List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Russia

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Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920; after its introduction at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924.[1] Russia has participated in 6 of 23 tournaments, sending 14 goaltenders and 84 skaters. The Russian national team is co-ordinated by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and players are chosen by the team's management staff.

A group of hockey players stand on the ice in a circle, huddling together in front of the goal. They are all wearing red, blue and white sweaters.
The Russian team gathers together before a game against Latvia during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian players competed as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. Nine former Soviet states became part of the IIHF and started competing internationally, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Russia.[2] At the 1992 Olympics, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan competed as one entity, known as the Unified Team.[3] In the final, the Unified Team defeated Canada to win gold while Czechoslovakia won the bronze.[3] Russia's first tournament as a separate nation came at the 1994 Games, where they lost the bronze medal game to Sweden.[4] The following tournament, Russia advanced to the gold medal game, but was shut out by the Czech Republic and settled for the silver medal.[5] After a bronze medal at the 2002 tournament, Russia has failed to medal in the past two Olympics.[6] The 2014 tournament was hosted in Sochi, and the Russian team did not win a medal. They won the gold medal four years later, and a silver in 2022.

The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete.[7] An agreement was reached in 1995 that allowed NHL players to compete in the Olympics, starting with the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.[8]

Russia has won two medals in men's ice hockey, a silver medal in the 1998 Games, and a bronze at the 2002 Games;[9] nine players—Pavel Bure, Valeri Bure, Sergei Federov, Sergei Gonchar, Darius Kasparaitis, Igor Kravchuk, Boris Mironov, Alexei Yashin and Alexei Zhamnov—have won medals with both teams. Three players have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame and Hockey Hall of Fame – Pavel Bure, Sergei Fedorov, and Igor Larionov. Gonchar has played in 24 games over four tournaments, more than any other player. Bure has the record for most goals (11), while Pavel Datsyuk holds the record for most assists (15) and most points (20).

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Goaltenders

Ilya Bryzgalov is on the ice deflecting a hockey puck. He is wearing a white and blue jersey with red pants.
Ilya Bryzgalov is the only goaltender who was a member of three teams, and won a bronze medal in 2002.
Evgeni Nabokov is bent over skating on the ice. He is wearing a red jersey and white pads.
Evgeni Nabokov has played in more games (10) and won more games (6) than any other Russian goaltender.
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Goaltenders
Player Olympics Tournament(s) GP W L T Min SO GA GAA Medals Notes Ref(s)
Sergei Abramov 1 1994 3110140052.14 [12]
Sergei Bobrovsky 1 2014 3110157131.15
Ilya Bryzgalov 3 2002, 2006, 2010 3020161082.98  Bronze (2002) [13]
Valeri Ivannikov 1 1994 101060044 [14]
Nikolai Khabibulin 1 2002 63213591142.34  Bronze (2002) [15]
Evgeni Nabokov 2 2006, 2010 106305043182.14 [16]
Mikhail Shtalenkov 1 1998 5410290081.65  Silver (1998) [17]
Maxim Sokolov 1 2006 210060044 [17]
Andrei Trefilov 2 1998 6100108063.33  Silver (1998) [18]
Semyon Varlamov 2 2014 3110152151.98
Andrei Zuyev 1 1994 53202880153.13 [19]
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Reserve goaltenders

These goaltenders were named to the Olympic roster, but did not receive any ice time during games. Ilya Bryzgalov did not play in any games during the 2002 Winter Olympics and Semyon Varlamov did not play during the 2010 Winter Olympics, but both started games at later tournaments.[20][21]

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Reserve goaltenders
Player Olympics Medals Ref(s)
Yegor Podomatsky 2002  Bronze (2002) [20]
Oleg Shevtsov 1998  Silver (2002) [22]
Alexander Yeryomenko 2014
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Skaters

