The Most Famous
Hockey Players from Russia
Trending Hockey Players from Russia This Week
The top 10 Hockey Players from Russia trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Viacheslav Fetisov
b. 1958
Trending in Russian (#8) Wikipedia (2,862 views, on Jun 3).
- #2
Alexander Ovechkin
b. 1985
Trending in Russian (#40) Wikipedia (1,212 views, on Jun 2).
- #3
Ilya Kovalchuk
b. 1983
Trending in Russian (#60) Wikipedia (2,286 views, on Jun 1).
- #4
Andrei Vasilevskiy
b. 1994
Trending in Russian (#288) Wikipedia (1,114 views, on Jun 6).
This page contains a list of the greatest Russians Hockey Players. The pantheon dataset contains 676 Hockey Players, 119 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 2nd most number of Hockey Players.
Top 10 Russian Hockey Players
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russians Hockey Players of all time. This list of famous Russians Hockey Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Russians Hockey Players.
- #1
Vladislav Tretiak
b. 1952
HPI 64.1343 langsSoviet ice hockey player
- #2
Valeri Kharlamov
1948 - 1981
HPI 63.5041 langsSoviet ice hockey player
- #3
Viktor Tikhonov
1930 - 2014
HPI 61.4929 langsSoviet ice hockey coach (1930–2014)
- #4
Viacheslav Fetisov
b. 1958
HPI 58.7826 langsRussian ice hockey player
- #5
Alexander Ovechkin
b. 1985
HPI 58.5241 langsRussian ice hockey player
- #6
Igor Larionov
b. 1960
HPI 57.0524 langsRussian ice hockey player
- #7
Sergei Makarov
b. 1958
HPI 56.9631 langsRussian ice hockey player
- #8
Vladimir Petrov
1947 - 2017
HPI 56.5724 langsRussian ice hockey player
- #9
Alexander Yakushev
b. 1947
HPI 54.5617 langsRussian ice hockey player
- #10
Alexei Kasatonov
b. 1959
HPI 54.2120 langsRussian ice hockey player
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Russians Hockey Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1990s(28)
1980s(30)
1970s(25)
1960s(14)
1940s(8)
1930s(9)
1920s(2)
Overlapping Lives
Which Hockey Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 22 most globally memorable Hockey Players since 1700.
