List of sportspeople by nickname

This is a list of sportspeople by nickname.

Aviation sport [edit]

"The Flying Matador" = Alejandro Maclean,
"Mungo" = Mike Mangold, ^[1]
"Steve" = Sylvester Wittman,
"The Quick Corsican" = Nicolas Ivanoff, ^[2]
"Witt" = Steve Wittman, ^[3]

Baseball [edit]

Main article: List of baseball player nicknames

Basketball [edit]

"Ack-Ack" = Tom Heinsohn, American forward-center^[4]
"Action Jackson" = Mark Jackson, American point guard^[5]
"The Admiral" = David Robinson, American center^[6]
"A.I." = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard^[7]
"Agent Zero" = Gilbert Arenas, American point guard
"Air Canada" = Vince Carter, American forward, during his tenure in Toronto
"Air France" = Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
"Air Jordan" = Michael Jordan, American shooting guard
"The Answer" = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard^[7]
"Apollo 33" = Jamario Moon,United States basketball player
"The A-Train" = Artis Gilmore, American center^[8]
"Baby Jordan" = Harold Miner, American shooting guard (and also twice NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion)
"P-Diddy" = Patrick Di Primo, Italy basketball power forward
"Backwards B" = Barrett Johnson, United States basketball player
"Baddest Bad Boy of them all" = Rick Mahorn, American power forward
"Basketball Jesus" = Larry Bird, American power forward
"Batman" = Tony Battie, American center
"B-Diddy" = Baron Davis, United States basketball player
"The Beast of the East" = Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American center
"Big Al" = Al Jefferson, American power forward
"Big Aristotle" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center^[9]
"Big Baby" = Glen Davis, American power forward
"Big Ben" = Ben Wallace, American center-forward^[10]
"Big Shaqtus" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center
"Big Country" = Bryant Reeves, American center^[11]
"The Big Dipper" = Wilt Chamberlain, American center^[12]
"Big Dodger" = Wang Zhizhi, CHN center
"Big Dog" = Glenn Robinson, American power forward^[13]
"The Big E" = Elvin Hayes, American power forward^[14]
"The Big Fundamental" = Tim Duncan, American power forward
"Big Game James" =
- James Worthy, American power forward
- James Posey, American small forward
"The Big J" = Robert Jaworski, Filipino point guard
"Big Nasty" = Corliss Williamson, American power forward^[15]
"Big O" = Oscar Robertson, American point guard (and precursor to the modern point forward)^[16]
"Big Red" = Dave Cowens, American center^[17]
"Big Shot Becky" = Becky Hammon, American-Russian point guard
"Big Shot Bob" or "Big Shot Rob" = Robert Horry, American power forward
"Big Smooth" = Sam Perkins, American power forward
"Big Sofo" = Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek center
"The Big Ticket" = Kevin Garnett, United States power forward^[18]
"Big Wang" (Chinese for "Big Zhi") = Wang Zhizhi, Chinese center
"Big Z" = Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Lithuanian center
"Bimbo" = Vernell Coles, United States basketball player^[19]
"Bird" = George Yardley, United States basketball player^[20]
"The Birdman" = Chris Andersen, United States center
"The Black Hole" =
- Kevin McHale, United States power forward
- Nick Young, United States shooting guard
"The Black Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, United States shooting guard
"Blue" = Theo Edwards, United States shooting guard^[21]
"Bo" = Charles Outlaw, United States power forward^[22]
"Bonzi" = Gawen Wells, United States shooting guard
"Boobie" = Daniel Gibson, United States basketball player
"Boom Boom" = Pau Gasol, power forward/center in the NBA
"Boom Dizzle" = Baron Davis, United States basketball player
"Booyacic" = Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian shooting guard
"The Boston Strangler" = Andrew Toney, United States shooting guard
"Breezy" = LeBron James, American combo forward
"The Brazilian Blur" = Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian point guard
"The Brazilian Bomber" = Jonathan Tavernari, Brazilian guard/forward
"Bubba Chuck" = Allen Iverson, American shooting guard
"Buck" = Charles Williams, United States power forward^[23]
"Buckets" = Tony Delk, American guard
"Buddha" = James Edwards, United States center^[24]
"Buddy" = Harry Jeannette, United States basketball player^[25]
"Bug" = Tim Hardaway, United States point guard
"Butterbean" = Bob Love, United States power forward^[26]
"Cadillac" = Greg Anderson, United States basketball player^[27]
"Campy" = Michael Russell, United States basketball player
"The Captain" =
- Willis Reed, New York Knicks center
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, United States center
"Capitan Canada" = Steve Nash, Canadian point guard
"Captain Clutch" = Acie Law IV, United States point guard
"Cat" = Cuttino Mobley, United States basketball player^[28]
"CB4" = Chris Bosh, USA power forward
"Chick" = Francis Hearn, United States basketball announcer (LA Lakers)
"Chief" = Robert Parish, American center^[29]
"Chocolate Thunder" = Darryl Dawkins, American center^[30]
"The Chuckster" = Charles Barkley, American power forward^[31]
"Chucky" = Clarence Brown, United States power forward
"Clyde" = Walt Frazier, United States point guard^[32]
"Clyde The Glide" = Clyde Drexler, United States shooting guard^[33]
"Coach K" = Mike Krzyzewski, American coach
"Connie" = Cornelius Hawkins, American forward
"Coop" = Michael Cooper, American small forward
"Cornbread" = Cedric Maxwell, United States basketball power forward^[34]
"Cotton" = Lowell Fitzsimmons, American coach
"CP3" =
- Chris Paul, American point guard
- Candace Parker, American combo forward
"The Croatian Sensation" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward
"Curly" = Fred Neal, United States basketball player
"The Custodian" = Brian Cardinal, United States basketball small forward
"C-Webb" = Chris Webber, United States power forward
"D-Fish" =
- Derek Fisher, United States point guard
- DJ Fisher, United States point guard and shooting guard
"Da Zhi" (大郅) (Chinese for "Big Zhi") = Wang Zhizhi, CHN basketball player
D-Rose = Derrick Rose, United States point guard
"DJ" =
- Dennis Johnson, American combo guard^[35]
- Didier Ilunga Mbenga, Congolese center
"D-Lee" = David Lee, United States power forward
"D Square" = Dale Davis, United States center^[36]
"D-Wade" = Dwyane Wade, American shooting guard
"D-Will" = Deron Williams, American point guard
"Da Kid" = Kevin Garnett, American power forward
"Le Dac" = Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
"The Dagger" = Kobe Bryant, American shooting guard
"Dee" =
- DeCovan Kadell Brown, United States basketball player^[37]
- Diana Taurasi, American guard
"Dice Man" = Antonio McDyess, United States power forward
"Diesel" = Shaquille O'Neal, American center^[9]
"Digger" = Richard Phelps, American coach
"Doc" =
- L. J. Cooke, American coach
- Glenn Rivers, American point guard^[38]
"The Durantula = Kevin Durant
"Dr. Dunkenstein" = Darrell Griffith, American shooting guard^[39]
"Dr. J" = Julius Erving, American small forward^[40]
"Dr. Rounds" = Dan Roundfield, United States power forward^[41]
"Dollar Bill" = Bill Bradley, American small forward^[42]
"Doug E. Fresh" = Gerald Wilkins, United States shooting guard^[43]
"Downtown" = Fred Brown, American shooting guard
"The Dream" = Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American center^[44]
"Dugie" = Slater Martin, United States basketball player^[45]
"The Dunking Dutchman" = Rik Smits, Dutch center
"Earl The Pearl" = Earl Monroe, United States shooting guard^[46]
"Easy Ed" = Elden Campbell, United States center
"The Edge" = Edward Stone, United States basketball player
"EJ6" = Eddie Jones, American shooting guard
"El Toro" (Spanish, "The Bull") = Doro Plakadopoulos, Greek basketball player
"Employee Number 8" = Antoine Walker, United States power forward
"Fast Eddie" = Edward Johnson, Jr., United States basketball player^[47]
"Fat" = Lafayette Lever, United States point guard^[48]
"The Flash" = Dwyane Wade, American shooting guard
"The Flying A" = Johnny Abarrientos, Filipino point guard
"Franchise" = Steve Francis, United States point guard
"Geese" = Hubert Ausbie, United States Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
"The General" =
- Horace Grant, American power forward
- Bob Knight, American coach
"Gentleman Joe" = Joe Dumars, American shooting guard
"Ghiza" = Gheorghe Mureşan, Romanian center
"Ghostface" or "Ghostface 'Billa" = Joel Przybilla, United States center
"The Glove" = Gary Payton, American point guard^[49]
"The Goat" = Earl Manigault, United States basketball player^[50]
"The Goods" = Lamar Odom, United States basketball player
"Googs" = Tom Gugliotta, United States power forward^[51]
"Goose" = Reece Tatum, United States basketball player
"G.P." = Gary Payton, American point guard
"Grandma-ma" = Larry Johnson, United States power forward^[52]
"Grand Teuton" = Detlef Schrempf, German power forward
"Greyhound" = Walter Davis, United States shooting guard^[53]
"Half Man, Half Amazing" = Vince Carter, American swingman
"Hammerin' Hank" = Henry J. Nowak, United States basketball player
"Hammontime" = Becky Hammon, American-Russian point guard
"Hap" or "Happy" = Harold Hairston, United States basketball player^[54]
"The Hawk" = Connie Hawkins, United States power forward^[55]
"Hedo" or "Hido" = Hidayet Türkoğlu, Turkish small forward
"Hibachi" = Gilbert Arenas, American combo guard
"The Hick From French Lick" = Larry Bird, American power forward
"The High Ayatolla of Slamola" = Larry Nance, United States power forward^[56]
"His Airness" = Michael Jordan, American shooting guard
"His Heinous" = Bill Laimbeer, United States center^[57]
"Hondo" = John Havlicek, American small forward^[58]
"Hooch" = Brad Daugherty, American center
"Horse" =
- Dan Issel, American forward-center^[59]
- Malik Rose, American power forward
- Harry Gallatin, American center
"Hot Plate" = John Williams, American power forward
"Hot Rod" =
- Rodney Hundley, American swingman^[60]
- John Williams, American power forward^[61]
"The Houdini of the Hardwood" = Bob Cousy, American point guard^[62]
"The Hoya Destroya" = Patrick Ewing, Jamaica-born American center^[63]
"The Human Highlight Reel" = Dominique Wilkins, American combo forward^[64]
"Iceman" = George Gervin, American shooting guard^[65]
"Iggy" = Andre Iguodala, American small forward
"J-Chill" = Josh Childress, American small forward
"J-Ho" = Josh Howard, American small forward
"J-Kidd" = Jason Kidd, American point guard
"J.R." =
- Herman Reid, Jr., United States power forward
- Isaiah Rider, United States basketball player
- Earl Smith III, United States basketball player
"J-Rich" = Jason Richardson, United States basketball player
"J-Tav" = Jonathan Tavernari, Brazilian basketball player
"J-Smoove" = Josh Smith, United States basketball player
"J-Will" = Jason Williams, U.S. point guard
"The Jambulance" = Blake Griffin, United States power forward
"Jellybean" = Joe Bryant, United States power forward and WNBA coach^[66]
"Jesus Shuttlesworth" = Ray Allen, United States shooting guard
"The Jet" =
- Kenny Smith, U.S. point guard and analyst
- Jason Terry, U.S. basketball player
- Chet Walker, United States basketball player
"Joe Barely Cares" = Joe Barry Carroll, United States center
"Junior" = Ulysses Bridgeman, American small forward^[67]
"The Junk Yard Dog" = Jerome Williams, United States power forward^[68]
"K.G." = Kevin Garnett, American power forward
"K-Mart" =
- Kenyon Martin, United States power forward
- Kevin Martin, United States basketball player
"Kandi Man" = Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian center
"Kangaroo Kid" = Billy Cunningham, United States basketball player^[69]
"King James" = LeBron James, American combo forward
"The Landlord" =
- Latrell Sprewell, American small forward
- Shelden Williams, American power forward
"Larry Legend" = Larry Bird, American power forward
"LBJ" = LeBron James, American combo forward
"Li'l Abner" = Cliff Hagan, American forward-center^[70]
"The Little General" = Avery Johnson, United States point guard and coach
"LJ" =
- Larry Johnson, United States power forward
- Lauren Jackson, Australian forward and center
"The L-Train" =
- LeBron James, American combo forward
- Lionel Simmons, American small forward
- Luol Deng, British small forward
"L.O." = Lamar Odom, American power forward
"Loz" = Lauren Jackson, Australian forward and center
"The Machine" = Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian shooting guard
"Mad Max" = Vernon Maxwell, United States shooting guard^[71]
"Magic" = Earvin Johnson, American point guard^[72]
"Il Mago" = Andrea Bargnani, Italian power forward
"The Mailman" = Karl Malone, United States power forward^[73]
"Mamba" = Kobe Bryant, United States shooting guard
"The Man in the Brown Suit" = Adolph Rupp, American coach
"Manu" = Emanuel Ginobili, Argentine shooting guard
"Mão Santa" (Portuguese for "Holy Hand") = Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian combo forward
"The Matrix" = Shawn Marion, American swingman
"The Mayor" = Fred Hoiberg, American shooting guard
"Meadowlark" = George Lemon, United States Harlem Globetrotters basketball player
"The Mechanical Man" = Charlie Gehringer, United States basketball player
"The Meeks" = Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall, and Tamika Catchings when all three were basketball teammates at the University of Tennessee
"Melo" = Carmelo Anthony, American combo forward
"Microwave" = Vinnie Johnson, American shooting guard^[74]
"Mighty Mouse" = Damon Stoudamire, American point guard^[75]
"Mr. Big Shot" = Chauncey Billups, American point guard
"Mr. Bill" = Bill Cartwright, American center^[76]
"Mr. Clutch" = Jerry West, United States shooting guard^[77]
"Mr. Everything" = Craig Ehlo, American small forward^[78]
"Mr. Mean" = Larry Smith, United States basketball player^[79]
"Mr. Moves" = Michael Russell, United States basketball player^[80]
"Mo" = Maurice Cheeks, United States point guard and coach
"Mo Pete" = Morris Peterson, United States shooting guard
"Mo Wil" = Mo Williams, United States point guard
"Monster Mash" = Jamal Mashburn, American power forward
"Moochie" = Martyn Norris, United States point guard^[81]
"Mookie" = Daron Blaylock, United States point guard^[82]
"Mo-Pete" = Morris Peterson, American shooting guard
"Muggsy" = Tyrone Bogues, American point guard^[83]
"Nate The Great" = Nate Thurmond, United States center^[84]
"Nenê" = Maybyner Hilario, Brazilian forward-center (like many Brazilian sports stars, they use their nicknames or are referred by one name only; now his legal name)
"Never Nervous" = Pervis Ellison, United States center^[85]
"Nick The Quick" = Nick Van Exel, American point guard^[86]
"No No Mutombo" = Dikembe Mutombo, African center
"Obi One Ginobili" = Manu Ginóbili, Argentine shooting guard
"One Man Fastbreak" = Monta Ellis, United States shooting guard
"The Original Bull" = Jerry Sloan, United States shooting guard
"The Owl Without a Vowel" = Bill Mlkvy, United States basketball player^[87]
"Pearl" = Dwayne Washington, American point guard
"Peja" = Predrag Stojaković, Serbian small forward^[88]
"Penny" = Anfernee Hardaway, United States basketball player^[89]
"Perk" = Kendrick Perkins, United States center
"Pig" = Oliver Miller, United States center
"The Pink Panther" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward
"Pistol Pete" = Pete Maravich, United States shooting guard^[90]
La Pistola (Spanish, "The Pistol") = Ricard Rubio, Spanish point guard
"Pitchin' Paul" = Paul Arizin, United States basketball player^[91]
"The Pocket Rocket" = Calvin Murphy, American point guard
"Polish Rifle Man" = Erick Piatkowski, shooting guard
"Pooh" = Jerome Richardson, United States basketball player^[92]
- Derrick Rose, American point guard
"Poohdini" = Derrick Rose, American point guard
"Popeye" = Ronald Jones, United States power forward^[93]
"Porky" = George Andrews, Canadian basketball player
"Prince Charles" = Charles Barkley, United States power forward
"Prince of Mid-Air" = Lloyd Free, United States basketball player
"Psycho T" = Tyler Hansbrough, American power forward
"Q" = Quentin Richardson, U.S. basketball player
"Q-Rich" = Quentin Richardson, U.S. basketball player
"R-Jeff" = Richard Jefferson, United States basketball player
"Rad-Man" = Vladimir Radmanović, Serbian basketball player
"The Reign Man" = Shawn Kemp, United States power forward^[94]
"Rambo" = Kurt Rambis, United States power forward
"Red" =
- Arnold Auerbach, American coach and executive
- William Holzman, American coach
- Johnny Kerr, United States basketball player^[95]
"Red" = Ephraim J. Rocha, United States basketball player^[96]
"Ricky Buckets" = Ricky Davis, United States basketball player
"Rifleman" = Chuck Person, American small forward^[97]
"Rip" = Richard Hamilton, United States shooting guard^[98]
"Rooney" = Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian shooting guard^[99]
"The Round Mound of Rebound" = Charles Barkley, American power forward
"Saba" or "Sabas" = Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian center
"Sam" = Justin Barry, American basketball player
"Sam I Am" = Sam Cassell, United States point guard
"Saras" or "Sharas" = Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian point guard
"Scal" = Brian Scalabrine, American small forward
"Scooter" = Richard Barry, United States basketball player
"Shaq" = Shaquille O'Neal, United States center^[9]
"Sheed" = Rasheed Wallace, United States power forward^[100]
"Silk" = Jamaal Wilkes, American small forward^[101]
"Sir Charles" = Charles Barkley, United States power forward^[31]
"Skip To My Lou" = Rafer Alston, United States basketball player
"Skywalker" =
- Avelino Lim, Filipino basketball player
- David Thompson, American small forward
- Kenny Walker, American combo forward
"Sleepy" = Eric Floyd, United States shooting guard^[102]
"Sloth" = Didier Ilunga Mbenga, Congolese center
"Smooth" = Chauncey Billups, American point guard
"Smush" = William Parker, United States basketball player^[103]
"Soup" = Elden Campbell, United States center
"Spanish Chocolate" = Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
"The Spanish Fly" = Pau Gasol, Spanish power forward
"The Spanish Inquisition" = Pau Gasol, Spanish power forward
"Speedy" = Craig Claxton, United States point guard^[104]
"Spider" =
- John Salley, United States power forward^[105]
- Jerry Sloan, United States shooting guard^[106]
"Spud" = Anthony Webb, American point guard^[107]
"The Squid" = Sidney Moncrief, American shooting guard^[108]
"The Stache" = Adam Morrison, American small forward
"Starbury" = Stephon Marbury, United States basketball player^[109]
"Stat" = Amar'e Stoudemire, American forward-center
"Stormin' Norman" = Norm Van Lier, American point guard^[110]
"Stumpy" = Gail Goodrich, United States basketball player^[111]
"Sweetwater" = Nathaniel Clifton, United States basketball player^[112]
"T-Mac" = Tracy McGrady, American swingman^[113]
"T-Mac Canada" = Todd MacCulloch, Canadian center
"Tex" = Morice Winter, American coach
"Thunder Dan" = Dan Majerle, United States shooting guard^[114]
"Tiny" = Nate Archibald, American point guard^[115]
"Timmy" = Tim Hardaway, American point guard
"T.P." = Tony Parker, French point guard
"Tough Juice" = Caron Butler, United States basketball player
"Tractor" = Robert Traylor, United States power forward^[116]
"Tree" = Wayne Rollins, United States center^[117]
"Tru Warier" = Ron Artest, United States forward
"The Truth" = Paul Pierce, United States basketball player
"U.D." = Udonis Haslem, American power forward^[118]
"Uncle Cliffy" = Clifford Robinson, United States power forward
"VC" = Vince Carter, American swingman
"Vinsanity" = Vince Carter, American swingman
"The Waiter" = Toni Kukoč, Croatian small forward^[119]
"White Chocolate" = Jason Williams, American point guard
"White Mamba" = Brian Scalabrine, American power forward
"Wilt the Stilt" = Wilt Chamberlain, United States center^[12]
"The Wizard(s)" =
- Gus Williams, United States basketball player^[120]
- Walt Williams, United States basketball player^[121]
"The Wizard of Westwood" = John Wooden, American coach (specific to his coaching career at UCLA)
"World" = Lloyd Free United States basketball player (once was his legal first name; has since reverted)
"The Worm" = Dennis Rodman, United States power forward^[122]
"The Wunderkind" = Dirk Nowitzki, German power forward
"The X-Man" = Xavier McDaniel, American power forward^[123]
"Zeke" = Isiah Thomas, United States point guard^[124]
"Zeke from Cabin Creek" = Jerry West, United States shooting guard^[77]
"The Zen Master" = Phil Jackson, coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers

