| Birth Date: | 15 November 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.9m (06.2feet) |
| Weight: | 93kg (205lb) |
| Sport: | Water polo |
| Club: | Dynamo Moscow (1990–2000) CN Sabadell (2000–2003) Spartak Volgograd (2003–2005) Sintez Kazan (2005–) |
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Maksimov (Russian: Николай Михайлович Максимов; born 15 November 1972) is a Russian water polo goalkeeper, who played at the 1996 Summer Olympics, on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was the top goalkeeper at the 2004 Olympics, with 67 saves.[1] He competed as part of the Kazakhstan National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Before his Olympic career, he won bronze medals at the world championships in 1994 and European championships in 1997.
He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Pedagogy.