 May 2010 | last=]| first= |quote=}}</ref>


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===Soviet===
| data-sort-value="Gordon, Gary" | ]
* ] (1900{{spaced ndash}}1973), a Soviet World War II sniper with 367 logged kills.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://zabmedia.ru/?page=articles&text=1525| script-title=ru:Номоконов - вновь на коне |publisher =Zabmedia|language=Russian|date=13 January 2010| accessdate = 5 August 2014}}</ref>
| 1960–1993
* ] (1908{{spaced ndash}}1968), was one of the most effective Soviet snipers, credited with 423 confirmed kills during ].<ref name="Haskew2005">{{cite book|last=Haskew|first=Michael|title=The Sniper at War: From the American Revolutionary War to the Present Day|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QnmyjViuPrUC&pg=PA74|date=1 November 2005|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-33651-6|pages=65, 73–74}}</ref>
| 1978–1993
* ] (1916{{spaced ndash}}1974), was the greatest female sniper. She served the Soviet army and has 309 confirmed kills.<ref name="Haskew2005"/>
| A ] sniper who was posthumously awarded the ] for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the ].<ref name="Durant">{{Cite book |title=In The Company of Heroes: A True Story |author-link=Michael Durant |last1=Durant|first1= Michael J. |last2=Hartov|first2= Steve |publisher=Putnam Publishing Group |year= 2003 |isbn=978-0-399-15060-9|title-link=In the Company of Heroes }}</ref>
* ] (3 April 1924{{spaced ndash}}28 January 1945) was a Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 59 confirmed kills, including 12 soldiers during the ].
| data-sort-value="0" | N/A
* ] (1919{{spaced ndash}}1994), credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.
| {{flag|United States}}
* ] (1915{{spaced ndash}}1991), a Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers).<ref name="Haskew2005"/>
* ] 496 kills


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===Sri Lankan===
| data-ocrt-value="Harrison, Craig" | ]
* Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (1969{{spaced ndash}}2009) alias ‘Nero’, a sniper in the ] during the ], who is alleged to have killed over 180 ].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://infolanka.asia/eelam-war/a-soldiers-view/how-the-ltte-was-military-defeated-a-soldiers-view-part-seven| script-title=How the LTTE was 'military' defeated: A Soldier’s view - Part Seven |work =infolanka.asia |publisher = Infolanka |accessdate=28 March 2015 | last=]| first= |quote=It is ‘Juba’ the sniper who causes havoc in Iraq and it was Corporal W.I. Ranjith Premasiri alias ‘Nero’ of SLA who was responsible for the deaths of more than 180 Tiger cadres, before his demise on 28 April 2009.}}</ref>
| 1974-
| 1990–2014
| A British Army sniper who achieved the fourth longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475&nbsp;m) using the Accuracy International ] Long Range Rifle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_american_sniper_gary_scott_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html |title=British sniper Craig Harrison (The Silent Assassin) breaks record, kills target from 1.5 miles away |work=Daily News |location=New York |date=3 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018213332/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_british_sniper_craig_harrison_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html |archive-date=18 October 2010 }}</ref>
| data-sort-value="0" | N/A
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Hathcock, Carlos" | ]
| 1942–1999
| 1959–1979
| A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sasser|first1=Charles |last2=Roberts|first2=Craig |title=One Shot, One Kill|edition=1990|year=1990|publisher=]|isbn=978-0-671-68219-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kennedy |first=Harold |title=Marine Corps Sets Sights on More Precise Shooting |work=National Defense Magazine |date=March 2003 |url=http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2003/Mar/Marine_Corps_Sets.htm |access-date=30 March 2007 |quote=Founded in 1977, ] first staff NCOIC was the famed sniper, Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock II, who was credited with 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070130171546/http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2003/Mar/Marine_Corps_Sets.htm |archive-date=30 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 93
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|-
|]
|1974-
|2014–present
|Simply known as '''Deki''' (Деки) is a Serbian volunteer in the ] of the ] with the rank of ], who is fighting as a sniper in the ongoing ].
|N/A
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
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| data-sort-value="Häyhä, Simo" | ]
| 1905–2002
| 1939–1940
| A Finnish sniper during the 1939–40 ] known as the "White Death" from his habit of lying in the snow wearing ] and a white face mask, waiting for a target to appear. ], who served as a ] in Häyhä's regiment, credited him with 259 confirmed kills by sniper rifle and equal number of kills by light machine gun and submachine gun during the war.<ref name="book">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R948DQAAQBAJ&q=By+March+7%2C+a+total+of+259+confirmed+enemy+kills+were+made+by+Simo+H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4%E2%80%99s+trusty+M%2F28-30+rifle+with+the+serial+number+60974.+He+is+also+credited+with+making+an+equal+number+of+kills+by+using+a+light+machine+gun+and+submachine+gun|title=The White Sniper|first=Tapio|last=Saarelainen|date=31 October 2016|publisher=Casemate|isbn=9781612004297|access-date=22 March 2024|via=Google Books}}</ref> All of Häyhä's kills were made over the course of fewer than 100 days, before he was seriously wounded—an average of just over 5 per day, with the highest daily count numbering 45 kills—at a time of year with few daylight hours.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |author=Rayment, Sean |title=The long view |work=] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1517044/The-long-view.html |access-date=30 March 2009 |location=London |date=30 April 2006}}</ref><ref>Tapio A.M. Saarelainen: Sankarikorpraali Simo Häyhä (2006)</ref>
| data-sort-value="505" | 542->
| {{flag|Finland}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Herdem, Musa" | {{ill|Musa Herdem|ku|Mûsa Herdem|pt}}
| 1987–2015
| 2006–2015
| A ] sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 120 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for ] during the Syrian Civil War.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buiso|first=Gary|title=Gritty Kurdish fighter gloats over recapture of Kobane|url=https://news.yahoo.com/gritty-kurdish-fighter-gloats-over-recapture-kobane-184502332.html|agency=AFP|access-date=2 February 2015|date=1 January 2015}}</ref>
|
| {{flag|Rojava}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê.png}} ]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).svg}} ]

