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{{Short description|List of Snipers}}
{{See also|List of Sniper rifles}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{wiktionary|sniper}}
A '''[[sniper]]''' is a trained [[sharpshooter]] who operates alone, [[STA platoon|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:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="130pt" |Name
! width=70|Lived
! width=70|Active
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! data-sort-type="number" | Confirmed<br />sniper kills
! width="120pt" |Nationality
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| data-sort-value="Adamia, Noah Petrovich" | [[Noah Adamia]]
| 1919–1942
| 1938–1942
| 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>
| data-sort-value="200.200" | 200+
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

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| data-sort-value="Davis, Herman" | [[Herman Davis]]
| 1888–1923
| 1918
| An American sniper of the First World War, awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], the Croix de Guerre with palm, the [[Croix de Guerre|Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star]] and the [[Médaille Militaire]] awards from the American and [[France|French]] 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>
| 60
| {{Flag|United States}}

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| data-sort-value="Bisht, Lucky" | [[Lucky Bisht]]
| 1988–
| 2003–2024
| An Indian [[Secret service]], 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, [[R.A.W. Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima]] according to which he is. Hitman of [[Research and Analysis Wing]].<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 Hitman 2: 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 [[Simon & Schuster]].<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/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>
| data-sort-value="1.1" |139
| {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]

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| data-sort-value="Dyachenko, Fedir" | [[Fedir Dyachenko]]
| 1917–1995
| 1932–1946

| A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Ukrainian sniper during [[World War II]], credited with as many as 425 kills and awarded with the [[Hero of the Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Pamyat naroda|11810276|archive=TsAMO|fund=33|inventory=682525|case=72}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Дьяченко Фёдор Трофимович - Советские снайперы 1941-1945 гг. |url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/snipers/abc/d/dychenko.htm |website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru}}</ref><ref>[https://sun.tsu.ru/mminfo/2020/000462771/1944/1944_012.pdf Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза офицерскому, сержантскому и рядовому составу Красной Армии» от 21 февраля 1944 года] // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1944. — 29 февраля (№ 12 (272)). — С. 2</ref>
| 425
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}
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| data-sort-value="Furlong, Rob" | [[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 (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]].<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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| data-sort-value="Gordon, Gary" | [[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 (1993)|Battle of Mogadishu]].<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>
| data-sort-value="0" | N/A
| {{flag|United States}}

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| data-ocrt-value="Harrison, Craig" | [[Craig Harrison (British Army soldier)|Craig Harrison]]
| 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 [[Accuracy International AWM|L115A3]] 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}}

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| data-sort-value="Hathcock, Carlos" | [[Carlos Hathcock]]
| 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=[[Pocket Books]]|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, [[Marine Corps Base Quantico|the school's]] 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
| {{flag|United States}}
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|[[Dejan Berić]]
|1974-
|2014–present
|Simply known as '''Deki''' (Деки) is a Serbian volunteer in the [[Russian Separatist forces in Donbas|forces]] of the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] with the rank of [[Major (rank)|Major]], who is fighting as a sniper in the ongoing [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Сербский снайпер Деки заявил о сборе добровольцев в ДНР |url=https://news-r.ru/news/politics/505532/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411005742/https://news-r.ru/news/politics/505532/ |archive-date=2021-04-11 |access-date=2021-04-11 |website=news-r.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=A war hero for Russia, a war criminal for Vučić and his "media" |url=https://srbin.info/en/politika/dejan-beric-za-rusiju-ratni-heroj-za-vucica-i-njegove-medije-ratni-zlocinac/ |access-date=2019-08-24 |language=en}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Serbia}}
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| data-sort-value="Häyhä, Simo" | [[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#Military usage|snow camouflage]] and a white face mask, waiting for a target to appear. [[Antti Rantamaa]], who served as a [[military chaplain|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.<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=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |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}}

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| data-sort-value="Herdem, Musa" | {{ill|Musa Herdem|ku|Mûsa Herdem|pt}}
| 1987–2015
| 2006–2015
| A [[People's Protection Units|YPG]] sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 120 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for [[Kobanî#Syrian Civil War|Kobani]] 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>
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| {{flag|Rojava}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistanê.png}} [[PJAK]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).svg}} [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]]

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| data-sort-value="Hetzenauer, Matthäus" | [[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.<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}}

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| data-sort-value="Idrisov, Abukhadzhi" | [[Abukhadzhi Idrisov]]
| 1918–1983
| 1939–1944
| A Soviet [[Chechens|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.<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}}

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| data-sort-value="Ilyin, Nikolay Yakovlevich" | [[Nikolai Ilyin (sniper)|Nikolai Ilyin]]
| 1925–1943
| 1941–1943
| A Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the [[50th Guards Rifle Division]] during the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], [[World War II]].<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}}