Bodybuilding [edit]

"The Austrian Oak" = Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Charles Atlas" = Angelo Siciliano
"The Blade" = Dexter Jackson
"Eugen Sandow" = Friederich Müller
"The Father of Modern Bodybuilding" = Eugen Sandow
"Jay" = Jason Cutler
"Joe" = Sydney Gold
"Mickey" = Miklós Hargitay
"The Myth" = Sergio Oliva /
"The Russian Lion" = Georg Hackenschmidt (also a wrestler)
"The Sardinian Strongman" = Franco Columbu
"The Styrian Oak" = Arnold Schwarzenegger
"The Tigress" = Gladys Portugues

Boxing [edit]

"A-Force" = Audley Harrison
"A-Pack" = Audley Harrison
"Ace" = Ada Vélez
"All-American Girl" = Vonda Ward
"Audinary" = Audley Harrison (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
"Audrey" = Audley Harrison
"Baby Doll" = Elena Reid
"Baby Girl" = Leatitia Robinson
"The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Marco Antonio Barrera
"Bad Intentions" = Jermain Taylor
"The Bayonne Bleeder" = Chuck Wepner
"Bazooka" =
- Wilfredo Gómez
- Rafael Limón
- Ike Quartey
"The Beast Of The East" = Nikolai Valuev
"Big Bad John" = John McDermott ^[125]
"Big Cat" = Cleveland Williams
"Big Daddy" = Riddick Bowe
"Big George" = George Foreman
"The Bionic Man" = Gerrie Coetzee
"The Body-Snatcher" = Mike McCallum
"Bobo" = Carl Olson
"The Boilermaker" = James J. Jeffries
"The Brownsville Bum" = Al "Bummy" Davis
"Le bombardier marocain" (French for "The Moroccan Bomber") = Marcel Cerdan
"Bomber" = Herol Graham
"Bonecrusher" = James Smith
"Boogaloo" = Bobby Watts
"Boom Boom" = Ray Mancini
"Boston Bonecrusher" = Sam Langford
"The Boston Strong Boy" = John L. Sullivan
"Boston Tar Baby" = Sam Langford
"Boston Terror" = Sam Langford
"British Bulldog" = Brian London
"The Brockton Blockbuster" = Rocky Marciano
"The Bronx Bomber" = Alex Ramos
"The Buff Bastard" = Adam David Greenen
"The Bronx Bull" = Jake LaMotta
"The Brown Bomber" = Joe Louis
"Bubba" = James Busceme
"Buddy" = James McGirt
"Bulldog of Bergen" = James W. Braddock
"Buster" = James Douglas
"Butterbean" = Eric Esch
"Chico" = Diego Corrales
"Cinderella Man" = James W. Braddock
"The Clones Cyclone" = Finbar "Barry" McGuigan
"Corn" = John Griffin
"The Destroyer" = Manny Pacquiao
"Dr. Iron Fist" = Vitali Klitschko
"Downtown" = Leona Brown
"Dynamite" = Michael Dokes
"The Easton Assassin" = Larry Holmes
"The Executioner" = Bernard Hopkins
"El Ferroz" (Spanish for "Ferocious") = Fernando Vargas
"The Fighting Cowboy" = James Tillis
"Fireman Jim" = James Flynn
"Fist of Steel" = Chevelle Hallback
"Fraudley" = Audley Harrison ^[126]^[127] (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
"The Foul Pole" = Andrew Golota (from his involvement in many controversial fights)
"Gentleman" = Gerry Cooney
"Gentleman Jim" = James J. Corbett
"The Ghost" = Kelly Pavlik
"The Godfather" = Michael Gibbons
"The Golden Boy" = Billy Walker
"The Golden Boy" = Oscar De La Hoya
"The Great White Hope" = James J. Jeffries
"The Greatest" = Muhammad Ali
"Guts" = Ishimatsu Suzuki
"Hammer" = Juan Roldán
"The Hawk" = Aaron Pryor
"Hercules" = Mike Weaver
"The Hit Man" =
- Ricky Hatton
- Thomas Hearns
"Honey Girl" = Louis Del Valle (named because of a reputation for being able to slip punches from opponents, self given)
"Honey Girl" = Melissa Del Valle (given in deference to her brother)
"Hurricane" = Rubin Carter
"Iron Mike" = Mike Tyson
"The Italian Dragon" = Joe Calzaghe
"The Italian Giant" = Primo Carnera
"Jersey Joe" = Joe Walcott
"Jinx" = Michael Spinks
"Junior" = Roy Jones Jr.
"Kid Thunder" = Shane Sutcliffe
"Kostya" = Konstantin Tszyu
"Left Hook" = Jeff Lacy
"Lights Out" = James Toney
"The Little Big Man" = Sharmba Mitchell
"Little Chocolate" = George Dixon
"Little Hands of Stone" = Michael Carbajal
"The Living Death" = Lew Jenkins
"Locomotora" (Spanish for "Locomotive") = Jorge Castro
"The Lone Star Cobra" = Donald Curry
"The Louisville Lip" = Muhammad Ali
"Macho" = Héctor Camacho
"Mad Dog" = Gene Hatcher
"Magic Man" =
- Paul Malignaggi
- Antonio Tarver
"The Manassa Mauler" = Jack Dempsey
"Manos de Piedra"' (Spanish for "Hands of Stone") = Roberto Durán
"Mantequilla" (Spanish for "Butter") = José Nápoles
"The Marrickville Mauler" Geoff Fenech
"Marvelous Marvin" = Marvin Hagler
"The Mexi-cutioner" = Manny Pacquiao
"Michigan Assassin" = Stanley Ketchel
"Miracle Matthew" = Matthew Saad Muhammad
"Morocho" = Carlos Hernández
"The Motor City Cobra" = Thomas Hearns
"The Mouse" = Bruce Strauss
"The Mystery Lady" = Shondell Alfred
"Nigerian Nightmare"= Samuel Peter
"Neon Leon" = Leon Spinks
"The Old Mongoose" = Archie Moore
"Ordinary" = Audley Harrison ^[126] (intended to be an insult by Frank Warren)
"Pacman (the Destroyer)" = Manny Pacquiao
"Pambansang Kamao" ("National Fist") = Manny Pacquiao
"The Pazmanian Devil" = Vinny Paz, itself a contraction of his birth name of Pazienza
"The People's Champion" = Manny Pacquiao
"Peppermint" = Alfonso Frazer
"Pipino" = José Cuevas
"The Pocket Rocket" = Wayne McCullough
"La Poeta de Ring" = Laura Serrano
"Pretty Boy" = Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
"Prince" = Naseem Hamed
"Quick" = James Tillis
"The Quiet Man" = John Ruiz
"Quitschko" = Vitali Klitschko
"The Radar" = Wilfred Benítez
"The Ragamuffin Man" = Lloyd Honeyghan
"Raging Bull" =
- Vic Darchinyan
- Jake LaMotta
"Razor" = Donovan Ruddock
"The Real Deal" = Evander Holyfield
"Salsero" = Alfredo Escalera
"Second to Nunn" = Michael Nunn
"Smokin' Joe" = Joe Frazier
"Stay-Lo" = Stacey Reile
"Steelhammer" = Wladimir Klitschko
"Sugar" =
- Carlos De León
- Shane Mosley
- Ray Leonard (Leonard reportedly disliked it, believing only Robinson deserved "Sugar Ray")
"Sugar Ray Robinson" = pseudonym for Walker Smith, Jr.
"Sweet T" = Michael Torres
"El Temible" (Spanish, The Feared) = José Luis Castillo
"Termite" = Maurice Watkins
"El Terrible" = Erik Morales
"Terrible" = Tim Witherspoon
"Thunder" = Arturo Gatti
"Thunder from Down Under" = Konstantin "Kostya" Tszyu
"Tiger" = Dariusz Michalczewski
"TNT" = Tony Tubbs
"The Truth" = Carl Williams
"The Vegas" = Hannah Fox
"The Wild Bull of the Pampa" = Luis Firpo
"Winky" = Ronald Wright
"The Mauritian Magician" = Bruno Julie

Bullfighting [edit]

"El Aleph" = Rey Guevara-Vasquez
"El Algabeño" = José García Rodríguez
"Cara Ancha" = José Sánchez Del Campo
"Armillita Chico" = Fermín Espinosa Saucedo
"Carlos Arruza" = Carlos Ruiz Camino
"Algabeño hijo" = José García Carranza
"Antoñete" = Antonio Chenel Albaladejo
"Barragan" = Isidro Santiago Llano
"Bette Ford" = Harriet Dingeldein
"Bienvenida" = Manuel Mejías Rapela
"Antonio Bienvenida" = Antonio Mejías Jiménez
"Pepe Bienvenida" = José Mejías Jiménez
"Bocanegra" = Manuel Fuentes y Rodríguez
"Bombita" =
- Emilio Torres Reina
- Ricardo Torres Reina
"El Brillante" = Alfredo Gomez
"Pepe Cáceres" = José Eslava Cáceres
"Cagancho" = Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega
"El Califa" = José Pacheco Rodríguez
"Califa de Alcácer" = João Branco Núncio
"El Cano" = Manuel Jiménez y Meléndez
"El Capea" = Pedro Gutiérrez Lorenzo
"Carnicerito de Méjico" = José González López
"Simon Casas" = Bernard Dombs
"Cavira" = Enrique Cano Iriborne
"Chamaco" =
- Antonio Borrero Borrero
- Antonio Borrero Morano
"El Chano" = Hector Villa
"Cheche" = José Marrero Bez
"Chicuelo" =
- Rafael Jiménez Castro
- Manuel Jiménez Moreno
- Manuel Jiménez Vera
"Chicuelo II" = Manuel Jiménez Díaz
"El Ciclón" (Mexican: "The Cyclone") = Carlos Arruza
"El Cid" = Manuel Jesús Cid
"Cocherito de Bilbao" = Cástor Jaureguibeitia Ibarra
"El Cordobés" ("The Cordobese" – "The Cordovan") =
- Manuel Benítez Pérez
- Manuel Díaz González
"Corchaito" = Fermín Muñoz Corchado
"Costillares" = Joaquín Rodríguez
"Cúchares" = Francisco Arjona Herrera
"Curro Guillén" = Francisco Herrera Rodríguez
"Curro Romero" = Francisco Romero López
"Dominguín" =
- Luis Miguel González Lucas
- Domingo Del Campo y Álvarez
"El Ecijano" = Juan Jiménez Ripoll
"Espartaco" = Juan Antonio Ruiz Román
"El Espartero" = Manuel García Cuesta [[w:es:Manuel García Cuesta|Article (Spanish)]]
"El Estudiante" = Luis Gómez Calleja
"Fabrilo" = Julio Aparici y Pascual ,
"El Fandi" = David Fandilla Marín
"Finito de Córdoba" = Juan Serrano Pineda
"Flores" = Isidoro Martí Fernando
"Frascuelo" = Salvador Sánchez Povedano
"El Fundi" = José Prados Martín
"El Gallo" =
- Fernando Gómez García
- El Gallo
"Gitanillo de Triana" = Francisco Vega de los Reyes
"Guerrita" = Rafael Guerra Bejarano
"Javier Valverde" = Javier San José
"El Jerezano" = Manuel Lara Reyes
"Jesulín de Ubrique" = Jesús Janeiro Bazán
"José Falcón" = José Carlos Frita Falcao ^[128]
"Joselito" =
- José Gómez Ortega
- José Miguel Arroyo Delgado
"Juan Bautista" = Jean Baptiste Jalabert
"El Juli" = Julián López Escobar
"Lagartijo" = Rafael Molina Sánchez
"Litri" =
- Miguel Báez Espuny
- Manuel Báez Gómez
- Miguel Báez Quintero
- Miguel Báez Spínola
"The Little Giant" = Eloy Cavazos
"Machaquito" = Rafael González Madrid
"Malla" = Agustín García Díaz
"Manili" = Manuel Ruíz Regalo
"Manolete" = Manuel Rodríguez Sánchez
"Manolo Bienvenida" = Manuel Mejías Jiménez
"Manzanares" = José María Dols Abellán
"Manzanares" = José María Dolls Samper
"Master João" = João Branco Núncio
"Miguelín" = Miguel Mateo
"Morante de la Puebla" = José Antonio Morante
"Morenito de Valencia" = Aurelio Puchol Aldas
"Nimeño I" = Alain Montcouquiol
"Nimeño II" = Christian Montcouquiol
"El Niño del Sol Naciente" = Atsuhiro Shimoyama ^[129]
"El Niño de la Capea" = Pedro Gutiérrez Moya
"El Niño de La Palma" = Cayetano Ordóñez
"Paquiro" = Francisco Montes Reina
"Palomo Linares" = Sebastián Palomo Martínez
"Panchón" = Francisco González Díaz
"Paquirri" = Francisco Rivera Pérez
"Parrita" = Agustín Parra Vargas
"Pedrés" = Pedro Martínez González
"Pepe-Hillo" = José Delgado Guerra
"Pepete" =
- José Rodríguez Davié
- José Dámaso Rodríguez y Rodríguez
- José Gallego Mateo
"Perrucho" = Francisco García
"Punteret" = Joaquín Sans y Almenar
"Rafaelillo" = Rafael Rubio Luján
"El Renco" = Antonio Pérez Rueda
"Rigores" = Roque Miranda Conde
"Riverita" = Jose Rivera Perez
"El Sargento" = Guillermo Rodríguez Martínez
"Serranito" = Hilario González Delgado
"El Soro" = Vicente Ruiz
"El Tato" = José Raúl Gracia Hernández
"Varelito" = Manuel Vares y García
"El Viti" = Santiago Martín
"El Yiyo" = José Cubero Sanchez
"El Zotoluco" = Eulalio López

Cricket [edit]

"Afghanistan"/"The Forgotten Waugh" = Mark Waugh, Australia batsman
"Appam Chutiya" = Sreesanth, India fast bowler
"Bear" = Cameron White, Australia batsman
"Beefy" = Ian Botham, England all-rounder
"Bhaji" = Harbhajan Singh, India off spinner
"Big Bird" = Joel Garner, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler
"Big Joel" = Joel Garner, Barbados and West Indies fast bowler
"Bing" = Brett Lee, Australia bowler
"'Butch"= David White, England fast bowler
"Captain Cool" = M. S. Dhoni, India wicket-keeper/batsman
"Chappelli" = Ian Chappell, Australia batsman
"Church" = Adam Gilchrist, Australia wicket-keeper/batsman
"Dada" = Sourav Ganguly, India batsman
"Dizzy" = Jason Gillespie, Australia fast bowler
"The Don" = Donald Bradman, Australia batsman
"Fab Four" = Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and V. V. S. Laxman; India^[130]
"Fred Flintstone"/"Freddie"/"Fast Freddie" = Andrew Flintoff, England all-rounder
"Gangles" = Sourav Ganguly, India batsman
"Gauti" = Gautam Gambhir, India batsman
"Gazza" = Gary Kirsten, South Africa batsman
"Hansie" = Wessel Cronje, South Africa batsman
"The Haryana Hurricane" = Kapil Dev, India all-rounder
"The Iceman" = Steve Waugh, Australia batsman
"Jammy" = Rahul Dravid, India batsman
"Jimmy" = Mohinder Amarnath, India batsman
"Junior" = Mark Waugh, Australia batsman
"King of Spain" = Ashley Giles, England left-arm spinner
"The Little Master" =
- Sachin Tendulkar, India batsman
- Sunil Gavaskar, India batsman
"Maestro" = Sachin Tendulkar, India batsman
"Mahi" = M. S. Dhoni, India wicket-keeper/batsman
"Marauder from Matara" = Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka batsman
"Bogstar" = Shamilal Mendis, Sri Lanka batsman
"Little Kalu" = Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sri Lanka batsman
"Master Blaster" =
- Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka batsman
- Viv Richards, West Indies batsman
- Sachin Tendulkar, India batsman
"Mr. Cricket" = Michael Hussey, Australia batsman
"Monty" = Mudhsuden Singh Panesar, England left-arm spinner
"Murali" = Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka off spinner
"Nawab of Najafgarh" = Virendar Sehwag, India all-rounder
"Oswald" = Brett Lee, Australia fast bowler
"Pigeon" = Glen McGrath, Australia fast bowler
"The Prince" = Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman
"Punter" = Ricky Ponting, Australia all-rounder
"The Silver Prince" = Sourav Ganguly, India batsman
"Sheikh of Tweak" = Shane Warne, Australia bowler
"Slinga" or "Slinger" = Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka fast bowler (from his roundarm bowling action, unique in modern cricket)
"Smokey" = Viv Richards, West Indies batsman
"Sultan of Swing" = Wasim Akram, Pakistani fast bowler
"Sunny" = Sunil Gavaskar, India batsman
"Tendlya" = Sachin Tendulkar, India batsman
"Tiger" =
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, India batsman
- Bill O'Reilly, Australia leg spinner
"Tugga" = Steve Waugh, Australia batsman
"The Turbanator" = Harbhajan Singh, India off spinner
"Very Very Special" = Vangipurappu Laxman; batsman
"Viru" = Virender Sehwag, India batsman
"The Wall" = Rahul Dravid, India batsman
"Whispering Death" = Michael Holding, West Indies fast bowler

