List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union


This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Soviet Union.
NameTotalIndividual
victories
shared
victories
NotesReferences
65614Or 56 solo and 5 shared.
6464Estimates vary slightly, but all credit him with at least 60 solo.
60555
56533
5050
49454Estimates widely vary; recent estimates tend to be less than official Soviet accounts.
493019
47461
47443Other sources indicate two shared kills
46451Also gained aerial victories in the battle for Khalkhin Gol
462917
45396Including one aerial ramming.
43367Some sources indicate 11 shared kills.
433112Some sources indicate 16 instead of 12 shared kills.
432815
42411Other estimates indicate up to 44 solo shootdowns.
4141
41401
41329
4040
40355
40346
40337
412021Or 17 solo and one shared.
39327
38344
382810
382315
3737Including one aerial ramming
37289
372710Or 26 solo and one shared.
372314Or 22 solo and four shared.
36351
36279
362214Or 19 solo and 12 shared.
35341Other sources indicate 36 solo and two shared.
35305
35305
34286
34268Estimates slightly vary.
342311
34331
34313
33294
33285Other estimates include 28 solo and 3 shared, or alternatively 31 solo and nine shared.
33276
33249
Nikolai Ignatev332211Includes one aerial ramming.
Nikolai Kuznetsov332112
32311
32284
32293
32257
32248
322210
31301
31301Plus one aerostat.
31301
31274
31265
31256
312011
30291
Vasily Kurochkin30273
Aleksandr Lavrenov30273
30237
30228
Aleksey Murashev30228
Andrey Chirkov30228
Vasily Markov2929
Mikhail Sachkov2929
Boris Glinka29272
Shalva Kiria29272
Aleksandr Kumanichkin29272
Anatoly Tyutin29272
Nikolai Kitaev29245
Nikolai Rudenko29245
Aleksey Gubanov29236
29209
291316Or six shared
291415
Sergey Gorelov28271
Ivan Kornienko28262
28253
28253
28235
281216
281018
2828Four individual kills were aerial rammings. Ace status disputed; not listed in Bykov's collection of aces.
28244
Nikolai Dunaev28217
27261
27252
27243
27243
27207
27189Other sources credit more unconfirmed kills.
271611
2626
2626
2626
2626
2626
2626
26251
26251
26251
26233
26224
2525
2525
2525
25241
25241
25232
25232
25223
25223
25205Western sources typically indicate a higher tally.
2424
2424
2424
2424
2424
2424Also credited with having 34 personal and 19 shared victories.
24231
24231
24222Or eighteen solo and one shared.
24213
24204Estimates vary slightly.
24168Does not include two solo plus one shared victory from Spanish Civil War.
24618Some estimates credit 7 solo and 24 shared consisting of three instead of two aerial rammings.
2323
2323
2323
23203
23203
23203
23203
23221
23221
23221
23212
23212
23212
23212
23194
23194Possibly one shared.
231310
2222
2222
2222
2222
2222
2222
2222
Ilya Andrianov22211
Pyotr Nikonorov22211
Leonid Ryzhy22211
22211
22202
22202
22202Gained additional shootdowns in the Korean war.
22202
22202
22184
2121
2121
2121
2121
21201
21201
21201
21201
2121
21174
21912
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
20182
20182
18513
1919
1919Estimates vary slightly, with some indicating 21 shootdowns.
19181Estimates vary slightly, with some indicating 21 solo and 7 shared.
1818
1717Includes one aerostat.
17152
15105Taken prisoner, served in Luftwaffe, and executed by USSR for treason on 4 November 1946.
15510
15123Gained additional shootdowns in the Korean War.
14113
13112Possibly 14 solo and 3 shared.
13103Counts vary slightly. Credited with additional shootdowns during the Korean War.
1367Ace status disputed, some indicate only four solo and three shared.
1284Some credit 11 solo and 6 shared.
1111
1091
954
853Does not include one observation balloon. Counts vary significantly.
77Other sources report up to 11 shootdowns
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