Headshot kills
The share of a gun's kills where the killing hit was to the head, with its 95% margin. Below 20 kills the row is marked and the share is not shown: it would be mostly noise.
Every gun kill between human players in public PUBG matches, gun by gun, from the official match telemetry. Guns are compared only within their own class: a sniper rifle and a shotgun do different jobs.
Miramar, official map. Weapon silhouettes from the official PUBG assets.
The share of all gun kills in the sample, class by class. It shows what gets used and lands kills, not which class is stronger.
Share of the class kills, the share of those kills made with a headshot, and the average distance of the kill. Not a tier list: a gun that drops more often gets more kills.
Most kills in the classBerylBeryl23.5%319 kills22% ±5headshot kills27 mavg distance
AUG A320.2%274 kills22% ±5headshot kills30 mavg distance
ACE3217.8%242 kills24% ±5headshot kills23 mavg distance
M41616.2%220 kills26% ±6headshot kills30 mavg distance
AKM10.7%146 kills21% ±7headshot kills21 mavg distance
SCAR-L2.9%40 kills10% ±9headshot kills20 mavg distance
M16A42.0%27 kills22% ±16headshot kills42 mavg distance
K21.8%24 kills17% ±15headshot kills19 mavg distance
FAMAS1.6%22 kills14% ±14headshot kills28 mavg distance
Grozafew kills1.4%19 kills— headshot kills26 mavg distance
Mk47 Mutantfew kills1.3%18 kills— headshot kills71 mavg distance
G36Cfew kills0.6%8 kills— headshot kills27 mavg distance
Most kills in the classMP5KMP5K41.7%217 kills20% ±5headshot kills21 mavg distance
UMP927.3%142 kills13% ±5headshot kills21 mavg distance
Micro Uzi10.0%52 kills21% ±11headshot kills12 mavg distance
Vector10.0%52 kills21% ±11headshot kills13 mavg distance
P905.8%30 kills17% ±13headshot kills24 mavg distance
Tommy Gun5.0%26 kills15% ±14headshot kills21 mavg distance
Most kills in the classM24M2446.3%139 kills56% ±8headshot kills139 mavg distance
Kar98k41.7%125 kills57% ±9headshot kills152 mavg distance
AWM8.3%25 kills56% ±19headshot kills152 mavg distance
Win94few kills3.7%11 kills— headshot kills113 mavg distance
Most kills in the classM249M24956.8%167 kills27% ±7headshot kills35 mavg distance
MG39.9%29 kills21% ±15headshot kills37 mavg distance
Most kills in the classMk12Mk1221.5%50 kills26% ±12headshot kills147 mavg distance
Mini 1418.9%44 kills25% ±13headshot kills98 mavg distance
SLR17.6%41 kills24% ±13headshot kills126 mavg distance
SKS15.5%36 kills33% ±15headshot kills120 mavg distance
VSS14.6%34 kills21% ±14headshot kills88 mavg distance
Dragunovfew kills6.4%15 kills— headshot kills105 mavg distance
Mk14 EBRfew kills5.6%13 kills— headshot kills223 mavg distance
Most kills in the classS1897S189750.2%104 kills24% ±8headshot kills8 mavg distance
S68623.2%48 kills13% ±9headshot kills8 mavg distance
S12K20.3%42 kills29% ±14headshot kills9 mavg distance
Sawed-offfew kills5.3%11 kills— headshot kills6 mavg distance
DBSfew kills1.0%2 kills— headshot kills16 mavg distance
Most kills in the classP92P92few kills83.3%5 kills— headshot kills9 mavg distance
Deaglefew kills16.7%1 kill— headshot kills14 mavg distanceThe share of a gun's kills where the killing hit was to the head, with its 95% margin. Below 20 kills the row is marked and the share is not shown: it would be mostly noise.
The average distance between killer and victim, in metres, from the match telemetry. Sniper and marksman rifles kill far by design.
Some guns only drop in care packages, and some only on certain maps. Few kills there mean few pickups, not a weak gun.
Kills between human players in public Steam matches; bots, teammates, grenades and vehicles excluded. Source: PUBG API, public match samples (Steam).