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.

Top Ranked

  1. Maria Sharapova — Russian Player (Born 1987) , ranked #554
  2. Anatoly Karpov — Russian Chess (Born 1951) , ranked #1820
  3. Olga Korbut — Russian Gymnast (Born 1955) , ranked #5636
  4. Mikhail Botvinnik — Russian Chess (1911–1995) , ranked #5670
  5. Evgeni Plushenko — Russian Skater (Born 1982) , ranked #7102
  6. Vladimir Kramnik — Russian Chess (Born 1975) , ranked #7569
  7. Vladislav Tretiak — Russian Hockey (Born 1952) , ranked #11204
  8. Roman Pavlyuchenko — Russian Football (Born 1981) , ranked #12549
  9. Aleksandr Kokorin — Russian Football (Born 1991) , ranked #13149
  10. Igor Akinfeev — Russian Football (Born 1986) , ranked #14594
  11. Aleksandr Kerzhakov — Russian Football (Born 1982) , ranked #18028
  12. Alan Dzagoev — Russian Football (Born 1990) , ranked #18840
  13. Aleksandr Golovin (footballer) — Russian Football (Born 1996) , ranked #19469
  14. Vsevolod Bobrov — Russian Football (1922–1979) , ranked #20671
  15. Darius Kasparaitis — Russian Hockey (Born 1972) , ranked #22665
  16. Vasily Alekseyev — Russian Weightlifter (1942–2011) , ranked #22771
  17. Eduard Streltsov — Russian Football (1937–1990) , ranked #25245
  18. Roman Shirokov — Russian Football (Born 1981) , ranked #25844
  19. Oleg Taktarov — Russian Judo (Born 1967) , ranked #27035
  20. Ludmilla Tourischeva — Russian Gymnast (Born 1952) , ranked #27504