Fighter Aircraft Combat Statistics – Every Fighter Era
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Combat Statistics for Every Fighter Aircraft in History
The air-to-air record of 90 fighter aircraft across every era — from the Fokker Eindecker and the Sopwith Camel through the Bf 109 and the Mustang to the F-35 and Su-57. Every credited kill and loss, cross-checked, sourced, and shown as honest ranges where the records genuinely disagree. Sort the full table, explore the charts, open a detail card for any aircraft, or put two aircraft head to head. And for each one: whether you can still fly it with MiGFlug. Only interested in the jet age? See the fighter jet combat statistics.
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Confirmed air-to-air data only
Updated July 2026
Every fighter, sorted your way
All 90 aircraft — WWI to today — in one place. Sort by air-to-air kills, losses, kill ratio or first-flight year, filter by country of origin and combat status, or search for any aircraft by name.
Swipe the table sideways for kills, losses and kill ratio
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The combat record in charts
Which fighters scored the most air-to-air kills, which stayed undefeated, and how the whole fleet stacks up on a single kills-versus-losses chart.
Most air-to-air kills
Confirmed manned-aircraft victories, all operators combined.
Highest kill-to-loss ratio
Undefeated types shown at the top; only aircraft with 5+ kills.
Kills vs. losses — the whole fleet at a glance
Up and to the left is elite (many kills, few losses). Bubble size = total combat engagements. Hover any dot.
Explore each aircraft in detail
Tap any aircraft for its full combat history — a conflict-by-conflict breakdown, its most famous engagement, the caveats behind the numbers, and whether you can fly it with MiGFlug.
Head-to-head
Pick any two fighters and put their combat records side by side — including what happened on the occasions they actually met in the air.
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On the numbers. Air-to-air figures count confirmed victories against manned aircraft, credited by the operating air force and cross-checked across sources. An asterisk (*) marks figures that are best-available estimates — older wartime tallies from Korea, Vietnam and the Arab–Israeli and Indo-Pakistani wars that sources dispute by wide margins, plus recent 2022–2025 results from Ukraine and the India–Pakistan clash that are credited but not independently confirmed. The higher contested claims are explained in each aircraft’s detail card. Drone and cruise-missile intercepts are noted but not counted as kills. Where serious sources genuinely disagree — Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East and Indo-Pakistani wars — the kills and losses columns show the credible range instead of a single number; each aircraft’s detail card explains who counts what. For WWI and WWII types the columns are aggregate credited victories per type, not verified enemy losses: no air arm kept type-level ledgers, overclaiming ran roughly 2x on every side (worse in the Pacific and on the Eastern Front), and the ranges span documented credits to serious historians’ reconstructions — or simply hover over a kills, losses or ratio figure to see the story behind the numbers. The combat-proven column distinguishes aircraft with a real air-to-air record from those blooded only in strike or reconnaissance operations. Ground/SAM losses are tracked separately from air-to-air losses.
Frequently asked questions
How are air-to-air kills and losses counted in this database?
Every figure counts confirmed aerial victories against manned aircraft, credited by the operating air force and cross-checked across published sources. Where historians dispute a tally we show a visible range instead of a single number, and aircraft destroyed on the ground are tracked separately from air-to-air losses.
Which fighter has the best air-to-air kill ratio?
Among jet-age fighters the F-15 Eagle is the most-cited undefeated type — over 100 air-to-air victories for no confirmed air-to-air losses. Sort the kill-ratio column to compare every aircraft in the table yourself.
Which aircraft scored the most air-to-air victories?
By aggregate credited victories the World War II piston fighters lead: types like the Messerschmitt Bf 109 accumulated the highest totals of any fighter in history over years of mass air war. Among jets, the Korean-War MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre and the later F-15 Eagle rank highest. Sort the kills column to see the order.
Are these combat figures confirmed or estimated?
Most are confirmed and officially credited. Contested historical tallies are shown as ranges rather than a single number, a handful of estimated entries are marked with an asterisk, and recent 2022–2026 combat figures are credited but still firming up.
Can I compare two specific aircraft head-to-head?
Yes. Every documented type-vs-type engagement in this database has its own comparison page — confirmed kills, losses, kill ratio and the story of when the two aircraft actually met in combat. Open any aircraft to follow its head-to-head links.
What is the difference between this database and the jet-age one?
This page covers every fighter era, from World War I biplanes to fifth-generation jets — 90 aircraft in all. The companion Fighter Jet Combat Statistics page focuses on the 42 jet-age fighters, from the MiG-15 to the Su-57.
Can I fly a fighter jet myself?
Yes — MiGFlug flies civilians in real fighter jets and warbirds. See the available aircraft, locations and prices at migflug.com/flights-prices.
