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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Soviet Union.
Name | Total | Individual victories |
shared victories |
Notes | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grigory Rechkalov | 65 | 61 | 4 | Or 56 solo and 5 shared.[1] | [2] |
Ivan Kozhedub | 64 | 64 | — | Estimates vary slightly, but all credit him with at least 60 solo. | [3][4] |
Nikolai Gulaev | 60 | 55 | 5 | — | [5] |
Kirill Yevstigneyev | 56 | 53 | 3 | — | [6] |
Dmitry Glinka | 50 | 50 | — | — | [7] |
Alexander Pokryshkin | 49 | 45 | 4 | Estimates widely vary; recent estimates tend to be less than official Soviet accounts. | [8] |
Amet-khan Sultan | 49 | 30 | 19 | — | [9][10] |
Alexander Koldunov | 47 | 46 | 1 | — | [11] |
Nikolai Skomorokhov | 47 | 44 | 3 | Other sources indicate two shared kills[12] | [13] |
Arseny Vorozheykin | 46 | 45 | 1 | Also gained aerial victories in the battle for Khalkhin Gol | [14] |
Andrey Borovykh | 46 | 29 | 17 | — | [15] |
Vladimir Serov | 45 | 39 | 6 | Including one aerial ramming. | [16] |
Vladimir Lavrinenkov | 43 | 36 | 7 | Some sources indicate 11 shared kills.[17] | [18] |
Aleksey Ryazanov | 43 | 31 | 12 | Some sources indicate 16 instead of 12 shared kills.[19] | [20] |
Fyodor Arkhipenko | 43 | 28 | 15 | — | [21] |
Nikolai Krasnov | 42 | 41 | 1 | Other estimates indicate up to 44 solo shootdowns. | [22] |
Sergey Morgunov | 41 | 41 | — | — | [23] |
Mikhail Pivovarov | 41 | 40 | 1 | — | [24] |
Ivan Stepanenko | 41 | 32 | 9 | — | [25] |
Vitaly Popkov | 40 | 40 | — | — | [26][27] |
Ivan Babak | 40 | 35 | 5 | — | [28] |
Pyotr Gnido | 40 | 34 | 6 | — | [29] |
Mikhail Komelkov | 40 | 33 | 7 | — | [30] |
Andrey Baklan | 41 | 20 | 21 | Or 17 solo and one shared. | [31] |
Ivan Likhobabin | 39 | 32 | 7 | — | [32] |
Pavel Kamozin | 38 | 34 | 4 | — | [33] |
Valentin Makarov | 38 | 28 | 10 | — | [34] |
Ivan Maslov | 38 | 23 | 15 | — | [35] |
Ivan Fyodorov | 37 | 37 | — | Including one aerial ramming | [36] |
Nikolai Artamonov | 37 | 28 | 9 | — | [37] |
Ilya Shmelyov | 37 | 27 | 10 | Or 26 solo and one shared. | [38] |
Vasily Mikhalyov | 37 | 23 | 14 | Or 22 solo and four shared. | [39] |
Aleksey Smirnov | 36 | 35 | 1 | — | [40] |
Aleksandr Karpov | 36 | 27 | 9 | — | [41] |
Konstantin Kovalyov | 36 | 22 | 14 | Or 19 solo and 12 shared. | [42] |
Sergey Lugansky | 35 | 34 | 1 | Other sources indicate 36 solo and two shared. | [43] |
Fyodor Chubukov | 35 | 30 | 5 | — | [44] |
Andrey Kulagin | 35 | 30 | 5 | — | [45] |
Aleksey Alelyukhin | 34 | 28 | 6 | — | [46] |
Mikhail Mudrov | 34 | 26 | 8 | Estimates slightly vary. | [47] |
Vladimir Bobrov | 34 | 23 | 11 | — | [48] |
Stepan Novichkov | 34 | 33 | 1 | — | [49] |
Aleksandr Klubov | 34 | 31 | 3 | — | [50] |
Vladimir Merkulov | 33 | 29 | 4 | — | [51] |
Konstantin Novikov | 33 | 28 | 5 | Other estimates include 28 solo and 3 shared, or alternatively 31 solo and nine shared. | [52] |
Pavel Babaylov | 33 | 27 | 6 | — | [53] |
Nikolai Zelenov | 33 | 24 | 9 | — | [54] |
Nikolai Ignatev | 33 | 22 | 11 | Includes one aerial ramming. | [55] |
Nikolai Kuznetsov | 33 | 21 | 12 | — | [56] |
Pavel Tarasov | 32 | 31 | 1 | — | [57] |
