List of snipers

Table columns:
Name
Birth
Active
Confirmed
Country
Comments

Table rows:
cells: Hiram Berdan
1824–1893
1861–1864
0 !N/A
United States
Commanded 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters during the American Civil War.[1]
cells: Noah Adamia
1919–1942
1938–1942
200 !200+
Soviet Union
A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out within a couple months during WWII.
cells: Vasilij Kvachantiradze
1907–1950
1941–1945
534 !534
Soviet Union
A Soviet Georgian sniper who is credited with 534 kills during WWII, one of if not possibly the highest Soviet kill counts. Known for almost single-handedly thwarting a German assault on Shumilino in Belarus.
cells: Mikhail Budenkov
1919–
1941–1945
437 !437
Soviet Union
cells: Herman Davis
1888–1923
1918
060 !60
United States
cells: Fedir Dyachenko
1917–1995
1932–1945
425 !425
Soviet Union
cells: Rob Furlong
1976–
1996–2003
01 !1+
Canada
A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance.[2]
cells: Leysters Greener
d. 1917
1914–1917
054 !54
United Kingdom
cells: Vasilij Golosov
1911–1943
1941–1943
422 !422
Soviet Union
cells: Gary Gordon
1960–1993
1978–1993
0 !N/A
United States
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.[3]
cells: Mark Osmond (pseudonym)
1986-
2007-2011
44 !44
United Kingdom
British sniper with 4 Rifles credited with 44 confirmed kills in Afghanistan including two Taliban insurgents dispatched with a single bullet.[4]
cells: Craig Harrison
1974–
1990–2014
01 !1+
United Kingdom
British Army sniper who achieved the longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475m) using the Accuracy International L115A3 Long Range Rifle.[5]
cells: Unnamed Royal Marine corporal
173 !173
United Kingdom
Reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2015 with 173 confirmed kills, mostly with the L115A3 on one tour of Afghanistan in 2006–2007, including over 90 Taliban in one day.[6]
cells: Carlos Hathcock
1942–1999
1959–1979
093 !93
United States
Renowned United States Marine Corps sniper with 93 confirmed kills.[7][8]
cells: Simo Häyhä
1905–2002
1925–1940
542 !542
Finland
A Finnish sniper known as "The White Death," who holds the record for highest number of confirmed sniper kills. Häyhä was credited with 542 confirmed sniper kills of Soviet soldiers accomplished in fewer than 100 days during the Winter War.[9][10]
cells: Matthäus Hetzenauer
1924–2004
1943–1945
345 !345
Nazi Germany
Infamous German sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945.[11]
cells: Abukhadzhi Idrisov
1918–1983
1939–1944
349 !349+
Soviet Union
A Soviet Chechen sniper with an alleged 349 plus kills during World War II.
cells: Nikolay Yakovlevich Ilyin
1925–1943
1941–1943
469 !469
Soviet Union
cells: Nicholas Irving
2004–2010
033 !33
United States
A sniper with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deployed in Afghanistan in 2009 with 33 confirmed kills.[12]
cells: Tatang Koswara
1947–2015
1975–1976
041 !41
Indonesia
A sniper credited with at least 41 confirmed kills during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in the 1970s.[13]
cells: Ivan Kulbertinov
1941–1945
489 !489
Soviet Union
cells: Chris Kyle
1974–2013
1999–2009
160 !160
United States
A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills.[14]
cells: Musa Herdem
1987-2015
2006–2015
080 !80
Rojava PJAK PKK
A YPG sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 80 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for Kobani.[15]
cells: Marie Ljalková
1920–2011
1942–1953
030 !30
Czechoslovakia
A Czech sniper fighting within the Soviet Army during the second world war with at least 30 confirmed kills.
cells: Ranjith Premasiri Madalana
1969–2009
2000-2009
180 !180
Sri Lanka
Sniper in the Sri Lanka Army during the country's civil war, who is alleged to have killed over 180 Tamil Tigers.[16]
cells: Chuck Mawhinney
1949–
1967–1970
103 !103
United States
A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103).[17]
cells: Herbert W. McBride
1873–1933
1914–1918
100 !100+
United States
US citizen and captain in the 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War.[18]
cells: Philip McDonald
1886–1916
1914–1916
070 !70
Canada
8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF, 70 confirmed kills during the First World War. Killed in action 3 January 1916.