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Hetzenauer, Matthäus" | ]
| 1924–2004
| 1943–1945
| An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the documents of the Federal Archives |language=de |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2}}</ref>
| 345
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Idrisov, Abukhadzhi" | ]
| 1918–1983
| 1939–1944
| A Soviet ] sniper credited with 349+ kills during World War II. He was reported to have killed 100 soldiers in only 10 days of fighting. Awarded multiple of the highest state orders of the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abukhadzhi Idrisov |url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru:80/snipers/abc/i/idrisov.htm |website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru. |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109202842/http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru:80/snipers/abc/i/idrisov.htm|archive-date=9 November 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| data-sort-value="349.1" | 349+
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Ilyin, Nikolay Yakovlevich" | ]
| 1925–1943
| 1941–1943
| Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the ] during the ], ].<ref name="War History Online">{{cite web |date= 20 January 2015|title=10 Most Lethal Snipers of WWII|url=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/10-lethal-snipers-wwii.html|publisher=War History Online|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
| 494
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value= Irving, Nicholas | ]
| 1986–
| 2004–2010
| A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the ] deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, with 33 confirmed kills.<ref>{{cite news |title='Killed record 33 Taliban in Afghanistan deployment |first=Sherryl |last=Connelly |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/reaper-gripping-tale-deadly-u-s-sniper-article-1.2090936 |work=Daily News |date=24 January 2015 |access-date=8 February 2015 }}</ref>
| 33
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| ]
| style="text-align: center;" | N/A
| 2005–2007
| Juba (Arabic: جوبا) (also called "Joba") is the pseudonym of an alleged sniper involved in the Iraq War's insurgency. He participated in ] as well as the ].{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| data-sort-value="37.1" |700+ (Allegedly)
63

