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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. | |
| Ivan Kozhedub | 64 | 64 | — | Estimates vary slightly, but all credit him with at least 60 solo. | |
| Nikolai Gulaev | 60 | 55 | 5 | — | |
| Kirill Yevstigneyev | 56 | 53 | 3 | — | |
| Dmitry Glinka | 50 | 50 | — | — | |
| Alexander Pokryshkin | 49 | 45 | 4 | Estimates widely vary; recent estimates tend to be less than official Soviet accounts. | |
| Amet-khan Sultan | 49 | 30 | 19 | — | |
| Alexander Koldunov | 47 | 46 | 1 | — | |
| Nikolai Skomorokhov | 47 | 44 | 3 | Other sources indicate two shared kills | |
| Arseny Vorozheykin | 46 | 45 | 1 | Also gained aerial victories in the battle for Khalkhin Gol | |
| Andrey Borovykh | 46 | 29 | 17 | — | |
| Vladimir Serov | 45 | 39 | 6 | Including one aerial ramming. | |
| Vladimir Lavrinenkov | 43 | 36 | 7 | Some sources indicate 11 shared kills. | |
| Aleksey Ryazanov | 43 | 31 | 12 | Some sources indicate 16 instead of 12 shared kills. | |
| Fyodor Arkhipenko | 43 | 28 | 15 | — | |
| Nikolai Krasnov | 42 | 41 | 1 | Other estimates indicate up to 44 solo shootdowns. | |
| Sergey Morgunov | 41 | 41 | — | — | |
| Mikhail Pivovarov | 41 | 40 | 1 | — | |
| Ivan Stepanenko | 41 | 32 | 9 | — | |
| Vitaly Popkov | 40 | 40 | — | — | |
| Ivan Babak | 40 | 35 | 5 | — | |
| Pyotr Gnido | 40 | 34 | 6 | — | |
| Mikhail Komelkov | 40 | 33 | 7 | — | |
| Andrey Baklan | 41 | 20 | 21 | Or 17 solo and one shared. | |
| Ivan Likhobabin | 39 | 32 | 7 | — | |
| Pavel Kamozin | 38 | 34 | 4 | — | |
| Valentin Makarov | 38 | 28 | 10 | — | |
| Ivan Maslov | 38 | 23 | 15 | — | |
| Ivan Fyodorov | 37 | 37 | — | Including one aerial ramming | |
| Nikolai Artamonov | 37 | 28 | 9 | — | |
| Ilya Shmelyov | 37 | 27 | 10 | Or 26 solo and one shared. | |
| Vasily Mikhalyov | 37 | 23 | 14 | Or 22 solo and four shared. | |
| Aleksey Smirnov | 36 | 35 | 1 | — | |
| Aleksandr Karpov | 36 | 27 | 9 | — | |
| Konstantin Kovalyov | 36 | 22 | 14 | Or 19 solo and 12 shared. | |
| Sergey Lugansky | 35 | 34 | 1 | Other sources indicate 36 solo and two shared. | |
| Fyodor Chubukov | 35 | 30 | 5 | — | |
| Andrey Kulagin | 35 | 30 | 5 | — | |
| Aleksey Alelyukhin | 34 | 28 | 6 | — | |
| Mikhail Mudrov | 34 | 26 | 8 | Estimates slightly vary. | |
| Vladimir Bobrov | 34 | 23 | 11 | — | |
| Stepan Novichkov | 34 | 33 | 1 | — | |
| Aleksandr Klubov | 34 | 31 | 3 | — | |
| Vladimir Merkulov | 33 | 29 | 4 | — | |
| Konstantin Novikov | 33 | 28 | 5 | Other estimates include 28 solo and 3 shared, or alternatively 31 solo and nine shared. | |
| Pavel Babaylov | 33 | 27 | 6 | — | |
| Nikolai Zelenov | 33 | 24 | 9 | — | |
| Nikolai Ignatev | 33 | 22 | 11 | Includes one aerial ramming. | |
| Nikolai Kuznetsov | 33 | 21 | 12 | — | |
| Pavel Tarasov | 32 | 31 | 1 | — | |
| Mikhail Zelyonkin | 32 | 28 | 4 | — | |
| Ivan Romanenko | 32 | 29 | 3 | — | |
| Anatoly Grachyov | 32 | 25 | 7 | — | |
| Aleksandr Lobanov | 32 | 24 | 8 | — | |
| Aleksey Reshetov | 32 | 22 | 10 | — | |
| Aleksandr Dyachkov | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | |
| Sergey Glinkin | 31 | 30 | 1 | Plus one aerostat. | |
| Pavel Golovachev | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | |
| Ivan Kravtsov | 31 | 27 | 4 | — | |
| Ivan Zudilov | 31 | 26 | 5 | — | |
| Viktor Nagornyy | 31 | 25 | 6 | — | |
| Aleksandr Kochetov | 31 | 20 | 11 | — | |
| Viktor Kirilyuk | 30 | 29 | 1 | — | |
| Vasily Kurochkin | 30 | 27 | 3 | — | |
| Aleksandr Lavrenov | 30 | 27 | 3 | — | |
| Pyotr Likholetov | 30 | 23 | 7 | — | |
| Ivan Borisov | 30 | 22 | 8 | — | |
| Aleksey Murashev | 30 | 22 | 8 | — | |
| Andrey Chirkov | 30 | 22 | 8 | — | |
| Vasily Markov | 29 | 29 | — | — | |
| Mikhail Sachkov | 29 | 29 | — | — | |
| Boris Glinka | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | |
| Shalva Kiriya | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | |
| Aleksandr Kumanichkin | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | |
| Anatoly Tyutin | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | |
| Nikolai Kitaev | 29 | 24 | 5 | — | |
