Worst mass shootings in the United States, as of January 2023 (addition of Brooklyn Homes, July 2023)

Number of victims of the worst mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and January 2023

Rank Mass Shooting Event Fatalities Injured Total victims

1 Las Vegas Strip massacre (Las Vegas, NV, 2017) 58 546 604
2 Orlando nightclub massacre (Orlando, Florida, 2016) 49 53 102
3 Aurora theater shooting (Aurora, Colorado, 2012) 12 70 82
4 Virginia Tech massacre (Blacksburg, Virginia, 2007) 32 23 55
5 El Paso Walmart mass shooting (El Paso, Texas, 2019) 22 26 48
6 Texas First Baptist Church massacre (Sutherland Springs, TX, 2017) 26 20 46
7 Luby's massacre (Killeen, Texas, 1991) 24 20 44
8 Fort Hood massacre (Fort Hood, Texas, 2009) 13 31 44
9 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre (San Ysidro, California, 1984) 22 19 41
10 Robb Elementary school massacre (Uvalde, Texas, 2022) 21 17 38
11 Columbine High School massacre (Littleton, Colorado, 1999) 13 24 37
12 San Bernardino mass shooting (San Bernardino, California, 2015) 14 21 35
13 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (Parkland, Florida, 2018) 17 17 34
14 Thousand Oaks nightclub shooting (Thousand Oaks, California, 2018) 12 22 34
15 Brooklyn Homes block party shooting (Baltimore, Maryland, 2023 2 28 30
16 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre (Newtown, Connecticut, 2012) 27 2 29
17 Sante Fe High School shooting (Sante Fe, Texas, 2018) 10 13 23
18 United States Postal Service shooting (Edmond, Oklahoma, 1986) 15 6 21
19 LA dance studio mass shooting (Monterey Park, California, 2023) 11 10 21
20 Washington Navy Yard shooting (Washington, D.C., 2013) 12 8 20
21 Binghamton shootings (Binghamton, New York, 2009) 14 4 18
22 Tree of Life synagogue shooting (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018) 11 6 17
23 Virginia Beach municipal building shooting (Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2019) 12 4 16
24 Red Lake massacre (Red Lake, Minnesota, 2005) 10 5 15
25 GMAC massacre (Jacksonville, Florida, 1990) 10 4 14
26 Buffalo supermarket massacre (Buffalo, New York, 2022) 10 3 13
Original Data Source: Statista Research Department