(confirmed)
| {{flag|Iraq}}
|-

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Koswara, Tatang" | Tatang Koswara
| 1947–2015
| 1975–1976
| A sniper credited with at least 41 confirmed kills in only a single mission during the ] in the 1970s. Other story said he killed 49 in a single mission, because he saved one bullet for himself out of 50 bullets he brought <ref>{{cite web|url=http://jakarta.coconuts.co/2015/03/04/indonesian-sniper-tatang-koswara-passes-away-68|title="Indonesian Sniper" Tatang Koswara passes away at 68|publisher=]|access-date=4 March 2015|date=4 March 2015}}</ref>
| 41+
| {{flag|Indonesia}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Kulbertinov, Ivan" | ]
| 1917–1993
| 1941–1945
| A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a ] rifle during the Second World War.<ref name="WorldWars">{{cite web |title=Deadly Accuracy: The Top Snipers of World War 2|url=https://www.worldwars.com/deadly-accuracy-top-snipers-world-war-2/|publisher=WorldWars.Com|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.snipercentral.com/snipers.htm#WWII|title=Snipers|website=www.snipercentral.com|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>
| 252
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Kvachantiradze, Vasilij" | ]
| 1907–1950
| 1941–1945
| A Soviet Georgian sniper who is credited with 534 kills during World War II, one of the highest Soviet kill counts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/snipers/abc/k/kvachant.htm|title=Квачантирадзе Василий Шалвович - Советские снайперы 1941-1945 гг.|website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru}}</ref> Known for almost single-handedly thwarting a German assault on ] in Belarus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pochta-polevaya.ru/aboutarmy/heroes/2042/a275769.html|title=Квачантирадзе Василий Шалвович - Армейский сайт "Почта полевая"|website=pochta-polevaya.ru}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="500.1" | 500+
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Kyle, Chris" | ]
| 1974–2013
| 1999–2009
| A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon, but who allegedly killed 255.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Chris|last1=Kyle|first2=Scott|last2=McEwen|first3=Jim|last3=DeFelice|title=American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780062242716|url-access=registration|year=2012|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-208237-4}}</ref>
| 160
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Ljalková, Marie" | ]
| 1920–2011
| 1942–1953
| A Czech sniper fighting in the Soviet Army during World War II who was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ruski.radio.cz/umerla-mariya-lyalkova-lastovecka-samyy-znamenityy-cheshskiy-snayper-8559025|title=Умерла Мария Лялькова-Ластовецка – самый знаменитый чешский снайпер|date=10 November 2011|website=Radio Prague International}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="30.1" | 30+
| {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Marlowe, Charles" | Charles Marlowe
| 1968–
| 1987–1990
| A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most solo missions completed (27).<ref name="Pentagontimes">{{cite news |title=Always Alone |first=Tim |last=Stone
|work= }}</ref>
| 46
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Mawhinney, Chuck" | ]
| 1949–2024
| 1967–1970
| A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103),<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |title=A Sniper at Peace With His Duties |first=Tony |last=Perry |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-22-mn-56566-story.html |work=] |date=22 January 2000 |access-date=16 April 2011 }}</ref> with an additional 216 "probable kills".
| 103 - 319
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="McBride, Herbert W." | Herbert W. McBride
| 1873–1933
| 1914–1918
| A US citizen who serves as a captain in the ], during World War One.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teejaw.com/herbert-w-mcbride-1873-1933/|title=Herbert W. McBride (1873–1933)|publisher=TeeJawa|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="100.1" | 100+
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="McDonald, Philip" | Philip McDonald
| 1886–1916
| 1914–1916
| ], 42 confirmed kills during the First World War. Killed in action 3 January 1916.<ref name="American Rifleman">{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/4/6/crack-marksmen-canadas-aboriginal-snipers-in-wwi/|title='Crack Marksmen': Canada's Aboriginal Snipers in WWI|publisher=American Rifleman}}</ref>
| 42
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Methven, Neville" | Neville Methven
| style="text-align: center;" | N/A
| 1916–1918
| A big-game hunter and target shooter who served as an officer with Sir ]'s South African Sharpshooters on the Western Front during World War One.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| 100
| {{Flag|South Africa}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Minchakievich, Olga" | Olga Minchakievich
| 1898–1920
| 1917–1920
| ] and ] sniper. Regular member of The 1st ]n ].
| 129
| {{Flag|Russian Republic}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Minchakievich, Tatianna" | Tatianna Minchakievich
| 1900–1920
| 1918–1920
| ] and ] sniper. Regular member of The 1st ]n ]. One of the highest confirmed number of kills of any female at 93 kills using only the iron sights of a 7.62×54mm ] Model 1891.
| 93
| {{Flag|Russian Republic}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Murphy, Timothy" | ]
| 1751–1818
| 1775–1780
| An ] sniper credited with killing British General ] during the ].<ref name="senich">{{cite book|title=The Complete Book of U.S. Sniping|last=Senich|first=Peter R.|publisher=]|year=1988|isbn=978-0-87364-460-0|location=Boulder|pages=50–57}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="1.1" | 1+
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Nomokonov, Semyon" | ]
| 1900–1973
| 1941–1945
| A Soviet Russian World War II sniper with 367 logged kills.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://zabmedia.ru/?page=articles&text=1525| script-title=ru:Номоконов – вновь на коне |publisher =Zabmedia|language=ru|date=13 January 2010| access-date = 5 August 2014}}</ref>
| 367
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Norwest, Henry" | ]
| 1884–1918
| 1915–1918
| A sniper in the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a German sniper on 18 August 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/aboriginal-veterans/native-soldiers/norwest|title=Sharpshooter: Henry Louis Norwest|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=21 January 2015|date=7 October 2014}}</ref>
| 115
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Okhlopkov, Fyodor" | ]
| 1908–1968
| 1941–1945
| A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II.<ref name="Haskew2005">{{cite book|last=Haskew|first=Michael|title=The Sniper at War: From the American Revolutionary War to the Present Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnmyjViuPrUC&pg=PA74|date=1 November 2005|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-33651-6|pages=65, 73–74}}</ref>
| 423
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Paudash, Johnson" | ]
| 1875–1959
| 1914–1918
| A member of the ] during World War One who made 88 confirmed kills.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://21stbattalion.ca/tributeos/paudash_j.html|title=Johnson Paudash MM|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
| 88
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Pavlichenko, Lyudmila" | ]
| 1916–1974
| 1941–1953
| Soviet sniper. The most successful female sniper during ]. She served in the Soviet army and had 309 confirmed kills. Pavlichenko was called "Lady Death" for her ability with a sniper rifle. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odesa and the siege of Sevastopol. She was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union<ref name="Haskew2005" />
| 309
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Pchelintsev, Vladimir" | ]
| 1919–2001
| 1941–1945
| Credited with 152 kills using a ] rifle during the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Пчелинцев Владимир Николаевич|url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/snipers/abc/p/pchelin.htm|access-date=2020-11-07|website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru}}</ref>
| 152
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Pegahmagabow, Francis" | ]
| 1891–1952
| 1914–1919
| An ] sniper in ] who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills.<ref>{{cite book| last=Brownlie|first=Robin | title = A Fatherly Eye: Indian Agents, Government Power, and Aboriginal Resistance in Ontario, 1918–1939|year=2003| publisher = ]| isbn= 978-0-19-541784-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sF5Cey6p-bcC&pg=PP1|page=63}}</ref>
| 378
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Pein, Friedrich" | ]
| 1915–1975
| 1943–1945
| An Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| data-sort-value="200.1" | 200+
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Perry, Arron" | ]
| 1972–
| 1999–2005
| A Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002.<ref name="macleans" />
| data-sort-value="1.1" | 1+
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Petrenko, Stepan" | Stepan Petrenko
