RANKING UPDATE: Tomohiro Kato gets 7 knife kills.
Top 40 Killing Sprees
Rank Kills Name Date Location Weaponry
1 57 Woo Bum-kon 04-26-1982 Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea Rifle and grenades
2 44 Andrew Kehoe 05-18-1927 Bath Township, Michigan, USA Rifle, dynamite, pyrotol and blunt instrument
3 35 Martin Bryant 04-28-1996 Tasmania, Australia Knife and AR-15 Rifle
4 32 Seung-Hui Cho 04-16-2007 Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Walther P22 and Glock 19
5 30 Mutsuo Toi 05-21-1938 Okayama, Japan Rifle and katanas
6 29 Baruch Goldstein 02-25-1994 Hebron, West Bank IMI Galil assault rifle
7 23 George Hennard 10-16-1991 Killeen, Texas, USA Glock 17 and Ruger P-89
8 21 James Oliver Huberty 07-18-1984 San Diego, California, USA Uzi, pump-action shotgun and Browning HP pistol
9 17 Thomas Hamilton 03-13-1996 Dunblane, Scotland 2 Browning HP pistols and 2 Smith and Wesson .357 revolvers
10 16 Michael Robert Ryan 08-19-1987 Hungerford, Berkshire, England AK-47 and Beretta pistol
11 16 Robert Steinhäuser 04-26-2002 Erfurt, Germany Glock 17 and pump action shotgun
12 15 Charles Whitman 08-01-1966 Austin, Texas Sawed off shotgun, Remington 700, M1 Carbine, .357 Magnum, Galesi-Brescia pistol and Luger
13 14 Patrick Sherrill 08-20-1986 Edmond, Oklahoma 2 .45 Colt semi-automatic pistols and .22 caliber pistol
14 14 Marc Lépine 12-06-1989 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Ruger Mini-14 and hunting knife
15 14 Friedrich Leibacher 09-27-2001 Zug, Switzerland Stg 90, pump-action shotgun, Sig Sauer pistol and revolver
16 13 David Gray 11-13-1990 Aramoana, New Zealand AK-47
17 10 Walter Seifert 06-12-1964 Colonge, Germany Flame thrower and lance
18 9 James Edward Pough 06-18-1990 Jacksonville, Florida, USA M1 rifle and .38 revolver
19 9 Gian Luigi Ferry 07-01-1993 San Francisco, California, USA 2 TEC-9 handguns and a .45 pistol
20 9 Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 06-01-2001 Kathmandu, Nepal Handgun
21 9 Jeffrey Weise 03-21-2005 Red Lake, Minnesota, USA .22 caliber pistol, Glock 17 and pump action shotgun
22 8 Richard Speck 07-14-1966 Chicago, Illinois, USA Knife
23 8 Barend Strydom 11-15-1988 Pretoria, South Africa 9mm pistol
24 8 Joseph Wesbecker 09-14-1989 Louisville, Kentucky, USA AK-47
25 8 Mamoru Takuma 06-08-2001 Osaka Prefecture, Japan Kitchen knife
26 8 Mohammad Ahman al-Naziri 03-30-1997 Sanaa, Yemen Assault rifle
27 8 Pekka-Eric Auvinen 11-07-2007 Tuusula, Finland SIG Mosquito .22 calibre
28 8 Robert A. Hawkins 12-05-2007 Omaha, Nebraska SKS Carbine
29 8 Alaa Abu Dhein 03-06-2008 Jerusalem, Israel AK-47
30 7 Edward Allaway 07-12-1976 Fullerton, California, USA .22 caliber Long Rifle
31 7 Frank Vitkovic 12-08-1987 Melbourne, Australia Sawed-off shotgun
32 7 Julian Knight 08-09-1987 Melbourne, Australia .22 calibre Ruger rifle, M14 rifle and pump action shotgun
33 7 Richard Farley 02-16-1988 Sunnyvale, California, USA .38 automatic rifle, 2 pump action shotguns and .357 Magnum
34 7 Wade Frankum 08-17-1991 Sydney, Australia Knife and semi-automatic rifle
35 7 Byran Uesugi 11-02-1999 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 9mm pistol
36 7 Michael McDermott 12-26-2000 Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA AK-47 and pump action shotgun
37 7 Jennifer San Marco 01-30-2006 Goleta, California, USA Pistol
38 7 Tomohiro Kato 06-08-2008 Tokyo, Japan Rental truck and knife
39 6 Colin Ferguson 12-07-1993 Nassau County, New York, USA Ruger P-89
40 6 Kyle Huff 03-25-2006 Seattle, Washington, USA Pump-action shotgun and Ruger handgun