Mikhail Zelyonkin | 32 | 28 | 4 | — | [58] |
Ivan Romanenko | 32 | 29 | 3 | — | [59] |
Anatoly Grachyov | 32 | 25 | 7 | — | [60] |
Aleksandr Lobanov | 32 | 24 | 8 | — | [61] |
Aleksey Reshetov | 32 | 22 | 10 | — | [62] |
Aleksandr Dyachkov | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | [63] |
Sergey Glinkin | 31 | 30 | 1 | Plus one aerostat. | [64] |
Pavel Golovachev | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | [65] |
Ivan Kravtsov | 31 | 27 | 4 | — | [66] |
Ivan Zudilov | 31 | 26 | 5 | — | [67] |
Viktor Nagornyy | 31 | 25 | 6 | — | [68] |
Aleksandr Kochetov | 31 | 20 | 11 | — | [69] |
Viktor Kirilyuk | 30 | 29 | 1 | — | [70] |
Vasily Kurochkin | 30 | 27 | 3 | — | [71] |
Aleksandr Lavrenov | 30 | 27 | 3 | — | [72] |
Pyotr Likholetov | 30 | 23 | 7 | — | [73] |
Ivan Borisov | 30 | 22 | 8 | — | [74] |
Aleksey Murashev | 30 | 22 | 8 | — | [75] |
Andrey Chirkov | 30 | 22 | 8 | — | [76] |
Vasily Markov | 29 | 29 | — | — | [77] |
Mikhail Sachkov | 29 | 29 | — | — | [78] |
Boris Glinka | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | [79] |
Shalva Kiriya | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | [80] |
Aleksandr Kumanichkin | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | [81] |
Anatoly Tyutin | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | [82] |
Nikolai Kitaev | 29 | 24 | 5 | — | [83] |
Nikolai Rudenko | 29 | 24 | 5 | — | [84] |
Aleksey Gubanov | 29 | 23 | 6 | — | [85] |
Ilya Pavlovsky | 29 | 20 | 9 | — | [86] |
Aleksey Solomatin | 29 | 13 | 16 | Or six shared | [87] |
Dmitry Medvedev | 29 | 14 | 15 | — | [88] |
Sergey Gorelov | 28 | 27 | 1 | — | [89] |
Ivan Kornienko | 28 | 26 | 2 | — | [90] |
Spartak Makovsky | 28 | 25 | 3 | — | [91] |
Ivan Sytov | 28 | 25 | 3 | — | [92] |
Mikhail Pogorelov | 28 | 23 | 5 | [93] | |
Pavel Kutakhov | 28 | 12 | 16 | — | [94] |
Igor Kaberov | 28 | 10 | 18 | — | [95] |
Boris Kovzan | 28 | 28 | — | Four individual kills were aerial rammings. Ace status disputed; not listed in Bykov's collection of aces. | [96] |
Sergey Safronov | 28 | 24 | 4 | — | [97] |
Nikolai Dunaev | 28 | 21 | 7 | — | [98] |
Viktor Yashin | 27 | 26 | 1 | — | [99] |
Yegor Vasilevsky | 27 | 25 | 2 | — | [100] |
Valentin Vedeneev | 27 | 24 | 3 | — | [101] |
Aleksandr Laukhin | 27 | 24 | 3 | — | [102] |
Arkady Kovachevich | 27 | 20 | 7 | — | [103] |
Pyotr Pokryshev | 27 | 18 | 9 | Other sources credit more unconfirmed kills.[104] | [105] |
Nikolai Gusarov | 27 | 16 | 11 | — | [106] |
Aleksey Churilin | 26 | 26 | — | — | [107] |
Pavel Dolgaryov | 26 | 26 | — | — | [108] |
Ivan Leonovich | 26 | 26 | — | — | [109] |
Akop Manukyan | 26 | 26 | — | — | [110] |
Boris Rogov | 26 | 26 | — | — | [111] |
Ivan Sklyarov | 26 | 26 | — | — | [112] |
Pyotr Grishchenko | 26 | 25 | 1 | — | [113] |
Andrey Trud | 26 | 25 | 1 | — | [114] |
Pavel Chepinoga | 26 | 25 | 1 | — | [115] |
Ivan Kuznetsov | 26 | 23 | 3 | — | [116] |
Vasily Barsukov | 26 | 22 | 4 | — | [117] |
Aleksandr Sitkovsky | 25 | 25 | — | — | [118] |
Aleksey Yegorov | 25 | 25 | — | — | [119] |
Dmitry Yermakov | 25 | 25 | — | — | [120] |
Vasily Bondarenko | 25 | 24 | 1 | — | [121] |
Ivan Gorbunov | 25 | 24 | 1 | — | [122] |
Anatoly Kozhevnikov | 25 | 23 | 2 | — | [123] |