Cycling [edit]

"Afro-Bob" = Robert de Wilde, BMX racing rider^[131]
"Alice B. Toeclips" = Jacquie Phelan, downhill racing rider
"Amtrak" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[132]
"L'aigle de Tolède" (French for "The Toledo Eagle") = Federico Bahamontes, road racing rider
"The Avalanche" = Richie Anderson, BMX racing rider
"BF" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider (abbreviation of Blue Falcon)
"Bigfoot" = Andy Patterson, BMX racing rider (due to his shoe size being size 13)
"Big Chuck" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[133]
"Big Daddy" = Eric Rupe, BMX racing rider
"Big Mig" = Miguel Indurain, road racing rider
"Big George" = George Hincapie, road racing rider
"Le blaireau" (French for "The Badger") = Bernard Hinault, road racing rider
"Blue Falcon" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider
"Boom Boom" = Scott Beaumont, BMX racing and downhill racing rider
"The Businessman" = Gregory Hill, BMX racing rider
"Butcher"= Joe Kowalski, freestyle BMX rider
"Butter" = Kyle Bennett, BMX racing rider
"Black Magic" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[134] (which he had stenciled on the back of his racing pants in 1985)
"The Blue Falcon" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider
"The Boss" = Lance Armstrong, road racing rider
"Bubba" = Burlin Harris III, BMX racing rider^[135]^[136]
"The Bulldozer" = Scotty Cranmer, freestyle BMX rider
"Il Campionissimo" (Italian for "The Champion of Champions") = Fausto Coppi, road racing rider
"The Cannibal" = Eddy Merckx, road racing rider
"Chasemainian Devil" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[137]
"Choo-Choo Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[132]
"Coca-Cola Cowboy" = Toby Henderson, BMX Racer
"The Commandant" = Mark Feher, Road Racing Rider
"The Condor" = Mat Hoffman, freestyle BMX rider
"Crazy Eric" = Eric Steele, freestyle BMX rider^[138]
"Crazy Ronnie" = Ronnie Anderson, BMX Racer
"Deadly Nedly" = Ned Overend, Cross-country rider
"Dirt" = Brian Foster, BMX racing rider^[139]
"Dizz" = John Hicks, BMX Freestyle Rider
"Dizzy" = David Zabriskie, road racing rider
"dR" = Donald Robinson, BMX racing rider
"DZ" = David Zabriskie, road racing rider
"Earthquake" = Clarence Perry, BMX Racer
"The Earthquake" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racing rider^[140]
"EC" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill rider
"Elefantino" (Italian for "Little Elephant") = Marco Pantani, road racing rider (despised by Pantani)
"Farmer John" = John Tomac, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider^[141]
"The Fleein' Korean" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing rider^[133]
"The Flying Dutchman" = Robert de Wilde, BMX racing rider^[142]
"The Flying Scotsman" = Graeme Obree, track racing rider
"Gee" = George Atherton, 4X and downhill rider
"Gino the Pious" = Gino Bartali, road racing rider
"The Golden Child" = Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racing rider^[143]^[144]
"The Green Hornet" = David Zabriskie, road racing rider^[145]
"H-Ball" = Greg Herbold, downhill racing rider
"His Royal Hoyness" = Chris Hoy, track racing rider^[146]
"Hollifield Flash" = David Juarez, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider
"Hoycules" = Chris Hoy, track racing rider^[146]
"The Human Dragster" = Tommy Brackens, BMX racing rider
"Jack" = John Prince, cyclist (and board track racing pioneer)^[147]
"The Jackal" = John Purse, BMX Racer
"Jake the Snake" = Jacob Heilbron, Cyclo-cross rider^[148]^[149]
"Johnny T" = John Tomac, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider^[141]
"Kamakazi" = Jamie Hildebrandt, BMX racing
"King Edward" = Eddy King, BMX Racer
"King of Skateparks" = Eddie Fiola, freestyle BMX rider^[150]
"L'intello" (French for "The Egghead") = Laurent Fignon, road racing rider
"Leopard Head" = Sam Pilgrim, Freerider^[151]
"Little Mr. Awesome" = Greg Schofield, BMX racing rider
"Lucien Petit-Breton" = pseudonym of Lucien Mazan, road racing rider
"The Lumberjack" = Gary Ellis, BMX Racer
"The Lung" = Ned Overend, Cross-country rider
"Maître Jacques" (French for "Master Jacques") = Jacques Anquetil, road racing rider
"Manx Missile" = Mark Cavendish, track / road racing rider
"Mellow Johnny" = Lance Armstrong, road racing rider (from Maillot Jaune, French for Yellow jersey)^[152]
"Miguelón" = Miguel Indurain, road racing rider
"Miracle Boy" = Dave Mirra, freestyle BMX rider
"Mr. Bigfoot" = Andy Patterson, BMX Racer (due to his shoe size being size 13)
"Mr. Prologue" = Chris Boardman, road/track racing rider
"Mr. Smooth" =
- Richard Anderson, BMX Racer
- Eric Carter, BMX and downhill racing rider
"Ned" = Edmund Overend, Cross-country cyclist
"No Way Rey" = Hans Rey, bike trials rider^[153]
"The Old Man" = Scot Breithaupt, BMX Racer
"OM" = Scot Breithaupt, BMX Racer (abbreviation of his "Old Man" nickname)
"Il Pirata" (Italian for "The Pirate") = Marco Pantani, road racing rider
"Oz" Bob Osborn, BMX Publisher, BMX Action Magazine/Freestylin' Magazine
"Perico" = Pedro Delgado, road racing rider
"The Pistol" = Pete Loncarevich, BMX racing rider
"Pistol Pete" = Pete Loncarevich, BMX racing rider
"Poupou" = Raymond Poulidor, road racing rider
"The Professor" = Chris Boardman, road/track racing rider
"Queen Vic" = Victoria Pendleton, track racing rider
"The Real McHoy" = Chris Hoy, track racing^[154]
"Richie Rich" = Richard Anderson, BMX racing
"Scary Harry" = Harry Leary, BMX racing
"Scrawny" = Donald Robinson, BMX racing^[155]
"Sheffield Steel" = Steve Peat, downhill racing rider^[156]
"Skippy" = Phil Anderson, Road racing
"The Snake" = Mike King, BMX racing^[157]
"Spartacus" = Fabian Cancellara, Road racing rider / world time trial champion 2006/2007 and 2009/2010
"Speed Queen" = Melanie Cline, BMX racing
"Speedy Readey" = Shanaze Reade, BMX racing
"Speeding Locomotive Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing^[132]
"Steam Engine Charlie" = Charles Townsend, BMX racing^[132]
"Stompin' Stu" = Stu Thomsen, BMX racing
"Stumpdog" = Randy Stumpfhauser, BMX racing^[158]
"Stumpy" = Randy Stumpfhauser, BMX racing^[159]
"Swell Mel" = Melanie Cline, BMX racing
"T.I." = Takashi Ito, freestyle BMX^[160]
"Tinker" = David Juarez, BMX, Cross-country and road racing
"Tomac Attack" = John Tomac, BMX racing, Cross-country and road racingr^[141]
"The Tome" = John Tomac, BMX, Cross-country and road racing rider^[141]
"Torchy" = William Peden, racing cyclist^[161]
"Tornado Tom" = Tom Boonen, road racing rider
"Tour de Lance" = Lance Armstrong, road racing (for his multiple wins in Tour de France)
"Tricky" = Manuel Beltrán, road racing rider
"Twiggo" = Bradley Wiggins, road and track rider
"Turbo" = Harry Leary, BMX racing
"VDV" = Christian Vande Velde, Road bicycle racing
"Wiggo" = Bradley Wiggins, road and track rider
"Willy" = Vilmos Radasics, BMX racing

Darts [edit]

Further information: List of darts players nicknames

Football [edit]

American football [edit]

Association football [edit]