| 1922–1984
| 1941–1945
| Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union).<ref name="War History Online" />
| 422
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Premasiri Madalana, Ranjith" | ] (Nero)
| 1969–2009
| 2000–2009
| A sniper in the ] during the ] alias "Nero" who is recorded as having made 217 confirmed kills of ].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://infolanka.asia/eelam-war/a-soldiers-view/how-the-ltte-was-military-defeated-a-soldiers-view-part-seven| title=How the LTTE was 'military' defeated: A Soldier's view – Part Seven |work =infolanka.asia |publisher = Infolanka |access-date=28 March 2015 | last=Infolanka | author-link=Infolanka |quote=It is 'Juba' the sniper who causes havoc in Iraq and it was Corporal W.I. Ranjith Premasiri alias 'Nero' of SLA who was responsible for the deaths of more than 217 Tiger cadres, before his demise on 28 April 2009.}}</ref>
| 217
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Ragsdale, Graham" | ]
| 1969–
| 1988–2003
| A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2002<ref name="macleans" /> and 2005–2014 as a designated defensive marksman with ].
| 56
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Riel, Patrick" | Patrick Riel
| 1876–1916
| 1914–1916
| A ] Canadian attached to the ] during the First World War with 30 confirmed kills. Killed in action by shell fire on 14 January 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=113022|title=Private Patrick Riel|publisher=Canadian Great War Project|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref>
| 30
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Roberts-Smith, Ben" | ]
| 1978–
| 1996–2015
| A sniper with the Australian ] who was awarded the ] for his actions in 2006 during ] in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nicholson|first=Brendan|title=You think I'm brave? Meet my mates: Ben Roberts-Smith|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/you-think-im-brave-meet-my-mates-ben-roberts-smith/story-fn59niix-1226043546948|work=theaustralian.com.au|publisher=The Australian|access-date=11 February 2012|date=23 April 2011}}</ref> Subsequently, awarded the ] in 2011.
| data-sort-value="0" | N/A
| {{flag|Australia}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Robertson, Ian" | Ian Robertson
| 1927–2014
| 1945–1953
| A sniper with the ] after the Second World War, becoming one of the most effective snipers of the ]. In a single morning, Robertson killed 30 enemy soldiers.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831474340.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=A sniper's tale | date=26 April 2004}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="30.1" | 30+
| {{flag|Australia}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Shanina, Roza" | ]
| 1924–1945
| 1943–1945
| A Russian Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 60 kills, including 12 soldiers during the ] in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Шанина Роза Георгиевна|url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/snipers/abc/sh/shanina.htm|access-date=2020-11-07|website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
| 60
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| ]
| 1986-
| 2005–2011
|] A Scout Sniper who was awarded for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during a firefight in Somalia.<ref name="Durant" />
| data-sort-value="0" | 41
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Sidorenko, Ivan" | ]
| 1919–1994
| 1939–1945
| A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| data-sort-value="500.1" | 500+
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Sing, Billy" | ]
| 1886–1943
| 1914–1918
| An Australian First World War sniper credited with over 150 confirmed kills. Contemporary evidence puts his tally at close to 300 kills.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hamilton|first= J. C. M. |year=2008|title=Gallipoli Sniper: The life of Billy Sing|location=Sydney|publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia|page=6|isbn =978-1-4050-3865-2}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="150.1" | 150+
| {{flag|Australia}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Surkov, Mikhail" | ]
| 1921–1953
| 1941–1945
| Soviet sniper in World War II. Official documents indicate a tally around 236 kills, although newspapers inflated his tally to over 700 kills.<ref name="Lukovets">{{cite book|title=Знамена Победы|year=1975|work=Pravda |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Михаил+Сурков+снаипер+Знамена+Победы+Луковец&safe=on#q=Михаил+Сурков+снаипер+Знамена+Победы+Луковец&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-ZA:official&client=firefox-a&safe=on&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&ei=bVuOT5zKM6WL4gT8h5jhDw&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=e59972050e99fb66&biw=1467&bih=739|author=Алексей Илларионович Луковец|quote=During the war, "Frontovaya Illustratsiya" wrote: "Sniper Sergeant Mikhail Surkov shoots at the enemy confidently and accurately. – He does not wound – he hits the spot. After killing over 700 Fascists, he went on to the next hunt"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Сурков Михаил Ильич|url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/snipers/abc/s/surkov.htm|access-date=2020-11-07|website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru}}</ref>
| 236
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Sutkus, Bruno" | ]
| 1924–2003
| 1944–1945
| A ]n sniper fighting in the German Army during the Second World War. He was credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| 209
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Tahseen, Abu" | ]
| 1953–2017
| 1973–2017
| A sniper who fought in the ], ], ], ], as well as the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/silver-haired-iraqi-sniper-63-says-he-has-killed-321-isis-fighters-since-2015-1608573|title=63-year-old Iraqi sniper says he has killed 321 Isis fighters since 2015|last=Watkinson|first=William |date=25 February 2017|work=International Business Times UK|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/isis-killer-iraqi-sniper-abu-tahseen-claims-to-have-shot-173-terrorists-in-video/news-story/1baf1d6c76484839c1d397b58db54179|title=Islamic State super sniper killing militants by the dozen|work=NewsComAu|access-date=2018-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/story/565643/Anti-IS-sheikh-sniper-killed-in-battle-for-Iraq-s-Hawija|title=Anti-IS 'sheikh sniper' killed in battle for Iraq's Hawija|date=30 September 2017|work=Gulf-Times|access-date=2018-06-24|language=ar}}</ref> However, his kills in other wars other than against ISIS are unaccounted for and unknown.
| data-sort-value="341.1" | 341+ (against ISIS only) (Alleged)
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| data-sort-value="Waldron, Adelbert" | ]
| 1933–1995
| 1968–1970
| A United States Army sniper who formerly held the record for the most confirmed kills by a US military sniper (109).<ref>{{cite book |last=Kirchner|first=Paul | title = More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived|year=2009| publisher = ]| location=Boulder|isbn= 978-1-58160-690-4}}</ref>
| 109
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="York, Alvin C." | ]
| 1887–1964
| 1917–1918
| An expert sharpshooter with the ] who used an ] rifle during the ] near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in ]. ] recipient for leading an assault on machine gun positions.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| 28{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
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|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Zaytsev, Vasily" | ]
| 1915–1991
| 1937–1945
| A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers).<ref name="Haskew2005" />
| 242
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|-
| data-sort-value="Zhang, Taofang" | ]
| 1931–2007
| 1953–1985
| A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills over 32 days.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last=Stronge|first=Charles|title=Kill Shot: The 15 Deadliest Snipers of All Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jz1AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=25 January 2011|publisher=Ulysses Press|isbn=978-1-56975-862-5|page=91}}</ref>
| 214
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|-
|]
|1941–1984
|1979–1984
|An Iranian sniper in the ]. He had 700 kills during the war.
According to Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi, his friend and Intelligence Commander of the Younis Diver Battalion of Imam Hussein army asked Zarrin how many kills did he had, and he said more than 3,000 kills. The Jamejam newspaper agreed on this number.
|700+
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| data-sort-value="Jim, the nailer" | ]
| N/A
| 1857
| An unknown Indian sniper, who fought for the Oudh state during the ] in the ], nicknamed "Jim the nailer" by defending British soldiers.<ref name="OS-OK">{{cite book|first= Charles W.|last= Sasser|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAG5tCD7XiEC&q=the+nailer+indian+mutiny&pg=PT61|title=One Shot One Kill|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year= 1990|isbn=9781439137123|pages=288}}</ref>
| N/A
| ] ]