Viktor Suvirov | 25 | 23 | 2 | — | [124] |
Konstantin Krasavin | 25 | 22 | 3 | — | [125] |
Pavel Muravyov | 25 | 22 | 3 | — | [126] |
Boris Safonov | 25 | 20 | 5 | Western sources typically indicate a higher tally.[127] | [128][129] |
Mikhail Baranov | 24 | 24 | — | — | [130] |
Vladimir Denisenko | 24 | 24 | — | — | [131] |
Ivan Laveykin | 24 | 24 | — | — | [132] |
Vasily Merkushev | 24 | 24 | — | — | [133] |
Ivan Popov | 24 | 24 | — | — | [134] |
Vasily Zaitsev | 24 | 24 | — | Also credited with having 34 personal and 19 shared victories.[135] | [136] |
Ivan Borisenko | 24 | 23 | 1 | — | [137] |
Ivan Tabakov | 24 | 23 | 1 | — | [138] |
Yevgeny Savitsky | 24 | 22 | 2 | Or eighteen solo and one shared. | [139] |
Viktor Aleksandryuk | 24 | 21 | 3 | — | [140] |
Arkady Fyodorov | 24 | 20 | 4 | Estimates vary slightly. | [141] |
Lev Shestakov | 24 | 16 | 8 | Does not include two solo plus one shared victory from Spanish Civil War. | [142] |
Aleksey Khlobystov | 24 | 6 | 18 | Some estimates credit 7 solo and 24 shared consisting of three instead of two aerial rammings.[143] | [144] |
Vazgen Oganesov | 23 | 23 | — | — | [145] |
Vasily Rogozhin | 23 | 23 | — | — | [146] |
Nikolai Surnev | 23 | 23 | — | — | [147] |
Mikhail Mazan | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | [148] |
Fyodor Mitrofanov | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | [149] |
Nikolai Pechyonyy | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | [150] |
Vasily Sidorenkov | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | [151] |
Aleksandr Bastrikov | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | [152] |
Pavel Gavrilin | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | [153] |
Konstantin Komardinkin | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | [154] |
Aleksandr Bilyukin | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | [155] |
Nikolai Bykasov | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | [156] |
Semyon Kratinov | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | [157] |
Leonty Slizen | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | [158] |
Leonid Bykovets | 23 | 19 | 4 | — | [159] |
Mikhail Kuznetsov | 23 | 19 | 4 | Possibly one shared. | [56] |
Ivan Kleshchyov | 23 | 13 | 10 | — | [160] |
Viktor Dudnichenko | 22 | 22 | — | — | [161] |
Anatoly Konstantinov | 22 | 22 | — | — | [162] |
Viktor Merenkov | 22 | 22 | — | — | [163] |
Vitaly Mikryukov | 22 | 22 | — | — | [164] |
Nikolai Miokov | 22 | 22 | — | — | [165] |
Konstantin Sukhov | 22 | 22 | — | — | [166] |
Vladimir Yegorovich | 22 | 22 | — | — | [167] |
Ilya Andrianov | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
Pyotr Nikonorov | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
Leonid Ryzhy | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
Fyodor Shikunov | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | [168] |
Dmitry Ashchaulov | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | [169] |
Sergey Burnazyan | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | [170] |
Aleksandr Karasyov | 22 | 20 | 2 | Gained additional shootdowns in the Korean war. | [171] |
Nikolai Lavitsky | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | [172] |
