He kicked off the season by performing some batting practice on Abraham Ford’s cranium, and then (shockingly) moved on to Glenn when Daryl acted out and punched him in the face.
One incredibly astute Reddit user broke down the total of kills from the first half of The Walking Dead’s seventh season, and Negan emerged as the clear winner of the bunch.
Following those dramatic deaths, his hands remained relatively free from human blood until the midseason finale — during which he gleefully gutted Spencer and brought the Monroe bloodline to a bloody conclusion.
Although he didn’t consistently murder other humans over the course of the first half of Season 7, he bookended the premiere and the finale with some pretty intense killings.