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| data-sort-value="邹习祥" | Zhou Xixiang
| 1931–
| 1950–???
| A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 203 confirmed kills with 206 bullets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://k.sina.cn/article_6962252364_19efb8a4c00100moi2.html?from=mil|title=206发子弹毙敌203人,神枪手邹习祥:美军比狐狸好打多了|date=6 February 2020|website=k.sina.cn}}</ref>
| 203
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| data-sort-value="zz" |
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | N/A
| A soldier who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2009 with 173 confirmed kills, mostly with the ] on a single tour ] in 2006–2007, including over 90 Taliban members in one day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11383552/British-Royal-Marine-is-worlds-deadliest-sniper.html |title=British Royal Marine is world's deadliest sniper | date=2 February 2015 |newspaper=] |location=London}}</ref>
| 173
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Alsiyao, Blas" | Blas Alsiyao
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | N/A
| A ] ] officer who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2017 with 46 confirmed kills, mostly with the ] on a single tour ] in 2017, including over 46 Maute Group Member
| 46
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|}


==Non-military snipers== ==Non-military snipers==
Not all snipers are highly trained professional soldiers. The term is sometimes used to describe criminals firing from cover at long range with a rifle and police sharpshooters. Some notable non-military snipers include: Not all snipers are highly trained professional soldiers. The term is sometimes ambiguously used to describe ]s firing from cover at long range with a rifle, as well as police sharpshooters. Some non-military snipers include:


