List of snooker player nicknames
A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the actual name of a person. As in many sports, in snooker many players have nicknames.
List of nicknames
This is a list of common nicknames for notable professional snooker players.Player | Nickname | Reference |
Pankaj Advani | The Prince of Pune | |
Mark Allen | The Pistol | |
Mark Allen | Eagle Eyed | |
Sam Baird | The Blade | |
Stuart Bingham | Ball run | |
Nigel Bond | Basildon | |
Nigel Bond | 00-147 | |
Nigel Bond | The Real Bond | |
Luca Brecel | The Belgian Bullet | |
Marcus Campbell | The Dumbarton Destroyer | |
Ali Carter | The Captain | |
Eddie Charlton | Steady Eddie | |
Chen Zhe | Sleepy | |
Jamie Cope | The Shotgun | |
Matthew Couch | The Couchernator | |
Dominic Dale | The Spaceman | |
Ryan Day | Dynamite | |
Joe Davis | The Sultan of Snooker | |
Joe Davis | Mr. Snooker | |
Joe Davis | Emperor of Pot | |
Mark Davis | The Battler from Hastings | |
Steve Davis | The Nugget | |
Steve Davis | The Ginger Magician | |
Steve Davis | Ginger Mushroom | |
Steve Davis | Master Cueman | |
Steve Davis | Interesting | |
Steve Davis | Romford Slim | |
Paul Davison | Snowy | |
Ding Junhui | The Star of the East | |
Ding Junhui | Pot Noodle | |
Ding Junhui | Enter the Dragon | |
Ding Junhui | Chinese Sensation | |
Ken Doherty | Darlin' of Dublin | |
Ken Doherty | Crafty Ken | |
Ken Doherty | Ken-do | |
Ken Doherty | Scarface | |
Ken Doherty | The Ranelagh Rascal | |
Ken Doherty | 'Dogged' Doherty | |
Graeme Dott | The Pocket Dynamo | |
Graeme Dott | The Pocket Rocket | |
Graeme Dott | Dott the Pot | |
Graeme Dott | Pot the lot Dott | |
Tony Drago | The Tornado | |
Tony Drago | The Maltese Falcon | |
Tony Drago | The Boss | |
Peter Ebdon | The Force | |
Peter Ebdon | Ebbo | |
Peter Ebdon | The Ebdonator | |
Peter Ebdon | Psycho | |
Peter Ebdon | Mr Intensity | |
Patsy Fagan | Pin-up boy | |
Igor Figueiredo | T-Igor | |
Allison Fisher | The Duchess of Doom | |
Neal Foulds | Buzby | |
Silvino Francisco | The Silver Fish | |
Marco Fu | Hong Kong Fuey | |
Marco Fu | Full of Eastern Promise | |
Marco Fu | Cue-Man-Fu | |
David Gilbert | The Angry Farmer | |
David Gray | Casper | |
Martin Gould | The Pinner Potter | |
Anthony Hamilton | Sheriff of Pottingham | |
Anthony Hamilton | Swampy | |
Anthony Hamilton | The Robin Hood of Snooker | |
Bjorn Haneveer | The Iceman | |
Quinten Hann | The Wizard of Oz | |
Dave Harold | The Stoke Potter | |
Dave Harold | Pride of the Potteries | |
Barry Hawkins | The Hawk | |
Stephen Hendry | The Golden Boy | |
Stephen Hendry | The King of the Crucible | |
Stephen Hendry | The Golden Bairn | |
Stephen Hendry | The Great One | |
Stephen Hendry | The Ice Man | |
Stephen Hendry | The Maestro | |
Stephen Hendry | The Wonder Bairn | |
Andy Hicks | The Cream of Devon | |
Andy Hicks | The Toast of Tavistock | |
Alex Higgins | The Hurricane | |
John Higgins | Wizard of Wishaw | |
John Higgins | The Kid | |
Andrew Higginson | Widnes Warrior | |
Michael Holt | The Hitman | |
Paul Hunter | Beckham of the Baize | |
Paul Hunter | The Man with the Golden Cue | |