"Afro-Paule" = Paul Breitner, retired West German midfielder
"L'aigle dalmate" (French for "The Dalmatian Eagle") = Josip Skoblar, Yugoslavian striker
"Al" = Alex Revell, English footballer^[163]
"Aldo" = John Aldridge, Irish football player and manager^[164]
"Alex James of the East" = Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong footballer
"The Angel with Bent Legs" = Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian winger
"Angelito" (Spanish for "Little Angel") = Ángel di María, Argentine winger
"The Animal" = Edmundo, Brazilian striker
El Anti-Galáctico = Andrés Iniesta, Spanish midfielder (given by the press because of his humility and selflessness)
"The Asian Maradona" = Ali Karimi, Iranian football player
"Apache" = Carlos Tévez, Argentine striker
"Aussie Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[165]
"Azza" = Aaron Lennon, English midfielder
"The Baby-Faced Assassin" = Ole Gunnar Solskjær, retired Norwegian striker
"Bails" = Nicky Bailey, English footballer^[163]
"Baixinho" (Portuguese for "Shorty") = Romário, Brazilian striker
"The Bald Eagle"
- Attilio Lombardo, Italian football player and manager^[166]
- Jim Smith, English football player, manager and director^[167]
"Balle" = Michael Ballack, German midfielder
"Barney" = Lee Barnard, English footballer^[163]
"Batigol" = Gabriel Batistuta, retired Argentine striker
"Baz" = Barry Cogan, Irish footballer^[168]^[169]
"Beatts" = James Beattie, English striker
"Becks" = David Beckham, English midfielder
"Benty" = Darren Bent, English football player and manager^[170]
"Benzebuth" (French language pun with "Benzema" and "but" (French for "goal") which give something near of Belzebuth) = Karim Benzema, French striker
"Berba" = Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian striker^[171]
"Bes" (Russian for "Demon") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian striker^[172]
la Bestia ("The Beast") = Júlio Baptista, Brazilian midfielder/striker
"Big Al" = Alan Shearer, retired English striker
"Big Pete" = Petr Čech, Czech goalkeeper
"Big Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian manager^[173]
"Big Sam" = Sam Allardyce English football manager
"Billy" = Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian midfielder^[174]
"The Bison" = Michael Essien, Ghanaian midfielder/defender
"The Black Diamond" = Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian former striker
"The Black Panther", "The Black Pearl" = Eusébio, retired Portuguese footballer
"The Black Spider" = Lev Yashin, Soviet goalkeeper
"The Black Wonder" = Fausto dos Santos, Brazilian midfielder
"Bob" = Aleksandr Sheshukov, Russian midfielder^[175]^[176]
"Bomber der Nation/Der Bomber" (German, "Bomber of the Nation/The Bomber") = Gerd Müller, retired German striker
"Bora" = Velibor Milutinović, Serbian football manager
"Brian" = Stuart Lewis, English footballer^[169]
La Bruja (Spanish, "The Witch") = Juan Ramón Verón, Argentine footballer
La Brujita (Spanish, "The Little Witch") = Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine midfielder
El Rayo (Spanish, "The Thunder") = Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine striker
Valdanito (Spanish, "Little Valdano") = Hernán Crespo, Argentine striker
El Burrito (Spanish, "Little Donkey") = Ariel Ortega, Argentine midfielder
El Piojo (Spanish, "The Louse") = Claudio López, Argentine Forward/Winger
il Leone D'oro (Italian, "The Golden Lion") = Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine striker
El Buitre (Spanish, "The Vulture") = Emilio Butragueño, Spanish striker
"The Bull" = Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian striker
"The Bull of the Bosporus" = Hakan Şükür, Turkish striker
"Buratino" = Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian striker
Canhão da Vila ("The Cannon of the Vila") = José "Pepe" Macia, Brazilian striker (a reference to both his powerful free kicks and the stadium where he played his whole career, Santos FC's Vila Belmiro)
"Canto" = Eric Cantona, French footballer
Capita (a corruption of the word capitão, Portuguese for "captain") = Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian fullback (given because of his role as captain of the 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning team)
"Captain America" = Claudio Reyna, American midfielder
"Captain Marvel" = Bryan Robson, English midfielder
"Castorino" (Italian. "little beaver") = Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan goalkeeper
"Čechíno" = Petr Čech, Czech goalkeeper
"Chalaca" (Spanish. "bicycle kick") = Cesar Gonzalez, Peruvian footballer
"El Chicharito" (Spanish. "little green pea") = Javier Hernández Balcázar, Mexican footballer
"Chief" = Wayne Allison, retired English striker
"Chopper" = Ron Harris, English footballer
"Chuta-Chuta" = Bruno César, Brazilian midfielder, given for his ability to shoot from long distances
"The Clown Prince" = Paul Gascoigne, English midfielder^[177]
"The Crab" = Ray Wilkins, assistant English coach and retired midfielder
"The Croatian Cruyff" = Luka Modrić, Croatian midfielder
"Crofty" = Andrew Crofts, Welsh footballer^[169]^[178]^[179]^[180]^[181]
"Crouchy" = Peter Crouch, English striker
"Cobra" = Dejan Stanković, Serbian midfielder
El Conejo ("Little Rabbit") = Javier Saviola, Argentine striker
El Cuchu = Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine defender/defensive midfielder
"Damo" = Damian Scannell, English footballer^[182]
"Dicko" = Chris Dickson, Ghanaian footballer^[178]
"El Diez" (Spanish for "the 10") = Diego Maradona, Argentine midfielder (from his jersey number)
"Il Divin Codino" (Italian for "The Divine Ponytail") = Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
Divino ("The Divine One") = Domingos da Guia, Brazilian defender
"Djila" = Mahamadou Diarra, Malian defensive midfielder
"Doctor" or "The Doctor"
- Kenny Deuchar, Scottish striker (also a fully accredited medical doctor)
- Theophilus Khumalo, South African midfielder
- Sócrates, Brazilian midfielder (also a fully accredited medical doctor)
"Dorito" = Steve Collis, English football goalkeeper^[163]
"The Drog" = Didier Drogba, Ivorian striker
"Drunken Ferguson"/"Duncan Disorderly" = Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer^[183]
"Duracell" = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder
"The Dutch Destroyer" = Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
"Eta Beta" (Italian name for Disney character known as Eega Beeva) = Fabio Quagliarella, Italian footballer
"Captain Fantastic" = Steven Gerrard, English Footballer
"Fat Chav" = Lee Boylan, English footballer
Frankie = Frank Lampard, English footballer
"Felipão" (Portuguese for "Big Phil") = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
"Il fenomeno" (Italian for "The Phenomenon") = Ronaldo, Brazil striker
"Fergie"
- Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
- Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
"Flavs" = Darryl Flahavan, English football goalkeeper^[163]
"La Formica Atomica" (The atomic ant) = Sebastian Giovinco, Italian midfielder
Furacão da Copa ("The Hurricane of the World Cup") = Jairzinho, Brazilian striker
"G" = Mark Gower, English footballer^[163]
"The Galloping Major" = Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian former footballer
"Gal" = Garry Richards, English footballer^[178]^[184]
"Garrincha" = Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian winger
"Gazza" = Paul Gascoigne, English midfielder
"De Generaal" (Dutch for "The General") = Rinus Michels, retired Dutch footballer and coach
"Il Genio" (Italian for "The Genius") = Dejan Savićević, Serbian midfielder
"Giero" = Rob Gier, English footballer^[185]
"Gigi" = Gianluigi Buffon, Italian goalkeeper
"Gilda" = Heleno de Freitas, Brazilian striker (a reference to the 1946 eponymous movie; Heleno de Freitas was known for his vanity and self-importance, and the nickname was given to him by opposing fans as a joke)
"The Ginger Ninja" = Paul Scholes, English footballer
"The Ginger Mourinho" = Gary Megson, English football manager
"Goal King Cole" = Andrew Cole, English striker
"God" = Robbie Fowler, English striker
"Golden Guus" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[165]^[186]
"Goldenballs" = David Beckham, English midfielder
"The Goose" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[165]
"El Gringo" = Gabriel Heinze, Argentine defender (due to his European looks and German ancestry)
"Gronaldo" (French language pun, roughly "Fat Ronaldo") = Jean-Claude Darcheville, French striker
"Grossy" = Adam Gross, English footballer^[187]
El Guaje (Asturian for "The Kid") = David Villa, Spanish striker
"Guly" = Andrés Guglielminpietro, Argentine midfielder^[188]
"Guus Geluk" (literally 'Lucky Guus', Dutch for Disney's Gladstone Gander) = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[165]^[189]
"The Helicopter"
- Vahid Hashemian, Iranian footballer
- Iván Zamorano, Chilean striker
- Johan Le Traon, French midfielder
"Hiddingu" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[165]
"Hoops" = Gary Hooper, English footballer^[163]
"The Hunter" = Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
"Hunty" = Lewis Hunt, English footballer^[163]
"Ibou" = Ibrahim Ba, French midfielder
"Ibra", "Ibracadabra" = Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish striker
"Iceman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer
"L'Imperatore" ("The Imperator") = Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian football player
"Incredible Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker^[190]
"Ironhead" = Robert Tam Kong Pak, Hong Kong footballer^[191]^[192]
"Jacko" = Simeon Jackson, Canadian footballer^[178]^[179]
"Iron Man" = John Terry, English centre-back
El Jardinero ("The Gardener") = Julio Cruz, Argentine striker
"Jay-Jay" = Augustine Okocha, Nigerian midfielder
El Jefecito ("Little Chief") = Javier Mascherano, Argentine defensive midfielder
"Jinky" = Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer
"Johan I" = Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer
"Johan II" = Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
"Joy of the People = Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian winger
"Judas" = Sol Campbell, English footballer^[193] (given to him after transferring from Tottenham Hotspur to North London rivals Arsenal)
El Kai = Pablo Aimar, Argentine midfielder
Der Kaiser = Franz Beckenbauer, German midfielder, then defender
"De Kannibaal" (Dutch for "The Cannibal") = Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch defender
Die Katze von Anzing (German for "The Anzing Cat") = Sepp Maier, retired West German goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach
"Keano"
- Robbie Keane, Irish striker
- Roy Keane, Irish former midfielder and manager
"Khomyak" (Russian for "Hamster") = Vladimir Beschastnykh, Russian midfielder/striker^[194]
"Kights" = Michael Kightly, English footballer^[195]
"Der Killer" (German for "The Killer") = Ivan Klasnić, Croatian striker
"King of Asia Football" = Lee Wai Tong, Hong Kong footballer^[191]
"King Kenny" = Kenny Dalglish, a Liverpool legend
"King Eric" = Eric Cantona, retired French football player
"King Kahn" = Oliver Kahn, retired German goalkeeper
"Kleines dickes Müller" (German, "Short fat Müller") = Gerd Müller, West German striker
"Klinsi" = Jürgen Klinsmann, German coach and retired striker
"Kojak" = Pierluigi Collina, retired Italian referee
"Koppita" = Raymond Kopa, French football player
"Kral" (Turkish for "King") = Hakan Şükür, Turkish striker
"De Kromme" (Dutch for "The Curve") = Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer
"Kun" = Sergio Agüero, Argentine striker (given to him by classmates because his hairdo at that time looked like that of a Japanese anime character Kum Kum)
"The Llama" = Frank Rijkaard, Dutch coach and retired midfielder (given to him after the infamous spitting incident involving him and Rudi Voller during the round of 16 match against West Germany at the 1990 FIFA World Cup)
"Lamps" = Frank Lampard, English midfielder
"Lash" = Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
"Le God" = Matthew Le Tissier, English midfielder
"Leicester's Favourite Son" = Gary Lineker, English striker
Leiteria ("The Milk Factory", an old Brazilian slang for a lucky person) = Castilho, Brazilian goalkeeper
"Lionheart" = Carles Puyol, Spanish defender
"Litti" = Jari Litmanen, Finnish midfielder
"Little Buddha"
- Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
- Ivan de la Peña, Spanish midfielder
"The Little General" = Dick Advocaat, Dutch manager^[196]
"El Loco" (Spanish for "The Crazy One")
- Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
- René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper
- Martín Palermo, Argentine striker