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* ] (1881{{spaced ndash}}1927) was a notorious murderer in ], who claimed to have murdered 43 victims.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E16FF3D5F17738DDDA90A94DA405B868EF1D3&scp=1&sq=omaha+sniper&st=p |title=Sniper Shoots Council Bluffs Detective; Terror of People Hits Omaha's Business|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 20, 1926}}</ref>
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* ] (1949{{spaced ndash}}1965), teenage sniper who killed three and wounded six in Highway 101 ] on April 25, 1965.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ovid |last=Demaris|title=America the Violent|publisher= Penguin Books|year= 1971|page= 344}}</ref>
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* ] (1807{{spaced ndash}}1874) was a farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the ] and recorded 36 "kills" on his custom made .50 caliber Kentucky ] with iron sights.<ref name="McKenney2010">{{cite book|last=McKenney|first=Tom|title=Jack Hinson's One-man War: A civil war sniper|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7bH_CDZf4MUC|date=23 September 2010|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-4556-0646-7|page=79}}</ref>
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* ] (born 1954), a Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot ] and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at ].<ref name="usnews">{{Cite news| title = The nightmare of Idaho's Ruby Ridge | first = Gordon | last = Witkin | work = US News & World Report | date= 1995-09-11 | accessdate = 2007-06-26}}</ref>
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* ] (1860{{spaced ndash}}1903) an American Old West lawman, scout, and hired gunman, known for shooting cattle rustlers and sheepherders at long range with a ].<ref>{{citation |author=Anderson, Dan; and Laurence J. Yadon |year=2007 |title=100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839-1939 |publisher=Pelican Publishing Company |page=231 |isbn=978-1-58980-384-8 }}</ref>
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* ] and ], perpetrators of the ], a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Ten people were killed and three other victims were critically injured in several locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia.
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* ] (1939{{spaced ndash}}1963) ex-US Marine, assassinated ] ] and shot Gov. ] in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, and shot at Gen. ] on April 10, 1963.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bugliosi|first= Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Bugliosi|title= Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy|publisher= Norton|year=2007| ISBN= 0-393-04525-0}}</ref>
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* ] (1941{{spaced ndash}}1966), student and ex-US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the University of Texas Austin campus, killing 14 and wounding 32 in August 1966.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nigel|last= Cawthorne |year=2007| title=Serial Killers And Mass Murderers: Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals|publisher= Ulysses Press| ISBN= 1-569-75578-7}}</ref>
| 1881–1927
| A notorious murderer in ], who claimed to have murdered 43 victims.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/02/20/archives/sniper-shoots-council-bluffs-detective-terror-of-people-hits-omahas.html |title=Sniper Shoots Council Bluffs Detective; Terror of People Hits Omaha's Business|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 February 1926}}</ref>
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Clark, Michael Andrew" | ]
| 1949–1965
| A teenage sniper who killed three and wounded six in ] shooting spree on 25 April 1965.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ovid |last=Demaris|title=America the Violent|publisher= Penguin Books|year= 1971|page= 344}}</ref>
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="De La Beckwith, Byron" | ]
| 1920–2001
| An ex-US Marine and ], assassinated ] field secretary ] after the civil rights activist arrived home in Jackson, Mississippi on 12 June 1963.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Dixon, William" | ]
| 1850–1913
| Defended the ] settlement against Native American attack with his legendary ], and was one of eight civilians in United States history to receive the ].{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Tha'ir Kayid, Hamad" | ]
| 1980-
| A ] sniper who was responsible for the ] with a WWII-era ] rifle during the ] in 2002. Israeli sources claim he killed 10 soldiers and settlers and injured 6 others, while Palestinian sources claim he killed 11 soldiers and injured 9 others. He would be arrested two years later and sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="Ofra">{{cite news | url= http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/10-slain-near-ofra-soldier-dies-in-gaza-1.51390 | title = 10 slain near Ofra; soldier dies in Gaza | publisher = Haaretz | author= Haaretz Staff | date= 4 March 2002 | access-date= 2011-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=فلسطين:قناص «وادي الحرمية»! |url=https://ar.islamway.net/article/75682/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=ar.islamway.net |language=ar}}</ref>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Hinson, Jack" | ]
| 1807–1874
| A farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the ] and recorded 36 officer "kills" on his custom-made .50 caliber ] with iron sights.<ref name="McKenney2010">{{cite book|last=McKenney|first=Tom|title=Jack Hinson's One-man War: A Civil War Sniper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bH_CDZf4MUC|date=23 September 2010|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-4556-0646-7|page=79}}</ref>
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Horiuchi, Lon" | ]
| 1954–
| A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot ] and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at ].<ref name="usnews">{{Cite news| title = The nightmare of Idaho's Ruby Ridge | first = Gordon | last = Witkin | work = U.S. News & World Report | date= 11 September 1995 }}</ref>
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Horn, Tom" | ]
| 1860–1903
| An American Old West lawman, scout, and hired gunman, known for shooting cattle rustlers and sheepherders at long range with a ].<ref>{{citation |author1=Anderson, Dan |first2=Laurence J. |last2=Yadon |name-list-style=amp|year=2007 |title=100 Oklahoma Outlaws, Gangsters, and Lawmen: 1839–1939 |publisher=Pelican Publishing Company |page=231 |isbn=978-1-58980-384-8 }}</ref>
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Muhammad, John Allen" | ] and ]
| 1960–2009<br />1985–
| Perpetrators of the ], a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Ten people were killed and three other victims were critically injured in several locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along ].{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Oswald, Lee Harvey" | ]
| 1939–1963
| A former US Marine who assassinated President ] and shot Governor ] in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963, and shot at General ] on 10 April 1963.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bugliosi|first=Vincent|author-link=Vincent Bugliosi|title=Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy|publisher=Norton|year=2007|isbn=978-0-393-04525-3|url=https://archive.org/details/reclaiminghistor00bugl}}</ref>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Paddock, Stephen" | ]
| 1953–2017
| Perpetrator of the ] using multiple high-powered modified rifles from the 32nd floor of a high-rise hotel, killing 60 people and wounding over 800 others on 1 October 2017.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Whitman, Charles" | ]
| 1941–1966
| A college student and former US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the ] campus, killing 14 and wounding 32 on 1 August 1966.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nigel|last= Cawthorne |year=2007| title=Serial Killers And Mass Murderers: Profiles of the World's Most Barbaric Criminals|publisher= Ulysses Press| isbn= 978-1-569-75578-5}}</ref>
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A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel.

Military snipers

Some notable military snipers include

Name Lived Active Notes Confirmed
sniper kills
Nationality
Noah Adamia 1919–1942 1938–1942 A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out. Trained another 80 snipers within a couple of months during the Second World War. 200+  Soviet Union
Hiram Berdan 1824–1893 1861–1864 The commander of the 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters during the American Civil War. N/A  United States
Herman Davis 1888–1923 1918 American sniper of the First World War, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star and the Médaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments. 60  United States
Fedir Dyachenko 1917–1995 1932–1946 Soviet Ukrainian sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 425 kills and awarded with the Hero of the Soviet Union. 425  Soviet Union
Rob Furlong 1976– 1996–2003 A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance during Operation Anaconda, War in Afghanistan. 1+  Canada
Lucky Bisht 1988– 2003–2024 An Indian Secret service Sniper, nickname Lima who has a record of shooting the heads of two gangsters with a single bullet, killing both but till date no agency has been able to prove how he did this. He is also alleged to be a contract killer. A book has been written on Bisht's life, R.A.W. Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima according to which he is. Hitman of Research and Analysis Wing. Bisht is the first Indian whose life has been written about in the sequel to R.A.W. Hitman2: The Assassinations This book was published by the American company Simon & Schuster.