cells: Neville Methven
1916–1918
100 !100
South Africa
Big game hunter and target shooter who served as an officer with Sir Abe Bailey's South African Sharpshooters on the Western Front.
cells: Timothy Murphy
1751–1818
1775–1780
01 !1+
United States
An American Revolutionary War sniper who killed British General Simon Fraser during the Battle of Saratoga.[1]
cells: Semyon Nomokonov
1900–1973
1941–1945
367 !367
Soviet Union
A Soviet World War II sniper with 367 logged kills.[19]
cells: Henry Norwest
1884–1918
1915–1918
115 !115
Canada
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 August 18, 1918.[20]
cells: Fyodor Okhlopkov
1908–1968
1941–1945
423 !423
Soviet Union
One of the most effective Soviet snipers, credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II.[21]
cells: Johnson Paudash
1875–1959
1914–1918
088 !88
Canada
21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF during World War One. 88 confirmed kills.[22]
cells: Lyudmila Pavlichenko
1916–1974
1941–1953
309 !309
Soviet Union
Was the most successful female sniper during World War II. She served the Soviet army and has 309 confirmed kills.[21]
cells: Vladimir Pchelintsev
1920–
1941–1945
456 !456
Soviet Union
cells: Stepan Petrenko
1922–1984
1941–1945
422 !422
Soviet Union
cells: Francis Pegahmagabow
1891–1952
1914–1919
378 !378
Canada
An Indigenous North American sniper in World War I who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills.[23]
cells: Friedrich Pein
1915–1975
1943–1945
200 !200+
Austria
Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War.
cells: Arron Perry
1972–
1999–2005
01 !1+
Canada
A Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002.[2]
cells: Graham Ragsdale
1969–
0 !N/A
Canada
A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2003.[2]
cells: Patrick Riel
1876–1916
1914–1916
030 !30
Canada
Métis Canadian attached to the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF during the First World War with 30 confirmed kills. KIA January 14, 1916 by shell fire.[24]
cells: Ben Roberts-Smith
1978–
1996–
0 !N/A
Australia
Served as a sniper with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment. He was awarded the Medal of Gallantry for his actions in 2006 during Operation Perth in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan.[25]
cells: Ian Robertson
1927–2014
1945–1953
030 !30+
Australia
Served as a sniper with Australia's 3RAR post World War 2. He became one of the most effective snipers during the Korean War. In one morning he killed 30 enemy soldiers.[26]
cells: Roza Shanina
1924–1945
1943–1945
059 !59
Soviet Union
A Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 59 confirmed kills, including 12 soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius.
cells: Randy Shughart
1958–1993
1976–1993
0 !N/A
United States
Delta Force sniper who posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the Battle of Mogadishu.[3]
cells: Ivan Sidorenko
1919–1994
1939–1945
500 !500+
Soviet Union
A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.
cells: Billy Sing
1886–1943
1914–1918
150 !150+
Australia
An Australian soldier in WW1 was credited with over 150 confirmed kills.[27]
cells: Bruno Sutkus
1924–2003
1944–1945
209 !209
Lithuania
Lithuanian fighting in the German Army. Credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945 during the Second World War.
cells: Zhang Taofang
1931–2007
1951–1953
214 !214
China
A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills in 32 days.[28]
cells: Adelbert Waldron
1933–1995
1968–1970
109 !109
United States
A United States Army sniper who formerly held the record for the most confirmed kills by a US military sniper (109).[29]
cells: Alvin C. York
1887–1964
1917–1918
028 !28
United States
82nd Infantry Division, an expert sharpshooter using an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse-Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I. Medal of Honor recipient.
cells: Vasily Zaytsev
1915–1991
1937–1945
242 !242
Soviet Union
A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers).[21]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who holds the record for most confirmed sniper kills in history
answer: answerTexts: Simo Häyhä