Vladimir Putin and Pavel Bure are shaking hands.
Pavel Bure (shown here shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin) scored more goals than any other Russian ice hockey player.
Sergei Gonchar shown from the chest up. He is wearing a white and red jersey.
Sergei Gonchar has represented Russia in four Olympic tournaments.
Igor Larionov stands on the ice. He is wearing a blue and white jersey.
Igor Larionov served as captain of the 2002 team that won the bronze medal.
Alexander Ovechkin shown from the waist up during a game. He is wearing a red jersey with a red helmet.
Alexander Ovechkin has scored seven goals in 12 games over two tournaments.
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Player Olympics Tournaments GP G A P PIM Medals Notes Ref(s)
Maxim Afinogenov 3 2002, 2006, 2010 1843714  Bronze (2002) [23]
Artem Anisimov 1 2014 50002
Anton Belov 1 2014 51010
Sergei Berezin 1 1994 83252 [24]
Vyacheslav Bezukladnikov 1 1994 80004 [25]
Pavel Bure 2 1998, 2002 121111210  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 Captain (1998)
HHOF (2012)
IIHFHOF (2012)		 [10][11][26][27]
Valeri Bure 2 1998, 2002 122022  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [26]
Pavel Datsyuk 4 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 235152012  Bronze (2002) [28]
Oleg Davydov 1 1994 81010 [29]
Dmitri Denisov 1 1994 83144 [30]
Sergei Fedorov 3 1998, 2002, 2010 163111418  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [31]
Alexander Frolov 1 2006 30110 [32]
Sergei Gonchar 4 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 2414512  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [33]
Denis Grebeshkov 1 2010 40112 [34]
Alexei Gusarov 1 1998 60118  Silver (1998) [35]
Ravil Gusmanov 1 1994 83140 [35]
Igor Ivanov 1 1994 80002 [36]
Dmitri Kalinin 1 2010 41120 [37]
Valeri Kamensky 1 1998 61230  Silver (1998) [38]
Valeri Karpov 1 1994 83142 [39]
Darius Kasparaitis 3 1998, 2002, 2006 2014518  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [39]
Aleksandr Kharitonov 1 2006 81126 [40]
Konstantin Korneyev 1 2010 40004 [41]
Alexander Korolyuk 1 2006 61126 [42]
Ilya Kovalchuk 4 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 23951447  Bronze (2002) [41]
Andrei Kovalenko 1 1998 641514  Silver (1998) [43]
Alexei Kovalev 2 2002, 2006 1473108  Bronze (2002) Captain (2006) [27][41]
Viktor Kozlov 2 2006, 2010 123362 [41]
Igor Kravchuk 2 1998, 2002 120442  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [44]
Sergei Krivokrasov 1 1998 60004  Silver (1998) [45]
Alexei Kudashov 1 1994 81234 [46]
Nikolai Kulemin 1 2014 50002
Oleg Kvasha 1 2002 50000  Bronze (2002) [47]
Igor Larionov 1 2002 60334  Bronze (2002) Captain (2002)
HHOF (2008)
IIHFHOF (2008)		 [10][11][27][48]
Vladimir Malakhov 1 2002 61344  Bronze (2002) [49]
Evgeni Malkin 3 2006, 2010, 2014 16691533 [50]
Andrei Markov 3 2006, 2010, 2014 171676 [50]
Danny Markov 2 2002, 2010 130334  Bronze (2002) [51]
Yevgeni Medvedev 1 2014 50112
Boris Mironov 2 1998, 2002 1212312  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [52]
Dmitri Mironov 1 1998 60330  Silver (1998) [52]
Aleksey Morozov 2 1998, 2010 104260  Silver (1998) Captain (2010) [27][53]
Sergei Nemchinov 1 1998 61010  Silver (1998) [54]
Ivan Nepryaev 1 2006 20002 [55]
Valeri Nichushkin 1 2014 51010
Nikita Nikitin 1 2014 50110
Andrei Nikolishin 1 1994, 2002 1426812  Bronze (2002) [56]
Ilya Nikulin 2 2010, 2014 70114 [57]
Alexander Ovechkin 3 2006, 2010, 2014 17831110 Media All-Star Team Best Forward (2010) [58][59]
Alexander Popov 1 2014 50000
Alexander Radulov 2 2010, 2014 94488 [60]
Sergei Samsonov 1 2002 61234  Bronze (2002) [61]
Alexander Semin 2 2010, 2014 90334 [62]
Oleg Shargordsky 1 1994 80004 [63]
Sergei Shendelev 1 1994 80006 [64]
Alexander Smirnov 1 1994 81018 Captain (1994) [27][65]
Sergei Sorokin 1 1994 81236 [66]
Maxim Sushinsky 1 2006 82358 [67]
Andrei Tarasenko 1 1994 82020 [68]
Vladimir Tarasenko 1 2014 50110
Vladimir Tarasov 1 1994 80002 [68]
Andrei Taratukhin 1 2006 50002 [68]
Alexei Tereshchenko 1 2014 51232
Sergei Tertyshny 1 1994 80004 [69]
Viktor Tikhonov 1 2014 20110
German Titov 1 1998 61016  Silver (1998) [70]
Pavel Torgayev 1 1994 821310 [71]
Oleg Tverdovsky 1 2002 61120  Bronze (2002) [72]
Fedor Tyutin 3 2006, 2010, 2014 1703310 [72]
Igor Varitsky 1 1994 81122 [73]
Alexander Vinogradov 1 1994 83254 [74]
Vitaly Vishnevskiy 1 2006 80114 [75]
Vyacheslav Voinov 1 2014 50000
Anton Volchenkov 2 2006, 2010 120114 [76]
Alexei Yashin 3 1998, 2002, 2006 2057124  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [77]
Alexei Yemelin 1 2014 50008
Georgi Yevtyukhin 1 1994 802210 [77]
Dmitri Yushkevich 1 1998 60002  Silver (1998) [78]
Danis Zaripov 1 2010 42022 [79]
Valeri Zelepukin 1 1998 61230  Silver (1998) [80]
Alexei Zhamnov 2 1998, 2002 123146  Silver (1998)
 Bronze (2002)		 [80]
Alexei Zhitnik 1 1998 60222  Silver (1998) [80]
Sergei Zhukov 1 2006 80226 [81]
Sergei Zinovjev 1 2010 40220 [79]
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