Most Famous Russian Athletes
Russia has produced 1,257 notable athletes throughout history, led by Maria Sharapova. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
MS
Maria Sharapova Russian Player Born 1987
#
554
AK
Anatoly Karpov Russian Chess Born 1951
#
1,820
OK
Olga Korbut Russian Gymnast Born 1955
#
5,636
MB
Mikhail Botvinnik Russian Chess 1911 – 1995
#
5,670
EP
Evgeni Plushenko Russian Skater Born 1982
#
7,102
VK
Vladimir Kramnik Russian Chess Born 1975
#
7,569
VT
Vladislav Tretiak Russian Hockey Born 1952
#
11,204
RP
Roman Pavlyuchenko Russian Football Born 1981
#
12,549
AK
Aleksandr Kokorin Russian Football Born 1991
#
13,149
IA
Igor Akinfeev Russian Football Born 1986
#
14,594
AK
Aleksandr Kerzhakov Russian Football Born 1982
#
18,028
AD
Alan Dzagoev Russian Football Born 1990
#
18,840
AG
Aleksandr Golovin (footballer) Russian Football Born 1996
#
19,469
VB
Vsevolod Bobrov Russian Football 1922 – 1979
#
20,671
DK
Darius Kasparaitis Russian Hockey Born 1972
#
22,665
VA
Vasily Alekseyev Russian Weightlifter 1942 – 2011
#
22,771
ES
Eduard Streltsov Russian Football 1937 – 1990
#
25,245
RS
Roman Shirokov Russian Football Born 1981
#
25,844
OT
Oleg Taktarov Russian Judo Born 1967
#
27,035
LT
Ludmilla Tourischeva Russian Gymnast Born 1952
#
27,504