Bardas Phokas (Greek: Βάρδας Φωκᾶς; c. 878 – c. 968) was a notable Byzantine general in the first half of the 10th century.
In this year the Rus' navy under the leadership of Igor I of Kiev attacked the Empire.
Bardas kept the attackers from doing too much damage with his local militia levies until the larger Byzantine army under John Kourkouas came and drove the Rus' out.
In 945 he was appointed supreme commander of the Byzantine armies of the East by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.
In this command he did not make much progress against the Arab forces, being repeatedly defeated by Sayf al-Daula, emir of Aleppo.