Name | Lived | Active | Notes | Confirmed
sniper kills | Nationality |
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| 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+ | |
| 1924–2004 | 1943–1945 | A German sniper who fought with the II Battalion of the 144th Gebirgsjäger Regiment of the ; he served on the , and was credited with 257 kills. Allerberger is the second most successful German sniper. | 257 | |
| 1824–1893 | 1861–1864 | The commander of the 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters during the American Civil War. | N/A | |
| 1888–1923 | 1918 | American sniper of the First World War, awarded the , the , the and the awards from the American and governments. | 60 | |
| 1917–1995 | 1932–1945 | sniper during , credited with as many as 425 kills and awarded with the . | 425 | |
| 1976– | 1996–2003 | A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance during , . | 1+ | |
| 1960–1993 | 1978–1993 | A sniper who was posthumously awarded the for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the . | N/A | |
| 1948-2018 | 1966-1983 | An American Army sniper who achieved the second longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475 m) using the Accuracy International Long Range Rifle. | N/A | |
| 1942–1999 | 1959–1979 | A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills. | 93 | |
| 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 an equal number of kills by 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 25 kills—at a time of year with few daylight hours. | 505–542 | |
| 1987–2015 | 2006–2015 | A sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 80 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for during the Syrian Civil War. | 80 |
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| 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 | |
| 1918–1983 | 1939–1944 | A Soviet sniper with an alleged 349+ kills during World War II.[] | 349+ | |
| 1925–1943 | 1941–1943 | A Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the during the , . | 494 | |
| 1987– | 2004–2010 | A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, with 33 confirmed kills. | 33 | |
| 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 .[] | 37+ (alleged) | |
| 1947–2015 | 1975–1976 | A sniper credited with 49 confirmed kills in only a single mission during the in the 1970s. | 41+ | |
| 1917–1993 | 1941–1945 | Credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a rifle during the Second World War. | 252 | |
| 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 in Belarus. | 500+ | |
| 1974–2013 | 1999–2009 | A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon, but who allegedly killed 255. | 160 | |
| 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+ | |
| 1968– | 1987–1990 | A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most solo missions completed (27). | 46 | |
| 1949– | 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 | |
| 1873–1933 | 1914–1918 | A US citizen who serves as a captain in the , during World War One. | 100+ | |
| 1886–1916 | 1914–1916 | , 42 confirmed kills during the First World War. Killed in action 3 January 1916. | 42 | |
| 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.[] | 100 | |
| 1898-1920 | 1917-1920 | and sniper. Regular member of The 1st . | 129 | |
| 1900-1920 | 1918-1920 | and sniper. Regular member of The 1st . One of the highest confirmed number of kills of any female at 93 kills using only the iron sights of a 7.62x54mm Model 1891. | 93 | |
| 1751–1818 | 1775–1780 | An sniper credited with killing British General during the . | 1+ | |
| 1900–1973 | 1941–1945 | A Soviet World War II sniper with 367 logged kills. | 367 | |
| 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 | |
| 1908–1968 | 1941–1945 | One of the most effective Soviet snipers, credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II. | 423 | |
| 1875–1959 | 1914–1918 | A member of the during World War One who made 88 confirmed kills. | 88 | |
| 1916–1974 | 1941–1953 | The most successful female sniper during . She served in the Soviet army and had 309 confirmed kills. | 309 | |
| 1919–2001 | 1941–1945 | Credited with 152 kills using a rifle during the . | 152 | |
| 1891–1952 | 1914–1919 | An sniper in who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills. | 378 | |
| 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+ | |
| 1972– | 1999–2005 | A Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002. | 1+ | |
| 1922–1984 | 1941–1945 | Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union). | 422 | |
(Nero) | 1979–2009 | 2000–2009 | A sniper in the during the who is recorded as having made 217 confirmed kills of . | 217 | |
| 1969– | 1988–2003 | A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2005-2014 as a designated marksman with private military companies. | 22 | |
| 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. | 30 | |
| 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. Subsequently, awarded the in 2011. | N/A | |
| 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. | 30+ | |
| 1924–1945 | 1943–1945 | A Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 60 kills, including 12 soldiers during the in 1944. | 60 | |
| 1958–1993 | 1976–1993 | A sniper who was posthumously awarded the for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the . | N/A | |
| 1919–1994 | 1939–1945 | A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.[] | 500+ | |
| 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+ | |
| 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 | |
| 1924–2003 | 1944–1945 | A 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 | |
| 1953–2017 | 1973–2017 | A sniper who fought in the , , , , as well as the . However, his kills in other wars other than against ISIS are unaccounted for and unknown. | 341+ (against ISIS only) (Alleged) | |
| 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 | |
| 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.[] | 28[] | |
| 1915–1991 | 1937–1945 | A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers). | 242 | |
| 1941–1984 | 1980–1984 | An Iranian sniper known to friendly forces as one man battalion, originally a clothing store salesman he joined Iranian forces during . Using his he allegedly killed over 700 Iraqi officers being dubbed " Hunter" by enemy forces. | 700+ (disputed) | |
| 1931–2007 | 1953–1985 | A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills over 32 days. | 214 | |
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. | N/A | |
| 1931– | 1950–??? | A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 203 confirmed kills with 206 bullets. | 203 | |
Nathan Timms Royal Marine corporal | N/A | A soldier who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2015 with 173 confirmed kills, mostly with the on a single tour in 2006–2007, including over 90 Taliban members in one day. | 173 | | |