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List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union

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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Soviet Union.

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Name Total Individual
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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 Kiria 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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