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| data-sort-value= Irving, Nicholas | [[Nicholas Irving]]
| 1986–
| 2004–2010
| A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the [[3rd Ranger Battalion (United States)|3rd Ranger Battalion]] 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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| [[Juba (sniper)|Juba]]
| 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 [[Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)|Iraqi Civil War]] as well as the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]].<ref name=":03">سِفر الأبطال: الجزء الثالث - صفحة 78books.google.iq › books سعد عبد القادر ماهر - 2019 -</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Paul |date=October 29, 2006 |title=U.S. military probes sniper threat in Baghdad |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-snipers/u-s-military-probes-sniper-threat-in-baghdad-idUKPAR92964820061029 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115085852/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-snipers/u-s-military-probes-sniper-threat-in-baghdad-idUKPAR92964820061029 |archive-date=January 15, 2022 |access-date=2008-03-21 |publisher=Reuters news service}}</ref><ref name="mythmenace">[http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1604797 Baghdad Sniper: Myth or Menace?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629075826/http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1604797|date=2007-06-29}} [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], February 10, 2006</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Iraqi Sniper: The legendary insurgent who claimed to have killed scores of American troops |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/01/22/iraqi-sniper-the-legendary-insurgent-who-claimed-to-have-killed-scores-of-american-soldiers/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731223426/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/01/22/iraqi-sniper-the-legendary-insurgent-who-claimed-to-have-killed-scores-of-american-soldiers/ |archive-date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=26 April 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="37.1" |700+ (alleged)<br>63 (confirmed)
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| 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 [[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 <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]]|access-date=4 March 2015|date=4 March 2015}}</ref>
| 41+
| {{flag|Indonesia}}

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| data-sort-value="Kulbertinov, Ivan" | [[Ivan Kulbertinov]]
| 1917–1993
| 1941–1945
| A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a [[Mosin–Nagant|Mosin-Nagant 1891]] 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" | [[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.<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 [[Shumilino]] 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" | [[Chris Kyle]]
| 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" | [[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.<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=[Military Times]  }}</ref>
| 46
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Mawhinney, Chuck" | [[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 kills), with an additional 216 "probable kills".<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Tony |date=22 January 2000 |title=A Sniper at Peace With His Duties |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-22-mn-56566-story.html |access-date=16 April 2011 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
| 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 served as a captain in the [[21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF|21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force]], 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
| Part of [[8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF]], 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="Murphy, Timothy" | [[Timothy Murphy (sniper)|Timothy Murphy]]
| 1751–1818
| 1775–1780
| An [[American Revolutionary War]] sniper credited with killing British General [[General Simon Fraser of Balnian|Simon Fraser]] during the [[Battle of Saratoga]].<ref name="senich">{{cite book|title=The Complete Book of U.S. Sniping|last=Senich|first=Peter R.|publisher=[[Paladin Press]]|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" | [[Semyon Nomokonov]]
| 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" | [[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.<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" | [[Fyodor Okhlopkov]]
| 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" | [[Johnson Paudash]]
| 1875–1959
| 1914–1918
| A member of the [[21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF]] 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" | [[Lyudmila Pavlichenko]]
| 1916–1974
| 1941–1953
| 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<ref name="Haskew2005" />
| 309
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Pchelintsev, Vladimir" | [[Vladimir Pchelintsev]]
| 1919–2001
| 1941–1945
| A Soviet sniper Credited with 152 kills using a [[Mosin–Nagant|Mosin-Nagant 1891]] rifle during the [[Second World War]].<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" | [[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.<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 = [[University of Toronto Press]]| 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" | [[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.<ref>Scherzer 2007, p. 586.</ref>
| data-sort-value="200.1" | 200+
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Perry, Arron" | [[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.<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
| A 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" | [[Ranjith Premasiri Madalana]] (Nero)
| 1969–2009
| 2000–2009
| A sniper in the [[Sri Lanka Army]] during the [[Sri Lankan civil war|country's civil war]] alias "Nero".<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> The Sri Lankan LTTE war ended on 18 May 2009 just 20 days after Corporal Premasiri's death. At the time of his death, he had served 18 years in the Sri Lanka Army and 9 years of it as a sniper with 217 confirmed kills of [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=How the LTTE was 'military' defeated: A Soldier's view - Part Seven |url=http://infolanka.asia/eelam-war/a-soldiers-view/how-the-ltte-was-military-defeated-a-soldiers-view-part-seven |accessdate=28 March 2015 |work=infolanka.asia |publisher=Infolanka}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2010/4/56061_space.html&page= Let us remember Nero: the Phussadeva of our time, the archer who never missed his mark lankanewspapers.com - April 28, 2010]</ref>
| 217
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Ragsdale, Graham" | [[Graham Ragsdale]]
| 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 [[private military company|private military companies]].
| 56
| {{flag|Canada}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Riel, Patrick" | Patrick Riel
| 1876–1916
| 1914–1916
| A [[Métis people (Canada)|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.<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}}

