List of gamma-ray bursts

The following is a list of significant gamma-ray bursts listed in chronological order. GRBs are named after the date on which they were detected: the first two numbers correspond to the year, the second two numbers to the month, and the last two numbers to the day.

Extremes

Title	GRB	Data	Notes
Least distant	GRB 170817A	z = 0.009727	Higher redshift than GRB 980425, but closer galaxy
Most distant with photometric redshift estimate	GRB 090429B	z = 9.4
Most distant with spectroscopic redshift estimate	GRB 090423	z = 8.2
Least Luminous
Most Luminous	GRB 110918A	z = 0.984	Peak Luminosity is L_iso = 4.7 × 10⁴⁷ Watts
Most Energetic	GRB 221009A	18 TeV; z=0.151	It is the most energetic gamma-ray burst ever recorded. It has been deemed to be the "B.O.A.T.", or Brightest Of All Time. It had the highest fluence and peak flux ever identified, by a large margin. It also holds the record for highest energy burst recorded if released isotropically, beating GRB 080916C. It may have released a photon at 251 TeV.
Longest duration	GRB 250702B	Duration = ca. 1 day
Shortest duration	GRB 820405	Duration = 12 ms
Most distant naked-eye brightness GRB	GRB 080319B	Apparent magnitude: 5.3 z=0.937

Firsts

Title	GRB	Date	Data	Notes
First GRB detected	GRB 670702	1967 July 2
First GRB identified	GRB 781104	1978 November 4		Venera-11, Venera-12, Prognoz-7, ISEE-3, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Vela
First long duration GRB discovered
First short duration GRB discovered
First hard spectrum GRB discovered
First soft spectrum GRB discovered
First GRB whose distance was determined	GRB 970508		z=0.835
First GRB discovered with a radio afterglow	GRB 970508
First GRB discovered with an optical afterglow	GRB 970228	February 28, 1997 02:58 UTC
First GRB discovered with an X-ray afterglow	GRB 780506
First Short GRB discovered with millimeter afterglow	GRB 211106A	2021 November 6 04:37:31.2 UT	0.7	One of the widest and most energetic SGRB jets known to date. Associated with a neutron star merger.
First GRB linked to a supernova	GRB 980425	25 April 1998 21:49 UTC	SN 1998bw	GRB 030329 definitively linked SNe with GRBs, being associated with the hypernova SN 2003dh
First GRB of naked-eye brightness	GRB 080319B	2008 March 19 06:12 UTC	Apparent magnitude: 5.7	The first GRB bright enough to be visible to amateur astronomers with low powered scopes was GRB 990123 at magnitude 9
First GRB with associated Gravitational wave detection	GRB 170817A	2017 August 17	GW170817
First GRB with tera-electron volt radiation from inverse Compton emission.	GRB 190114C	2019 January 14 20:57:03 UT	z=0.4245; magnitude=15.60est	"light detected from the object had the highest energy ever observed: 1 Tera electron volt -- about one trillion times as much energy per photon as visible light"; "the brightest light ever seen from Earth "; "this detection is considered a milestone in high-energy astrophysics". Its light energy was then overtaken by GRB 190829A with 3.3 TeV and then GRB 221009A with 18 TeV.

Most distant GRB

GRB	Date	Distance	Notes
GRB 090429B	May 2011 —	z=9.4	The GRB was observed in 2009, however its distance was not announced until 2011.
GRB 090423	April 2009 — May 2011	z=8.2	This was the first GRB to become the most distant object in the universe.
GRB 080913	September 2008 — April 2009	z=6.7
GRB 050904	September 2005 — September 2008	z=6.29
GRB 000131	January 2000 — September 2005	z=4.50
GRB 971214	December 1997 — January 2000	z=3.42
GRB 970508	May 1997 — December 1997	z=0.835	First GRB with its distance determined