- Ramón Quiroga, Peruvian goalkeeper
"Los" (Russian for "Moose") = Dmitri Loskov, Russian midfielder^[197]
"Macca"
- Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer^[198]
- Charlie MacDonald, English footballer^[199]
- Craig Mackail-Smith, English footballer^[200]
- Chris MacKenzie, English football goalkeeper^[201]
- Craig McAllister, Scottish footballer^[202]^[203]
- Gary McAllister, Scottish football player and manager^[204]
- Jason McAteer, Irish footballer^[164]
- Frank McAvennie, former Scottish footballer^[205]^[206]
- Neil McCafferty, Irish footballer^[207]
- Stuart McCall, Scottish football player and manager^[208]^[209]
- Gavin McCann, English footballer^[210]
- Mick McCarthy, Irish football player and manager^[211]
- Paul McCarthy, Irish footballer^[212]^[213]
- Sean McCarthy, English footballer player and manager^[214]
- George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer^[215]
- Matthew McCauley, footballer^[216]
- Steve McClaren, English football player and manager^[217]
- Alan McCormack, Irish footballer^[163]
- Lee McCulloch, Scottish footballer^[218]
- John McDermott, English football manager^[219]
- Kevin McDonald, Scottish footballer^[220]
- Scott McDonald, Australian footballer^[221]^[222]
- Stephen McDougall, Scottish footballer^[223]
- Lee McEvilly, English footballer^[224]
- John McGrath, Irish footballer^[225]
- Paul McGrath, Irish footballer^[226]
- Marc McGregor, English footballer^[227]
- Mark McGregor, English footballer^[228]
- Ryan McIlmoyle, Irish footballer^[229]
- James McKeown, English footballer^[230]
- Aaron McLean, English footballer^[231]
- Izale McLeod, English footballer^[232]
- Kevin McLeod, English footballer^[233]
- Steve McMahon, English football player and manager^[234]^[235]
- Steve McManaman, English footballer^[236]
- Simon McMenemy, English football manager^[237]
- Martin McNeil, Scottish footballer^[238]
- Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer^[239]
- Stephen McPhee, Scottish footballer^[240]
- Gary McSheffrey, English footballer^[241]
- Dave McTiernan, English footballer^[242]
O Maestro (The Conductor) = Rui Costa, Portuguese Midfielder
O Mágico (The Magician) = Deco, Brazilian-born Portuguese midfielder
El Mago (The Mage) = Pablo Aimar, Argentine playmaker
"Maka" = Claude Makélélé, French midfielder
"The Maradona of the Carpathians" = Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian midfielder
"Martha Rocha" = Mauro Ramos, Brazilian defender (a nod to his elegant playing style; Martha Rocha was a Brazilian beauty pageant contestant and runner-up of Miss Universe 1954)
"Mary Poppins" = Alan Shearer, English striker^[243] (given as an insult by two Newcastle United executives during a candid interview with a journalist)
El Matador ("The Bullfighter") = Mario Kempes, retired Argentine striker
El Toro ("The Bull") = Fernando Cavenaghi,Argentine striker
"Medvěd/Meda" (Czech for "Bear" or "Teddy bear") = Pavel Nedvěd, Czech midfielder
"Mestre Ziza" ("Master Ziza") = Zizinho, Brazilian midfielder
"Mido" = Ahmed Hossam, Egyptian striker
"Millsy" = Adam Miller, English footballer^[168]^[178]^[179]^[184]^[244]
"Miracle Worker" = Bora Milutinović, Serbian football soccer trainer^[245] (for his achievent of taking four different modest teams beyond the first round in four different World Cup finals)
Monstro ("The Monster") = Thiago Silva, Brazilian defender
"Mr. Football" = Didi, Brazilian midfielder
"Mr. George" = George Weah, Liberian striker
Il Muro ("The Wall") = Walter Samuel, Argentine defender
"Il muro di Berlino" (Italian, "The Berlin Wall") = Fabio Cannavaro, Italian defender
"Mullers" = Gary Mulligan, Irish footballer^[169]
"Nacho" = Ignacio González, Uruguayan footballer^[246]
"Nacka" = Lennart Skoglund, former Swedish winger
"El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
"Nobby" and "The Little Magician" = Nolberto Solano, Peruvian midfielder
"The Non-Flying Dutchman" = Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch retired player (a play on Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, given because of his phobia of flying)
"Nura" = Georgi Nurov, Russian striker^[247]
"Nuts" = John Nutter, English footballer^[184]^[248]
"Quashie-modo" = Nigel Quashie, Scottish footballer^[249]
"Obagoal" = Obafemi Martins, Nigerian football player
"One Size" = Fitz Hall, English football player
El Pájaro ("The Bird") = Claudio Caniggia, retired Argentine striker
"Pato" (Portuguese, "Duck")
- Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian striker
- Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine goalkeeper
"Pav" = Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian striker^[250]
"Peda" = Predrag Mijatović, retired Yugoslavian/Montenegrin striker and current Real Madrid sporting director
"Pelé"
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Abedi Ayew, Ghanaian attacking midfielder
"Pelusa" (Spanish, "fuzz") = Diego Maradona, Argentine midfielder
"The Phantom" = Roy Makaay, Dutch striker
"Phil" = Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian football manager
"El Pibe de Oro" (Spanish for "The Golden Kid") = Diego Maradona, Argentine midfielder
"El Pibe" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Carlos Valderrama, Colombian midfielder
"Pierino La Peste" (Italian for Pete the little pest) = Pierino Prati, Italian soccer player
El Pintita = Fernando Gago, Argentine central/defensive midfielder
Pinturicchio (Italian artist) = Alessandro Del Piero, Italian striker
El Pipita = Gonzalo Higuaín, French-born Argentine striker/winger
"El Pistolero" (Spanish. "The Gunfighter"^[251]) = Luis Suárez, Uruguayan striker
"The Pitbull" = Edgar Davids, Dutch midfielder
"Pizza" = Peter Hutton, Northern Irish footballer
"Platoche" = Michel Platini, French midfielder
"Poldi" = Lukas Podolski, German midfielder/striker^[252]
"Pooley" = Glenn Poole, English footballer^[195]
"Preki" = Predrag Radosavljevic, Serbia-born American midfielder
"El Presidente" = Clarence Seedorf, Dutch midfielder
"Prince" = Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian midfielder
"Prince Harry" = Matt Harrold, English footballer^[163]
"Prince Poldi", "Prinz Poldi" (German for Prince Poldi) = Lukas Podolski, German midfielder/striker^[253]^[254]
"Psycho" = Stuart Pearce, English football player
"Raymond la science" (French for Brainy Raymond) = Raymond Goethals, Belgian football player and coach
Pupi = Javier Zanetti, Argentine defender/midfielder
"Puyi" = Carles Puyol, Spanish defender
El Raton ("The Rat") = Roberto Ayala, Argentine defender
"Razor" = Neil Ruddock, British footballer
"O Rei" (Portuguese, "The King") = Pelé, retired Brazilian striker
"Rei Artur" (Portuguese, "King Arthur") = Artur Moraes, Brazilian goalkeeper
"Rehakles" = Otto Rehhagel, German football manager
"Rino" = Gennaro Gattuso, Italian midfielder
"Robot Rothen" = Jérôme Rothen, French midfielder
"The Rock of Tyneside" = Frank Brennan, Newcastle United centre half
"The Rock" = Marcel Desailly, retired French central defender
"Ron", "Ronnie"
- Christiano Ronaldo, Portuguese winger
- Ronaldinho, Brazilian attacking midfielder
"Roo" = Wayne Rooney, English striker
"Royce The Voice" = Simon Royce, English football goalkeeper^[255]
"Roycey" = Simon Royce, English football goalkeeper^[256]
"The Russian Ronaldinho" = Yuri Zhirkov, Russian midfielder
"RVP" = Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
"El Salvador" (Spanish for "The Savior") = Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
El Sabio de Hortaleza ("The Wise Man of Hortaleza") = Luis Aragonés, Spanish coach and retired player
"San Iker" = Iker Casillas, Spanish goalkeeper
"San Marco" = Marco van Basten, Dutch coach and retired footballer
"S.A.S." = Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham, when they played up front for England together^[257]
La Saeta Rubia (Spanish for "The Blond Arrow") = Alfredo di Stéfano, retired Argentina-born Spanish striker
"Sandro" = Alessandro Nesta, Italian defender
"Scarface" = Franck Ribéry, French football player
"Schnix" = Bernd Schneider, German midfielder
"Schweini" = Bastian Schweinsteiger, German midfielder^[258]
"El Scorpion" = René Higuita, Colombian goalkeeper (named after his infamous goal save against England during a friendly match)^[259]
"The Shark" = Darryl Flahavan, English football goalkeeper^[163]
"Shava" = Andrei Arshavin, Russian striker/attacking midfielder
"Sheva" = Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian striker
"Sheri" = Teddy Sheringham, English footballer^[257]
"Sikkimese Sniper" = Baichung Bhutia, Indian football striker^[260]^[261]
"Sisko" = Radovan Filipović, former Serbian footballer
"Smallsy" = Rob Smalls, English, football goalkeeper^[262]
"The Snake" = Youri Djorkaeff, French football player
"Sniffer" = Allan Clarke, English footballer
"Sparky" = Mark Hughes, Welsh coach and retired football striker
"The Special One" = José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager^[263] (given to him by the media for his infamous press conference comment)
"Spiderman"
- Jonas Gutierrez, Argentinian midfielder, wears Spiderman mask when he scores
- Walter Zenga, Italian coach and retired goalkeeper
- Carlo Cudicini, Italian goalkeeper
"Stan the Man" = Dejan Stanković, Serbian midfielder
"The Steak" = Adriano, Brazilian football striker
"Stills" = Derek Stillie, Scottish football goalkeeper^[178]
"Stimmo" = Mark Stimson, English football player and manager^[231]^[264]^[265]^[266]
"Stu" = Stuart Thurgood, English footballer^[267]
"Le Sulk" = Nicolas Anelka, French striker^[190]
"Super Mario" = Mario Balotelli, Italian striker
"Super Pav" = Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian striker^[268]
"Super Pippo" = Filippo Inzaghi, Italian striker
"Tacuara" = 'Oscar Cardozo, Paraguayan striker
"The Tank" = Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
"Tante Käthe" ("Aunt Katie") = Rudi Völler, retired German striker (given to him by German fans because of his curly "auntie" hairdo)
Il Tedesco Volante ("The Flying German") = Rudi Völler retired German striker and former national team coach
"The Terminator" = Julian Dicks, England Retired English defender
"The Tinkerer" = Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager (given by the British press during his time at Chelsea)^[269]
"Tino" = Faustino Asprilla, Colombian striker
"Tisha" = Andrey Tikhonov, Russian midfielder^[270]
"Tit" = Yegor Titov, Russian midfielder^[271]
"The Titan" = Oliver Kahn, retired German goalkeeper
"Titi" = Thierry Henry, French striker
"Tornado" = Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian midfielder
"Tøffe" = Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
"Totò" = Salvatore Schillaci, Italian striker
Il Trattore ("The Tractor") = Javier Zanetti, Argentine defender/midfielder
"El Tren" = Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
"Trezegol" = David Trezeguet, French striker
"Trigger" = Nicky Southall, English footballer^[272]
"Tsar Hiddink" = Guus Hiddink, Dutch football manager^[165]
"Tulip" = Danny Cullip, English footballer^[244]
"Turnip" = Graham Taylor, English football manager (given by The Sun newspaper, as a response to poor result)
"Tutu" = Lilian Thuram, retired French defender
"Two-Metre Peter" = Peter Crouch, English striker (in reference to his 2.01 metre-tall frame; he is also the tallest player ever to play for England)
"Turl" = Theodor Brinek, Jr., Austrian footballer
"Van The Man" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
"Van Gol" = Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch striker
"Vida" = Nemanja Vidić, Serbian defender
"Vishnu" = Vikash Dhorasoo, French midfielder
"The Wally with the Brolly" = Steve McClaren, English Manager ("Brolly" is a British slang term for "umbrella")
"Wazza" = Wayne Rooney, English footballer
"The Welsh Wizard" = Ryan Giggs, Welsh winger
"The White Pelé" = Zico, Brazilian midfielder
"The White Feather" = Fabrizio Ravanelli, retired Italian striker
"Willy" = Casey Weedon, English footballer
"The Wizard of the Dribble" = Stanley Matthews, English midfielder
"Zeko" (Bosnian, "Rabbit") = Almir Turkovic, Bosnian footballer
"Zico" = Arthur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian midfielder
Lo zio (Italian for "The Uncle") = Giuseppe Bergomi, retired Italian defender (given to him because of the impressive moustache he wore as an 18-year-old at the 1982 FIFA World Cup)
"Zizi"/"Zizi Top" = Zheng Zhi, Chinese midfielder
"Zizou" = Zinédine Zidane, retired French midfielder
"Zog On The Tyne" = Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
"El Zurdo" (The lefty one) = Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine midfielder
"De Zwarte Tulp" (Dutch for "The Black Tulip") = Ruud Gullit, Dutch coach and retired midfielder