| Nikolai Rudenko | 29 | 24 | 5 | — | |
| Aleksey Gubanov | 29 | 23 | 6 | — | |
| Ilya Pavlovsky | 29 | 20 | 9 | — | |
| Aleksey Solomatin | 29 | 13 | 16 | Or six shared | |
| Dmitry Medvedev | 29 | 14 | 15 | — | |
| Sergey Gorelov | 28 | 27 | 1 | — | |
| Ivan Kornienko | 28 | 26 | 2 | — | |
| Spartak Makovsky | 28 | 25 | 3 | — | |
| Ivan Sytov | 28 | 25 | 3 | — | |
| Mikhail Pogorelov | 28 | 23 | 5 | ||
| Pavel Kutakhov | 28 | 12 | 16 | — | |
| Igor Kaberov | 28 | 10 | 18 | — | |
| Boris Kovzan | 28 | 28 | — | Four individual kills were aerial rammings. Ace status disputed; not listed in Bykov's collection of aces. | |
| Sergey Safronov | 28 | 24 | 4 | — | |
| Nikolai Dunaev | 28 | 21 | 7 | — | |
| Viktor Yashin | 27 | 26 | 1 | — | |
| Yegor Vasilevsky | 27 | 25 | 2 | — | |
| Valentin Vedeneev | 27 | 24 | 3 | — | |
| Aleksandr Laukhin | 27 | 24 | 3 | — | |
| Arkady Kovachevich | 27 | 20 | 7 | — | |
| Pyotr Pokryshev | 27 | 18 | 9 | Other sources credit more unconfirmed kills. | |
| Nikolai Gusarov | 27 | 16 | 11 | — | |
| Aleksey Churilin | 26 | 26 | — | — | |
| Pavel Dolgaryov | 26 | 26 | — | — | |
| Ivan Leonovich | 26 | 26 | — | — | |
| Akop Manukyan | 26 | 26 | — | — | |
| Boris Rogov | 26 | 26 | — | — | |
| Ivan Sklyarov | 26 | 26 | — | — | |
| Pyotr Grishchenko | 26 | 25 | 1 | — | |
| Andrey Trud | 26 | 25 | 1 | — | |
| Pavel Chepinoga | 26 | 25 | 1 | — | |
| Ivan Kuznetsov | 26 | 23 | 3 | — | |
| Vasily Barsukov | 26 | 22 | 4 | — | |
| Aleksandr Sitkovsky | 25 | 25 | — | — | |
| Aleksey Yegorov | 25 | 25 | — | — | |
| Dmitry Yermakov | 25 | 25 | — | — | |
| Vasily Bondarenko | 25 | 24 | 1 | — | |
| Ivan Gorbunov | 25 | 24 | 1 | — | |
| Anatoly Kozhevnikov | 25 | 23 | 2 | — | |
| Viktor Suvirov | 25 | 23 | 2 | — | |
| Konstantin Krasavin | 25 | 22 | 3 | — | |
| Pavel Muravyov | 25 | 22 | 3 | — | |
| Boris Safonov | 25 | 20 | 5 | Western sources typically indicate a higher tally. | |
| Mikhail Baranov | 24 | 24 | — | — | |
| Vladimir Denisenko | 24 | 24 | — | — | |
| Ivan Laveykin | 24 | 24 | — | — | |
| Vasily Merkushev | 24 | 24 | — | — | |
| Ivan Popov | 24 | 24 | — | — | |
| Vasily Zaitsev | 24 | 24 | — | Also credited with having 34 personal and 19 shared victories. | |
| Ivan Borisenko | 24 | 23 | 1 | — | |
| Ivan Tabakov | 24 | 23 | 1 | — | |
| Yevgeny Savitsky | 24 | 22 | 2 | Or eighteen solo and one shared. | |
| Viktor Aleksandryuk | 24 | 21 | 3 | — | |
| Arkady Fyodorov | 24 | 20 | 4 | Estimates vary slightly. | |
| Lev Shestakov | 24 | 16 | 8 | Does not include two solo plus one shared victory from Spanish Civil War. | |
| Aleksey Khlobystov | 24 | 6 | 18 | Some estimates credit 7 solo and 24 shared consisting of three instead of two aerial rammings. | |
| Vazgen Oganesov | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
| Vasily Rogozhin | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
| Nikolai Surnev | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
| Mikhail Mazan | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | |
| Fyodor Mitrofanov | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | |
| Nikolai Pechyonyy | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | |
| Vasily Sidorenkov | 23 | 20 | 3 | — | |
| Aleksandr Bastrikov | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | |
| Pavel Gavrilin | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | |
| Konstantin Komardinkin | 23 | 22 | 1 | — | |
| Aleksandr Bilyukin | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | |
| Nikolai Bykasov | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | |
| Semyon Kratinov | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | |
| Leonty Slizen | 23 | 21 | 2 | — | |
| Leonid Bykovets | 23 | 19 | 4 | — | |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov | 23 | 19 | 4 | Possibly one shared. | |
| Ivan Kleshchyov | 23 | 13 | 10 | — | |
