Russian Sports Legends
The greatest russian sports people of all time — across 8 sports.
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🥋 MMA
Russian
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Lightweight
Undefeated UFC lightweight champion who retired with a perfect 29-0 record.…
Russian
Islam Makhachev
MMA Fighter
Khabib's protégé and pound-for-pound number one — the most dominant wrestling-based champion in UFC history.…
Russian
Fedor Emelianenko
Heavyweight
The Last Emperor — widely considered the greatest MMA heavyweight of all time, with a 10-year unbeaten run.…
🏒 Ice Hockey
Russian
Alexander Ovechkin
Left Wing
Washington Capitals' Russian icon and the NHL's all-time goal scorer with 895+ goals.…
Russian
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goaltender
The world's best active goaltender — Stanley Cup champion and the most dominant net-minder of his era.…
Russian
Igor Shesterkin
Goaltender
The Hart Trophy goaltender — Hart Trophy winner in 2022 and the finest performance by a goaltender in the mode…
Russian
Evgeni Malkin
Centre
Geno — three-time Stanley Cup champion and the greatest Russian forward of the modern era.…
Russian
Alexander Ovechkin
Left Wing
The greatest goal scorer of his generation — on pace to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time goals record.…
Russian
Nikita Kucherov
Right Wing
Two-time Stanley Cup champion and the 2019 Hart Trophy winner — the most dangerous right wing in the modern NH…
Russian
Nikolai Khabibulin
Goalie
The Bulin Wall — Stanley Cup champion goaltender and Russia's finest netminder of his era.…
Russian
Ilya Kovalchuk
Left Wing
Three Art Ross Trophy runner-up finishes — the most prolific Russian scorer of the 2000s decade.…
Russian
Sergei Fedorov
Centre
Three Stanley Cups with Detroit — the most complete Russian player in NHL history.…
Russian
Pavel Datsyuk
Centre
The Magic Man — three Stanley Cups and four Selke Trophies, the most complete two-way forward in hockey histor…
Russian
Alexei Kovalev
Right Wing
The most naturally gifted Russian forward of his generation — a Stanley Cup winner whose brilliance was beauti…
🎾 Tennis
Russian
Maria Sharapova
Professional Tennis Player
Five Grand Slams and one of sport's most recognised commercial brands — tennis's most famous Russian.…
Russian
Daniil Medvedev
Player
US Open champion and world number one — the most unconventional game style at the elite level.…
🤸 Gymnastics
🏐 Volleyball
Russian
Sergey Tetyukhin
Outside Hitter
Russia's volleyball legend — four Olympic medals across five Games.…
Italian/Russian
Ivan Zaytsev
Outside Hitter
The Tsar — Italy's most powerful server and one of the sport's most recognisable personalities.…
Russian
Ekaterina Gamova
Outside Hitter
The most physically dominant volleyball player in history at 2.02m — two-time Olympic silver medallist, World …