139 India India
Gary Gordon 1960–1993 1978–1993 A Delta Force sniper who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the Battle of Mogadishu. N/A  United States
Craig Harrison 1974- 1990–2014 A British Army sniper who achieved the fourth longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475 m) using the Accuracy International L115A3 Long Range Rifle. N/A  United Kingdom
Carlos Hathcock 1942–1999 1959–1979 A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills. 93  United States
Dejan Berić 1974- 2014–present Simply known as Deki (Деки) is a Serbian volunteer in the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic with the rank of Major, who is fighting as a sniper in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. N/A  Serbia
Simo Häyhä 1905–2002 1939–1940 A Finnish sniper during the 1939–40 Winter War known as the "White Death" from his habit of lying in the snow wearing snow camouflage and a white face mask, waiting for a target to appear. Antti Rantamaa, who served as a field chaplain in Häyhä's regiment, credited him with 259 confirmed kills by sniper rifle and equal number of kills by light machine gun and submachine gun during the war. All of Häyhä's kills were made over the course of fewer than 100 days, before he was seriously wounded—an average of just over 5 per day, with the highest daily count numbering 45 kills—at a time of year with few daylight hours. 542->  Finland
Musa Herdem [ku; pt] 1987–2015 2006–2015 A YPG sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 120 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for Kobani during the Syrian Civil War.  Rojava
PJAK
PKK
Matthäus Hetzenauer 1924–2004 1943–1945 An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945. 345  Nazi Germany
Abukhadzhi Idrisov 1918–1983 1939–1944 A Soviet Chechen sniper credited with 349+ kills during World War II. He was reported to have killed 100 soldiers in only 10 days of fighting. Awarded multiple of the highest state orders of the Soviet Union. 349+  Soviet Union
Nikolai Ilyin 1925–1943 1941–1943 Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the 50th Guards Rifle Division during the Battle of Stalingrad, World War II. 494  Soviet Union
Nicholas Irving 1986– 2004–2010 A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, with 33 confirmed kills. 33  United States
Juba N/A 2005–2007 Juba (Arabic: جوبا) (also called "Joba") is the pseudonym of an alleged sniper involved in the Iraq War's insurgency. He participated in Iraqi Civil War as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. 700+ (Allegedly)

63

(confirmed)

 Iraq
Tatang Koswara 1947–2015 1975–1976 A sniper credited with at least 41 confirmed kills in only a single mission during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in the 1970s. Other story said he killed 49 in a single mission, because he saved one bullet for himself out of 50 bullets he brought 41+  Indonesia
Ivan Kulbertinov 1917–1993 1941–1945 A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War. 252  Soviet Union
Vasilij Kvachantiradze 1907–1950 1941–1945 A Soviet Georgian sniper who is credited with 534 kills during World War II, one of the highest Soviet kill counts. Known for almost single-handedly thwarting a German assault on Shumilino in Belarus. 500+  Soviet Union
Chris Kyle 1974–2013 1999–2009 A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon, but who allegedly killed 255. 160  United States
Marie Ljalková 1920–2011 1942–1953 A Czech sniper fighting in the Soviet Army during World War II who was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills. 30+  Czechoslovakia
Charles Marlowe 1968– 1987–1990 A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most solo missions completed (27). 46  United States
Chuck Mawhinney 1949–2024 1967–1970 A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103), with an additional 216 "probable kills". 103 - 319  United States
Herbert W. McBride 1873–1933 1914–1918 A US citizen who serves as a captain in the 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during World War One. 100+  United States
Philip McDonald 1886–1916 1914–1916 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF, 42 confirmed kills during the First World War. Killed in action 3 January 1916. 42  Canada
Neville Methven N/A 1916–1918 A big-game hunter and target shooter who served as an officer with Sir Abe Bailey's South African Sharpshooters on the Western Front during World War One. 100  South Africa
Olga Minchakievich 1898–1920 1917–1920 World War One and Russian Civil War sniper. Regular member of The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death. 129  Russian Republic
Tatianna Minchakievich 1900–1920 1918–1920 World War One and Russian Civil War sniper. Regular member of The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death. One of the highest confirmed number of kills of any female at 93 kills using only the iron sights of a 7.62×54mm Mosin-Nagant Model 1891. 93  Russian Republic
Timothy Murphy 1751–1818 1775–1780 An American Revolutionary War sniper credited with killing British General Simon Fraser during the Battle of Saratoga. 1+  United States
Semyon Nomokonov 1900–1973 1941–1945 A Soviet Russian World War II sniper with 367 logged kills. 367  Soviet Union
Henry Norwest 1884–1918 1915–1918 A sniper in the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a German sniper on 18 August 1918. 115  Canada
Fyodor Okhlopkov 1908–1968 1941–1945 A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II. 423  Soviet Union
Johnson Paudash 1875–1959 1914–1918 A member of the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF during World War One who made 88 confirmed kills. 88  Canada
Lyudmila Pavlichenko 1916–1974 1941–1953 Soviet sniper. The most successful female sniper during World War II. She served in the Soviet army and had 309 confirmed kills. Pavlichenko was called "Lady Death" for her ability with a sniper rifle. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odesa and the siege of Sevastopol. She was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union 309  Soviet Union
Vladimir Pchelintsev 1919–2001 1941–1945 Credited with 152 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War. 152  Soviet Union
Francis Pegahmagabow 1891–1952 1914–1919 An Ojibwe sniper in World War I who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills. 378  Canada
Friedrich Pein 1915–1975 1943–1945 An Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War. 200+  Nazi Germany
Arron Perry 1972– 1999–2005 A Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002. 1+  Canada
Stepan Petrenko 1922–1984 1941–1945 Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union). 422  Soviet Union
Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (Nero) 1969–2009 2000–2009 A sniper in the Sri Lanka Army during the country's civil war alias "Nero" who is recorded as having made 217 confirmed kills of Tamil Tigers. 217  Sri Lanka
Graham Ragsdale 1969– 1988–2003 A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2005–2014 as a designated defensive marksman with private military companies. 56  Canada
Patrick Riel 1876–1916 1914–1916 A Métis Canadian attached to the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF during the First World War with 30 confirmed kills. Killed in action by shell fire on 14 January 1916. 30  Canada
Ben Roberts-Smith 1978– 1996–2015 A sniper with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment who was awarded the Medal of Gallantry for his actions in 2006 during Operation Perth in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Subsequently, awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia in 2011. N/A  Australia
Ian Robertson 1927–2014 1945–1953 A sniper with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment after the Second World War, becoming one of the most effective snipers of the Korean War. In a single morning, Robertson killed 30 enemy soldiers. 30+  Australia
Roza Shanina 1924–1945 1943–1945 A Russian Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 60 kills, including 12 soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius in 1944. 60  Soviet Union
Justin Dygert 1986- 2005–2011 JSOC A Scout Sniper who was awarded for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during a firefight in Somalia. 41  United States
Ivan Sidorenko 1919–1994 1939–1945 A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War. 500+  Soviet Union
Billy Sing 1886–1943 1914–1918 An Australian First World War sniper credited with over 150 confirmed kills. Contemporary evidence puts his tally at close to 300 kills. 150+  Australia
Mikhail Surkov 1921–1953 1941–1945 Soviet sniper in World War II. Official documents indicate a tally around 236 kills, although newspapers inflated his tally to over 700 kills. 236  Soviet Union
Bruno Sutkus 1924–2003 1944–1945 A Lithuanian sniper fighting in the German Army during the Second World War. He was credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945. 209  Nazi Germany
Abu Tahsin al-Salhi 1953–2017 1973–2017 A sniper who fought in the Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War, as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. However, his kills in other wars other than against ISIS are unaccounted for and unknown. 341+ (against ISIS only) (Alleged)  Iraq
Adelbert Waldron 1933–1995 1968–1970 A United States Army sniper who formerly held the record for the most confirmed kills by a US military sniper (109). 109  United States
Alvin York 1887–1964 1917–1918 An expert sharpshooter with the 82nd Infantry Division who used an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse–Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I. Medal of Honor recipient for leading an assault on machine gun positions. 28  United States
Vasily Zaytsev 1915–1991 1937–1945 A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers). 242  Soviet Union
Zhang Taofang 1931–2007 1953–1985 A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills over 32 days. 214  China
Abdorrasul Zarrin 1941–1984 1979–1984 An Iranian sniper in the Iran–Iraq War. He had 700 kills during the war.