Paul Hunter | Snooker Spice | |
Jamie Jones | The Cimla Quiff' | |
Mark King | The Romford Battler | |
Mark King | The Royal King |
Player | Nickname | Reference |
Rod Lawler | Rod the Plod | |
Liang Wenbo | The Fearless | |
Liang Wenbo | Wenbo selecta | |
Liang Wenbo | "Should he stay or should he go" | |
Jack Lisowski | Jack-Pot | |
Clark McConachy | Mac | |
Ian McCulloch | The Preston Potter | |
Ian McCulloch | The Pride of Preston | |
Anthony McGill | Licensed To Thrill | |
Rory McLeod | The Highlander | |
Rory McLeod | The Dentist | |
Alan McManus | Angles | |
Stephen Maguire | The Merlin of Milton | |
Stephen Maguire | On-fire | |
Stephen Maguire | Livewire | |
Stephen Maguire | Maggi | |
Chris Melling | The Magician | |
Tony Meo | The Cat | |
Tony Meo | Meo, Meo | |
Robert Milkins | The Milkman | |
Darren Morgan | Welsh Wizard | |
David Morris | The Wolf of Walkin Street | |
Shaun Murphy | The Whiston Warrior | |
Shaun Murphy | The Magician | |
Fergal O'Brien | The Baby-faced Assassin | |
Fergal O'Brien | Fearless Fergal | |
Martin O'Donnell | The MOD | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan | The Rocket | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan | The Essex Exocet | |
Sean O'Sullivan | The Storm | |
Andrew Pagett | The Welsh Wizard | |
John Parrott | The Entertainer | |
John Parrott | Mr JP | |
Joe Perry | The Gentleman | |
Joe Perry | The Fen Potter | |
Barry Pinches | The Canarian | |
Dechawat Poomjaeng | Mr Poombastic | |
Mick Price | The Postman | |
John Rea | King of the Baize | |
Ray Reardon | Dracula | |
Jimmy Robertson | Robbo | |
Neil Robertson | The Melbourne Machine | |
Neil Robertson | Thunder from Down Under | |
Alain Robidoux | Scoobie | |
Mark Selby | The Jester From Leicester | |
Mark Selby | Mark the Shark | |
Kirk Stevens | Starship Trooper | |
Kirk Stevens | Captain | |
Kirk Stevens | White Magic | |
Kirk Stevens | The Man in the White Suit | |
Matthew Stevens | The Welsh Dragon | |
Matthew Stevens | Shakin' Stevens | |
Joe Swail | The Outlaw | |
Allan Taylor | Albino Assassin | |
David Taylor | The Silver Fox | |
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon | Thai-Namite | |
Cliff Thorburn | The Grinder | |
Cliff Thorburn | Rhett Butler of the green baize | |
Cliff Thorburn | Champagne Cliff | |
Willie Thorne | Mr. Maximum | |
Willie Thorne | The Great 'W.T.' | |
Willie Thorne | The 'Homer Simpson' of snooker | |
Judd Trump | Haircut 100 | |
Judd Trump | The Ace | |
Judd Trump | Danny the Boy | |
Judd Trump | Judd Triumph | |
Judd Trump | The Juddernaut | |
John Virgo | Mr. Perfection | |
Ricky Walden | Stamina Man | |
James Wattana | The Thai-Phoon | |
James Wattana | The Thai Tornado | |
James Wattana | Tong Sit Choi | |
Bill Werbeniuk | Big Bill | |
Jimmy White | The Whirlwind | |
Michael White | Lightning | |
Mark Williams | The Welsh Potting Machine | |
Mark Williams | Sprog | |
Mark Williams | The Welsh Wonder | |
Cliff Wilson | The Whirlwind | |
Kyren Wilson | The Warrior | |
Nutcharut Wongharuthai | Mink | |
Xiao Guodong | X-Factor | |
Zhang Anda | Mighty Mouse |