| Viktor Dudnichenko | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Anatoly Konstantinov | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Viktor Merenkov | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Vitaly Mikryukov | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Nikolai Miokov | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Konstantin Sukhov | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Vladimir Yegorovich | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
| Ilya Andrianov | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
| Pyotr Nikonorov | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
| Leonid Ryzhy | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
| Fyodor Shikunov | 22 | 21 | 1 | — | |
| Dmitry Ashchaulov | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | |
| Sergey Burnazyan | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | |
| Aleksandr Karasyov | 22 | 20 | 2 | Gained additional shootdowns in the Korean war. | |
| Nikolai Lavitsky | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | |
| Nikolai Pinchuk | 22 | 20 | 2 | — | |
| Nikolai Naydyonov | 22 | 18 | 4 | — | |
| Sergey Ivanov | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Nikolai Leonov | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Vyacheslav Sirotin | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Aleksandr Vybornov | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Aleksandr Karaev | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | |
| Sergey Lazarev | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | |
| Andrey Fedotov | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | |
| Vasily Ziborov | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | |
| Oleg Smirnov | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Andrey Girich | 21 | 17 | 4 | — | |
| Chichiko Bendeliani | 21 | 9 | 12 | — | |
| Nikolai Belousov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Dmitry Gudkov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Adil Guliyev | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Vasily Mukhin | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Yakov Ovodov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Vladimir Semyonov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Ivan Somov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Aleksandr Shishkin | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Ivan Vitkovsky | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Ivan Vishnyakov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Aleksandr Voronko | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Pyotr Yakubovsky | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Boris Zhigulyonkov | 20 | 20 | — | — | |
| Pyotr Bazanov | 20 | 18 | 2 | — | |
| Nikolai Shutt | 20 | 18 | 2 | — | |
| Alim Baisultanov | 18 | 5 | 13 | — | |
| Georgy Baevsky | 19 | 19 | — | — | |
| Daniil Barchenkov | 19 | 19 | — | Estimates vary slightly, with some indicating 21 shootdowns. | |
| Georgy Kuzmin | 19 | 18 | 1 | Estimates vary slightly, with some indicating 21 solo and 7 shared. | |
| Shamil Abdrashitov | 18 | 18 | — | — | |
| Alexander Kabiskoy | 17 | 17 | — | Includes one aerostat. | |
| Ivan Kuzmichyov | 17 | 15 | 2 | — | |
| Semyon Bychkov | 15 | 10 | 5 | Taken prisoner, served in Luftwaffe, and executed by USSR for treason on 4 November 1946. | |
| Luka Muravitsky | 15 | 5 | 10 | — | |
| Stepan Bakhaev | 15 | 12 | 3 | Gained additional shootdowns in the Korean War. | |
| Anatoly Morozov | 14 | 11 | 3 | — | |
| Vasily Afonin | 13 | 11 | 2 | Possibly 14 solo and 3 shared. | |
| Georgy Lobov | 13 | 10 | 3 | Counts vary slightly. Credited with additional shootdowns during the Korean War. | |
| Ivan Taranenko | 13 | 6 | 7 | Ace status disputed, some indicate only four solo and three shared. | |
| Emir Chalbash | 12 | 8 | 4 | Some credit 11 solo and 6 shared. | |
| Zakhar Sorokin | 11 | 11 | — | — | |
| Aleksandr Babaev | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | |
| Aleksandr Gridnev | 9 | 5 | 4 | — | |
| Lydia Litvyak | 8 | 5 | 3 | Does not include one observation balloon. Counts vary significantly. | |
| Aleksey Maresyev | 7 | 7 | — | Other sources report up to 11 shootdowns | |
| Aleksandr Avdeev | 5 | 5 | — | — |