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.
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Emir Chalbash
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12
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8
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4
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Some credit 11 solo and 6 shared.
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Zakhar Sorokin
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11
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11
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—
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Aleksandr Babaev
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10
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9
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1
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—
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Aleksandr Gridnev
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9
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5
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4
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Lydia Litvyak
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8
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5
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3
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Does not include one observation balloon. Counts vary significantly.
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Aleksey Maresyev
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7
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7
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Other sources report up to 11 shootdowns
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Aleksandr Avdeev
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5
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5
|
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