Nikolai Pinchuk | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | [173] |
Nikolai Naydyonov | 22 | 18 | 4 | — | [174] |
Sergey Ivanov | 21 | 21 | — | — | [175] |
Nikolai Leonov | 21 | 21 | — | — | [176] |
Vyacheslav Sirotin | 21 | 21 | — | — | [177] |
Aleksandr Vybornov | 21 | 21 | — | — | [178] |
Aleksandr Karaev | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | [179] |
Sergey Lazarev | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | [180] |
Andrey Fedotov | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | [181] |
Vasily Ziborov | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | [182] |
Oleg Smirnov | 21 | 21 | — | — | [183] |
Andrey Girich | 21 | 17 | 4 | — | [184] |
Chichiko Bendeliani | 21 | 9 | 12 | — | [185] |
Nikolai Belousov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [186] |
Dmitry Gudkov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [187] |
Adil Guliyev | 20 | 20 | — | — | [188] |
Vasily Mukhin | 20 | 20 | — | — | [189] |
Yakov Ovodov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [190] |
Vladimir Semyonov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [191] |
Ivan Somov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [192] |
Aleksandr Shishkin | 20 | 20 | — | — | [193] |
Ivan Vitkovsky | 20 | 20 | — | — | [194] |
Ivan Vishnyakov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [195] |
Aleksandr Voronko | 20 | 20 | — | — | [196] |
Pyotr Yakubovsky | 20 | 20 | — | — | [197] |
Boris Zhigulyonkov | 20 | 20 | — | — | [198] |
Pyotr Bazanov | 20 | 18 | 2 | — | [199] |
Nikolai Shutt | 20 | 18 | 2 | — | [200] |
Alim Baisultanov | 18 | 5 | 13 | — | [201] |
Georgy Baevsky | 19 | 19 | — | — | [202] |
Daniil Barchenkov | 19 | 19 | — | Estimates vary slightly, with some indicating 21 shootdowns. | [117] |
Georgy Kuzmin | 19 | 18 | 1 | Estimates vary slightly, with some indicating 21 solo and 7 shared. | [203] |
Shamil Abdrashitov | 18 | 18 | — | — | [204] |
Alexander Kabiskoy | 17 | 17 | — | Includes one aerostat. | [205] |
Ivan Kuzmichyov | 17 | 15 | 2 | — | [206] |
Semyon Bychkov | 15 | 10 | 5 | Taken prisoner, served in Luftwaffe, and executed by USSR for treason on 4 November 1946. | [207] |
Luka Muravitsky | 15 | 5 | 10 | — | [208] |
Stepan Bakhaev | 15 | 12 | 3 | Gained additional shootdowns in the Korean War. | [209] |
Anatoly Morozov | 14 | 11 | 3 | — | [210] |
Vasily Afonin | 13 | 11 | 2 | Possibly 14 solo and 3 shared. | [211] |
Georgy Lobov | 13 | 10 | 3 | Counts vary slightly. Credited with additional shootdowns during the Korean War. | [212] |
Ivan Taranenko | 13 | 6 | 7 | Ace status disputed, some indicate only four solo and three shared. | [213] |
Emir Chalbash | 12 | 8 | 4 | Some credit 11 solo and 6 shared. | [214] |
Zakhar Sorokin | 11 | 11 | — | — | [215] |
Aleksandr Babaev | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | [216] |
Aleksandr Gridnev | 9 | 5 | 4 | — | [217] |
Lydia Litvyak | 8 | 5 | 3 | Does not include one observation balloon. Counts vary significantly. | [218] |
Aleksey Maresyev | 7 | 7 | — | Other sources report up to 11 shootdowns | [219] |
Aleksandr Avdeev | 5 | 5 | — | — | [220] |
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