According to Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi, his friend and Intelligence Commander of the Younis Diver Battalion of Imam Hussein army asked Zarrin how many kills did he had, and he said more than 3,000 kills. The Jamejam newspaper agreed on this number.

700+  Iran
James George Smith Neill N/A 1857 An unknown Indian sniper, who fought for the Oudh state during the Siege of Lucknow in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, nicknamed "Jim the nailer" by defending British soldiers. N/A Oudh
Zhou Xixiang 1931– 1950–??? A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 203 confirmed kills with 206 bullets. 203  China
N/A A soldier who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2009 with 173 confirmed kills, mostly with the L115A3 on a single tour with British Army in Afghanistan in 2006–2007, including over 90 Taliban members in one day. 173  United Kingdom
Blas Alsiyao N/A A Philippine Army 1st Scout Ranger Regiment officer who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2017 with 46 confirmed kills, mostly with the Knight's Armament Company SR-25 on a single tour Battle of Marawi in 2017, including over 46 Maute Group Member 46  Philippines

Non-military snipers

Not all snipers are highly trained professional soldiers. The term is sometimes ambiguously used to describe criminals firing from cover at long range with a rifle, as well as police sharpshooters. Some non-military snipers include:

Name Lived Notes Nationality
Frank Carter 1881–1927 A notorious murderer in Omaha, Nebraska, who claimed to have murdered 43 victims.  United States
Michael Andrew Clark 1949–1965 A teenage sniper who killed three and wounded six in Highway 101 shooting spree on 25 April 1965.  United States
Byron De La Beckwith 1920–2001 An ex-US Marine and white supremacist, assassinated NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers after the civil rights activist arrived home in Jackson, Mississippi on 12 June 1963.  United States
William "Billy" Dixon 1850–1913 Defended the Adobe Walls settlement against Native American attack with his legendary buffalo rifle, and was one of eight civilians in United States history to receive the Medal of Honor.  United States
Tha'ir Kayid Hamad 1980- A Palestinian sniper who was responsible for the Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack with a WWII-era M1 Garand rifle during the Second Intifada in 2002. Israeli sources claim he killed 10 soldiers and settlers and injured 6 others, while Palestinian sources claim he killed 11 soldiers and injured 9 others. He would be arrested two years later and sentenced to life imprisonment.  Palestine
Jack Hinson 1807–1874 A farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the American Civil War and recorded 36 officer "kills" on his custom-made .50 caliber Kentucky long rifle with iron sights.  United States
Lon Horiuchi 1954– A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot Randy Weaver and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge.  United States
Thomas "Tom" Horn Jr. 1860–1903 An American Old West lawman, scout, and hired gunman, known for shooting cattle rustlers and sheepherders at long range with a Sharps rifle.  United States
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo 1960–2009
1985–
Perpetrators of the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Ten people were killed and three other victims were critically injured in several locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia.  United States
Lee Harvey Oswald 1939–1963 A former US Marine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy and shot Governor John Connally in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963, and shot at General Edwin Walker on 10 April 1963.  United States
Stephen Paddock 1953–2017 Perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting using multiple high-powered modified rifles from the 32nd floor of a high-rise hotel, killing 60 people and wounding over 800 others on 1 October 2017.  United States
Charles Whitman 1941–1966 A college student and former US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the University of Texas Austin campus, killing 14 and wounding 32 on 1 August 1966.  United States

See also

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