Australian rules football [edit]

All players are Australians unless otherwise indicated.

"Buddha" = Garry Hocking, midfielder
"Crackers" = Peter Keenan, ruckman
"Dipper" = Robert DiPierdomenico, wingman
"God" = Gary Ablett, Sr, forward and wingman
"Son of God" = Gary Ablett, Jr, midfielder
"The Velvet Sledgehammer" = Matthew Lloyd, full-forward
"The Flying Doormat" Bruce Doull, backman
"Lethal Leigh" = Leigh Matthews, forward
"Pants" = Darren Millane, wingman
"Plugger" = Tony Lockett, full-forward
"Mr Football" = Ted Whitten, Backman
"Dancing Dougie" = Doug Hawkins, Wingman
"Rolls Royce" = Chris Grant, Forward
"Bluey" = Guy McKenna, Backman
"Suma" = Peter Sumich, Full-forward
"Woosha" = John Worsfold, Backman

Canadian football [edit]

All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise.

"The Canuck Truck" = Chris Szarka, non-import fullback
"Dr. Death" = Dave Fennell, defensive tackle
"Gizmo" = Henry Williams, American wide receiver and return specialist
"Indian Jack" = Jack Jacobs, American quarterback and punter of Creek heritage^[162]
"The Little Assassin" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive^[273]
"The Little General" = Ron Lancaster, American quarterback, coach, and executive^[273]
"Moe the Toe" = Moe Racine, offensive lineman and placekicker
"Pinball" = Michael Clemons, American running back and return specialist
"Quick Six" = Cory Philpot, American running back
"Superman" = Geroy Simon , American wide receiver
"The Rifle" = Sam Etcheverry, American quarterback and head coach
"The Rocket" = Raghib Ismail, American wide receiver and return specialist
"The Ordinary Superstar" = Johnny Rodgers, American wide receiver and return specialist

Gaelic football [edit]

"Bomber" = Eoin Liston, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Bonzo" = David McGreevy, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Gooch/The Gooch" = Colm Cooper, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Jayo" = Jason Sherlock, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Mugsy" = Eoin Mulligan, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Ned" = Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Prince of Forwards" = Tadhg Lyne, Irish Gaelic footballer
"Star" = Kieran Donaghy, Irish Gaelic footballer

"Wee" = James McCartan, Irish Gaelic footballer

Golf [edit]

"Babe" = Mildred Zaharias (also known for her previous career in track and field)
"The Big Easy" = Ernie Els
"Big Mama" = JoAnne Carner
"Boo" = Thomas Weekley
"Boom-Boom" = Fred Couples
"The Boss of the Moss" = Loren Roberts
"Champagne Tony" = Tony Lema
"Chi-Chi" = Juan Rodríguez
"The Golden Bear" = Jack Nicklaus
"The Great White Shark" = Greg Norman
"The Grouch" = Pádraig Harrington
"Himself" = Christy O'Connor Snr
"Hombre Araña" (Spanish for "Spider-Man") = Camilo Villegas
"Hootie" = William Johnson
"The King" = Arnold Palmer
"Lefty" = Phil Mickelson
"Lighthorse Harry" = Harry Cooper
"Lord Byron" = Byron Nelson
"Magnificent Seven" =^[274]
- Nancy Lopez
- Pat Bradley
- Amy Alcott
- Patty Sheehan
- Betsy King
- Beth Daniel
- Juli Inkster
"Marquis de Sod" = Pete Dye, course architect (a play on the Marquis de Sade and the perceived extreme difficulty of many of Dye's best-known designs)
"The Mechanic" = Miguel Ángel Jiménez
"The Merry Mex" = Lee Trevino (from his Mexican American heritage)
"Mr. X" = Miller Barber
"Mrs. Doubtfire" = Colin Montgomerie ^[275]
"Monty" = Colin Montgomerie
"El Niño" (Spanish for "The Kid") = Sergio García
"Ohio Fats" = Jack Nicklaus
"The Pink Panther" = Paula Creamer
"Prince Bashful" (ハニカミ王子, Hanikami Ōji^?) = Ryo Ishikawa ^[276]
"Sandy" = Alexander Lyle
"Sarge" = Orville Moody
"Shy Prince" = Ryo Ishikawa
"Slammin' Sammy" = Sam Snead
"The Small Unit" = Chez Reavie ^[277]
"Squire" = Gene Sarazen
"Tiger" = Eldrick Woods
"Trip" = Ernest Kuehne
"The Walrus" = Craig Stadler
"The Wee Welshman" = Ian Woosnam
"Woosers", "Woosie", or "Wooster" = Ian Woosnam