| data-sort-value="Usopp" | Usopp

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Roberts-Smith, Ben" | [[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.<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 [[Victoria Cross for Australia]] 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 [[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.<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" | [[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 (1944)|Battle of Vilnius]] 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;"
| [[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.<ref name="Durant" />
| data-sort-value="0" | 41
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Sidorenko, Ivan" | [[Ivan Sidorenko]]
| 1919–1994
| 1939–1945
| A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.<ref name="Heroes">{{cite book |last=Sakaida |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Sakaida |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6MXDAAAQBAJ |title=Heroes of the Soviet Union: 1941–1945 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=2004 |isbn=1841767697 |page=18}}</ref><ref name="Haskew">{{cite book |last=Haskew |first=Michael E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnmyjViuPrUC |title=The Sniper at War: From the American Revolutionary War to the Present Day |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |year=2005 |isbn=0312336519 |page=74}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="500.1" | 500+
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Sing, Billy" | [[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.<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" | [[Mikhail Surkov]]
| 1921–1953
| 1941–1945
| A 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" | [[Bruno Sutkus]]
| 1924–2003
| 1944–1945
| A [[Lithuania]]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.<ref>"Respublika", Nr. 284(1694). Gražina Ašembergiene. "209 kartus gyvas". December 4, 1995 (Lithuanian newspaper)</ref>
| 209
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Tahseen, Abu" | [[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]].<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)
| {{flag|Iraq}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Jones III, Henry" | Henry Jones III
| 1994–
| 2012-2022
| A United States Army sniper who holds 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 = [[Paladin Press]]| location=Boulder|isbn= 978-1-58160-690-4}}</ref>
| 109
| {{flag|United States}}

|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="York, Alvin C." | [[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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Owens |first=Ron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s65pmBAUmD4C&pg=PA98 |title=Medal of Honor: Historical Facts & Figures |date=2004 |publisher=Turner Publishing Company |isbn=9781563119958 |quote=Exclusive of the five Marines who earned double awards of the Medal, Lt. [[Samuel I. Parker|Samuel Parker]] was the most highly decorated soldier of WWI. |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014123426/https://books.google.com/books?id=s65pmBAUmD4C&pg=PA98& |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nytobit">''New York Times'': [https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/03/archives/sergeant-york-war-hero-dies-killed-25-germans-and-captured-132-in.html Sergeant York, War Hero, Dies", September 3, 1964], accessed September 20, 2010</ref>
| 28
| {{flag|United States}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Zaytsev, Vasily" | [[Vasily Zaitsev (sniper)|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).<ref name="Haskew2005" />
| 242
| {{flag|Soviet Union}}
|-
| data-sort-value="Zhang, Taofang" | [[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
| {{flag|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 he had, and he said more than 3,000 kills. The Jamejam newspaper agreed on this number.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-06 |title=گردان تک نفره لقب کدام شهید بود؟ |url=https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3698192-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%DA%A9-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8-%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=مقدس |first=خبرگزاری دفاع |date= |title=سردار شهید عبدالرسول زرین/ روایتی مصور از گردان تک نفره |url=https://defapress.ir/fa/news/372915/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%DA%A9-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=fa |language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ارتش تک‌نفره؛ تک‌تیراندازی که دو هزار بعثی را به هلاکت رساند - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1399/04/01/2290123/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4-%D8%AA%DA%A9-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AA%DA%A9-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}</ref>
|700+
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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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|[[Ibragim Suleymanov]]
|1911 – 1943
|1941–1943
|A Kazakh sniper in the Red Army during World War II who killed an estimated 289 enemy soldiers. He was nominated for the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] on 9 July 1943, but was initially awarded only the [[Order of Lenin]]. In 2022 he was posthumously awarded the title [[Hero of Kazakhstan]], the highest state honor of Kazakhstan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Te |first=Mikhail |date=9 May 2022 |title=Легендарный казахстанский снайпер Ибраим Сулейменов наводил ужас на врагов и готовил талантливых учеников |url=https://kazpravda.kz/n/legendarnyy-kazahstanskiy-snayper-ibraim-suleymenov-navodil-uzhas-na-vragov-i-gotovil-talantlivyh-uchenikov/ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=kazpravda.kz |language=ru}}</ref>
|289
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==Non-military snipers==
Not all snipers are highly trained professional soldiers. The term is sometimes ambiguously used to describe [[criminal]]s firing from cover at long range with a rifle, as well as police sharpshooters. Some non-military snipers include:

