List of snooker player nicknames

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A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person. Just like in many sports, there are nicknames for snooker players too.

[edit] List of nicknames

This is a list of common nicknames for notable professional snooker players.

Player Nickname Reference
Northern Ireland Mark Allen Eagle Eye [1]
"All-in"
Pistol from Antrim Town [2]
England Stuart Bingham Ball-Run [3]
England Nigel Bond Basildon [4]
00-147 [5][6]
The real Bond [7]
Scotland Marcus Campbell Dumbarton Destroyer [8][9]
England Ali Carter The Captain [10]
Australia Eddie Charlton Steady Eddie [11]
England Jamie Cope The Shotgun [12]
England Matthew Couch The Couchernator [13]
Wales Dominic Dale The Spaceman [14]
Wales Ryan Day Dynamite [15]
England Joe Davis The Sultan of Snooker [16]
Mr. Snooker [17]
Emperor of Pot
England Steve Davis The Nugget [18][19]
The Ginger Magician [18][19][20]
Ginger Mushroom [19]
Master Cueman
Interesting [19][20]
Romford Slim [20]
China Ding Junhui The Star of the East [21]
Pot Noodle [22]
Enter the Dragon [23]
Chinese Sensation [24][25]
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty Darlin' of Dublin [26]
Crafty Ken [27]
Ken-do [28]
Scarface [23]
The Ranelagh Rascal [29]
'Dogged' Doherty [30]
Scotland Graeme Dott The Pocket Dynamo [31]
The Pocket Rocket [32]
Dott the Pot [33]
Pot the lot Dott [34]
Malta Tony Drago The Tornado [35]
The Maltese Falcon [36]
England Peter Ebdon The Force [37]
Ebbo [38]
The Ebdonator [39]
Psycho [23]
Republic of Ireland Patsy Fagan Pin-up boy [40]
England Allison Fisher The Duchess of Doom [41]
England Neal Foulds Buzby [42]
South Africa Silvino Francisco The Silver Fish [43]
Hong Kong Marco Fu Hong Kong Fuey [23]
Full of Eastern Promise [44][45]
Cue-Man-Fu [46]
England David Gray Casper [47]
England Martin Gould The Pinner Potter [48]
England Anthony Hamilton Sheriff of Pottingham [49]
Swampy [50]
The Robin Hood of Snooker [51]
Australia Quinten Hann The Wizard of Oz [52]
England Dave Harold The Stoke Potter [53]
Pride of the Potteries [51]
England Barry Hawkins The Hawk [54]
Scotland Stephen Hendry The Wonder Bairn [55]
The Golden Bairn [56]
The Golden Boy [57]
The Maestro
The Ice Man [58]
The Great One [57]
England Andy Hicks The Cream of Devon [59]
The Toast of Tavistock [60]
Northern Ireland Alex Higgins The Hurricane [61]
Scotland John Higgins Wizard of Wishaw [62][63]
The Kid [63]
England Michael Holt The Hitman [64]
Player Nickname Reference
England Paul Hunter Beckham of the Baize [65][66]
The Man with the Golden Cue [66]
Snooker Spice
England Mark King The Romford Battler [67]
The Royal King [68]
England Rod Lawler Rod the Plod [69]
China Liang Wenbo The Fearless [70]
Wenbo selecta
"Should he stay or should he go"
New Zealand Clark McConachy Mac [71]
England Rory McLeod The Highlander [72]
Scotland Alan McManus Angles [73]
England Ian McCulloch The Preston Potter [74]
The Pride of Preston [75]
Scotland Stephen Maguire The Merlin of Milton [76]
On-fire [23]
Livewire [77]
Maggi [78]
England Tony Meo The Cat [79]
Meo, Meo
England Shaun Murphy The Whiston Warrior [80]
The Magician [81]
Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien The Baby-faced Assassin [51]
Fearless Fergal [82]
England Ronnie O'Sullivan The Rocket [83]
The Essex Exocet [84]
The Magician [85]
Wales Andrew Pagett The Welsh Wizard [86]
England John Parrott The Entertainer [87]
Mr JP
England Joe Perry The Gentleman [88]
The Fen Potter [89]
England Barry Pinches The Canarian [90]
England Mick Price The Postman [91]
Scotland John Rea King of the Baize [92]
Wales Ray Reardon Dracula [23]
England Jimmy Robertson Robbo [93]
Australia Neil Robertson The Melbourne Machine [94][95]
Thunder from Down Under [96]
Canada Alain Robidoux Scoobie [97]
England Mark Selby The Jester From Leicester [98]
Mark the Shark [99]
Canada Kirk Stevens Starship Trooper [100]
Captain
White Magic
The Man in the White Suit [101]
Wales Matthew Stevens The Welsh Dragon [102]
Shakin' Stevens [103][104]
Northern Ireland Joe Swail The Outlaw [105]
England David Taylor The Silver Fox [43]
Thailand Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Thai-Namite [106]
Canada Cliff Thorburn The Grinder [107][108]
Rhett Butler of the green baize [108][109]
Champagne Cliff [108]
England Willie Thorne Mr. Maximum [110][111]
The Great 'W.T.' [111][112]
The 'Homer Simpson' of snooker [113]
England Judd Trump Haircut 100 [114][115]
Danny the Boy [115]
The Ace
Judd Triumph
Stud Trump [116]
England John Virgo Mr. Perfection [117]
England Ricky Walden Stamina Man [118]
Thailand James Wattana The Thai-Phoon [119]
Canada Bill Werbeniuk Big Bill [120]
England Jimmy White The Whirlwind [121]
Wales Mark Williams The Welsh Potting Machine [122]
Sprog [123]
The Welsh Wonder [124]
Wales Cliff Wilson The Whirlwind [125]
China Zhang Anda Mighty Mouse [126]

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