Gymnastics [edit]

All are Gymnasts unless stated

"Belarusian Swan" = Svetlana Boginskaya
"Fierce Five" = Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber
"Goddess of Gymnastics" = Svetlana Boginskaya
"Kimanellie" = Nellie Kim
"Magnificent Seven" = Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps
"Martha" = Márta Károlyi coach (anglicized name)
"Nastia" = Anastasia Liukin (Russian diminutive)^[278]
"Prince of gymnastics" = Li Ning
"Queen Khorkina" = Svetlana Khorkina
"Sexy Alexei" = Alexei Nemov
"Sparrow from Minsk" = Olga Korbut
"Prince" = Justin Spring
"Sasha" = Alexander Artemev (Russian diminutive)

Horse racing [edit]

Jockeys/Trainers [edit]

"Bo-rail" = Calvin Borel flat (from his penchant for steering his mounts close to the rail)^[279]^[280]
"C-Team" = Felix Coetzee flat and Tony Cruz, trainer and former jockey (with Cheng Keung-fai, owner)^[281]
"Frankie" = Lanfranco Dettori flat
"Handbrake Harry" = Harry White
"The Iceman" = George Woolf /
"King Kieren" = Kieren Fallon flat
"The Long Fellow" = Lester Piggott flat^[282]^[283]
"Mauritian Magician" = John Claite
"The Professor" = Roy Higgins
"Pete" = George Bostwick, steeplechaser and horse trainer (and polo player)
"Red" = John Pollard / (also had a brief and unsuccessful stint as a trainer)
"Shug" = Claude R. McGaughey III , trainer
"Silent Tom" = R. Thomas Smith , trainer
"Sunny Jim" = James E. Fitzsimmons , trainer (also had a less-than-successful career as a jockey)

Ice hockey [edit]

Martial arts [edit]

Judo [edit]

"Rusty" = Rena Kanokogi ^[294]

Karate [edit]

"Master Ishii" = Kazuyoshi Ishii ^[295]

Kickboxing [edit]

"Battle Cyborg" = Jérôme Le Banner
"Big Train" = Sherman Bergman
"Blue-Eyed Samurai" (青い目の侍^?) = Andy Hug
"The Bulldog of Normandy" = Jérôme Le Banner
"Danger Man" = Gary Daniels
"The Flying Gentleman" = Remy Bonjasky
"Geronimo" = Jérôme Le Banner
"The Havoc" = Kit Cope ^[296]
"Hyper Battle Cyborg" = Jérôme Le Banner
"Iron man" (鉄人, Tetsujin^?) = Andy Hug
"The Jet" = Benny Urquidez
"Kit" = Kristopher Cope ^[296]
"Mighty Muscles" = Alejandro DasCola
"The Million Dollar Baby" = Alvin Prouder
"Mr. Perfect" = Ernesto Hoost
"The Muscles from Brussels" = Jean-Claude Van Damme
"Nicoletta" = Nicole Trimmel
"The Rebellious Charisma" (反逆のカリスマ, Hangyaku no Karisuma^?) = Masato Kobayashi
"Superfoot" = Bill Wallace
"Tail-Pipe" = Carlos Andino
"Jean-Claude Van Damme" = Jean-Claude Van Vaerenbergh
"Iron Mike" = Mike Zambidis

Mixed martial arts [edit]

"Ace" = Rich Franklin
"The Athlete" = Jason MacDonald
"AJ" = Adrienna Jenkins
"American Psycho" = Stephan Bonnar
"The Axe Murderer" = Wanderlei Silva
"Babalu" = Renato Sobral
"The Babyfaced Assassin" = Josh Barnett
"Bang" = Duane Ludwig
"Barbie Girl" = Carina Damm
"The Bear" = Mark Smith ^[297]
"The Beast" = Dan Severn
"Beauty But The Beast" = Carina Damm ^[298]
"Beef" = Elaina Maxwell
"Blood Red" = Kelly Kobold-Gavin
"Bones" = Jon Jones
"Cabbage" = Wesley Correira
"California Kid" = Urijah Faber
"Cachorro Louco" (Portuguese: Mad Dog) = Wanderlei Silva
"Chainsaw" = Charles McCarthy
"The Count" = Michael Bisping
"Crush" = Gina Carano
"Cro Cop" = Mirko Filipović
"The Croatian Sensation" = Pat Miletich
"Conviction" = Gina Carano
"Cyborg" =
- Cristiane Santos
- Evangelista Santos
"Daddy" = Joe Stevenson
"The Dean of Mean" = Keith Jardine
"The Dragon" = Lyoto Machida
"Female Rickson" = Marloes Coenen
"The Gracie Hunter" = Kazushi Sakuraba
"The Great" = Nathan Marquardt
"The Grim" = Brett Rogers
"The Monster" = Kevin Randleman
"The Hammer" = Mark Coleman
"The Headhunter" = Paul Buentello
"Heat" = Karo Parisyan
"Huntington Beach Bad Boy" = Tito Ortiz
"Iceman" = Chuck Liddell
"The IQ Wrestler" = Kazushi Sakuraba
"King" = Spencer Fisher
"The Last Emperor" = Fedor Emelianenko
"The Legend" = Frank Shamrock
"Lil' Hulk" = Luke Caudillo ^[299]
"Lightning" = Lee Murray
"The Machine" = Ian Freeman
"The Maine-iac" = Tim Sylvia
"Mayhem" = Jason Miller
""Mega Megu" = Megumi Fujii
"Muscle Shark" = Sean Sherk
"Natural" = Randy Couture
"Ninja = Murilo Rua
"The Phenom = Vitor Belfort
"The Pitbull = Thiago Alves
"Prodigy" = B.J. Penn
"The Punk" = Josh Thomson
"The Queen of Spades" = Shayna Baszler
"Rampage" = Quinton Jackson
"Red Nose" = Steve Berger ^[300]
"Rosi" = Rosemary Sexton
"Rumina" = Marloes Coenen
"Rush" = Georges St. Pierre
"Saku" (Japanese: 39(san ku)) = Kazushi Sakuraba
"Shelby Girl" = Shelby Walker
"Shogun" = Mauricio Rua
"Sick Dog" = Hector Ramirez (fighter)
"The Specimen" = Becky Levi
"The Spider" = Anderson Silva
"The Squeeze"= Sam Morgan ^[301]
"Sugar" = Rashad Evans
"Tama☆Chan" (たま☆ちゃん^?) = Keiko Tamai
"Tank"/"The Huntington Beach Bad Ass" (Early in UFC career) = David Abbott
"Tough Enough" = Erin Toughill
"Wildman" = Thomas Denny
"Whiplash" = Debi Purcell
"Windy" = Tomomi Sunaba
"The World's Most Dangerous Man" = Ken Shamrock
"The Wolverine" = Matt Grice ^[302]

Muay Thai [edit]

"Buakaw" = Buakaw Por. Pramuk
"Maverick" = J.A. Steel
"The Boxing Computer" = Yodsanklai Fairtex
"The Diamond" = Ramon Dekkers (and kickboxer)
"The White Lotus" = Buakaw Por. Pramuk
"Yod" = Yodsanklai Fairtex

Sumo [edit]

"The Dump Truck" = Konishiki Yasokichi

Taekwondo [edit]

"Heewoman" = Dana Hee

Motor sport [edit]

Main article: List of motor sportspeople by nickname

Pool [edit]

"Bata" (Tagalog for "The Kid") = Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
"The Black Widow" = Jeanette Lee, American pool player
"Bustie" = Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player
"The Dazzler" = Daryl Peach, English pool player
"Django" = Francisco Bustamante, Filipino pool player
"Dynamite" = Darren Appleton, English pool player
"The Hitman" = Thorsten Hohmann, German pool player
"Iceman" = Mika Immonen, Finnish pool player
"The Kaiser" = Ralf Souquet, German pool player
"The Machine" = Oliver Ortmann, German pool player
"The Magician" = Efren Reyes, Filipino pool player
"Minnesota Fats" = Rudolph Wanderone Jr., American pool player
"The Pearl" = Earl Strickland, American pool player
"The Prince of Pool" = Corey Deuel, American pool player
"The Rifleman" = Buddy Hall, American pool player
"The Rocket" = Rodney Morris, American pool player
"The Scorpion" = Johnny Archer, American pool player
"The Striking Viking" = Ewa Laurance, Swedish-born American pool player
"The Terminator" = Niels Feijen, Dutch pool player

Rugby [edit]

Union [edit]

"Alfie" = Gareth Thomas, fullback
"Ali" = Alexander Williams, lock
"Bakkies" = John Botha, lock
"Beast" = Tendai Mtawarira, prop
"Bernie" = Stephen Larkham, fly-half
"Big Ben" = Ben Cohen, wing
"Big Joe" = Johan van Niekerk, flanker
"Billy Whizz" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing ^[303]
"BOD" = Brian O'Driscoll, centre
"Chiliboy" = Mahlatse Ralepelle, hooker
"The Chiropractor" = Brian Lima, utility back
"Cool G" = Angus Cottrell
"Cortz" = Courtney Smith
"Drico" = Brian O'Driscoll, centre
"Frans" = François Steyn, utility back
"The Fun Bus" = Jason Leonard, prop
"Fuser" = Che Guevara, Argentine rugby player and Marxist revolutionary
"Ginger Monster" = Neil Jenkins, fly-half
"Gus Goulds" = Angus Cottrell
"Johnno" = Martin Johnson, lock and coach
"L'homme des cavernes" (French for "Caveman") = Sébastien Chabal, number eight/lock
"L'incomparable" = Philippe Sella, centre
"The King" = Barry John, fly-half
"Kitch" = George Moir Christie, coach
"Le levrier palois" (French for "The Pau sight hound") = Philippe Bernat-Salles, wing
"The Little Corporal" = Jacques Fouroux, scrum-half and coach
"Loser" = Marcus di Rollo, centre
"The Maestro" = Waisale Serevi, scrum-half
"El Mago" (Spanish, "The Magician") = Juan Martín Hernández, fly-half
"Mils" = Junior Muliaina, fullback
"Monty" = Percy Montgomery, fullback
"Mossy" = Chris Paterson, utility back
"Naas" = Hendrik Botha, fly-half
"Nobody" = John Eales, lock
"Os" (Afrikaans, "Ox") = Jacobus du Randt, prop
"Le Pelé du rugby" (French, "The Pelé of Rugby") = Serge Blanco, fullback/wing
"Pinetree" = Colin Meads, lock (also played flanker and number 8)
"The Prince" = Gareth Edwards, scrum-half
"The Raging Potato" = Keith Wood, hooker
"Rat" = Mat Rogers, utility back
"Robbo" = Jason Robinson, fullback and wing ^[303]
"Rog"= Ronan O'Gara, fly-half
"Sea-Bass" = Sébastien Chabal, number 8/lock
"Uncle Fester" = Keith Wood, hooker
"Volcano" = Lesley Vainikolo, wing (born in Tonga)
"Wilko" = Jonny Wilkinson, fly-half
"The Wizard" = Waisale Serevi, scrum-half
"Z" or "Zee" = Takudzwa Ngwenya, wing (born in Zimbabwe)

League [edit]

"Alf" or "Alfie" = Allan Langer, former Australian Halfback
"Baa Baa" = Terry Lamb, former Australian five-eighth, co-holder of all time games record (with Steve Menzies) - 349
"Bear" = Eric Grothe, Sr., former Australian Wing
"Beaver" = Steve Menzies, former Australian Lock, co-holder of all time games record (with Terry Lamb) - 349
"Blocker" = Steve Roach, former Australian Prop
"Brandy" = Greg Alexander, former Australian Halfback
"The Brick With Eyes" = Glenn Lazarus, former Australian Prop
"Camel" (briefly) = Luke Rooney, Australian Wing
"Cement" = David Gillespie, former Australian Prop/Second Row
"Chariots Offiah" = Martin Offiah, British international Wing^[304]
"Changa" = Graeme Langlands, former Australian Centre
"El Magic" = Hazem El Masri, former Lebanese-Australian Fullback, all-time leading pointscorer
"ET" = Andrew Ettingshausen, former Australian Wing
"Fatty" = Paul Vautin, former Australian Lock and Commentator
"Flash" = Michael Gordon, Australian Wing
"Freddy"= Brad Fittler, former Australian Halfback
"General" = Luke Patten, Australian Fullback
"Gus" = Phil Gould, former Australian Second-row, Coach and Media Personality
"Joey"= Andrew Johns, former Australian Halfback, former all-time leading pointscorer
"JT" =