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| data-sort-value="Carter, Frank" | [[Frank Carter (murderer)|Frank Carter]]
| 1881–1927
| A notorious murderer in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], 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>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Clark, Michael Andrew" | [[1965 Highway 101 sniper attack|Michael Andrew Clark]]
| 1949-1965
| Michael Andrew Clark, A 16-year-old teenage sniper who killed three and wounded ten in [[U.S. Route 101|Highway 101]] shooting spree on 25 April 1965.
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="De La Beckwith, Byron" | [[Byron De La Beckwith]]
| 1920–2001
| An ex-US Marine and [[White supremacy|white supremacist]], assassinated [[NAACP]] field secretary [[Medgar Evers]] after the civil rights activist arrived home in Jackson, Mississippi on 12 June 1963.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Stout |first=David |date=January 23, 2001 |title=Byron De La Beckwith Dies; Killer of Medgar Evers Was 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.html |access-date=April 28, 2010 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Medgar Evers |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/medgar-evers |website=Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref><ref>Hansen, Mark. ''ABA Journal'', March 1993, Vol.79, p.26(1); Justice, Glen. "'The Word Is Free': For the Three Children of Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers, the Conviction of Their Father's Murderer after 30 Years Has Finally Ended a Lifetime in Limbo. Quietly, Each Is Fulfilling Their Father's Dreams by Living out Their Own", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 20, 1994. Web. May 16, 2017.</ref>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Dixon, William" | [[William "Billy" Dixon]]
| 1850–1913
| Defended the [[Adobe Walls, Texas|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]].<ref name="Dixon">{{cite book |last=Dixon |first=O. |title=Life and Adventures of "Billy" Dixon |publisher=Guthrie: Co-operative Publishing Company |year=1914}}</ref><ref>Anderson, H. Allen. [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/btb03 "Buffalo Wallow Fight"], ''Handbook of Texas Online''. Retrieved May 27, 2011.</ref><ref>Lively, Garland R. (2009). [http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/19thcentury/articles/redriverwar.aspx "General Phillip Sheridan's Southern Plains Campaign of 1874–1875"], MilitaryHistoryOnline.com. Retrieved May 26, 2011.</ref>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Tha'ir Kayid, Hamad" | [[Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack|Tha'ir Kayid Hamad]]
| 1980–
| A [[Palestinians|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.<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" | [[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 [[long rifle|Kentucky long rifle]] 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>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Horiuchi, Lon" | [[Lon Horiuchi]]
| 1954–
| A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot [[Randy Weaver]] and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at [[Ruby Ridge]].<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>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Horn, Tom" | [[Tom Horn|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]].<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>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Muhammad, John Allen" | [[John Allen Muhammad]] and [[Lee Boyd Malvo]]
| 1960–2009<br />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]].<ref name="Monster">{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Josh |date=September 29, 2012 |title=Lee Boyd Malvo, 10 years after D.C. area sniper shootings: 'I was a monster' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/lee-boyd-malvo-10-years-after-dc-area-sniper-shootings-i-was-a-monster/2012/09/29/a1ef1b42-04d8-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html |access-date=September 11, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>[https://vadoc.virginia.gov/general-public/inmate-locator Inmate Locator - Virginia Department of Corrections]</ref><ref name="StartTrial">{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Andrea F. |date=January 29, 2009 |title=Murder trial for Malvo set to start in November |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.malvo29jan29-story.html |work=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref><ref name="TeenageKiller">{{cite news |date=November 14, 2003 |title=Teenage sniper accused 'a smart, clever killer' |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/teenage-sniper-accused-a-smart-clever-killer-1-494084 |access-date=November 6, 2017 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh, Scotland}}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="Oswald, Lee Harvey" | [[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.<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" | [[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.<ref name="Maglio">{{cite news |last=Maglio |first=Tony |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Stephen Paddock: What we know about Las Vegas mass shooter |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Stephen-Paddock-What-We-Know-About-Las-Vegas-12246204.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002192802/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Stephen-Paddock-What-We-Know-About-Las-Vegas-12246204.php |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |newspaper=[[SFGate]] |df=mdy-all |series=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref><ref name="people.com">{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Char |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Jason Aldean ran from stage when Las Vegas gunman opened fire: 'Tonight has been beyond horrific' |url=http://people.com/crime/jason-aldean-las-vegas-gunman-stage-shooting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002143911/http://people.com/crime/jason-aldean-las-vegas-gunman-stage-shooting/ |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=October 2, 2017 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People magazine]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| data-sort-value="Whitman, Charles" | [[Charles Whitman]]
| 1941–1966
| A college student and former US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas Austin]] 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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|}

==See also==
* [[Snipers of the Soviet Union]]

==References==
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[[Category:Criminal snipers|*]]
[[Category:Lists of military personnel|Sniper]]
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