Jonathan Thurston, Australian Halfback
Jason Taylor, former Australian Halfback, former all-time leading pointscorer

"The Little Master" = Clive Churchill, late Australian Fullback
"The Mayor of Parramatta" = Ken Thornett, late Australian Wing
"MG" = Mark Geyer, former Australian Second-row
"The King"= Wally Lewis, former Australian five-eighth
"The Pearl" = Steve Renouf, former Australian Wing
"Puff the Magic Dragon" = Reg Gasnier former Australian Centre
"The Raging Bull" = Gordon Tallis, former Australian Second-row
"Rat" = Mat Rogers, Australian utility back
"Spud" = Mark Carroll, former Australian prop/second row
"Sugar" = Rhys Wesser, Australian Fullback
"Volcano" = Lesley Vainikolo, Tonga-born Wing for New Zealand
"The Zip-Zip Man" = Steve Ella, former Australian Centre

Skateboarding [edit]

"Bam" = Brandon Margera ^[305]
"Birdman" = Tony Hawk ^{[citation needed]}
"The Boss" = Andrew Reynolds ^{[citation needed]}
"Bucky" = Charles Lasek ^[306]
"CB" = Cara-Beth Burnside
"The Chief" = Jamie Thomas
"Christ" = Christian Hosoi ^{[citation needed]}
"Drew" = Andrew Reynolds ^{[citation needed]}
"The Flying Tomato" = Shaun White (also a snowboarder)
"Gator" = Mark Rogowski
"Holmes" = Christian Hosoi ^{[citation needed]}
"Lyn-Z" = Lindsey Adams Hawkins
"McRills" = Rick McCrank
"Mike V" = Mike Vallely
"P-Rod" = Paul Rodriguez Jr. ^[307]
"Pinchie" = Lacey Baker
"PL" or "PLG" = Pierre-Luc Gagnon ^{[citation needed]}
"Sherm" = Jereme Rogers

Skiing [edit]

"The Alchemist" = Julia Mancuso, Alpine skiing
"Eddie the Eagle" = Michael Edwards, Ski jumping
The "Flying Finn" =
- = Janne Ahonen ski jumping
- = Matti Nykänen ski jumping
- = Kalle Palander alpine skiing
"Goldie" = Andreas Goldberger, ski jumping
"Herminator" = Hermann Maier, alpine skiing
"Juju" = Julien Lizeroux, alpine skiing
"La Bomba" = Alberto Tomba, alpine skiing
"Lena" = Magdalena Neuner, biathlete
"Spider" = Vladimir Sabich, alpine skiing

Snooker [edit]

Snowboarding [edit]

"Big Dan" = Danny Kass,
"The Flying Tomato" = Shaun White, (also a skateboarder)
"The Palm" = Shaun Palmer,
"Possum" = Rebecca Tor,

Tennis [edit]

Main article: List of nicknames used in tennis

Track and field [edit]

"Babe" = Mildred Zaharias, multi-event athlete (also known for her career in golf)
"The Beast" = Yohan Blake, sprinter
"Blade Runner" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter (named after the 1982 film Blade Runner)
"The Bronze Queen" = Merlene Ottey, sprinter
"El Caballo" (Spanish, "The Horse") = Alberto Juantorena, 400 and 800 metres
"The Chairman of the Boards" = Eamonn Coghlan, middle distances (from his notable success in indoor track)
"Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances ^[308]
"The fastest man on no legs" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter ^[309]
"Flo-Jo" = Florence Griffith Joyner, sprinter
"The Flying Dutchman" = Cornelius Warmerdam, pole vaulter
"The Flying Finn" =
- = Hannes Kolehmainen
- = Taisto Mäki
- = Paavo Nurmi, long distances
- = Ville Ritola
- = Lasse Virén, long distances
"The Flying Housewife" = Fanny Blankers-Koen, sprinter and hurdler
"The Flying Scotsman" = Eric Liddell, sprinter
"G.O.A.T." = Maurice Greene, sprinter
"Hannes" = Juho Kolehmainen, long distances
"Jesse" = James Owens, sprinter and long jumper
"Jim" = Jacobus Thorpe, decathlon and pentathlon (and baseball, football and basketball player)
"King Carl" = Carl Lewis, sprinter and long jumper
"The Lightning Bolt" = Usain Bolt, sprinter
"Linford's lunchbox" = Linford Christie, sprinter (given to him by the British media in reference to the bulge of Christie's genitalia in his Lycra shorts, despised by Christie)^[310]
"Little Emperor" = Haile Gebrselassie, long distances ^[311]
""Lutz"" (or "Luz") = Carl Ludwig Long, sprinter and long jumper
"Mystery Man" = André Jackson, sprinter
"Oz" = Oscar Pistorius, paralympic sprinter ^[312]
"Peräseinäjoen Susi" (Finnish: The Wolf from Peräseinäjoki) = Ville Ritola, long distances
"Pre" = Steve Prefontaine, middle and long distances
"Smiling Hannes" = Juho Kolehmainen, long distances
"Stasia" = Stanisława Walasiewicz, sprinter (Polish diminutive)
"Stella the Fella" = Stella Walsh, sprinter ^[313]
"Stella Walsh" = Stanisława Walasiewicz, sprinter (anglicized name)
"Ville" = Vilho Ritola, long distances
"Vomma" = Volmari Iso-Hollo, long distances
"Wonder Boy" = So Wa Wai, paralympic sprinter ^[314]

Triathlon [edit]

"The Chrissinator" = Chrissie Wellington ^[315]
"The Grip" = Mark Allen
"Hell on Wheels" = Thomas Hellriegel
"Lyn" = Eleanor Lemaire (middle name)
"Macca" = Chris McCormack
"Crowie" = Craig Alexander
"The Man" = Dave Scott
"Mighty Mouse" = Greg Welch
"Muppet" = Chrissie Wellington ^[316]
"Natasches" ("Too fast") = Natascha Badmann
"The Norminator" = Normann Stadler
"The Queen of Kona" = Paula Newby-Fraser
"Rinny" = Mirinda Carfrae
"The Sultan of Sweat" = Faris al-Sultan
"Swiss Miss" = Natascha Badmann
"The Terminator" = Scott Molina
"Catfish" = "Jason gooding""

Volleyball [edit]

"Fuerby" = Matt Fuerbringer beach
"Iron Hammer" = "Jenny" Lang Ping indoor^[317]
"Jackie" = Jacqueline Silva beach
"Karch" = Charles Kiraly beach, indoor
"The Professor" = Todd Rogers beach, indoor
"Sinjin" = Christopher Smith beach
"Six Feet of Sunshine" = Kerri Walsh beach^[318]
"The Thin Beast" = Philip Dalhausser beach
"The Turtle" = Misty May-Treanor beach
"Zé Marco" = José Marco de Melo beach

Watersport [edit]

Canoeing [edit]

"Čáp" (Czech for "The Stork") = Petr Procházka, flatwater

Diving [edit]

"The Princess of Diving" = Guo Jingjing, ^[319]

Rowing [edit]

"Berry" = Julius Beresford,
"Bill" = Gordon Killick,
"Bobby" = Henry Pearce,
"The Commander" = Peter Reed,
"Crackers" = James Cracknell,
"Hodgey" = Andrew Triggs-Hodge,
"Jack" =John B. Kelly, Sr.,
"Ky" = Carroll Ebright, coach
"The Old Berry" = Julius Beresford,

Sailing [edit]

"Bertie" = Stanley Reed, ^[320]^[321]
"Biltong Bertie" = Bertie Reed, ^[320]
"Blondie" = Herbert Hasler,
"Dee" = Denise Caffari,
"Hjallis" = Harry Harkimo,
"Robin" = William Knox-Johnston,
"Tahiti Bill" = Bill Howell, ^[322]^[323]

Surfing [edit]

"The Angry Young Man of Surfing" = Mickey Dora,
"The Animal" = Nat Young,
"Aunty Rell" = Rell Sunn,
"The Black Knight of Malibu" = Mickey Dora,
"The Black Night" = Mickey Dora, ^[324]
"Da Bull" = Greg Noll,
"Da Cat" = Mickey Dora, ^[324]^[325]
"Eppo" = Michael Eppelstun, ^[326]
"The Father of Modern Surfing" = George Freeth,
"The father of surfing" = Duke Kahanamoku, ^[325]
"Kelly" = Robert Slater, (adopted from middle name)
"The King of Malibu" = Mickey Dora,
"The Master of Malibu" = Mickey Dora,
"Mickey" = Miklos Dora, ^[325]
"Midget"" = Bernard Farrelly, ^[325]
"Miki" = Mickey Dora, ^[325]
"MR" = Mark Richards,
"Mr. Malibu" = Mickey Dora, ^[324]
"Mr. Pipeline" =
- Butch Van Artsdalen, ^[325]
- Gerry Lopez, ^[327]
"Mr. Smoothy" = Rob Machado,
"MSD III" = Mickey Dora, (initials)
"The Muhammad Ali of Surfing" = Mickey Dora,
"Nat" = Robert Young,
"Naughty Pauls" = Pauline Menczer,
"Occy" = Mark Occhilupo,
"Petit Prince" = Malik Joyeux,
"Queen of Makaha" = Rell Sunn,
"The Raging Bull" = Mark Occhilupo,
"Shane" = Patrick Dorian,
"Tubesteak" = Terry Tracy,
"The Wounded Seagull" = Mark Richards, ^[325]
"Wingnut" = Robert Weaver,

Swimming [edit]

"The Albatross" = Michael Groß,
"The Baltimore Bullet" =Michael Phelps, ^[328]
"Čava" = Milorad Čavić,
"Čavke" = Milorad Čavić,
"The Dutch Dolphin" = Pieter van den Hoogenband,
"Eric the Eel" = Eric Moussambani,
"The Flying Dutchman" = Pieter van den Hoogenband,
"The golden couple (of British disability swimming)" = Sascha Kindred and Nyree Lewis ^[329]^[330]
"Hoogie" = Pieter van den Hoogenband,
"The Lochtenator" =Ryan Lochte, ^[331]
"Lucy" = Liu Zige, (given by her coach Ken Wood as he cannot pronounce her name properly)^[332]
"Mike" = Milorad Čavić,
"The Russian Rocket" = Alexander Popov,
"Thorpedo" = Ian Thorpe,

Windsurfing [edit]

"Grubby = Greg Alleway,
"Shan-Shan" (Chinese: 珊珊) = Lee Lai Shan,
"Wind child = Nikolaos Kaklamanakis,

Weightlifting [edit]

"The Iranian Hercules" = Hossein Rezazadeh
"Kung Fu Panda" = Long Qingquan
"The Lion of Himara" = Pyrros Dimas
"Little Dynamo" = Halil Mutlu
"Little Naim" = Halil Mutlu
"Midas" = Pyrros Dimas
"Pocket Hercules" = Naim Süleymanoğlu

Other [edit]

"Cha" = James Fitzpatrick, hurler
"Cliff" = Griff Sanders, lawn bowler (alternative name, used by friends)^[333]
"Deadeye" = Walter Ray Williams, Jr., ten-pin bowler and horseshoes pitcher
"DeG" = Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver and wingsuit flying pioneer^[334]
"Ginny" = Virginia Leng, eventer
"Iron Lady" = Wendy Chai, ten-pin bowler^[335]
"M-15" = Markku Uusipaavalniemi, curler
"Magic" = Joel Johnson, radio-controlled car racer^[336]
"Major Mika" = Mika Koivuniemi, ten-pin bowler
"Master Masami" (正美先生, Masami sensei^?) = Masami Hirosaka, radio-controlled car racer^[337]
"Miss Ping" = Leah Neuberger, table tennis player^[338]
"Pete" = George Bostwick, horse trainer, and polo player (and steeplechase jockey)
"The Professor" = Grayson Boucher, street basketball player
"Queen Yu-Na" = Kim Yu-Na, figure skater
"Re-Pete" = Pete Fusco, Jr., radio-controlled car racer^[339]
"The Speeding White Sausage" = Georg Hackl, luger
"Super Dan" = Lin Dan, badminton player^[340]
"Super Susy" = Susy Susanti, badminton player
"Swags" = Mike Swauger, radio-controlled car racer
"Tim" = Joseph Boggan, table tennis player^[341]
"U-15" = Markku Uusipaavalniemi, curler
"White Warrior(s)" = Fung Ying Ki, Yu Chui Yee, Fan Pui Shan, Kwong Wai Ip, Chan Kam Loi, Hui Charn Hung, Yan Yun Tai and Chan Wing Kin, Chan Yui Chong, Wong Kit Mui; wheelchair fencers^[342]

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